Ethiopia : Re-Igniting Poverty Reduction in Urban Ethiopia through Inclusive Growth

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Ethiopia : Re-Igniting Poverty Reduction in Urban Ethiopia through Inclusive Growth

2010

World Bank

Ethiopia in the decade up to 2005 has been characterized by robust growth rates of the urban economy, where a still limited share of the population lives. The urban economy has been estimated to contribute at least half of gross domestic product (GDP) (53 percent in 2002/03) and to explain a significant part of its growth. Only an estimated 12.6 percent of the poor live in urban areas and the overwhelming concentration of poverty in rural areas seem unlikely to be reversed in the medium term. Sustained growth, to be shared among a relatively small part of the population, could have been expected to reduce poverty significantly in urban areas, but this has not been the case. While poverty incidence remains lower in urban than in rural areas, rural areas have made significant progress and the rural-urban gap in poverty incidence is decreasing.

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Washington, DC

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Policy discussion; External shocks; Human capital endowments; Rapid growth; Poverty indices; Construction work; Skilled workers; Income groups; Spatial inequalities; Poverty impact; Household size; Urban environments; Number of adults; Self-employment; Labour markets; Development strategies; Development report; Consumption per capita; Covariate shocks; Pull factors; Household head; Urban populations; Progress; Tertiary education; Income levels; Rural dwellers; Wage differentials; Poverty gap; Urban growth; Number of people; Persistent poverty; Urban labour markets; Educational opportunities; Migration flows; Local governments; Universal primary education; Young children; Average income; Growth model; Service provision; Vulnerability to poverty; Human development; Concentration of poverty; Cash transfer programs; Rural economy; Unemployment rates; Safety nets; Inequality constant; Wage employment; Smaller cities; Urban labour; Livestock assets; Changes in poverty; Poverty incidence; Developing world; Distributional effects; Food shortage; Low inequality; Housing development; Schooling; Basic infrastructure; Poverty profile; Levels of education; Pro-poor; Urban poverty reduction; Increased investment; Urban context; Agricultural activities; Levels of consumption; Health interventions; Reducing poverty; Population division; Urban inequality; Policy research working paper; Urban economy; Gini coefficient; Growth rates; City size; Agrarian economy; Point estimate; Migrant; Rural; Educational indicators; Development policy; Urban centre; On urban poverty; Poverty gap index; Gini index; Water sources; Investment climate; Poverty line equivalent; Household survey; Internal migration; Structural transformation; Negative externalities; Demographic changes; Population group; Larger cities; Rural household; Policy research; Headcount poverty; Employment creation; Primary school; Household level; Spouse; Per capita consumption; Access to services; Market economy; Welfare indicator; Service delivery; Internal migrants; Rural households; Household composition; Spouses; Informal economy; Health problems; Inequality; Inequality levels; Illness; High growth; Secondary enrollment rates; Poverty line; Safety net programs; Cash transfer program; Poverty reduction efforts; Rising inequality; High inequality; Poor population; Poor; Rural wages; Safety net; Measuring poverty; Significant impact; Important policy; Growth pattern; Economic shocks; Counterfactual; Inequality measures; Medical care; Secondary enrollment; Within cities; Poor people; Poverty severity; Local population; Job creation; Service providers; Transient poor; Poverty update; Global poverty; Education disparities; Quality of education; Policy reforms; Targeting mechanisms; Big city; Credit constraints; Consumption growth; Large cities; Distribution function; Economic opportunities; Poverty estimates; Medium term; Pro-poor growth; Idiosyncratic shocks; Pace of urbanization; Access to electricity; Insecurity of tenure; Investment in education; Demographic change

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English

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Ethiopia : Re-Igniting Poverty Reduction in Urban Ethiopia through Inclusive Growth

2010

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