The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa

By using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India and cross-sectional data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in long-term poverty reduction in Asia is compared with the current situation in East Africa. The study...

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Main Authors: Otsuka, Keijiro, Yamano, Takashi
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9238