1. Introduction to Economic Transformation for Poverty Reduction in Africa ( Almas HESHMATI ) Part A: Climate, Energy and Food Security 2. Impact of Weather Variations on Cereal Productivity and the Influence of Agro-Ecological Differences in Ethiopian Cereal Production ( Oumer BERISSO Metaksa ) 3. Vulnerability and Impact Assessment of Climate Change on East African Wildlife Tourism: A Study of Maasai Mara Ecosystem ( Richard Kerongo MOSE ) 4. Multidimensional Measure of Household Energy Poverty and its Determinants in Ethiopia ( Mekonnen BERSISA ) 5. Household Food Security and School Enrolment: Evidence from Malawi ( Sunyoung LEE ) 6. Analysis of Poverty and its Determinants in Rwanda ( Masoomeh RASHIDGHALAM ) Part B: Taxes, Trade Openness and Capital 7. Assessing the Revenue Implications of Indirect Tax Reforms in Rwanda ( Etienne NDEMEZO and Francis MENJO-BAYE ) 8.

Differential Impact of Trade Liberalization and Rural-Urban Income Inequalities on Poverty in African Countries ( Kahsay BERHANE ) 9. Effects of Capital Flight on Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from a Simulation Based Analysis ( Alemayehu GEDA and Addis YIMER ) Part C: Employment, Gender Wage Differentials and Start-ups 10. Employment and Incidence of Poverty in Urban Ethiopia ( Martha K. MELESE ) 11. Impact of Gender Wage Differentials on Poverty and Inequalities in Cameroon ( Pierre M. NGUETSE-TEGOUM and Justin BEM ) 12. Econometric Analysis of Business Start-ups in Rwanda ( Joseph NDAGIJIMANA, Tharcisse NZASINGIZIMANA and Almas HESHMATI ) Part D: Diversity, Conflicts and Hazardous Factors 13. A Within-Country Study of Conflict and Poverty in Nigeria ( Chinasa I.

IKELU ) 14. The Cost of Motorcycle Accidents in Uganda ( Richard SEBAGGALA, Fred MATOVU, Dan AYEBALE, Vincent KISENYI and Messarck KATUSIIMEH ).