ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book investigates the impacts of weather and agro-ecological variations on cereal productivity in Ethiopia. It confirms the importance and strong influence of rainfall and temperatures on cereal production. The book discusses the association between tax reforms, trade openness and capital flight with poverty. It assesses the vulnerability and impact of climate change on wildlife-based tourism in Maasai Mara in Kenya. The book provides an understanding of the socioeconomic characteristics that influence households' poverty status in different provinces and districts in Rwanda. It analyzes the distributional impacts of gender wage differentials on poverty and income inequalities in Cameroon. The book also investigates the effects of interest rate spread, inflation, exchange rate and taxation on business start-ups in Rwanda.
