Analysis of the determinants of poverty in tigrai and afar national regional state, Ethiopia

Despite the presence of studies on the determinants of poverty, the literature review of the article shows that there is limited attention in Tigrai and Afar Regions. The objective of the paper is to analysis the determinants of poverty in these two regions. This finding of the factors that determine of poverty has been analyzed both in descriptive and econometrics analyses. In this respect, the paper investigated approximately 25 percent of a number of poor existed in Tigrai and Afar region with a Gini coefficient of 0.36. The econometrics result showed that increment of production of different crops in quintal using improved seed and irrigation, livestock owned in tropical livestock unit and education are very crucial things to reduce poverty. In addition, managing family size and providing infrastructures like telecommunication and market for their product are important aspects of the study area to reduce the poverty of the household. So, concerned bodies should take measures at grass root level to tackle problems related to poverty.