Living Income for Guji Zone (Oromia Region), Ethiopia

Anker Research Institute Working Paper Series | Number 5

Ian Prates, Eduardo Lazzari, Richard Anker and Martha Anker

ABSTRACT

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses for the coffeeproducing rural Guji zone, a small administrative division in the south of Ethiopia in the Oromia Region. This report uses available Anker Living Wage and Living Income reports for Ethiopia, as well as a series of variables such as percentage of urban population, food prices, housing conditions, labor market conditions, fertility rates, mortality rates, average household size, and household expenditures and Gini coefficients to determine the extent to which rural Oromia is typical for rural Ethiopia. The numbers are presented alongside with additional socioeconomic data to contextualize the results.