Agricultural Cooperatives and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Ethiopia Kindie Getnet affiliation not provided to SSRN Tsegaye ANULLO affiliation not provided to SSRN Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 83, Issue 2, pp. 181-198, 2012 Abstract: ABSTRACT: Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in S...