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...