The Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) and the Econometric Society conducted their 12th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy and 1st African Meeting of the Econometric Society, repectively, from July 16 to 19, 2014 at the EEA Conference Center in Addis Ababa. The conferences were co-organized by EEA, the outgoing African Econometric Society, the incoming Africa Region of the Econometric Society, and IFPRI/ESSP. More than 120 presentations related to the continent's economy were made in four plenary and 28 parallel sessions. The conference was attended by 1450 people over the four days.
IFPRI/ESSP supported the conferences by providing funds, assisting with coordination, and presenting 17 papers on four major themes: “the Economics of Teff,” “the Coffee Economy of Ethiopia,” “Determinants of Nutritional Outcomes,” and “Shocks, Safety Nets, and Agricultural Transformation”.
All presentations were very well received. Some of the specific subjects raised by ESSP include:
- The future in mind: aspirations and forward-looking behaviour in rural Ethiopia. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
- Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia. Mekdim Dereje
- Is further formalization necessary? Land policy, agricultural transformation, and small holder farmers in Ethiopia. Bethlehem Koro
- Decentralization of National Transfer Programs: compliance, local revealed equivalence scales, and efficacy of aid. Andrew Simons
- Digital soil mapping: fertilizer recommendation for Ethiopian agricultural land. Hailu Shiferaw
- Does early life shock retard cognitive development. Mehari Hiluf
- Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomes in Ethiopia. Fanaye Taddesse
- Linkages between diet diversity and production diversity in Ethiopia. Kalle Hirvonen.
- Dynamics in coffee production marketing in Ethiopia. Ermias Engeda
- Teff production and market access in Ethiopia. Helina Tilahun
- Understanding urban distribution systems of coffee: The case of Addis. Thomas Woldu
You can find all the presentations at Slideshare.
