ESSP II Working Paper 40 "Economic Benefits and Returns to Rural Feeder Roads: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Setting in Ethiopia" by David Stifel, Bart Minten, and Bethlehem Koro. Abstract: Using an equivalent variation approach, we estimate households’ willingness-to-pay for rural feeder roads in Ethiopia. The problem of endogenous road placement is addressed by a purposeful […]
ESSP II Research Note 14 "Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from Cereal Markets" Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 39. Bart Minten, David Stifel, and Seneshaw Tamru We study cereal wholesale markets in Ethiopia in the last decade (2001–2011), a period that has been characterized by important local changes affecting agricultural markets, including strong economic […]
ESSP II Working Paper 39 "Structural transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from cereal markets" by Bart Minten, David Stifel, and Seneshaw Tamru. Abstract: We study cereal wholesale markets in Ethiopia in the last decade (2001–2011), a period that has been characterized by important local changes affecting agricultural markets, including strong economic growth, urbanization, improved road and […]
The surge in food price continues to be a concern for both policy makers and the public at large. In relation to this, the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), in collaboration with the Association for Strenghtening Agriculutral Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II (ESSPII) and International Food Policy Research […]
ESSP II Working Paper 38 "Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Ethiopia: Elasticity Estimates Using HICES (2004/05) Data" by Kibrom Tafere and Ibrahim Worku. Abstract: Ethiopia is known to have one of the largest livestock populations in the world. Yet the overall contribution of livestock products to households’ daily consumption is very limited. The average […]
Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the months May-June 2012. The newsletter presents: Upcoming events May 24, 2012: workshop on ‘Food Price Dynamics and Policy Implications in Ethiopia' Third week of June 2012: workshop on ‘Roads, Agriculture, and Welfare in Ethiopia’ July 19-21, 2012 at the Ethiopian Economic Association: 'The […]
ESSP II Working Paper 37 "Growth in Total Factor Productivity in the Ethiopian Agriculture Sector: Growth Accounting and Econometric Assessments of Sources of Growth" by Fantu Nisrane Bachewe. Abstract: During the 2003/04–2008/09 period agricultural production in Ethiopia grew annually at 9.3 percent while cultivated area expanded at 4.7 percent. The remaining growth resulted from intensive […]
ESSP II Research Note 13 "Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia" Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 34. David J. Spielman, Dawit Kelemework, and Dawit Alemu This study examines the magnitude of the macro and welfare effects generated by a realistic acceleration in the […]
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In lowland areas of the Horn of Africa, droughts and floods are frequent events, but the scale of the 2011 food emergency was somewhat unusual. Why is the region seemingly more vulnerable now than it has been in the past? How can development efforts be improved to render the people who live and work in the Horn more resilient to the next emergency? The answers to these questions are complex.
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