ESSP Research Note 21 "Effects of Extension Services on Technology Adoption and Productivity among Female and Male Farmers" by Catherine Ragasa, Guush Berhane, Fanaye Tadesse, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Summary of ESSP Working Paper 49. This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this […]
ESSP Research Note 20 "Insuring against the Weather" by Guush Berhane, Daniel Clarke, Stefan Dercon, Ruth Vargas Hill, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Weather risk remains a major challenge to farming in poor countries that face frequent droughts. Recent evidence on index-based weather insurance points to low take-up rates largely due to basis risk (i.e. residual […]
ESSP Research Note 19 "A Spatial Assessment of Livestock Production and Market Access" by Helina Tilahun and Emily Schmidt. Summary of ESSP II Working Paper 44. This study links smallholder livestock production data from the Agricultural Census (2001/02) and annual CSA agricultural sample survey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data on land cover, city population, […]
Download the new ESSP Brochure 2013 and read about ESSP's major activites, research themes, and capacity building activities for 2013, as well as ESSP's highlights of 2012.
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the months January–February 2013. The newsletter presents: Upcoming Events EDRI and ESSP will organize a workshop on 'China and Africa Economic Cooperation', given by a study tour group from China on January 21, 2013 in Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa. List of […]
ESSP Working Paper 49 "Gender Differences in Access to Extension Services and Agricultural Productivity" by Catherine Ragasa, Guush Berhane, Fanaye Tadesse, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract: This paper contributes new empirical evidence and nuanced analysis on the gender difference in access to extension services and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and […]
ESSP Working Paper 45 "Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia. Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk" by Neha Kumar and Agnes R. Quisumbing. Abstract: There is growing interest in the role of policy reforms to promote gender equality and empower women, two key objectives of development policy. From a policy perspective, it […]
ESSP Working Paper 48 "Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa. An Exploration into Alternative Investment Options" by Derek Headey, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, and Liangzhi You. Abstract: The most recent (2010–2011) drought in the arid and semiarid lowlands (ASAL) of the Horn of Africa has rendered over 13 million people in need of food, and […]
ESSP Working Paper 47 " Measuring Aspirations: Discussion and Example from Ethiopia " by Tanguy Bernard and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract: Individuals’ aspirations and their consequences for future-oriented behavior have received increased attention in development economics literature in recent years. At this stage, however, each study relies on ad hoc empirical instruments to measure aspirations, […]
ESSP Working Paper 46 "Beyond Fatalism: An Empirical Exploration of Self-Efficacy and Aspirations Failure in Ethiopia" by Tanguy Bernard, Stefan Dercon, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract: Fatalism is considered pervasive, especially in many poor communities. In this paper, we explore whether fatalistic beliefs have implications for the attitudes and behavior of poor rural households toward […]
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