ESSP II Working Paper 26 "Livestock Production and Marketing" by Asfaw Negassa, Shahidur Rashid, and Berhanu Gebremedhin. Download the pdf (352KB). Find more ESSP Working Papers on the Publication page.
"From Famine to Food Security -- Meeting the Challenge in the Horn of Africa" August 11, 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Headquarters, Washington D.C., on the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. Secretary Clinton discussed the ongoing international humanitarian response, as well […]
ESSP II Working Paper 25 "Insurance Motives to Remit: Evidence from a Matched Sample of Ethiopian Internal Migrants" by Alan de Brauw, Valerie Mueller, and Tassew Woldehanna. Abstract: Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation. Ample attention has been given to studying international remittance […]
Ethiopian Economic Association and IFPRI/ESSP II jointly organized the 9th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy, held July 21-23, 2011, at the Ethiopian Economic Association in Addis Ababa. ESSP II hosted several sessions. Videos of Opening speeches and presentations: 2011 Conference on Ethiopian Economy - Paul Dorosh, Opening from IFPRI Library on Vimeo. 2011 Conference on Ethiopian […]
ESSP II published the new report ‘The rural-urban transformation in Ethiopia’ by Dorosh, Paul, Getnet Alemu, Alan de Brauw, Mehrab Malek, Valerie Mueller, Emily Schmidt, Kibrom Tafere, and James Thurlow. July 2011. This work is a synthesis of all the rural-urban transformation research work that was done under ESSP II. Download the ESSP II – […]
ESSP II Working Paper 24 "Targeting Food Security Interventions When “Everyone is Poor”: The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme" by Sarah Coll-Black, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Hoddinott, Neha Kumar, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, and William Wiseman. Download the pdf (474KB). Find more ESSP Working Papers on the Publication page.
ESSP II Working Paper 23 "Foodgrain Consumption and Calorie Intake Patterns in Ethiopia" by Guush Berhane, Zelekawork Paulos, Kibrom Tafere, and Seneshaw Tamru. Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of consumption patterns and intake of selected foodgrains across rural and urban locations, agroecological zones, and income groups. The research focuses on the six principal staples […]
ESSP II Working Paper 22 "Intercommodity Price Transmission and Food Price Policies. An Analysis of Ethiopian Cereal Markets" by Shahidur Rashid. Abstract: Cereal price variability in Ethiopia has worsened in recent years, and some of the earlier liberalizations are being reversed due to the unacceptable economic and political costs of increased price variability. The challenge […]
ESSP II Working Paper 21 "Policies and Performance of Ethiopian Cereal Markets" by Shahidur Rashid and Asfaw Negassa. Download the pdf (499KB). Find more ESSP Working Papers on the Publication page.
ESSP II The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program - Phase II (ESSP II) is a collaborative program of capacity building, research, policy analysis and knowledge dissemination by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). In order to respond to Ethiopia’s growing development challenges, IFPRI ESSP II and its advisory committee […]