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Aspirations may condition the future-oriented choices of individuals and thus may play a role in the persistence of poverty or the effort to break out of it. We run a randomized controlled trial in remote, rural Ethiopia to explore this and evaluate an intervention that aims to change how poor people perceive their future opportunities, […]

Abstract/Description Background Gender-transformative programing targeting couples is an important strategy to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but questions around efficacy and safety remain. This qualitative study explores indications of change and unintended consequences of the gender-transformative Unite for a Better Life (UBL) intervention, using data from the couples’ and control arms of a cluster randomized […]

Access to timely and credible price information is critical for smallholder farmers operating in thin and fragmented markets. This study examines the welfare impacts of public agricultural price infomaton disseminated via plasma screens instailled by th Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (EXX(. Leveraging spatial and temporal variation in the phased roll-out of 101 plasma screens across Ethiopia […]

While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, a key supply-side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market for seeds and traits. Historically, […]