Re-post from IFPRI.ORG. On March 13, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Ethiopia. Three days later, the government closed schools, banned all public gatherings and sporting activities, and recommended social distancing. Other measures to contain the spread of the virus soon followed. Travelers from abroad were put into a 14-day mandatory quarantine, bars were […]
The effects of poultry and cash transfers on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey
Recent policy debates have focused renewed international attention on poultry as an asset that is widely accessible to women and has low start-up costs, increasing its potential to have significant positive welfare effects for poor households in developing countries. In 2016, Bill Gates promoted investment in chickens as a development strategy that would meaningfully increase […]
IFPRI Guidelines in Response to the Spread of COVID-19
Re-posted from IFPRI.ORG. (Updated March 19, 2020) The health and safety of our staff and their families, partners and stakeholders, and local communities is of the utmost importance for IFPRI. With the WHO classifying COVID-19 as a very high human health risk IFPRI is instituting the following guidelines: Teleworking Arrangements IFPRI strongly recommends teleworking for all […]
Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 138, by Kibrom A. Abay, Nathaniel D. Jensen. Abstract: Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and […]
Africa’s Litigated Democracy
Project Syndicate published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellows Bob Baulch and Danielle Resnick. The op-ed discusses Malawi’s litigated general elections and compares it to re-run elections held in other African countries. The authors suggest from their research four lessons for young African democracies in a contested election scenario.
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