Publications

A randomized evaluation of a lower-cost poverty graduation-style program in rural Ethiopia finds modest gains in savings and livestock income but no sustained improvements in consumption or food security, suggesting that smaller cash transfers and lighter support may be insufficient to help extremely poor households escape poverty, particularly in shock-prone settings. A long-running debate in […]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101523 The Journal of Nutrition: Volume 156, Issue 6, June 2026, 101523 Taddese Zerfu , Amare Abera Tareke , Dawit Alemayehu Chekol Abstract Dietary diversity indicators, such as the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W), are widely used to assess diet quality in low- and middle-income countries. These metrics typically rely on 24-h recall data to approximate micronutrient adequacy. Although repeated […]

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 […]