Journal Article Microfinance is thought to be an effective tool for empowering women. Yet, previous studies that evaluate microfinance programs have mixed findings. This is in part because there are large variations in the interventions that are evaluated, but also that there is not a standardized metric of empowerment that is implemented consistently throughout the […]
Can urbanisation improve household welfare? Evidence From Ethiopia
Journal of African Economies Despite evolving evidence that Africa is experiencing urbanisation in a different way, empirical evaluations of the welfare implications of urban-development programs in Africa remain scant. We investigate the welfare implications of recent urbanisation processes in Ethiopia using household-level longitudinal data and satellite-based nightlight intensity. We also examine the impact of urban […]
Urban food markets in Africa: Incentivizing food safety using a pull-push approach. Stakeholder workshop on consumers’ communication campaign in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Foodborne diseases are public health threats, causing considerable morbidity and mortality and substantial socioeconomic impacts. To address a range of food safety challenges in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with national and international partners is implementing a food safety project named ‘Urban food markets in Africa – […]
Predictors of discordance and concordance in reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from a large sample of rural Ethiopian couples
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major worldwide health challenge, and addressing this challenge requires high-quality data. This analysis uses a large-scale survey of 5033 households in rural Ethiopia in which both men and women were surveyed about past-year IPV in order to quantify the degree of discordance, including both husband only reporting and wife […]
Large-scale land restoration improved drought resilience in Ethiopia’s degraded watersheds
Anthropogenic land degradation, exacerbated by more frequent and intense weather shocks due to climate change, threatens the livelihoods of rural populations in developing economies. Development agencies have invested heavily in sustainable land management projects to overturn land productivity losses, but efforts to assess project impacts have been hampered by operational issues and by the high […]
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