ESSP Working Paper 142, by Kaleab Baye. Abstract: Immediately after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Ethiopia in March 2020, the Government of Ethiopia took several public health measures to prevent increased levels of infection These included closing all schools and restricting large gatherings and movements of people. Hand-washing and social distancing were the main […]
Fasting, food, and farming: Evidence from Ethiopian producers on the link of food taboos with dairy development
ESSP Working Paper 141, by Eline D’Haene, Senne Vandevelde, and Bart Minten. Abstract: The impact of food taboos – often because of religion – is understudied. In Ethiopia, religious fasting by Orthodox Christians is assumed to be an important impediment for the sustainable development of a competitive dairy sector and desired higher milk consumption, especially […]
Assessing Community Health Information Systems: Evidence from Child Health Records in Food Insecure Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
A new journal article by Kalle Hirvonen, Guush Berhane and Thomas Woldu Assefa. This study assessed the completeness of child health records maintained and collected within community health information system in Ethiopia. Read the full article.
Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
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 how livestock production responds to access to markets and varying weather […]
Food price spikes: Is a cereal export ban the right response for Ethiopia?
Following the price hikes of 2007–2008 and 2010–2011, many governments in low-income countries implemented food export bans. While several studies investigate the macroeconomic impacts of such bans on large net exporters of grains, only very few country case studies have examined the economy-wide and distributional effects combined. Further, there is a lack of rigorous studies […]
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