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 […]
Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety
New journal article by Kalle Hirvonen & John Hoddinott. Abstract: Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way? This paper addresses this issue using longitudinal household data from Ethiopia, where a large-scale social safety net intervention (PSNP) operates. Even though most payments […]
Measurement Errors in Agricultural Data and their Implications on Marginal Returns to Modern Agricultural Inputs
New journal article by Kibrom A. Abay. Abstract: The low uptake of modern agricultural technologies in sub‐Saharan African countries has encouraged researchers to revisit the returns to (or profitability of) these agricultural inputs. A related strand of literature is exploring the allocative efficiency of these factors of production in African agriculture. However, all these studies […]
Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
New World Bank Policy Research Working Paper by Kalle Hirvonen and John Hoddinott. Abstract: Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel the same way? This paper addresses this issue using longitudinal household data from Ethiopia where a large-scale social safety net intervention (PSNP) operates. […]
Teff Value Chain in Ethiopia: Producer/Household Survey
The producer/household survey was conducted to study teff value chains in order to make recommendations to policymakers on how to improve the value chain for farmers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers in Ethiopia. The data collected in this survey helps to understand how the teff value chains are transforming in terms of quality and demand of […]
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