ESSP Working Paper 145, by Kalle Hirvonen, Gashaw T. Abate, and Alan de Brauw. Abstract: In early June 2020, we called by telephone a representative sample of nearly 600 households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to assess income changes and household food and nutrition security status during the COVID-19 pandemic (survey period covering May). This was […]
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 […]
Trade, value chains, and rent distribution with foreign exchange controls: Coffee exports in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 136, by Seneshaw Tamru, Bart Minten, Johan F. M. Swinnen. Abstract: Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood.
The rising costs of nutritious foods: The case of Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 134, by Fantu Nisrane Bachewe and Bart Minten. Abstract: Costs of healthy diets are worryingly rising in a number of developed and emerging economies. However, less is known on these costs for developing countries.
IFPRI Insights – August 2019
Reposted from IFPRI.ORG. Pro-WEAI; Relative Food Price & Malnutrition; More & Better Food; and More