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Migration as an Adaptation Strategy to Weather Variability: An Instrumental Variables Probit Analysis
(2016-06)
There is solid scientific evidence predicting that a large part of the developing world will suffer a greater incidence of extreme weather events, which may increase the incidence of displacement migration. We draw on the ...
Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter?
(2009-11-30)
Sustainable agricultural practices, in as far as they rely on renewable local or farm resources, present
desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing
countries. ...
Essays on Economic Behaviour: HIV/AIDS, Schooling, and Inequality
(2011-04-14)
Paper 1: Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi To analyze if the spread of HIV is related to economic inequality we estimate multilevel models of the individual probability of HIV infection among young Malawian women. We ...
The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
(2009-11-30)
This paper provides empirical evidence of production risk impact on sustainable land- management
technology adoption, using two years of cross-sectional plot-level data collected in the Ethiopian highlands. We
used a ...
The Land Certification Program and Off-Farm Employment in Ethiopia
(2017-02)
Strong property rights have long been touted as key to increased performance of the rural economy in developing countries. Indeed, in an overwhelmingly agrarian economy like Ethiopia, with state ownership of land, increased ...
Adoption of Organic Farming Technologies: Evidence from Semi-Arid Regions of Ethiopia
(2008-12-16)
In the wake of resource constraints faced by farmers in developing countries in using external farm inputs, sustainable agricultural production practices that rely on local or farm renewable resources present desirable ...
Rural encounters with the city. A study of the gendered livelihood strategies of migrant youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2021-11-17)
More than half of the world’s population growth will be accounted for by cities in the coming decades, with sub-Saharan Africa at the centre of this change. While studies have pointed to the disproportionate effects ...
Risk, Time and Land Management under Market Imperfections: Applications to Ethiopia
(2004)
This Ph.D. thesis addresses both theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to land management decisions of farm households in developing countries working under an imperfect market and institutional setting (with case ...
The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield - Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands
(2009-11-30)
Land degradation has been one of the major areas of concern in Ethiopia. Governments and
development agencies have invested substantial resources to promote land management technologies
and reduce land degradation. ...
Cost of Power Outages for Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Study
(2018-05)
Having a reliable supply of electricity is essential for the operation of any firm. In most developing countries, however, electricity supply is highly unreliable. In this study, we estimate the cost of power outages for ...