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The impact of climate change on pastoral production systems: A study of climate variability and household adaptation strategies in southern Ethiopian rangelands
Berhanu, Wassie; Beyene, Fekadu - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
This paper examines the determinants and implied economic impacts of climate change adaptation strategies in the context of traditional pastoralism. It is based on a household level survey in southern Ethiopian rangelands. Pastoralists. perception of clim
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The political economy of food price: The case of Ethiopia
Admassie, Assefa - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
Food prices increased significantly in 2007.08 in Ethiopia due to several supply- and demand-side factors. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854496
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Enterprise Agglomeration, Output Prices, and Physical Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Ethiopia
Siba, Eyerusalem; Soderbom, Mans; Bigsten, Arne; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
We use census panel data on Ethiopian manufacturing firms to analyze the connections between enterprise agglomeration, firm-level output prices and physical productivity. We find a negative and statistically significant relationship between the agglomerat
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Power Ahead: Meeting Ethiopiaâ..s Energy Needs under a Changing Climate
Block, Paul - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
Ethiopia is powering ahead with an ambitious energy development strategy, highly reliant on abundant hydropower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653084
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Can Industrial Policy Work under Neopatrimonial Rule?
Altenburg, Tilman - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
the surveyed countries—Tunisia and Ethiopia—with neopatrimonial traits nevertheless pursue ambitious agendas of industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275343
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Intra-household efficiency: An experimental study from Ethiopia
Kebede, Bereket; Tarazona, Marcela; Munro, Alistair; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
An experimental design using treatments of a voluntary contribution mechanism is used to test household efficiency. Efficiency is decisively rejected in all treatments contrary to the assumption of most household models. Information on initial endowments
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Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia
Kimhi, Ayal - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
to household income inequality in southern Ethiopia. A uniform increase in entrepreneurial income reduces per capita …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973357
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The Fiscal Dimensions of Ethiopia's Transition and Reconstruction
Bevan, David L. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001
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Asset Portfolios in Africa: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Rogg, Christian - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006
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Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk, and Vulnerability in Rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007
poor. Using the example of Ethiopia, this paper discusses some of the key challenges faced by some of the poorest African … one of these countries, Ethiopia, first by highlighting the impact of a first wave of liberalization in the early 1990s … and poverty divergence within rural Ethiopia. This evidence suggests that access to better infrastructure and …
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