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This paper uses firm level panel data from Ethiopian manufacturing to investigate the investment behavior of firms under uncertainty. The paper focuses on the heterogeneity of firm level investment responses to both demand and supply side sources of uncertainty. Accordingly, the...
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This paper analyzes the creation, destruction and reallocation of jobs to better understand the micro-dynamics of aggregate employment change in African manufacturing. The nature and magnitude of gross job flows are examined using a unique panel data of Ethiopian manufacturing establishments...
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Ethiopia that have virtually no weather insurance. This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change … measures on agricultural productivity of households, measured in terms of crop revenue, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Four …. The analysis also distinguishes between summer and spring seasons and different crops, in recognition that Ethiopia …
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We evaluated the impacts of the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on rural households’ holdings of livestock and forest assets including trees. Using panel data, we applied both regression analysis and propensity score matching. We found no indication that participation in PSNP...
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currently piloted in some parts of Ethiopia are actions in the right direction. …
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-scale highland agriculture in Ethiopia. Plot-level stochastic frontiers and metafrontier technology-gap ratios were estimated for …
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This study measures the impact of fanya juu bunds (an important soil and water conservation technology and the most popular type of contour bund in east Africa) on the value of crop production in a high-rainfall area in the Ethiopian highlands using cross-sectional multiple plot observations. We...
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food supply in sub-Saharan Africa. Fertilizer use in Ethiopia is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. Particularly in …
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Land degradation has been one of the major areas of concern in Ethiopia. Governments and development agencies have …
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This paper provides an in-depth look at some of the key development issues facing households in Ethiopia, in the … Ethiopia is making progress toward some vital MDG goals, but household incomes are shockingly low and hugely varied. Assets …
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