We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … of the country’s regions and woredas (local governments). Ethiopia is a remarkable case in which war, famine and chaos in …

This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … Ethiopia. Using primary household survey data and microbiological water test for Escherichia coli, we use various estimation … child diarrhea by 12%. The latter result casts serious doubt on the assumed health and social benefits of moving from open …

projects in northern Ethiopia. The author pays particular attention to health-related costs of establishing small …"Ersado looks at the feasibility and potential of instituting small-scale irrigation dams to reduce Ethiopia … irrigation dams cannot be known a priori due to potential health costs, the empirical evidence shows that current agricultural …