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Case Studies in War-to-Peace Transition: The Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Uganda.

Colleta, N.J.; Kostner, M.; Wiederhofer, I. - World Bank Group - 1996

A successful demobilization and reintegration program (DRP) for ex-combatants is the key to an effective transition from war to peace. The success of this first step following the signing of a peace accord signals the end to organized conflict and thereby provides the security necessary for...

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Unintended consequences: how Somalia's business community, in search of stability, and the USA, in search of terrorists, nearly created a radical Islamic state in the horn of Afric...

Tomlinson, Chris - In: Global Business and Economics Review 10 (2008) 2, pp. 229-238

subsequent failure of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to stop the takeover and Ethiopia's ultimate intervention, which had …

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The Role of Crop Genetic Diversity in Coping with Agricultural Production Shocks: Insights from Eastern Ethiopia

Cavatassi, Romina; Lipper, Leslie; Hopkins, Jeffrey - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2006

of reducing poverty and improving household food security throughout the developing world, and particularly in Ethiopia … eastern Ethiopia, an area rich in crop genetic diversity, but with low and variable agricultural productivity and high rates … using a unique dataset collected during 2002-2003 production season when eastern Ethiopia experienced a major drought with …

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The Food Security Role of Agriculture in Ethiopia

Adenew, Berhanu - In: The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development … 1 (2004) 1, pp. 138-153

This study analyses income, expenditure and food consumption data in Ethiopia to help explains the country’s high …

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Migration caused by climate change: how vulnerable are people inn dryland areas?

Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 5 (2000) 4, pp. 379-406

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An examination of some mechanisms underlying externality benefits of girls' schooling

Weir, Sharada - In: Journal of Population Economics 20 (2007) 1, pp. 203-222

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Recurrent Shocks, Poverty Traps, and the Degradationof the Social Capital Base of Pastoralism: A Case Study from Southern Ethiopia.

Berhanu, Wassie; Fayissa, Bichaka - Economics and Finance Department, Jennings A. Jones … - 2009

The long-term effects of shocks are examined in the context of a traditional pastoral community. The impacts are empirically examined in connection with the micro-level poverty trap hypothesis and the associated minimum poverty threshold estimates reported in previous studies. We argue that...

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Poverty Analysis of Ethiopian Females in the Amhara Region: Utilizing BMI as an Indicator of Poverty

Kodama, Yuka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper analyzes poverty-affected females in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. As the measurement of poverty, the paper …

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Fertility behaviour of recent immigrants to Israel

Nahmias, Petra - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 4, pp. 83-120

(FSU) and from Ethiopia to Israel in the last 20 years. The changes in fertility behaviour undergone in the same society …

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Determinants of Cereal Diversity in Communities and on Household Farms of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

Benin, Samuel; Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Smale, Melinda; … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

On farm conservation of crop diversity poses obvious policy challenges in terms of the design of appropriate incentive mechanisms and possible trade-offs between conservation and productivity. This paper compares factors explaining the inter-specific diversity (diversity among species) and...

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