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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia

Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004

The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet, few studies have attempted to directly measure this contribution. This is particularly the case for work performed on the household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of...

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Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa

Doss, Cheryl; McPeak, John; Barrett, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2006

This study investigates variation over time, space and household and individual characteristics in how people perceive different risks. Using original data from the arid and semi-arid lands of east Africa, we explore which risks concern individuals and how they assess their relative level of...

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La dimension politique des systèmes d'alerte précoce.. Le cas des crises alimentaires en Éthiopie (2002-2004)

Enten, François - In: Mondes en développement n° 137 (2007) 1, pp. 89-100

Socio-anthropological surveys conducted between 2002 and 2004 during food aid targeting processes in Ethiopia enlighted …

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Municipal Infrastructure Delivery in Ethiopia: A bottomless pit or an option to reach the Millennium Development Goals?

Werner, Jan; Nguyen-Thanh, David - Institute of Local Public Finance - 2007

The following paper examines the different options to finance local public infrastructure in Ethiopia based on the … assumption that the federal government of Ethiopia will not provide any guarantees for local borrowing. Besides a detailed … description of the local public finance system and the capital market in Ethiopia, the paper also sets out some international …

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Capital adjustment patterns and uncertainty in African manufacturing

Shiferaw, Admasu - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2006

Judging by the provisions of its investment code and the apparent stability of the macro-economy, Ethiopia seems to … Ethiopia have zero investment episodes; episodes that have become more persistent over time. This contrasts badly with high …

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Attending school : two 'Rs' and child work in rural Ethiopia

ADMASSIE, A.; BEDI, A.S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2003

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Control and Ownership of Assets Within Rural Ethiopian Households

Fafchamps, M.; Quisumbing, A. R. - In: Journal of Development Studies 38 (2002) 6, pp. 47-82

assets during marriage. Using detailed household data from rural Ethiopia, we show that assets brought to marriage, ownership …

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Decomposition of Household Expenditure and Child Welfare in Rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004

The methodology by Lazear and Michael (1988) is used to decompose household expenditures into that for adults and children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for household level heterogeneity. In addition, a new and...

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Intra-household Distribution of Expenditures in Rural Ethiopia: A Demand Systems Approach

Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the combined effects of changes in prices, income and demographic composition on adult and young, male and female members of households. The recently developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used since a demand system provides a unified framework for...

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Changing handwashing behaviour in southern Ethiopia: A longitudinal study on infrastructural and commitment interventions

Contzen, Nadja; Meili, Iara Helena; Mosler, Hans-Joachim - In: Social Science & Medicine 124 (2015) C, pp. 103-114

Improved hand hygiene efficiently prevents the major killers of children under the age of five years in Ethiopia and … households in four rural, water-scarce kebeles (smallest administrative units of Ethiopia) in southern Ethiopia (N = 462). The …

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