Despite evolving evidence that Africa is experiencing urbanization in a different way, empirical evaluations of the welfare implications of urban-development programs in Africa remain scant. We investigated the welfare implications of recent urbanization in rural areas and small towns in Ethiopia using household-level longitudinal data and satellite-based night-light intensity. Controlling for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity (across […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
The effects of poultry and cash transfers on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey
Recent policy debates have focused renewed international attention on poultry as an asset that is widely accessible to women and has low start-up costs, increasing its potential to have significant positive welfare effects for poor households in developing countries. In 2016, Bill Gates promoted investment in chickens as a development strategy that would meaningfully increase […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Biases in self-reported food insecurity measurement: A list experiment approach
New Journal Article by Getaw Tadesse, Gashaw T. Abate and Tadiwos Zewdie. Abstract: Measuring the incidence and intensity of food insecurity has long been a challenge due to its conceptual and practical complexity. Several scholars have proposed objective and subjective measurements to monitor or evaluate food in(security) programs. While the objective measurements such as food […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
From agricultural experiment station to farm: The impact of the promotion of a new technology on farmers’ yields in Ethiopia
New Journal Article by Joachim Vandercasteelen, Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten, and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Abstract: Adoption of yield-increasing technologies is crucial to boost staple food production in sub-Saharan Africa. However, empirical evidence is lacking on the impact of improved agricultural technologies that are scaled up from research at agricultural experiment stations to the farm level. We assess the […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
COVID-19’S IMPACT ON CHINA’S SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES New in the Covid-19 Series
As China begins to emerge from the worst of its health crisis,
a survey shows many enterprises struggle to survive.
Read Blogpost > https://www.ifpri.org/blog/covid-19s-impact-chinas-small-and-medium-sized-businesses
Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
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