New journal article by Jean-François Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen, Athur Mabiso, and Joachim Vandercasteelen. Abstract: Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease >> Read more Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopian Strategy Support Program
Impacts of Hosting Forced Migrants in Poor Countries
New journal article by Jean-François Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen, Athur Mabiso, and Joachim Vandercasteelen. Abstract: Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. In the short run, violence, environmental degradation, and disease >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
ESSP Research Note 74, by Gashaw T. Abate, Mekdim Dereje, Kalle Hirvonen, and Bart Minten. Synopsis of Working Paper 133. Abstract: Geography has been shown to be an important determinant of economic development. Remote areas tend to be poorer due to higher transaction costs for trade or inhospitable environments. In this study, we show that >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Climate mitigation can support growth in developing countries
This blog, written by Channing Arndt, is cross-posted from the IFPRI website. The post first appeared in the Financial Times. Climate change is already upon us. Proliferating and intensifying natural disasters, soaring numbers of endangered species, th... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Rising cereal prices in Ethiopia: An assessment and possible contributing factors
ESSP Research Note 73, by Paul A. Dorosh, Bart Minten . Abstract: Nominal cereal prices in Ethiopia in July 2019 were significantly higher than the year before – maize prices had risen by 32 percent; sorghum by 39 percent; teff by 35 percent; and wheat by 2 percent. Moreover, there is anecdotal evidence that nominal >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
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