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Ex-post adjustment for measurement error in child stunting calculations: An illustration from Egypt
This study provides estimated ranges for the magnitude of bias caused by measurement error in stunting rates in young children, a widely used proxy for long-term nutritional status.
Rapid transformation of food systems in developing regions: Highlighting the role of agricultural research & innovations
Analyzing food system transformation in terms of value chains' structure and conduct, and the effects of changes in those on its performance.
This paper evaluates Ethiopia’s urbanization trend during the last four decades, while also considering Ethiopia’s structural transformation and recent public investments to promote greater industrialization within the country.
Clusters as drivers of local industrial development in Egypt: Which are the promising sectors and locations?
Clusters – the geographic concentration of specialized firms that are working in similar or related activities and are interdependent – have played an important role in the industrial development of many countries, including in Europe, the America
Storage losses at the farm are often assumed to be an important contributor to presumed large postharvest losses in developing countries. However, reliable and representative data on these losses are often lacking.
The 2012 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the Sudan, with a special focus on agriculture, water, and energy, is built using data from domestic sources in the Sudan, including the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Min
Identifying priority value-chains in Ethiopia
This paper uses an economy-wide model to identify agricultural activities and value-chains in Ethiopia whose expansion would be most effective at generating economic growth, reducing national and rural poverty, creating jobs, and diversifying diet
Seasonality in agricultural production continues to shape intra-annual food availability and prices in low-income countries.
We analyze the evolution of crop and livestock producer prices and wages of unskilled laborers in Ethiopia over the January 2014 to January 2016 period, during which time the country was massively impacted by El Niño triggered droughts, which star
Diet transformation in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
Four rounds of nationally representative data from Ethiopia document changes in household food consumption patterns.
Centralized implementation mandates of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) require a full and uniform payment to each person in an eligible household.
Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets.
Does market access mitigate the impact of seasonality on child growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia
Seasonality in agricultural production continues to shape intra-annual food availability and prices in low-income countries.
Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets.
A medium for information relevant to Ethiopia’s agriculture policy and strategy.