The Ethiopia Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) aims to support Ethiopia’s plans to achieve its development goals within the context of a changing climate.
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Herder-related violence, agricultural work, and the informal sector as a safety net (English)
Violent conflict between nomadic herders and settled—mostly agricultural—communities in Nigeria occurs as both groups clash over the use of land and resources, in part, due to a changing climate.
The motivation for bringing a nutritional lens to social protection programs.
More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Revisiting poverty trends and the role of social protection systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Africa has been as difficult as predicting the path of the pandemic, mainly due to data limitations.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted global wheat, corn, and other markets.
The war in Ukraine has roiled commodity markets and raised concerns about global food security.
Digital technologies can expand access to health services to underserved populations. This paper leverages mobile network expansion and survey data spanning two decades to study the impact of access to mobile phones on infant mortality in Africa.
Except for dairy producers, who have benefited from price and income support programs dating back to New Deal legislation from the 1930s, coverage for livestock and livestock products remained largely confined to ad hoc supplemental disaster cover
The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than 40 per
The past four years have been chaotic for US agriculture.
Beneficiary views on cash and in-kind payments: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme
Contrary to expectations, a recent study shows that beneficiaries of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program overwhelmingly prefer their payments to be at least partly in food.
This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia's flagship social protection program, the Productive Safety Net Program on the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food and nutrition security of households, mothers, and children.
Agriculture and food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) are rightfully recognized as among the most successful on the planet: they have fed a fast-growing population, facilitated economic development, enabled urbanization, gen
This paper discusses the potential role of low-cost private secondary schools in Tanzania. The share of private enrollment has been negatively correlated with the availability of public schools.
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to unfold.