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Rainfall, selection, and agricultural productivity
Developing countries have a low income per capita and low total factor productivity, relatively more so in the agricultural sector. Even after accounting for differences in labour inputs or incorrect measurement, this “agricultural productivity gap” remains large. In explaining this puzzle, the most recent research highlights the role of sorting and selection of workers...
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Electrification effects on firm productivity in Ethiopia
Energy as a driver of growth appears intuitive to most observers, and access to reliable sources of energy is especially understood to be an engine of industrialisation and growth in developing countries. However, policymakers and academics are still in the dark about the extent and the exact mechanisms of how energy investments translate into growth. This underlying...
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Spatial integration, agricultural productivity, and development: A quantitative analysis of Ethiopia's road expansion program
While Ethiopia has been a pre-dominantly agricultural-based economy, productivity in agriculture has been low relative to the rest of the economy, not having changed much since the 1960s. These characteristics are shared by many other developing economies. Agricultural productivity growth is important for Ethiopia’s economic development, its structural transformation, and...
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Job referrals and strategic network formation: Experimental evidence from urban neighbourhoods in Ethiopia
This project poses the question: Do unemployed individuals use their job referral opportunities to strengthen their position in a geographically restricted social network? In particular, the project looks at whether there is reciprocity in the job referral process among individuals from the same geographic area. In addition, the laboratory experiment will be able to shed...
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Trade liberalisation, infrastructure and firm performance: Evidence from Ethiopia
This project seeks to analyse the role of improvements in infrastructure on the transmission of trade liberalisation effects to domestic firms. While the literature has highlighted trade liberalisation and infrastructure development as effective strategies for economic growth and development, not much is known about the complementarity between the two in generating growth...
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Neighbourhood effects and social capital in urban housing: Evidence from random neighbourhood assignment
In Africa, the population living in cities is set to triple by 2050. Government policy will play a key role in planning urban environments, including providing affordable housing and public goods for people moving to new urban neighbourhoods. How can urban policies be designed to promote flourishing communities and efficient delivery of public services? How can policy...
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Smart cities
This paper sought to understand what a smart city would be in the Ethiopian context. The study investigated to what extent the urban data, technology, infrastructure, and networks allow for the implementation of future smart cities in Ethiopia. The management of rapid urbanisation has been a challenge in Ethiopia. A smart cities/smart solutions approach could...
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Trade liberalisation, firm productivity, and exit in Ethiopian manufacturing firms
Prior to the early 1990s, Ethiopia pursued an inward looking state-‐led industrial development strategy, based on import substitution policies through high tariffs and entry barriers. Since the mid-‐1990s, the country has undertaken gradual process of unilateral trade liberalization and reform measures reducing tariffs significantly and lifting entry restrictions...
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Do managers use financial incentives effectively? Evidence from a field experiment in urban Ethiopia
Firms in developing countries find it hard to recruit adequately skilled workers, and to motivate and retain them (World Bank, 2013; IGC, 2014). Yet, recent evidence suggests that many firms do not use standard financial rewards to attract high quality workers and increase their performance (Bloom et al., 2010; Fafchamps and Woodruff, 2014). Are financial rewards too costly...
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Low cost housing for Africa's cities? The impact of the Government Condominium Scheme in Ethiopia
Cities in Africa face severe shortages of affordable formal housing. It is estimated that Ethiopia’s current housing deficit in urban areas is about a million units, and that only 30 percent of the current housing stock is in decent condition. Many of the capital city’s inhabitants live in sub-standard housing conditions without access to important urban services. In...