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Working Papers

2024

1. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial at endline
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
4. Can social assistance reduce violent conflict and civil unrest? Evidence from a large-scale public works program in Ethiopia
   CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2024) View citations (1)
5. Do social protection programs reduce conflict risk? Evidence from a large-scale safety net program in rural Ethiopia
   2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
6. Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) evaluation of SPIR II RFSA - Midline survey report
   Research reports, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
7. Increasing retail sales of healthy foods in Ethiopia: Lessons from MSME surveys in two urban areas
   CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
8. MSMEs in the Food Environment in urban and peri-urban Ethiopia
   IFPRP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
   Also in CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2024)
9. Securing food, building livelihoods?: A 15-year appraisal of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
10. The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
    GSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science (2024) View citations (2)
    CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2024) View citations (2)
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2024) View citations (2)
11. The role of social assistance in African crises: a systematic literature review
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2023

12. Baseline survey report of the Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience phase II (SPIR II) resilience food security activity in Ethiopia
    Food policy reports, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
13. Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
14. Estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets: How much do methods matter?
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets: How much do methods matter?, Food Policy, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2022

15. Food inflation, poverty, and urbanization
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
16. Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
    See also Journal Article Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (13) (2023)

2021

17. Assessing market price dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
    Rwanda SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
18. Dairy value chains during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from cascading value chain surveys before and during the pandemic
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
19. Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Expanding Social Protection Coverage with Humanitarian Aid: Lessons on Targeting and Transfer Values from Ethiopia, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (5) (2022)
20. Vegetable value chains during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from cascading value chain surveys before and during the pandemic
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
21. Video-based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

22. Accelerating progress in improving diets and nutrition in Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
23. Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
24. Economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A review of phone survey evidence
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)
25. Evaluation of the nutrition-sensitive features of the fourth phase of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
26. Food and nutrition security in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during COVID-19 pandemic: July 2020 report
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
    Also in ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020) View citations (6)
27. Food and nutrition security in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during COVID-19 pandemic: May 2020 report
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)
28. Food marketing margins during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetables in Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
29. Household food consumption patterns in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
30. Synopsis: Accelerating progress in improving diets and nutrition in Ethiopia
    ESSP research notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
31. Telescoping causes overstatement in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)
32. Value chains for nutritious food: Analysis of the egg value chain in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2019

33. Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia, World Development, Elsevier (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
34. Promoting fruit and vegetable intake in urban Ethiopia: An experiment using video-based communication
    Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
35. Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
    ESSP research notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2018

36. Affordability of fruits and vegetables in Ethiopia
    ESSP research notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
37. Animal sourced foods and child stunting
    2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (63)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2017) View citations (3)
    2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2017) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2018) View citations (60) (2018)
38. Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
39. Payment modality preferences: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
40. Rural food markets and child nutrition
    2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
    See also Journal Article Rural Food Markets and Child Nutrition, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2019) View citations (19) (2019)
41. The impact of large-scale social protection interventions on grain prices in poor countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)

2017

42. Animal sourced foods and child stunting: Evidence from 112,887 children in 46 countries
    2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
43. Complementarities between social protection and health sector policies: Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
44. Farm size, food security, and welfare: Descriptive evidence from the Ethiopian highlands
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
45. Improvements in living conditions in Ethiopia between 2000 and 2016: Evidence from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data
    ESSP research notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
46. The rising costs of nutritious foods in Ethiopia
    ESSP research notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (4)

2016

47. Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Cash Crops and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopian Smallholder Coffee Producers, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (20) (2019)
48. Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
49. Diet transformation in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Diet transformation in Africa: the case of Ethiopia, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2017) View citations (28) (2017)
50. Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (11)
    Also in ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2016) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel Data Evidence from Northern Ethiopia, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (24) (2017)
51. Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia, International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons (2018) View citations (7) (2018)
52. Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Rural–urban differences in children’s dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2016) View citations (14) (2016)

2015

53. Agricultural production and children's diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Agricultural production and children's diets: evidence from rural Ethiopia, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2017) View citations (77) (2017)
54. Risk sharing and internal migration
    IOB Working Papers, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2013) View citations (9)
    Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (2015)
    See also Journal Article Risk Sharing and Internal Migration, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (14) (2016)
55. Seasonality and household diets in Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (20)

2014

56. Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (19)
57. Enhancing resilience for food security in refugee-hosting communities
    2020 conference briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
58. Refugees, food security, and resilience in host communities: Transitioning from humanitarian assistance to development in protracted refugee situations
    2020 conference papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
59. Three essays on internal migration and nutrition in Tanzania
    Economics PhD Theses, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School

2013

60. Measuring catch-up growth in malnourished populations
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets: How much do methods matter?
   Food Policy, 2024, 126, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Estimating the cost and affordability of healthy diets: How much do methods matter?, IFPRI discussion papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2023

2. Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia, WIDER Working Paper Series (2022) (2022)

2022

3. Expanding Social Protection Coverage with Humanitarian Aid: Lessons on Targeting and Transfer Values from Ethiopia
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (10), 1981-2000 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia, ESSP working papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
4. Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia
   (Video-Based Behavioral Change Communication to Change Consumption Patterns: Experimental Evidence from Urban Ethiopia)
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (4), 889-908 View citations (5)

2021

5. Beneficiary Views on Cash and In-Kind Payments: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (2), 398-413 View citations (7)
6. Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia: Complementarities between social protection and health policies
   Development Policy Review, 2021, 39, (4), 532-547 View citations (1)
7. Food Consumption and Food Security during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (3), 772-789 View citations (36)
8. Food prices and marketing margins during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetable value chains in Ethiopia
   Agricultural Economics, 2021, 52, (3), 407-421 View citations (19)

2020

9. Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
   World Development, 2020, 136, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia, ESSP working papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
10. Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition
    World Development, 2020, 131, (C) View citations (14)
11. This is US: Geography of evidence in top health economics journals
    Health Economics, 2020, 29, (10), 1316-1323 View citations (4)

2019

12. Cash Crops and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopian Smallholder Coffee Producers
    Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (6), 1267-1284 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers, ESSP working papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
13. Impacts of Hosting Forced Migrants in Poor Countries
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 439-459 View citations (27)
14. Rural Food Markets and Child Nutrition
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101, (5), 1311-1327 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Rural food markets and child nutrition, 2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia (2018) (2018)

2018

15. Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, (5), 1302-1319 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Animal sourced foods and child stunting, 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. (2018) View citations (63) (2018)
16. Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
    International Social Security Review, 2018, 71, (1), 3-24 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia, WIDER Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2017

17. Agricultural production and children's diets: evidence from rural Ethiopia
    Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48, (4), 469-480 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper Agricultural production and children's diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy (2015) View citations (9) (2015)
18. Can Agricultural Traders be Trusted? Evidence from Coffee in Ethiopia
    World Development, 2017, 90, (C), 77-88 View citations (10)
19. Children’s Diets, Nutrition Knowledge, and Access to Markets
    World Development, 2017, 95, (C), 303-315 View citations (45)
20. Diet transformation in Africa: the case of Ethiopia
    Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48, (S1), 73-86 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Diet transformation in Africa: The case of Ethiopia, ESSP working papers (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
21. Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel Data Evidence from Northern Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53, (9), 1414-1429 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia, Innocenti Working Papers (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

2016

22. Risk Sharing and Internal Migration
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 65, (1), 63 - 86 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Risk sharing and internal migration, IOB Working Papers (2015) (2015)
23. Rural–urban differences in children’s dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
    Economics Letters, 2016, 147, (C), 12-15 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis, ESSP working papers (2016) View citations (11) (2016)
24. Temperature Changes, Household Consumption, and Internal Migration: Evidence from Tanzania
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98, (4), 1230-1249 View citations (73)

2015

25. Going Back Home: Internal Return Migration in Rural Tanzania
    World Development, 2015, 70, (C), 186-202 View citations (26)

Chapters

2025

1. Social protection programs: Building the evidence
   Chapter 11 in Global food policy report 2025: Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world, 2025-05-28, pp 267-292

2024

2. Diet affordability: Understanding the high cost of healthy diets
   Chapter 4 in Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition, 2024-05-29, pp 36-45

2023

3. A food crisis was brewing even before the Ukraine war- but taking these three steps could help the most vulnerable
   Chapter 2 in The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security, 2023, pp 15-17
4. Social protection: Adaptive safety nets for crisis recovery
   Chapter 5 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 52-61

2022

5. Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
   Chapter 4 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 37-39
6. Resilience of urban value chains during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from dairy and vegetable chains in Ethiopia
   Chapter 12 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 82-86
7. Uneven recovery and a lingering food crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic for rural safety net transfer recipients in Ethiopia
   Chapter 18 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 110-121

2020

8. Farm size, food security, and welfare
   Chapter 6 in Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, 2020, pp 147-173 View citations (1)
9. Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia
   Chapter 18 in COVID-19 and global food security, 2020, pp 81-83 View citations (6)
10. Survey suggests rising risk of food and nutrition insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 restrictions continue
    Chapter 10 in COVID-19 and global food security, 2020, pp 46-49 View citations (3)

2018

11. Designing social protection programs
    Chapter 11 in ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report, 2018, pp 154-160

2014

12. Resilience for food security in refugee-hosting communities
    Chapter 6 in 2013 Global Food Policy Report, 2014

Software Items

2024

1. ETH2GRECAL: Stata module to convert dates from the Ethiopian calendar to the Gregorian calendar
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics