P Balasubramanian, M Ibanez, S Khan, S Sahoo - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Reducing gender inequality in economic opportunities is considered valuable in its own right and a critical element in ending poverty and boosting economic prosperity. Does the …
C Blattman, S Dercon - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2018 - aeaweb.org
Working with five Ethiopian firms, we randomized applicants to an industrial job offer, an “entrepreneurship” program of $300 plus business training, or control status. Industrial jobs …
Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing …
Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals …
MH Ahmed - Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of improved maize varieties and inorganic fertilizer on productivity and consumption expenditure of smallholder farmers in Eastern Ethiopia. The …
F Demir, SS Tabrizy - Review of Development Economics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
International sanctions have significant economic effects with long‐lasting negative consequences for human development. However, academic research on the gendered …
We analyze matched employee–employer data from Ethiopia's largest special economic zone during a period of downsizing pressure from the COVID-19 world import demand …
MH Ahmed, KM Geleta, A Tazeze… - Development Studies …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to measure the impact of improved maize varieties on farm productivity and smallholders' wellbeing using data collected from the East Hararghe Zone …
We study two interventions for poor and underemployed Ethiopian youth: a $300 grant to spur self-employment, and a job offer to an industrial firm. Each one is designed to help …