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The rural-urban transformation in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

's economy and the extent of poverty reduction in the coming decade. …

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Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growthâ€“poverty linkages in five African countries:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

literature disaggregating the growthâ€“poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for …

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Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

This paper examines macro-economic developments in Ethiopia between 2004/05 and 2008/09, focusing on the external accounts and the real exchange rate. Simulations using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Ethiopia's economy show that, compared to a policy of foreign exchange...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114815

Economic implications of foreign exchange rationing in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Robinson, Sherman; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933116

Transaction costs and agricultural productivity

Dorosh, Paul A.; Stifel, David; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

This paper examines the mechanisms that transmit isolation into poverty in Madagascar using household survey data … poverty in rural Madagascar increases with remoteness; (b) yields of major staple crops fall considerably as one gets farther …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038180

Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges

Dorosh, Paul A.; Rashid, Shahidur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities...

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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:

Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

agriculture as a means of accelerating the economic transformation and reducing poverty. This paper examines the implications of … this commitment to both growth and reduction in poverty, analyzes the progress underway, and diagnoses the critical …-reaching positive implications for increasing employment and accelerating poverty reduction. High agricultural growth also helps avoid …

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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

In spite of remarkable growth in Ethiopiaâ€™s agricultural production and overall real incomes (GDP/capita) from 2004/05 to 2008/09, prices of major cereals (teff, maize, wheat and sorghum) have fluctuated sharply in both nominal and real terms. International prices of cereals also...

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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Ahmed, Hashim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Beginning in April 2008, lack of access to foreign exchange effectively stopped private sector wheat imports. Government imports and subsidized sales to millers and households in late 2008, subsequently increased domestic supply and lowered market wheat prices, though market prices remained...

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Implications of accelerated agricultural growth on household incomes and poverty in Ethiopia: A general equilibrium analysis

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Ethiopiaâ€™s national development strategy, A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty for 2005 … years). Achieving agricultural growth of six percent per year would reduce national poverty to 18.4 percent by 2015, lifting … an additional 3.7 million people out of poverty compared to a base simulation using medium term growth rates. Most …

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