Ethiopia - Background Resources
Ethiopia
- Well-Being and Poverty in Ethiopia : The Role of Agriculture and Agency
World Bank report on well-being and poverty in Ethiopia with a focus on
agriculture.
'Too Much Inequality or Too Little?
Inequality and Stagnation in Ethiopian Agriculture', Stephen Devereux,
Amdissa Teshome and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, IDS Bulletin, 36(2):
121-126
The persistence of agricultural stagnation in Ethiopia has provided justification
for radical interventions for decades - from villagisation to land redistribution
to resettlement programmes. Rather than reversing negative trends, the
evidence suggests that these interventions have exacerbated poverty traps
and vulnerability of smallholder households...
Destitution
in Ethiopia's NE Highlands
The 'Wollo Destitution Study' was commissioned by Save the Children UK,
funded by DFID and implemented by a research team from IDS Sussex and
Addis Ababa University, in collaboration with the Amhara Regional Government,
with the objectives of investigating the scale, causes and consequences
of destitution in Wollo in Ethiopia's NE Highlands, and suggesting appropriate
policy responses.
Pastoralist Communication Initiative - Somali Region, Ethiopia
Concern about recurrent drought and growing food aid dependency in lowland
areas of Ethiopia prompted the Pastoralist Communication Initiative at
IDS to undertake a scoping exercise for a research study to investigate
the underlying causes of deepening livelihood insecurity, specifically
in Somali Region...
Participatory policy processes? Environmental governance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's problems of food shortage and environmental degradation are
well documented. We know less about the arena in which competing agricultural,
natural resources and environmental strategies are fought for. Who are
the protagonists and how do they fight their corner?
An Institute of Development Studies report casts light on how decisions
are made in Ethiopia. It reveals a complex environment in which policy
debates are not resolved as a result of rational choices but are often
fudged as conflicts rage among ever-shifting networks of scientists, donors,
ideologues and bureaucrats.
Agricultural
Intensification in Ethiopia and Mali
Grace Carswell, Institute of Development Studies, Research Report 48,
(2000)
Diversification of Livelihoods: Evidence From Mali and Ethiopia
Camilla Toulmin, Rebeca Leonard, Karen Brock, Ngolo Coulibaly, Grace Carswell
and Data Dea, Institute of Development Studies, Research Report 47, (2000)
Resources
World Bank Ethiopia pageAFROL
IFPRI publication: Policies to Promote Cereal Intensification in Ethiopia:
a Review of Evidence and Experience
