Why use ROSCAs when you can use the banks? Theory and evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]
Much of the existing literature on the use of informal credit arrangements such as ROSCAs (Rotating and Credit Saving Associations) theorises the use of such institutions as arising from market failures in the development of formal saving and credit ...
Dasgupta, Indraneel +2 more
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Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Nets in Households for Under-5 Children and Associated Factors in East Mesekan District, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia. [PDF]
Kebede W +5 more
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Deforestation in Ethiopia is remained increasingly at alarming rate and the rate of afforestation was not adequately equal with high rate of clearing forest resources for different purposes. This study was aimed at assessing farmer’s perception to deforestation, and its causes and consequences in Sodo-Woreda (Gurage zone) based on ...
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What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa ? [PDF]
In the early 1990s the World Bank launched the Regional Program on Enterprise Development in several African countries, a key component of which was the collection of manufacturing firm-level data.
Bigsten, Arne, Soderbom, Mans
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LAND REHABIEITATION PRACTICES; CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN KEBENA WOREDA OF GURAGE ZONE SNNPRS
Abstract The term land refers to a spatial unit containing all natural resources. Land degradation is one of the most serious environmental problems in Ethiopia. The consequences of land degradation in Ethiopia are deteriorations of biodiversity, low agricultural productivity, loss of biodiversity and others socio-economic impacts.
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Self-care practice and its associated factors among diabetic patients attending public hospitals in Gurage zone southwest, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Emire MS +7 more
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Determinants of Child Size at Birth and Associated Maternal Factor in Gurage Zone.
Birth weight plays an important role in infant mortality and morbidity, child development, and future health of the child. Reports showed that low birth weight is one of the critical issues in Gugare zone that causes many babies short-term and long-term health consequences and tends to have higher mortality and morbidity.
Gedif Mulat, Alemayehu +2 more
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Early Baby Bathing Practice and its Associated Factors Among Mothers who Give Birth in the Past One Month in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia, 2022. [PDF]
Beyene Derribow A +7 more
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How Effective is Public Spending? Public Investment Composition and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia [PDF]
One of the most important policy tools in developing countries for affecting economic growth and poverty reduction is expenditure policy. As governments decide how to allocate public spending, they need a clear understanding of how public investments ...
Ayele, Gezahegne +3 more
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Changes in poverty in rural Ethiopia 1989-1995: measurement, robustness tests and decomposition [PDF]
Assessing changes in poverty levels over time is bedevilled by problems in questionnaire design, the choice of the poverty line, the exact timing of the survey and uncertainty about the appropriate cost-of-living deflators.
Pramila Krishnan, Stefan Dercon
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