Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia
We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia. We find that households in remote areas consume substantially less than households nearer to markets, they are more food insecure, and their school enrollment rates...
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| author | Stifel, David Minten, Bart |
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| description | We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia. We find that households in remote areas consume substantially less than households nearer to markets, they are more food insecure, and their school enrollment rates are lower. Although their diets are also less diverse, we find no significant differences in anthropometric measures. Part of these welfare differences can be attributed to lower household agricultural production in remote areas. But agricultural production differences alone do not account for all of the differences in household consumption levels for remote households. An additional contributing factor is the deteriorating terms of trade for remote households that negatively affects both the size of the agricultural surplus that these households market and the quantity of food items that they purchase. Reducing transaction costs associated with poor rural infrastructure can pay off important dividends as it can facilitate households’ abilities to transform marketed surpluses into consumption goods and into healthier, more diverse diets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1498142025-12-08T10:29:22Z Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia Stifel, David Minten, Bart welfare nutrition market access trade food security food consumption poverty rural areas We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia. We find that households in remote areas consume substantially less than households nearer to markets, they are more food insecure, and their school enrollment rates are lower. Although their diets are also less diverse, we find no significant differences in anthropometric measures. Part of these welfare differences can be attributed to lower household agricultural production in remote areas. But agricultural production differences alone do not account for all of the differences in household consumption levels for remote households. An additional contributing factor is the deteriorating terms of trade for remote households that negatively affects both the size of the agricultural surplus that these households market and the quantity of food items that they purchase. Reducing transaction costs associated with poor rural infrastructure can pay off important dividends as it can facilitate households’ abilities to transform marketed surpluses into consumption goods and into healthier, more diverse diets. 2015-09-02 2024-08-01T02:50:00Z 2024-08-01T02:50:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149814 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148345 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Stifel, David and Minten, Bart. 2015. Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 77. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;: IInternational Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149814 |
| spellingShingle | welfare nutrition market access trade food security food consumption poverty rural areas Stifel, David Minten, Bart Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | market access welfare and nutrition evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | welfare nutrition market access trade food security food consumption poverty rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149814 |
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