The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages
This article investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia. Estimating an Instrumental Variables model using Generalized Methods of...
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| author | Dercon, Stefan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Woldehanna, Tassew |
| author_browse | Dercon, Stefan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Woldehanna, Tassew |
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| description | This article investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia. Estimating an Instrumental Variables model using Generalized Methods of Moments and controlling for household fixed effects, we find evidence of positive impacts with meaningful magnitudes. Receiving at least one extension visit reduces headcount poverty by 9.8 percentage points and increases consumption growth by 7.1 percentage points. Access to all‐weather roads reduces poverty by 6.9 percentage points and increases consumption growth by 16.3 percentage points. These results are robust to changes in model specification and estimation methods. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1621482025-02-19T14:08:13Z The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages Dercon, Stefan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Woldehanna, Tassew public expenditure roads agricultural extension income generation poverty consumption functions metadata extension impact assessment This article investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia. Estimating an Instrumental Variables model using Generalized Methods of Moments and controlling for household fixed effects, we find evidence of positive impacts with meaningful magnitudes. Receiving at least one extension visit reduces headcount poverty by 9.8 percentage points and increases consumption growth by 7.1 percentage points. Access to all‐weather roads reduces poverty by 6.9 percentage points and increases consumption growth by 16.3 percentage points. These results are robust to changes in model specification and estimation methods. 2009-11 2024-11-21T10:01:23Z 2024-11-21T10:01:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162148 en Limited Access Wiley Dercon, Stefan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Woldehanna, Tassew. 2009. The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages. American Journal of Agricultural Economics American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(4): 1007-1021 |
| spellingShingle | public expenditure roads agricultural extension income generation poverty consumption functions metadata extension impact assessment Dercon, Stefan Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Woldehanna, Tassew The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title | The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title_full | The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title_fullStr | The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title_short | The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages |
| title_sort | impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen ethiopian villages |
| topic | public expenditure roads agricultural extension income generation poverty consumption functions metadata extension impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162148 |
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