Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
Understanding delays in the introduction of complementary foods in rural Ethiopia
with Abdulazize Wolle, Arnaud Laillou, Vincenzo Vinci, Stanley Chitekwe, and Kaleab Baye.
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2021, e13267.
Child growth faltering dynamics in food insecure districts in rural Ethiopia
with Abdulazize Wolle, Arnaud Laillou, Vincenzo Vinci, Stanley Chitekwe, and Kaleab Baye.
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2021, e13262.
Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa
with Nik Stoop and Jean-Francois Maystadt.
BMJ Global Health, 2021, 6: e004595. Open Access.
Replication files.
Press coverage. See also our Conversation op-ed.
Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa
with Alan de Brauw and Gashaw T. Abate.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103(3): 772-789. Open Access.
Beneficiary views on cash and in-kind payments: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
with John Hoddinott.
The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35(2): 398-413. Open Access.
Food prices, marketing margins, and shocks: Evidence from vegetables and the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
with Belay Mohammed, Bart Minten and Seneshaw Tamru.
Agricultural Economics, 2021, 52(3): 407-421. Open Access.
Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia. Complementarities between social protection and health policies
with Anne Bossuyt and Remy Pigois.
Development Policy Review, 2021, 39(4): 532-547.
Evaluation of Linear Growth at Higher Altitudes
with Kaleab Baye.
JAMA Pediatrics, 2020, 74(10): 977-984. Open Access.
Press coverage: The New York Times, CNN, Cosmos, Daily Mail, News Medical, New Kerala, ScienMag, Duodecim (in Finnish), MTV3 (in Finnish).
See our blog post.
Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
with Gashaw T. Abate, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
World Development, 2020, 136, 105133. Open Access.
This is US: geography of evidence in top Health Economics journals
Health Economics, Letter section, 2020, 29 (10): 1316-1323.
Assessing Community Health Information Systems: Evidence from Child Health Records in Food Insecure Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
with Guush Berhane and Thomas Woldu Assefa
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2020, 24: 1028-1037. Open Access.
Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition,
with Thomas Pave Sohnesen and Tom Bundervoet.
World Development, 2020, 131, 104964. Open Access.
Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis
with Yan Bai, Derek Headey and William Masters.
The Lancet Global Health, 2020, 8(1): e59-e66. Open Access.
Press coverage: VoxDev, Reuters, Devex, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, London Free Times, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, ABS-CBN News , Canada.com, Today Online, National Tribune, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), New Food Economy, Inverse.
See my focus article in Rural 21.
Rural food markets and child nutrition
with Derek Headey, John Hoddinott and David Stifel.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101(5):1311-1327. Open Access.
Press coverage: The Medical News, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), New Food Magazine, Addis Standard, Health Europa, ScienceMag, Medical Express, Newstrotteur.
Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
with Jean-François Maystadt, Athur Mabiso and Joachim Vandercasteelen.
Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 1:12.1–12.21.
Energy and nutrient production in Ethiopia, 2011-2015: Implications to supporting healthy diets and food systems
with Kaleab Baye, Mekdim Dereje and Roseline Remans.
PLOS ONE, 2019, 14(3): e0213182. Open Access.
Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
with Tadesse Kuma, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55(6): 1267-1284.
Earlier working paper version here.
Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? Evidence from Ethiopia
with Derek Headey.
Global Food Security, 2018, 19: 40-47. Open Access.
Press coverage: Op-ed in Conversation.
Animal sourced foods and child stunting
with Derek Headey and John Hoddinott.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100(5): 1302–1319. Open Access.
Press coverage: Telegraph. See also Lawrence Haddad's blog post.
Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
with Giulia Mascagni and Keetie Roelen.
International Social Security Review, 2018, vol. 71(1).
Earlier working paper version here.
Diet Transformation in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
with Ibrahim Worku Hassen, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48 (supplement): 73–86. Special issue on Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS).
See our blog post on Malnutrition Deeply.
Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge and access to markets
with John Hoddinott, Bart Minten and David Stifel.
World Development, 2017, 95: 303–315. Open Access.
Agricultural Production and Children’s Diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
with John Hoddinott.
Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48(4): 469-480.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Does market access mitigate the impact of seasonality on child growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia
with Kibrewossen Abay.
Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53(9), 1414-1429.
Earlier working paper version here.
Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from coffee in Ethiopia
with Bart Minten and Thomas Woldu Assefa.
World Development, 2017, 90: 77-88.
Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: a Poisson decomposition analysis
Economics Letters, 2016, 147: 12-15.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Is exposure to poultry harmful to child nutrition? An observational analysis for rural Ethiopia
with Derek Headey.
PLOS ONE, 2016, 11(8), e0160590. Open Access.
Press coverage: the Economist. See also Derek's blog post in the World Bank’s WASH blog.
Risk Sharing and Internal Migration
with Joachim De Weerdt.
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 65(1): 63-86. Open Access.
This work was cited in the World Bank's 2014 World Development Report. See also our blog post.
Temperature changes, household consumption and internal migration: Evidence from rural Tanzania
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98(4): 1230-1249. Open Access. Download a pdf version from here.
Seasonality and household diets in Ethiopia
with Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse and Ibrahim Worku.
Public Health Nutrition, 2016, 19(10): 1723-1730.
Earlier working paper version here.
Going Back Home: Internal Return Migration in Rural Tanzania
with Helene Bie Lilleør.
World Development, 2015, 70: 186-202. Open Access.
Replication files (zip file).
Measuring catch-up growth in malnourished populations
Annals of Human Biology, 2014, 41(1): 67-75.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Commentaries:
Healthy and affordable for who?
with Derek Headey.
One Earth, 2021, 4(9): 1189-1192 (September 2021). Voices: An optimal diet for planet and people.
Seasonality: a missing link in preventing undernutrition
with Kaleab Baye.
Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2020, Correspondence, 4(1): PE3.
Healthy diets – a privilege of the rich?
Rural 21, 2020, 54(3): 8-9.
Chapters in peer-reviewed books:
Delivery of Social Protection Programs to Combat COVID-19 in Africa
with Jan Duchoslav.
In Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19, edited by John M. Ulimwengu, Mark A. Constas, and Éliane Ubalijoro. ReSAKSS 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report. Kigali and Washington, DC: AKADEMIYA2063 and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Farm Size, Food Security, and Welfare
with Kibrewossen Abay, and Bart Minten.
In Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, edited by Paul A. Dorosh and Bart Minten, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020; chapter 6: 147-168. Open Access.
Changes in Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia (2000-2016)
with Jenna Golan, Derek Headey, and John Hoddinott.
In Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy, edited by F. Cheru, C. Cramer and A. Oqubay, Oxford University Press, 2019; chapter 23.
Designing social protection programs
with Guush Berhane.
In Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection, edited by F. S. Wouterse and A. S. Taffesse. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2018; chapter 11: 154-160. Open Access.
The African Enigma: The Mystery of Tall African Adults Despite Low Incomes
with Alexander Moradi.
In Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology, edited by J. Komlos and I. R. Kelly. Oxford University Press, 2016; chapter 33.
Resilience for food security in refugee-hosting communities
with Athur Mabiso, Jean-François Maystadt, Joachim Vandercasteelen.
In Resilience for food and nutrition security, edited by S. Fan, R. Pandya-Lorch and S. Yosef. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014; chapter 6: 45-52. Open Access.
Understanding delays in the introduction of complementary foods in rural Ethiopia
with Abdulazize Wolle, Arnaud Laillou, Vincenzo Vinci, Stanley Chitekwe, and Kaleab Baye.
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2021, e13267.
Child growth faltering dynamics in food insecure districts in rural Ethiopia
with Abdulazize Wolle, Arnaud Laillou, Vincenzo Vinci, Stanley Chitekwe, and Kaleab Baye.
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2021, e13262.
Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa
with Nik Stoop and Jean-Francois Maystadt.
BMJ Global Health, 2021, 6: e004595. Open Access.
Replication files.
Press coverage. See also our Conversation op-ed.
Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa
with Alan de Brauw and Gashaw T. Abate.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103(3): 772-789. Open Access.
Beneficiary views on cash and in-kind payments: Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
with John Hoddinott.
The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35(2): 398-413. Open Access.
Food prices, marketing margins, and shocks: Evidence from vegetables and the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
with Belay Mohammed, Bart Minten and Seneshaw Tamru.
Agricultural Economics, 2021, 52(3): 407-421. Open Access.
Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia. Complementarities between social protection and health policies
with Anne Bossuyt and Remy Pigois.
Development Policy Review, 2021, 39(4): 532-547.
Evaluation of Linear Growth at Higher Altitudes
with Kaleab Baye.
JAMA Pediatrics, 2020, 74(10): 977-984. Open Access.
Press coverage: The New York Times, CNN, Cosmos, Daily Mail, News Medical, New Kerala, ScienMag, Duodecim (in Finnish), MTV3 (in Finnish).
See our blog post.
Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
with Gashaw T. Abate, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
World Development, 2020, 136, 105133. Open Access.
This is US: geography of evidence in top Health Economics journals
Health Economics, Letter section, 2020, 29 (10): 1316-1323.
Assessing Community Health Information Systems: Evidence from Child Health Records in Food Insecure Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
with Guush Berhane and Thomas Woldu Assefa
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2020, 24: 1028-1037. Open Access.
Impact of Ethiopia’s 2015 drought on child undernutrition,
with Thomas Pave Sohnesen and Tom Bundervoet.
World Development, 2020, 131, 104964. Open Access.
Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis
with Yan Bai, Derek Headey and William Masters.
The Lancet Global Health, 2020, 8(1): e59-e66. Open Access.
Press coverage: VoxDev, Reuters, Devex, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, London Free Times, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, ABS-CBN News , Canada.com, Today Online, National Tribune, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), New Food Economy, Inverse.
See my focus article in Rural 21.
Rural food markets and child nutrition
with Derek Headey, John Hoddinott and David Stifel.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101(5):1311-1327. Open Access.
Press coverage: The Medical News, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), New Food Magazine, Addis Standard, Health Europa, ScienceMag, Medical Express, Newstrotteur.
Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries
with Jean-François Maystadt, Athur Mabiso and Joachim Vandercasteelen.
Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 1:12.1–12.21.
Energy and nutrient production in Ethiopia, 2011-2015: Implications to supporting healthy diets and food systems
with Kaleab Baye, Mekdim Dereje and Roseline Remans.
PLOS ONE, 2019, 14(3): e0213182. Open Access.
Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
with Tadesse Kuma, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55(6): 1267-1284.
Earlier working paper version here.
Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? Evidence from Ethiopia
with Derek Headey.
Global Food Security, 2018, 19: 40-47. Open Access.
Press coverage: Op-ed in Conversation.
Animal sourced foods and child stunting
with Derek Headey and John Hoddinott.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100(5): 1302–1319. Open Access.
Press coverage: Telegraph. See also Lawrence Haddad's blog post.
Linking taxation and social protection: Evidence on redistribution and poverty reduction in Ethiopia
with Giulia Mascagni and Keetie Roelen.
International Social Security Review, 2018, vol. 71(1).
Earlier working paper version here.
Diet Transformation in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
with Ibrahim Worku Hassen, Mekdim Dereje and Bart Minten.
Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48 (supplement): 73–86. Special issue on Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS).
See our blog post on Malnutrition Deeply.
Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge and access to markets
with John Hoddinott, Bart Minten and David Stifel.
World Development, 2017, 95: 303–315. Open Access.
Agricultural Production and Children’s Diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
with John Hoddinott.
Agricultural Economics, 2017, 48(4): 469-480.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Does market access mitigate the impact of seasonality on child growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia
with Kibrewossen Abay.
Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53(9), 1414-1429.
Earlier working paper version here.
Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from coffee in Ethiopia
with Bart Minten and Thomas Woldu Assefa.
World Development, 2017, 90: 77-88.
Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: a Poisson decomposition analysis
Economics Letters, 2016, 147: 12-15.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Is exposure to poultry harmful to child nutrition? An observational analysis for rural Ethiopia
with Derek Headey.
PLOS ONE, 2016, 11(8), e0160590. Open Access.
Press coverage: the Economist. See also Derek's blog post in the World Bank’s WASH blog.
Risk Sharing and Internal Migration
with Joachim De Weerdt.
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2016, 65(1): 63-86. Open Access.
This work was cited in the World Bank's 2014 World Development Report. See also our blog post.
Temperature changes, household consumption and internal migration: Evidence from rural Tanzania
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98(4): 1230-1249. Open Access. Download a pdf version from here.
Seasonality and household diets in Ethiopia
with Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse and Ibrahim Worku.
Public Health Nutrition, 2016, 19(10): 1723-1730.
Earlier working paper version here.
Going Back Home: Internal Return Migration in Rural Tanzania
with Helene Bie Lilleør.
World Development, 2015, 70: 186-202. Open Access.
Replication files (zip file).
Measuring catch-up growth in malnourished populations
Annals of Human Biology, 2014, 41(1): 67-75.
Earlier working paper version here. Replication files (zip file).
Commentaries:
Healthy and affordable for who?
with Derek Headey.
One Earth, 2021, 4(9): 1189-1192 (September 2021). Voices: An optimal diet for planet and people.
Seasonality: a missing link in preventing undernutrition
with Kaleab Baye.
Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2020, Correspondence, 4(1): PE3.
Healthy diets – a privilege of the rich?
Rural 21, 2020, 54(3): 8-9.
Chapters in peer-reviewed books:
Delivery of Social Protection Programs to Combat COVID-19 in Africa
with Jan Duchoslav.
In Building Resilient African Food Systems After COVID-19, edited by John M. Ulimwengu, Mark A. Constas, and Éliane Ubalijoro. ReSAKSS 2021 Annual Trends and Outlook Report. Kigali and Washington, DC: AKADEMIYA2063 and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Farm Size, Food Security, and Welfare
with Kibrewossen Abay, and Bart Minten.
In Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, edited by Paul A. Dorosh and Bart Minten, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020; chapter 6: 147-168. Open Access.
Changes in Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia (2000-2016)
with Jenna Golan, Derek Headey, and John Hoddinott.
In Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy, edited by F. Cheru, C. Cramer and A. Oqubay, Oxford University Press, 2019; chapter 23.
Designing social protection programs
with Guush Berhane.
In Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection, edited by F. S. Wouterse and A. S. Taffesse. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2018; chapter 11: 154-160. Open Access.
The African Enigma: The Mystery of Tall African Adults Despite Low Incomes
with Alexander Moradi.
In Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology, edited by J. Komlos and I. R. Kelly. Oxford University Press, 2016; chapter 33.
Resilience for food security in refugee-hosting communities
with Athur Mabiso, Jean-François Maystadt, Joachim Vandercasteelen.
In Resilience for food and nutrition security, edited by S. Fan, R. Pandya-Lorch and S. Yosef. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014; chapter 6: 45-52. Open Access.