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  Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Ethiopia.The paper concludes that FFW projects have the potential of contributing to long term development in economies characterised by imperfect markets.
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  The culture of power in contemporary Ethiopian political life

  SIDA Studies, 2003

  This paper looks at the culture of power and politics in Ethiopia, focusing on the nature and potential of political opposition to the ruling party, EPRDF. It argues that, for at least the next 10 years, there seem to be few viable national alternative political forces to the parties of the EPRDF.
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  Poverty, institutions, peasant band conservation investment in Northern Ethiopia

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This PhD thesis provides an econometric analysis of various aspects of the rural economy in Northern Ethiopia.The thesis consists of five papers:an in-depth analysis of poverty, its distribution, dynamics and its correlates within the framework of the role of economic reforms on poverty reduction in a remote, unstable and environmentally troubled regionlooks at the issue of the effi
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  A social and environmental accounting analysis: an extended village SAM for household-farms in Ethiopia

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2000
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  Workshop on the experience of water harvesting in the Drylands of Ethiopia: principles and practices

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2002
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  Institutional development and phasing out of the Norwegian involvement: the case of Awash conservation and development project, CARE, Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 1999

  Report of the institutional development and the transfer of activities in the Awash Conservation and Development Project (ACDP) implemented by CARE Ethiopia.
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  Farming assets in North Wälo: statistics, maps and impressions from a travel to North Wälo, October 2000

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  The report is based on information collected in the aftermath of the 1999 famine. It presents some basic information on North Wälo, as well as relevant impressions from the authors journey. Statistics from the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission show that all of North Wälo is exposed to famine, but the picture varies much from year to year.
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  On the brink of famine: Ch'orisa, Qalu, 2002

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2003

  Peasants in the Ch’orisa district of Ethiopia are living under near-famine conditions even in normal years: famine is very much part of their consciousness. In the literature, it has been argued that famine stimulates class formation by providing increased opportunities for catching the poor.
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  Livestock systems: patterns of livestock distribution in North Wälo and selected districts of South Wälo and North Shäwa

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  This report uses statistics collected by the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture offices on the economics of livestock production. It covers all wärädas of North Wälo, as well as Kuta Bär and Qalu in South Wälo, and Éfrata, T’arma Bär, and Moja & Wädära in North ShäwaThe report is structured by a discussion of the ox argument.
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  Sustainable livelihoods of farmers and pastoralists in Eritrea

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2002

  Proceedings from a workshop organised by DCG Eritrea in the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers Conference Hall, Asmara, November 28 –29, 2002. Papers include:Coping mechanisms and their efficacy in disaster-prone pastoral systems of the greater horn of Africa. By by J. Ndikumana, J. Stuth, R. Kamidi, S. Ossiya, R. Marambii and P.

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