Blar i Master's theses (HH) på emneord "Tigray"
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Crop choices and land productivity on rented land in Northern Ethiopian Highlands
(Master thesis, 2011-10-31)The study assesses the effect of risk aversion and crop choices on land productivity on rented land. The analysis uses panel household and farm-plot level data collected in Tigray, the northern part of Ethiopia (2006-2010) ... -
Economic burden of malaria at household level : Do insecticide treated bednets (ITNs) reduce the burden in Tigray, Ethiopia?
(Master thesis, 2011-10-31)The broader impact of malaria need not to be over emphasized with the disease claiming life of a child every 45 seconds and attributed to slow economic growth in malarious areas of the world. Beyond this broader picture, ... -
Factors determining fertilizer adoption of the peasant farm sector in Northern Ethiopia, Tigray region
(Master thesis, 2011-11-01)In this paper, the researcher has investigated the determinants of the likelihood of fertilizer adoption and the intensity of fertilizer use in Tigray region, Ethiopia. A panel data set which consists of a sample of 307 ... -
Farm based household health status and income : Evidence from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-10)This aim of the thesis is to answer research questions such as: Is there a relationship between the number of days lost to sickness by farmers and percapita crop income? Does access to clean/safe drinking water affect ... -
From Aid to Assets? The Effects of Food-for-Work on School Participation in Rural Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2012-04-20)Although the impacts of the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia have been widely studied, the effects on children’s welfare and school participation are relatively new areas of interest. Applying the framework of the ... -
Impact of legal reform on sustainable land management in Tigray, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-01)This study provides insight into the implementation of the most recent land law reform in Tigray, Ethiopia. I use a two round panel of data from 2006 when the law was passed and 2010, four years after enactment, to explore ... -
Is Industrialization possible through Agricultural development Lead Industrialization?
(Master thesis, 2011-11-11)Ethiopia is an economically poor country where large people in the abyss of poverty. The economy is mainly agrarian with traditional mode of production that has led to underdeveloped economy. These facts instigate the ... -
Microfinance : Does it support households to achieve an income above self-sufficiency? Evidence from rural Northern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-01)While the expansion of Microfinance institutions throughout the third world is clear, the policy ramifications are not. As in many countries in Sub-‐Saharan Africa, program credit impact assessment has come under ... -
Productivity safety net program, shocks, and rural households asset building in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011-11-14)This study explores how households in low-income country, without full access to credit and insurance market, built their productive asset in the face of shocks and subsistence constraints to their income. Particularly, ... -
Rainfall variation due to climate change : an intertemporal investigation into its impact on susbsistence crop net revenue
(Master thesis, 2011-11-01)The study uses a multivariate regression model to investigate how climate change will affect crop revenue in Ethiopia. A total of 425 subsistence farmers from 17 sub-districts in Tigray region were interviewed in six survey ... -
To school or not to school : the impact of child nutrition on school participation in Northern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2013-03-20)This paper investigates determinants of school participation in northern Ethiopia using cross-sectional data from 2010, giving particular attention to the role of health and nutrition. It attempts to solve the problem of ...