Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia

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dc.creatorStifel, David
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.date2015-09-02
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:00Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:26:24Z
dc.descriptionWe 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/104418
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherEthiopian Development Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148345
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceStifel, 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
dc.subjectwelfare
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.titleMarket Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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