The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages

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dc.creatorDercon, Stefan
dc.creatorGilligan, Daniel O.
dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.creatorWoldehanna, Tassew
dc.date2009-11
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:23Z
dc.date2024-11-21T10:01:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:41:44Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162148
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111979
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceDercon, 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
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.subjectroads
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectincome generation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectconsumption functions
dc.subjectmetadata
dc.subjectextension
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleThe impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages
dc.typeJournal Article

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