Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia

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dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.creatorDereje, Mekdim
dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.date2019-10-04
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:07Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:04:40Z
dc.descriptionGeography has been shown to be an important determinant of economic development. Remote areas tend to be poorer due to higher transaction costs for trade or inhospitable environments. In this study, we show that remote areas in rural Ethiopia are also disadvantaged in their access to public service delivery. Relying on large household surveys, we assessed the association between exposure to agriculture and health extension and two measures of remoteness: (1) the distance of service centers to district capitals; and (2) the distance of households to service centers (i.e., the last mile). We found that villages located farther away from district capitals were less likely to receive agricultural extension services than other villages. In contrast, exposure to health extension services did not vary across more and less connected villages. This difference between the two sectors could be due to the fact that more remote villages tend to have fewer agriculture extension workers who also put in fewer hours into their work than their peers. We did not find similar evidence in the health sector. Finally, for both sectors, we found that the last mile matters: more remote households within villages were less likely to receive both types of extension services.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145826
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93831
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133338
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105133
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbate, Gashaw T.; Dereje, Mekdim; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Minten, Bart. 2019. Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia. ESSP Project Note 74. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145826
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjecttrade barriers
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjectpublic services
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.titleSynopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia
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