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.date2008
dc.date2024-11-21T09:57:27Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:57:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:40:51Z
dc.descriptionThis paper 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 percent. Access to all-weather roads reduces poverty by 6.9 percentage points and increases consumption growth by 16.3 percent. These results are robust to changes in model specification and estimation methods.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161698
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111521
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDercon, Stefan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Woldehanna, Tassew. 2008. The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages. IFPRI Discussion Paper 840. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161698
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.subjectroads
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectincome generation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectconsumption functions
dc.subjectmetadata
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleThe impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages
dc.typeWorking Paper

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