'The impact of warehouse services on spatial and intra-temporal agricultural market integration: The case of the Ethiopian commodity exchange's warehouse services'
by Yohannis Mulu Tessema (Yohannis Mulu Tessema, PhD), Derek Baker

doi.org/10.1002/agr.21…

Wiley Economics Wiley Business

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Roland Kobia, U.S. Embassy Addis, Ethiopian Mission EU

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🌟We're pleased to welcome Hiwot Mesfin to Oxford as a CSAE Fellow. Hiwot recently completed her Ph.D. in Development Economics from UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University. We look forward to working with you!

ℹ️csae.web.ox.ac.uk/people/hiwot-m…

United Nations University - MERIT Department of Economics, Oxford ODID

IMF Projections: 2023

Angola🇦🇴: 3.4%
Côte d’Ivoire🇨🇮: 6.5%
DR Congo🇨🇩: 6.4%
Ethiopia🇪🇹: 5.3%
Ghana🇬🇭: 2.8%
Kenya🇰🇪: 5.1%
Nigeria🇳🇬: 3.0%
Rwanda🇷🇼: 6.7%
Senegal🇸🇳: 8.1%
South Africa🇿🇦: 1.1%
Tanzania🇹🇿: 5.2%
Uganda🇺🇬: 4.9%
Zambia🇿🇲: 4.0%
Zimbabwe🇿🇼: 2.8%

➡️imf.org/AfricaREO-Oct22

In this piece, Yohannis Mulu Tessema, PhD argues that the #Ethiopian welfare system is not only inefficient but also regressive.
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' ታሪክ የትላንት ብቻ አይደለም ታሪክ የነገም ነው፡፡ ታሪክ ያለፈ ብቻ አይደለም በእጃችን ያለ እና እንደመረጥነው የምንጽፈውም ነው፡፡ ታሪክ የአገር ወይም የማህበረሰብ ብቻ አይደለም የግለሰብም እንጂ።' by Yibekal A. Tessema weniber.com

In this piece, Yohannis Mulu Tessema, PhD blames the dysfunctional labor markets for the deteriorating quality of education in #Ethiopia .

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This Ethiopian staple could be vital in the push for food security.

Learn more about new farming methods: ow.ly/jyFa50HCpAc

INEQUALITY in #Ethiopia is INCREASING

Share from the total consumption expenditure
Poorest 10% Richest 10%
2005 4.1 25.6
2011 3.2 27.4
2016 2.9 28.5

A 17th century social welfare policy in Ethiopia:

As documented by a traveler around 1620-30, when a stranger comes into a village or town, he has THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD. If the stranger complains b/c of inadequate provision, the village is obliged to pay him compensation.

'... let's not forget that manuscripts have been kept in Ethiopia from the 6th century and they even had a system with cats that were there in the churches to protect the manuscripts from rats,'

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Average retail price in ETB/kg in Addis

Year Teff Maize
2010 8.19 3.80
2015 14.62 7.26
2019 24.87 11.36

On average, 1kg teff roughly buys 2kgs maize.

Price nearly doubles every 5yrs.

ETHIOPIA is the THIRD LARGEST producer of BEESWAX.

Top five countries in beeswax, based on average production in tonnes in 1994-2020:

India. 21.3K
Argentina. 4.6K
Ethiopia. 4.4 K
Turkey. 3.9K
South Korea 3.1K

A timely article on foreign aid in Ethiopia. Yohannis Mulu (Ph.D.) argues that '..... promoting self-reliance is the pathway towards building innovative capabilities and incubating many more entrepreneurs ...'weniber.com/why-does-ethio…

My blog article on why Eth now needs to reduce its overdependence on foreign aid via weniber.com
weniber.com/why-does-ethio…

Interesting study. Higher spread of COVID in Eth than assumed. But this is somehow a blessing as it lowers the demand for vaccines.

Some interesting insights from Behavioral Econ in Amharic by ህይወት via weniber.com: weniber.comየተለመዱ-ባህርያዊ-ጉድለቶችና-ዉሳኔዎቻ/

Ethiopia: The country where a year lasts 13 months news.yahoo.com/ethiopia-count…

The second part of the blog on the role of 🇪🇹 gov'ts in forestry. In this, while appreciating it, Nigussu shares his concerns regarding the Green Legacy initiative, and makes recommendations on the way forward.

weniber.comደን-እና-መንግስት-በኢትዮጵያ-2/

A warm welcome to Samantha Power to Ethiopia, and a word of advice the-star.co.ke/opinion/star-b… # via @thestarkenya Samantha Power