Research
Rural Household Vulnerability to Poverty in South West Ethiopia: The Case of Gilgel Gibe Hydraulic Dam Area of Sokoru and Tiro Afeta Woreda
This study was proposed to measure the extent of vulnerability to poverty as well the effect of socio-economic characteristics on household susceptibility to poverty using Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) estimation and logistic regression methods. The results revealed that, sizable fractions of non-poor households (51.3%) were vulnerable to poverty and 53.2 % of the sampled poor households have a probability of 50 percent and above to fall in to poverty in the near future again. Household livestock holding, crop diversification, Household head education level and household’s access to credit and their exposure to idiosyncratic shocks are found to be important variables in examining the determinants of rural household vulnerability to poverty. The results suggested that since poverty and vulnerability to poverty are different signs of the same coin, policies directed towards poverty reduction need to consider not only the current poor but also the vulnerability of current non-poor households.
The Role of Microfinance on Womenas Economic Empowerment in Southwest Ethiopia: In the Case of Four Woredas around Gilgel-Gibe Hydroelectric Power Dam
In Ethiopia, microfinance programs are currently being promoted by the government as well as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as a solution strategy for simultaneously addressing both poverty alleviation and women's empowerment. However, only a limited number of researches attempted to explore the relationship between women's participation in microcredit programs and their empowerment by using empirical data. To fill this gap, we conduct a cross-sectional study with overall aim of assessing the role of Micro finance institutions (MFI’s) on women’s empowerment. We employed a multi-stage sampling approach and a total of 374 women’s, 182 (Micro finance institution) MFI clients and 192 non-clients were included in to study. Using a structured questionnaire adopted from the 2011 Ethiopian demographic health survey, we collected data on background characteristics of women’s and their household and characteristics specific to women’s empowerment.
Determinants of Farmers Preference to Coffee Market Outlet in Jimma Zone: The Case of Coffee Potential Districts
Background and objective: Choice of a marketing outlet is one of the key ingredients to successful marketing of both agricultural and non-agricultural products. The aim of the study was to show determinants of coffee farmers’ preference of coffee market outlet in Southwest Ethiopia/Jimma zone. Methodology: Cross-sectional data was collected from 156 randomly selected rural households of three Districts. Structured questionnaire prepared for household heads were filled by the help of selected and well trained enumerators. The study used multinomial logistic regression model to determine factors determining coffee market outlet preference.
