Synopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierGashaw T. Abate: 0000-0003-2026-8066
cg.creator.identifierKalle Hirvonen: 0000-0003-2057-1612
cg.creator.identifierBart Minten: 0000-0002-2183-1845
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133429en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC)
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number74en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAbate, Gashaw T.en
dc.contributor.authorDereje, Mekdimen
dc.contributor.authorHirvonen, Kalleen
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Barten
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:05:07Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:05:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145826
dc.titleSynopsis: Geography of public service delivery in rural Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractGeography 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbate, 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/10568/145826en
dcterms.extent5 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfESSP Research Noteen
dcterms.issued2019-10-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.publisherFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Policy Studies Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133338en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105133en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133429en
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjecttrade barriersen
dcterms.subjectgeographyen
dcterms.subjecthealth servicesen
dcterms.subjectpublic servicesen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
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