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International Food Policy Research Institute: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2024-06-03 to present | Associate Research Fellow (Innovation Policy and Scaling (IPDS) Unit)
Employment
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Thomas Assefa

University of Georgia: Athens, US

2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Agricultural and Applied Economics )
Employment
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Thomas Assefa

Tufts University: Medford, US

2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | IMMANA Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy)
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Thomas Assefa

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Georgia: Athens, US

2017-08-15 to 2022-05-13 | Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Agricultural and Applied Economics )
Education
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Thomas Assefa

Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Ås, NO

2008-08-15 to 2010-06-30 | M.Sc. in Development and Natural Resource Economics (Economics )
Education
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Thomas Assefa

Works (33)

Fertilizer and Soil Health in Africa Conference Presentations

2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Benson, Todd; De Weerdt, Joachim; Duchoslav, Jan; Masanjala, Winford; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Breisinger, Clemens; Karugia, Joseph T; Kimaiyo, Faith; Kimathi, Sally; Olwande, John et al.
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Thomas Assefa

Grappling with compounding crises in domestic fertilizer markets in Africa: The case of Ethiopia

2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Abay, Kibrom A; Assefa, Thomas W; Berhane, Guush; Abate, Gashaw T; Hebebrand, Charlotte
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Thomas Assefa

From necessity to opportunity: lessons for integrating phone and in-person data collection

European Review of Agricultural Economics
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Zezza, Alberto; McGee, Kevin; Wollburg, Philip; Assefa, Thomas; Gourlay, Sydney
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Thomas Assefa

Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa

2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas W; Berhane, Guush; Headey, Derek D; Abay, Mehari H
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Thomas Assefa

Essays in Development Economics: technology adoption and behavior change

2022 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas Woldu
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Thomas Assefa

Experimental Effects of Updating Husbands’ Beliefs on Participation in Women’s Household Work

2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Mccullough, E; Mcgavock, T; Magnan, N; Assefa, T; Mcgavock, TJ; Assefa, TW
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Thomas Assefa

From Necessity to Opportunity: Lessons for Integrating Phone and In-Person Data Collection for Agricultural Statistics in a Post-Pandemic World

2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Zezza, Alberto; Mcgee, Kevin; Wollburg, Philip; Assefa, Thomas; Gourlay, Sydney
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Thomas Assefa

Measuring dietary diversity with high frequency mobile phone interviews

2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas; McCullough, Ellen; McGavock, Tamara
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Thomas Assefa

Measuring the effects of survey methods on Women’s Life Experience (WLE)

2022 | Report
Contributors: Assefa, T; Kadam, Aditi; Magnan, Nicholas; McCullough, Ellen; McGavock, T
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Thomas Assefa

Stifled by Stigma? Experimental Effects of Updating Husbands’ Beliefs on Participation in Women’s Household Work

2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas W; Magnan, Nicholas; McCullough, Ellen; McGavock, Tamara
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Thomas Assefa

Who is asking and how? The effects of enumerator gender and survey method in measuring intimate partner violence

2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas W; Kadam, Aditi; Magnan, Nicholas; McCullough, Ellen; McGavock, Tamara
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Thomas Assefa

Assessing Community Health Information Systems: Evidence from Child Health Records in Food Insecure Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands

Maternal and child health journal
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Hirvonen, Kalle; Berhane, Guush; Assefa, Thomas Woldu
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Thomas Assefa

Evaluation of the nutrition-sensitive features of the fourth phase of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme

2020 | Other
Contributors: Berhane, Guush; Golan, Jenna; Hirvonen, Kalle; Hoddinott, John F; Kim, Sunny S; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Abay, Kibrewossen; Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Habte, Yetmwork; Abay, Mehari Hiluf et al.
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Thomas Assefa

The state of agricultural extension services in Ethiopia and their contribution to agricultural productivity

IFPRI book chapters
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Berhane, Guush; Ragasa, Catherine; Abate, Gashaw T; Assefa, Thomas Woldu
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Thomas Assefa

The state of agricultural extension services in Ethiopia and their contribution to agricultural productivity.

ESSP Working Paper-Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Guush, Berhane; Catherine, Ragasa; Gashaw, Tadesse Abate; Thomas, Woldu Assefa; others
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Thomas Assefa

Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from coffee in Ethiopia

World Development
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Minten, Bart; Assefa, Thomas; Hirvonen, Kalle
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Thomas Assefa

Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation: The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets

2017 | Report
Contributors: Minten, Bart; Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Abebe, Girum; Engid, Ermias; Tamru, Seneshaw; others
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Thomas Assefa

The impact of micro-irrigation on households’ welfare in the northern part of Ethiopia: an endogenous switching regression approach

Studies in agricultural economics
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Gebrehiwot, Kidanemariam G; Daniel, Makina; Woldu, Thomas
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Thomas Assefa

Food processing, transformation, and job creation: The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets

2016 | Report
Contributors: Minten, Bart; Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Abebe, Girum; Engida, Ermias; Tamru, Seneshaw; others
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Thomas Assefa

Locus of control, hyperbolic preferences, and demand for commitment and savings: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

2016 | Report
Contributors: Abay, K; Berhane, Guush; Assefa, Thomas Woldu
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Thomas Assefa

Urban food retailing and food prices in Africa: the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; Minten, Bart
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Thomas Assefa

Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from Ethiopia

2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas; Minten, Bart; others
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Thomas Assefa

Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia

2015 | Report
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Minten, Bart; others
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Thomas Assefa

Evaluation of the social cash transfers pilot programme, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Endline Report

International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Berhane, Guush; Devereux, Stephen; Hoddinott, J; Hoel, J; Roelen, Keetie; Abay, Kibrewossen; Kimmel, Martha; Ledlie, Natasha; Woldu, T
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Thomas Assefa

Feed the Future (FtF) of Ethiopia--Midline report 2015

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Abay, Kibrewossen; Bachewe, Fantu; Berhane, Guush; Hirvonen, Kalle; Hoddinott, John; Tadesse, Fanaye; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Woldehanna, Tassew; Woldu, Thomas; Worku, Ibrahim et al.
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Thomas Assefa

Prices and quality in urban food retail

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Woldu, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; Minten, Bart
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Thomas Assefa

The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Woldu, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; others
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Thomas Assefa

Women's participation in agricultural cooperatives in Ethiopia

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Woldu, Thomas; Tadesse, Fanaye
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Thomas Assefa

Prices and quality in urban food retail: Evidence from Addis Ababa

2013 | Report
Contributors: Woldu, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; Minten, Bart; others
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Thomas Assefa

Urban Food Retail in Africa: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II Working Paper
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Woldu, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; Minten, Bart; others
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Thomas Assefa

Women’s Participation in Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia

2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Tadesse, Fanaye
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Thomas Assefa

Raising labour productivity to solve the paradox; labour shortage in the labour surplus economy; Malawi.(Is targeted fertilizer subsidy the solution?)

2010 | Supervised student publication
Contributors: Assefa, Thomas Woldu
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Thomas Assefa

Participatory selection of drought tolerant maize varieties using mother and baby methodology: A case study in the semi arid zones of the central rift valley of Ethiopia

African Crop Science Conference Proceedings
2005 | Conference paper
Contributors: Abebe, Girma; Assefa, T; Harrun, H; Mesfine, T
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Thomas Assefa
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