Publications related to EfD by Precious Zikhali
Precious Zikhali completed her PhD thesis in economics at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is currently working at the International Water Management Institute, Southern Africa office (www.iwmi.org). Prior to this appointment she was at the Centre for World Food Studies, VU University Amsterdam. She has also worked as a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe. Her current research interests broadly include monitoring and evaluation of programs and policies mainly in the agriculture and water sectors as well as exploring the link between poverty and environment in developing countries. This includes issues such as:
• Assessing the impact of land reforms and other development interventions, particularly in the agriculture and water sectors, in developing countries
• Adoption and subsequent impacts of sustainable agriculture on livelihoods of smallholder farmers
• Exploring the link between environmental/natural resource degradation and poverty in developing countries
• Exploring the link between climate variability, climate change and water security in developing countries
• Bio-economic modeling of renewable and non-renewable natural resource management
• Institutions or mechanisms design under imperfect markets
• Application of behavioral economics, particularly exploring issues such as a social capital formation and the effect of institutions or governance structures in overcoming problems associated with ethnic fragmentation and ethnic nepotism in a given society
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- Does fertilizer use respond to rainfall variability? Panel data evidence from Ethiopia Alem, Y., M. Bezabih, M. Kassie, P. Zikhali ”Does fertilizer use respond to rainfall variability? Panel data evidence from Ethiopia” Agricultural Economics 41, 165-175, 2010.
- The Economics of Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands Kassie, M., P. Zikhali, J. Pender and G. Köhlin, “The Economics of Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Ethiopian Highlands”, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(3), 605–627, 2010.
- Does Ethnicity matter for Trust? Evidence from Africa Zerfu, D., Zikhali, P., and Kabenga, I. (2008). Does Ethnicity matter for Trust? Evidence from Africa. Journal of African Economies, doi: 10.1093/jae/ejn009
EfD Discussion Papers
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter? Kassie, Menale, Precious Zikhali, John Pender, and Gunnar Köhlin, 2011, “Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter?”, Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, 2011, EfD DP 11-05.
- Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe Precious Zikhali, 2008, "Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe", EfD Discussion Paper 08-30, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. October 2008.
- Adoption of Organic Farmin Techniques: Evidence from a Semi-Arid Region of Ethiopia Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali, Kebede Manjur, and Sue Edwards, 2009, "Adoption of Organic Farmin Techniques: Evidence from a Semi-Arid Region of Ethiopia", EfD Discussion Paper 09-01, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. January 2009.
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