Solomon Zena Walelign
Biographic Data
| ID | 6316254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Solomon Zena Walelign |
| GIVEN NAMES | Solomon Zena |
| FAMILY NAME | Walelign |
| SIGNATURE | WALELIGN S Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8408-6005 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Do Global Commodity Prices Drive the Proliferation of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in the Global South
Following the 2007/2008 global food price crisis, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) proliferated across the Global South. However, empirical evidence investigating the role of rising prices in this proliferation remains lacking. This study provides the first empirical estimates of the relationship between agriculture commodity price dynamics and LSLAs. We constructed a unique bilateral panel data across 82 investor and 80 recipient countries …
Information infrastructure and nutritious diets intake
Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia
The impact of large-scale agricultural investments on welfare of local communities
Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) are promoted as pro-poor investments by governments in developing countries. However, their impact on local communities has remained contested due to concerns that these investments are associated with land concessions and displacements. A recent body of literature has documented mixed effects, leaving their broader impact inconclusive. This meta-analysis aimed to understand the overall effect of these…
Poverty Trap or Means to Escape Poverty? Empirical Evidence on the Role of Environmental Income in Rural Nepal
Understanding how poverty persists and how this affects environmental reliance has policy implications for poverty reduction and environmental conservation. Employing a panel data-set from rural Nepal, we shed light on this issue, using a combination of parametric and nonparametric models. Results show that, as a population, households will converge at a single equilibrium point in the long-term, hence indicating the absence of a poverty trap. Th…
A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change
Place-based resettlement capacity assessments to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants are needed to guide resettlement programs related to climate change. This article proposes and validates a conceptual climate change resettlement capacity (CCRC) framework that can be used to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants. The CCRC framework focuses on livelihood reconstruction, as this is the primary aim of m…
Environmental Income as a Pathway Out of Poverty? Empirical Evidence on Asset Accumulation in Nepal
Using unique, environmentally augmented household panel data reflecting households’ annual cash and subsistence income portfolios, we model change over time in the value of four assets – livestock, implements, savings, and jewellery. A seemingly unrelated regression model reveals that although environmental resources on average contribute 16 per cent of the total household income, the contribution to asset accumulation is limited. Hence, environm…
Protected areas, household environmental incomes and well-being in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
Protected areas are an important cornerstone in the attempt to halt habitat and species losses. While it is widely recognized that local communities impact on conservation outcomes, there is a limited understanding of the economic importance of environmental resources in protected areas to local household incomes and well-being. This inhibits the development and implementation of efficient conservation policies. This paper, using the iconic case …
Combining Household Income and Asset Data to Identify Livelihood Strategies and Their Dynamics
Current approaches to identifying and describing rural livelihood strategies, and household movements between strategies over time, in developing countries are imprecise. Here we: (i) present a new statistical quantitative approach combining income and asset data to identify household activity choice variables, characterise livelihood strategy clusters, and analyse movements between strategies, and (ii) apply the approach using an environmentally…
Dynamics of rural livelihoods and environmental reliance
Livelihood Strategies and Dynamics in Rural Cambodia
Getting stuck, falling behind or moving forward
Livelihood strategies, environmental dependency and rural poverty
Environmental income improves household-level poverty assessments and dynamics
Should all attrition households in rural panel datasets be tracked? Lessons from a panel survey in Nepal
Assessing environmental dependence using asset and income measures
Livelihood Strategies and Dynamics in Rural Cambodia
Dynamics of rural livelihoods and environmental reliance
A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change
Place-based resettlement capacity assessments to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants are needed to guide resettlement programs related to climate change. This article proposes and validates a conceptual climate change resettlement capacity (CCRC) framework that can be used to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants. The CCRC framework focuses on livelihood reconstruction, as this is the primary aim of m…
Protected areas, household environmental incomes and well-being in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
Protected areas are an important cornerstone in the attempt to halt habitat and species losses. While it is widely recognized that local communities impact on conservation outcomes, there is a limited understanding of the economic importance of environmental resources in protected areas to local household incomes and well-being. This inhibits the development and implementation of efficient conservation policies. This paper, using the iconic case …
Getting stuck, falling behind or moving forward
Environmental income improves household-level poverty assessments and dynamics
Should all attrition households in rural panel datasets be tracked? Lessons from a panel survey in Nepal
Assessing environmental dependence using asset and income measures
Livelihood strategies, environmental dependency and rural poverty
Environmental income improves household-level poverty assessments and dynamics
Should all attrition households in rural panel datasets be tracked? Lessons from a panel survey in Nepal
Combining Household Income and Asset Data to Identify Livelihood Strategies and Their Dynamics
Current approaches to identifying and describing rural livelihood strategies, and household movements between strategies over time, in developing countries are imprecise. Here we: (i) present a new statistical quantitative approach combining income and asset data to identify household activity choice variables, characterise livelihood strategy clusters, and analyse movements between strategies, and (ii) apply the approach using an environmentally…
Dynamics of rural livelihoods and environmental reliance
Livelihood Strategies and Dynamics in Rural Cambodia
Getting stuck, falling behind or moving forward
Environmental Income as a Pathway Out of Poverty? Empirical Evidence on Asset Accumulation in Nepal
Using unique, environmentally augmented household panel data reflecting households’ annual cash and subsistence income portfolios, we model change over time in the value of four assets – livestock, implements, savings, and jewellery. A seemingly unrelated regression model reveals that although environmental resources on average contribute 16 per cent of the total household income, the contribution to asset accumulation is limited. Hence, environm…
Protected areas, household environmental incomes and well-being in the Greater Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
Protected areas are an important cornerstone in the attempt to halt habitat and species losses. While it is widely recognized that local communities impact on conservation outcomes, there is a limited understanding of the economic importance of environmental resources in protected areas to local household incomes and well-being. This inhibits the development and implementation of efficient conservation policies. This paper, using the iconic case …
Poverty Trap or Means to Escape Poverty? Empirical Evidence on the Role of Environmental Income in Rural Nepal
Understanding how poverty persists and how this affects environmental reliance has policy implications for poverty reduction and environmental conservation. Employing a panel data-set from rural Nepal, we shed light on this issue, using a combination of parametric and nonparametric models. Results show that, as a population, households will converge at a single equilibrium point in the long-term, hence indicating the absence of a poverty trap. Th…
A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change
Place-based resettlement capacity assessments to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants are needed to guide resettlement programs related to climate change. This article proposes and validates a conceptual climate change resettlement capacity (CCRC) framework that can be used to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants. The CCRC framework focuses on livelihood reconstruction, as this is the primary aim of m…
The impact of large-scale agricultural investments on welfare of local communities
Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) are promoted as pro-poor investments by governments in developing countries. However, their impact on local communities has remained contested due to concerns that these investments are associated with land concessions and displacements. A recent body of literature has documented mixed effects, leaving their broader impact inconclusive. This meta-analysis aimed to understand the overall effect of these…
Do Global Commodity Prices Drive the Proliferation of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in the Global South
Following the 2007/2008 global food price crisis, large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) proliferated across the Global South. However, empirical evidence investigating the role of rising prices in this proliferation remains lacking. This study provides the first empirical estimates of the relationship between agriculture commodity price dynamics and LSLAs. We constructed a unique bilateral panel data across 82 investor and 80 recipient countries …
Information infrastructure and nutritious diets intake
Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia
Economics (12 works) · Agriculture (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Poverty (8 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (7 works) · Business (7 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (7 works) · Livelihood (7 works) · Natural resource economics (6 works)