Mesfin Tilahun
Biographic Data
| ID | 6320626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mesfin Tilahun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mesfin |
| FAMILY NAME | Tilahun |
| SIGNATURE | TILAHUN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3885-2017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Beyond Ostrom
We argue that while community forest management is effective in protecting forest resources, as argued by Ostrom, such management may fail to provide the proper incentives to nurture such resources because the benefits of forest management are collectively shared. This study proposes a mixed private and community management system characterized by communal protection of community-owned forest areas and individual management of individually owned …
The impact of livelihood diversification as a climate change adaptation strategy on poverty level of pastoral households in southeastern and southern Ethiopia
The purpose of this study was, therefore, to examine the determinants of poverty depth in pastoral households, and the impact of adopting livelihood diversification on the poverty level of households in the Arero district of Borena Zone and Rayitu district of Bale Zone, Ethiopia. A multistage sampling technique was used, and 396 households were selected from the Arero and Rayitu Districts. The cost of basic needs (CBN) approach was used to determ…
Endowment effects in the risky investment game
The risky investment game of Gneezy and Potters (Q J Econ 112(2):631–645, 1997) has been proposed as a simple tool to measure risk aversion in applied settings, especially attractive in settings where participants may have limited education. However, this game can produce a significant endowment effect (attached to the initial position), so that analysis of the behavior in this game should not be done in the Expected Utility Theory (EUT) framewor…
Mobile phones, leadership and gender in rural business groups
Digital information and communication technologies are recognized as vital tools for empowering marginalized groups such as women in low income developing countries through reducing the costs of communication and connectivity. This study aimed at assessing the gender difference in mobile phone ownership among youth business group members, and how it affects election into leadership and group board positions in rural youth business groups in north…
Are land-poor youth accessing rented land? Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Continued population growth in densely populated parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as main source of income. We investigate whether near landless youth can access rented land as a source of income. We used data collected in 2016 (from 1138 youths in 119 youth business groups) and 2019 (from 2427 youths in 246 business groups), in five districts of Tigray region of Ethiopia. We find that 42% of the youth h…
Farm size and gender distribution of land
The importance of Ostrom’s Design Principles
The Ankasa Forest Conservation Area of Ghana
Impact of membership in frankincense cooperative firms on rural income and poverty in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Economic analysis of closing degraded Boswellia papyrifera dry forest from human interventions — A study from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Farm size and gender distribution of land
The importance of Ostrom’s Design Principles
Impact of membership in frankincense cooperative firms on rural income and poverty in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
The Ankasa Forest Conservation Area of Ghana
Are land-poor youth accessing rented land? Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Continued population growth in densely populated parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as main source of income. We investigate whether near landless youth can access rented land as a source of income. We used data collected in 2016 (from 1138 youths in 119 youth business groups) and 2019 (from 2427 youths in 246 business groups), in five districts of Tigray region of Ethiopia. We find that 42% of the youth h…
Economic analysis of closing degraded Boswellia papyrifera dry forest from human interventions — A study from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Mobile phones, leadership and gender in rural business groups
Digital information and communication technologies are recognized as vital tools for empowering marginalized groups such as women in low income developing countries through reducing the costs of communication and connectivity. This study aimed at assessing the gender difference in mobile phone ownership among youth business group members, and how it affects election into leadership and group board positions in rural youth business groups in north…
Economic analysis of closing degraded Boswellia papyrifera dry forest from human interventions — A study from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Impact of membership in frankincense cooperative firms on rural income and poverty in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
The Ankasa Forest Conservation Area of Ghana
The importance of Ostrom’s Design Principles
Farm size and gender distribution of land
Mobile phones, leadership and gender in rural business groups
Digital information and communication technologies are recognized as vital tools for empowering marginalized groups such as women in low income developing countries through reducing the costs of communication and connectivity. This study aimed at assessing the gender difference in mobile phone ownership among youth business group members, and how it affects election into leadership and group board positions in rural youth business groups in north…
Are land-poor youth accessing rented land? Evidence from northern Ethiopia
Continued population growth in densely populated parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as main source of income. We investigate whether near landless youth can access rented land as a source of income. We used data collected in 2016 (from 1138 youths in 119 youth business groups) and 2019 (from 2427 youths in 246 business groups), in five districts of Tigray region of Ethiopia. We find that 42% of the youth h…
Endowment effects in the risky investment game
The risky investment game of Gneezy and Potters (Q J Econ 112(2):631–645, 1997) has been proposed as a simple tool to measure risk aversion in applied settings, especially attractive in settings where participants may have limited education. However, this game can produce a significant endowment effect (attached to the initial position), so that analysis of the behavior in this game should not be done in the Expected Utility Theory (EUT) framewor…
The impact of livelihood diversification as a climate change adaptation strategy on poverty level of pastoral households in southeastern and southern Ethiopia
The purpose of this study was, therefore, to examine the determinants of poverty depth in pastoral households, and the impact of adopting livelihood diversification on the poverty level of households in the Arero district of Borena Zone and Rayitu district of Bale Zone, Ethiopia. A multistage sampling technique was used, and 396 households were selected from the Arero and Rayitu Districts. The cost of basic needs (CBN) approach was used to determ…
Beyond Ostrom
We argue that while community forest management is effective in protecting forest resources, as argued by Ostrom, such management may fail to provide the proper incentives to nurture such resources because the benefits of forest management are collectively shared. This study proposes a mixed private and community management system characterized by communal protection of community-owned forest areas and individual management of individually owned …
Economics (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 works)