Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu
Dr. Tekalign Gutu Sakketa
Research programme
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Agricultural / Development Economics
Work areas
- Social cohesion
- Social protection
- Conflict and firm performance
- Rural-urban linkages
- Droughts and weather insurance
Vita
| seit 03/2021 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research programme "Transformation der Wirtschafts- und Sozialsysteme" |
| 7/2017-2/2021 | Centre for Development Research (ZEF) Postdoctoral researcher |
| 10/2013-6/2017 | University of Bonn PhD candidate and Junior Researcher |
| 6/2012-9/2013 | International Food Policy Research Institute Research Officer |
| 9/2010-3/2012 | Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp Advanced M.Sc. in Globalisation and Development |
| 7/2006-8/2010 | Ethiopian / Oromia Agricultural Research Institute Assistant Researcher |
Member of
- Member of American Economic Association (AEA)
- Member of The Econometric Society
- Member of African and International Association of Agricultural Economists
- Member of Ethiopian Economics Association
Awards
- 2021 STAARS Fellow affiliated with Cornell University
- The DAAD scholarship for PhD study
- Winner of best MSc thesis in MA in Globalisation and Economic Development from the University of Antwerp
- VLIR scholarship for M.Sc study
Refereed Publications
- Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
Urbanisation and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of pathways and impacts
in: Research in Globalization 6, article 100133 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2021)
Agricultural and food security policies
in: von Braun / Admassie / Hendriks / Tadess / Baumüller (eds.), From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production, Oxford: Peter Lang - Tadesse, Getaw /Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2021)
Inclusive markets and value chains
in: von Braun / Admassie / Hendriks / Tadess / Baumüller (eds.), From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production, Oxford: Peter Lang - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2021)
Land and water rights
in: von Braun / Admassie / Hendriks / Tadess / Baumüller (eds.), From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production, Oxford: Peter Lang - Kornher, Lukas / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2021)
Does food security matter to subjective well-being? Evidence from a cross-country panel
in: Journal of International Development 33 (8), 1270-1289 - Usman, Muhammed Abdella / Lukas Kornher / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2021)
Do non-maternal adult female household members influence child nutrition? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
in: Maternal & Child Nutrition 17 (S1), Special issue on a family systems approach to promote maternal and child nutrition, article e13123 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Nicolas Gerber (2020)
Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: evidence from farm panel data
in: Polachek / Tatsiramos (eds.), Change at home, in the labor market, and on the job, Research in labor economics (Vol. 48), Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 61-105 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2018)
Institutional bricolage as a new perspective to analyse institutions of communal irrigation: implications towards meeting the water needs of the poor communities
in: World Development Perspectives 9, 1-11 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Martin Prowse (2018)
Women, wealth and waterborne disease: smallholders’ willingness to pay for a multiple-use Water Scheme in Ethiopia
in: Journal of Development Studies 54 (3), 426-440 - Gebeyehu, Arse / Tesfaye Kebede / Sebsibe Zuber / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa / Gurmessa Umeta / Tesfaye Lemma / Feyisa Hundessa (2010)
Participatory rural appraisal investigation on beekeeping in Arsi Negelle and Shashemene districts of West Arsi zone of Oromia, Ethiopia
in: Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (7), 1-9
Non-refereed Publications
- Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
Urbanisation and social cohesion: theory and empirical evidence from Africa
(Discussion Paper 16/2023) - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2023)
Can drought insurance reduce Ethiopian pastoralists’ exposure to conflict?
published on econthatmatters.com, 21.03.2023 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Dan Maggio / John McPeak (2023)
The protective role of index insurance in the experience of violent conflict: evidence from Ethiopia
in: HiCN Working Paper Series 2023 (385) - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Raoul Herrmann / Chewe Nkonde / Mwelwa Lukonde / Michael Brüntrup (2022)
The effects of a private-sector driven smallholder support programme on productivity, market participation and food and nutrition security: evidence of a Nucleus-Outgrower Scheme from Zambia
(Discussion Paper 19/2022) - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2022)
Urbanisation and rural development in developing countries: a review of pathways and impacts
(Discussion Paper 5/2022) - Mirzabaev, Alisher / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa / Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla et al. (2021)
Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development in the Sahel: synthesis paper of case studies under the Sudano-Sahelian initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
in: ZEF Working Paper Series (204) - Baumüller, Heike, [...], Tekalign Gutu Sakketa et al. (2020)
From potentials to reality: transforming Africa's food production: investment and policy priorities for sufficient, nutritious and sustainable food supplies
Bonn: Centre for Development Research - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Lukas Kornher (2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis and poor people's struggle for survival: How should governments in low-income countries respon and what resources are needed?
in: ZEF Policy Brief (33), Bonn: Center for Development Research - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2020)
Africa’s social capital – strong enough for coping with COVID-19?
published on Rural 21 - International Journal of Rural Development, 29.04.2020 - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Joachim von Braun (2019)
Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and implications for employment policies
in:ZEF Working Paper Series (180) - Muli, Celestine / Nicolas Gerber Tekalign Gutu Sakketa / Alisher Mirzabaev (2018)
Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
in: ZEF Working Paper Series (174) - Sakketa, Taklign Gutu / Nicolas Gerber (2018)
Relative Deprivation and Well-Being of the Rural Youth
Abidjan: African Development Bank/Côte d'Ivoire, Working Paper Series (296) - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu and / Gerber, Nicolas (2017)
Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: evidence from farm panel data
in: ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy (236) - Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2011)
Mobile phones are just more than phones in the hands of farmers
in: M. Becker / C. Kreye / C., Ripken / E. Tielkes (eds.) Development on the margin, Bonn: University of Bonn
Opinion Pieces
- Braun, Joachim von / Tekalign Sakketa (2020)
Beschäftigungsprogramme
in: E + Z Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, 21.04.2020 - Braun, Joachim von / Tekalign Sakketa (2020)
The urgency of public works programmes
in: D + C Development & Cooperation, 21.04.2020 - Kornher, Lukas / Tekalign Gutu Sakketa (2020)
COVID-19: impacts on food trade - is global food security at risk?
published on ZEF News, 30.03.2020