Contributor Name: Ermias G. Weldesenbet

Ermias G. Weldesenbet is a Director at the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is also an Economist with over 20 years of experience working in the public sector, academia, and consulting in transportation, policy and regulatory analysis, macroeconomics, trade and development, research, modeling, and statistical analysis, development of analysis and evaluation tools, program and asset management, and teaching/training. Proficient in several data analysis and management software. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.

A systematic and historical review of basic income support programs in middle-income co...
Discussion Document 06 As one of the most structurally unequal coun...
Discussion Document
The long-term effects of early-life exposure to weather shocks: Evidence from Tanzania
We examine whether early-life exposure to rainfall shocks has a lon...
Working Paper
Emigration and education: the schooling of the left behind in Nigeria
Despite recent political backlash in Europe and the United States, ...
Policy Brief
Emigration and education: the schooling of the left behind in Nigeria
The potential effects of migration on the welfare of the left behin...
Policy Brief