Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI) Household Survey and Geospatial Analysis Data

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This dataset contains household survey data from 8 Ethiopian cities (Adama, Bahir Dar, Dessie, Dilla, Hawassa, Hossana, Mekelle, and Shashemene) and related geospatial analysis data. Developed in collaboration with Amistad Civil Engineering PLC and the NYU Marron Institute's Urban Expansion Initiative team, the survey aimed to evaluate the economic and health impacts of new arterial roads. Households were categorized into an impact group (within 500 meters of the new roads) and a control group (300 meters further away). The study sample comprised 500 households from each of the eight cities, evenly divided between the intervention and control areas. Geospatial analysis of satellite imagery was used to map urban expansion zones and identify new arterial roads within each city. To facilitate random household selection, a Halton point selection method was employed, pinpointing GPS coordinates. This dataset supports the publication "Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI) Evaluation Final Report," and includes attachments 4-11 to that report. 

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