Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the place where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination include movement for all purposes. The industry is currently among the leading earners of foreign exchange for...
This study is concerned with female genital cutting (FGC) which describes all proceduresrnthat are related to cutting the female genitalia because of non-therapeutic reasons. Four typesrnof FGC can be distinguished, of which “sunnaâ€, the removal of the clitoris, is the...
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are major public health and socio-economic concernsrnthat adversely affect the well-being of millions of peoples worldwide, mainly the poor inrndeveloping countries. The most prevalent helminthes in developing countries are Schistosomarnmansoni, Ascaris...
Forecasting the volatility dynamics of asset returns has been the subject of extensive research amongrnacademics, practitioners and portfolio managers. This thesis estimates a variety of multivariate GARCHrnmodels using weekly closing price (in USD/barrel) of Brent crude oil and weekly closing...
The privatization drive and the Civil and Public Service reforms that began in the earlyrn1990s in Addis Ababa laid a foundation for an increased number of Micro and smallrnbusiness enterprises. By 2005, micro and small business enterprises were employingrnapproximately 251,081 persons in Addis...
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the extent of preparatoryrnschool teachers) involvement in action research in asps. The study furtherrnaimed to investigate factors that affected the teachers to conduct actionrnresearch and to come up with suggestions for action. To achieve...
Nowadays advanced technologies like smart phones are growing rapidly and digital world is created so that the real world objects can be digitized and accessed more efficiently than the physical world. As a result, smart phones are expected to be at the heart of the new digital economy. With the...
The main objective of this paper is to present the ethnography of Konso women and torndocument their activities and status based on the different categorical division of womenrnas farmer women, craft-women and as wives of the spiritual leader.rnResearch methods used to conduct this study include...
The study focused on the assessment of the major psychological and social problems ojrnchild commercial sex workers in some selected tourist sites in Ethiopia. It was conductedrnon 103 purposively selected child commercial sex workers and 1 broker in Addis Ababa,rnBahir Dar and Gondar. InJormation...
The reflection Ellipsometry technique is employed for the determination of opticalrnconstants of a conducting polymers of thin films using a He-Ne laser wavelength ofrn632.8 nm and tunable diode laser wavelength 808.4 nm, respectively. The same techniquernis also applied to determine the thickness...
In this chapter an attempt will be made to summarize and present a conclusion remark about the major findings of the study. In this chapter here below I attempt to finalize the main causes of prostitution, its current status, problems faced by prostitutes at work and the victims of sex tourism as...
Most frequently, fertility preference is defined as desired family size, ideal number of children, and the desire for additional children or the fertility intention. Despite the various strategies and policies to reduce family size, Ethiopia’s total fertility rate still remains high at 4.8...
One of the important aspects of a pervasive environment is the adaptation of content tornsuit a client’s specific needs and choices such as the client’s preferences, therncharacteristics of the client device, the characteristics of the network to which the client isrncurrently...
This paper presents an empirical study of selection criteria employed by multiple bank users.rnThe study chose to sample a specific consumer segment in Addis Ababa, namely businessrnperson and employees. The purpose of this study is to examine the significance of bankrnselection criteria on...
The pwpose of this study was to assess employment opportunities of rVET trainees after graduation in AddisrnA baba and 10 identify factors that hinder the graduates to find wage employment and start selJemployment. Tornthis end, an attempt was made to look in to the major [aclors that contribute 10...
Two kinds of approaches have emerged in migration research over the years. One approachrntakes a "macro" level view of migrants based on statistics and categorizations. The other approachrnuses "micro" level analysis relying mostly on qualitative methodologies.rnThe Ethiopian literature on...
The primary purpose of this thesis is to describe the socioeconomic roles of religion with a particular reference to Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in Addis Ababa. Having the epistemological stance of constructivism, this research is conducted using the theoretical perspective of interpritivism. The...
Old people are important members of a given society. Nevertheless, the extent ofrnattention given to this group varies considerably. In Ethiopia, demographic reportsrnunanimously indicate that the conventional productive and reproductive age group rangesrnbetween 15-49 years. This implicitly shows...
This study examined the dimension of family-centered intervention forrnchildren with disabilities using the measures parental perceptions of carernand its relationship to parental satisfaction and goal achievement.rnThe sample consisted of 79 parents of children with disabilities of the...