Physical capital plays a key role in determining economic development in a country. Based onrnthis fact, the main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of export earningrnfluctuation on physical capital formation in Ethiopia by employing data ranging from 1970171 torn2007/08 using...
Cognizant of the importance of technical progress in the process of industrialization, examiningrnits nature and extent in the Ethiopian manufacturing sector is essential. To this end, differentrnstatistical and econometric models are employed. Four main findings emerged in the effort.rnFirstly,...
A micro economic approach is employed in order to investigate the behaviourrnof households regarding demand for children. Two hypotheses, namely supplyrnconstrained and quality-quantity trade off, are tested. For the same purpose data fromrneight rural areas is used. The data was collected by the...
The point of departure of this study was an examinationrnof the limitations of the traditi onal approach to c onsumptionrnanalysis in th e developinG countries. An alternative approachrnwas developed a nd applied t o the socio-economic realities ofrnpost-revolutionary Ethiopia. The approache '...
Gender inequality, child sexual and physical abuses have high prevalence in Ethiopia. A countryrnthat has achieved gender eq uality attains high economic growth. Ethiopian women are highlyrnabused by their intimate partners. What is more, children are also under abuse by immediaternfami ly members....
The revolution that started globally as changes in the size and shape of newspapers hasrnbrought along with it a particular genre marked by the focus towards less serious issuesrnand the treatment of serious issues lightly. In light of this, this study under the title ofrnTabloidization in...
The main objective of this study was to examine media framing of Nations, Nationalities andrnPeoples day both in government and private print media outlets from 2010-2014. In order tornconduct this study, three newspapers: namely, the government owned Addis Zemen, and thernprivately owned Addis...
Rural development has become a central development agenda since the past few decades inrnEthiopia as the majority of the people in the country live in rural areas. Currently, the economy ofrnthe country is revealing progress, yet the poverty situation is all-embracing both in rural and...
Preventive interventions strategies, like the promotion of condoms, are important in the fight againstrnHlV IAlDS. Though, condoms are promoted widely on the media, it is not adequately investigated howrnthe intensity of the messages impacted young boys in colleges to use condom. Besides, the...
Development journalism is a philosophy adopted by the state media in Ethiopia on a ground thatrnthis philosophy would enable the media support development endeavors of the country.rnProponents of development journalism believe that it would playa vital role in fighting povel1yrnand invigorating the...
Given the fact the politics of the Ni le is full of tension, mistru st, anxiety, mystery, andrndiplomatic confrontation among the downstream and upstream riparian countries particularlyrnbetween Ethiopia and Egypt since time immemorial, thi s study examines how Aljazeera'srndocumentary series '...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis or simply M. tuberculosis. It is primarily an infection of the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. TB is one of the leading causes of death in developing countries, although most are...
Empirical studies on regional economic integration process in Africa exhibit sluggish progressrnand there by limited level of intra trade. The existing literatures in Africa, particularly inrnSouthern African regional integration bloc, SADC have neglected effects of regional economicrnintegration...
Good governance has been a key concept for democratic development in many countries aroundrnthe world during the past few decades. Ethiopia is one of those which have embraced the idearnand media has indispensable role of toughening public participation on it. To this end media isrnexpected to give...
Solvent effects on tautomeric equilibria of acetamide have been investigated by Infra-red spectroscopic technique. IR absorption spectra of solvents of varying polarity were recorded at different concentrations. The solvents used were chosen to cover wide polarity ranges that include cyclohexane,...
The study explores audiences' level of satisfaction on Oromia TV Afan Oromornprograms. It also examines why the audience watch TVO in line with theirrnprogram preference and content selection. In order to deal with the researchrnproblems and related concepts, the researcher had referred different...
This study examines the gatekeeping process of broadcast advertisements. Itrntries to explore the basic principles of gate keeping of the broadcastrnadvertisements in Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA), identifies thernmajor challenges in the process and explores how ERTA defines its...
This study aims at exploring challenges In the coverage of ruralrndevelopment issues through Ethiopian Radio rural programs. The studyrnbasically adopted a pure qualitative method. Focus group discussions,rnindividual in-depth interviews and review of [Audio Archived] documentsrnwere employed as...
Craft workers in the Dembecha woreda were/are marginalized occupational groups . . Despiterntheir ago-old existence and importance of crafts, they were sidelined from the mainstreamrnsociety in which they li ve. In addition, factors for the low status and marginalization of craftrnworkers in the...
The study examines the impact of Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism proclamation on the private press'rnability to investigate and report on matters of public interest. The topic started to grabrnattention since Ethiopia introduced an Anti-terrorism Proclamation in early 2009, whichrnbecame a part of the...