All major cities including Addis Ababa experience heavy pedestrian flows. Because of the shortage rnof satisfactory sidewalks, pedestrian roadways are often difficult to walk on. Since pedestrians are rnmore vulnerable than other mode users, the primary objective of this research is to develop an...
Conswnption-based pCNerty comparison in three rural villages of Region 3 (Dinki,rnYetmen, and Shumsha) show that Dinki, the worst hit village in 1984 drough~ is still poorer,rnwhile Yetmen is relatively well-off. Larger household size is unambiguously a significant causernif poverty in all...
Application of the electrical resistivity and multichannel analysis of surface wave geophysical methods provide information on engineering site characterization of Wachamo University referral hospital site, in Hossana, southern Ethiopia. Often, existing hospital buildings and other large civil...
This research fo cuses on the economic analysis of an import substitute firm . It studies andrnanalyses the Tabor Ceramic Product Sharing Company (TCPSC). TCPSC is the only IS ceramicrnfirm found in Ethiopia. We examine the value chain and technical characteristics of the firm. Itrngenerates the...
Substance use and associated factors among high school and preparatory school students rnin Shakiso town administration, East Guji zone, Southern Oromia, Ethiopia. A mixed cross sectional study design was conducted from March to April 2019. Stratified random sampling rntechnique employed to select...
The rapid development in Information and communication technology (ICT) has broken barriers to information and open a new way for scholars in higher education institutions to communicate and disseminate their research findings. Universities have established ...
The prime purpose of this study was to examine the challenges of implementing kindergarten tt ducat ion rncurriculum in Bole sub city of Addis Ababa. The study employed a descriptive survey method. All rnkindergartens in Bole Sub City Administration were involved in the study through wail ability...
Cities in developing countries like Ethiopia are prone to impacts of urban heat island effect. It rnis well established that increasing the amount of urban green space help to cool down local rnclimates on a different scale. Like other tree dominated habitats, existing cemeteries may rnprovide...
Information System (IS) is a critical asset for higher education institutions and supportrninstitutional strategic objectives. In developing countries where higher education is fraughtrnwith serious challenges at multiple levels, there is increasing pressure to ensure that a bestrninformation...
Despite the existence of safe and effective vaccines, rabies disease still causes an estimated 59,000 human deaths a year in the endemic areas in Asia and Africa. In most developing countries people believe to cure rabies with different traditional and religious treatment rather than seeking...
The foreign trade sector plays a major role in development endeavors of developingrncountries, such as Ethiopia. In many instances, strength or weakness of an economy isrnreflected in the peifonnance of its sub-sector. In view of this fa ct, this paper attempts tornexamine the factors that...
An important fact or that would influ ence the success or f a ilulrnof an industrial concern is the degree of efficiency in thernutilizati on of resourc es und er its command. In Ethiopiarnefficiency is a major problem. Th e r e a r e some evidences tornsupport the contention that resources are...
The purpose of this paper is to probe the role of brokers on residential real-estate price escalation in rnAddis Ababa. Real estate housing market is one of mechanisms that transfer ownership rights of a house rnwith a combination of different attributes that is defined by its prices. The process...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Addis Zemen (a state daily) and The Reporter Amharic (a private bi-weekly) newspapers framed good governance issues. The study focused on hard news, editorials and feature articles covering the time periods from July 27, 2017 to 8th January 2018. Out...
Child health stat liS is an important determinant of adult productivities and earnings; thusrnit represents an important channel of intergenerational socioeconomic mobility. It is alsornrecognized that health is a variable inherently unobservable and if observed has manyrnmeasurement errors. This...
This research attempts to examine the Media Coverage practices of Food Security issues in Ethiopia’s national television (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation). The study evaluates the extent of coverage, framing of stories, and challenges journalists face while covering food security issues....
The main objective of this dissertation was to analyze the semantics and pragmatics of Amharic bəgəna lyrics. The study was qualitative and empirical in nature and mainly relied on primary linguistic data. Data were obtained from written bəgəna lyrics and audio/video bəgəna...
In recent years many were attacked and displaced due to their identity in differentrnparts of Ethiopia. Clashes associated with ‘identity and boundary questions’ costrnthe lives of many peoples, especially in Amhara and Tigrai regional states. Thernmedia having a pivotal role in...
The purpose of this paper is assessing the Right to Selfrndetermination and its ConstituionalrnAdjudication: the quest of Kontoma commuinty for recognition as Ethinic group.accordingly,rnqualitative research design was employed for this study; since it is a particular kind ofrnqualitative reaserach...
This research attempted to examine the status of Addis Zemen and Ethiopis in human rightsrnviolations reporting, which is a means to the promotion and protection of these rights. The twornnewspapers were chosen to examine the practices in government and private media institutions.rnIn order to...