While embarking their research in rural-urban migration, researchers assume that rural outrnmigrants move with the aim of involving in productive sector or getting better socialrnamenities. However, the issue of migrants, who are involved in unproductive sectors such asrnbegging, is overstated. I...
This research work has been conducted at Woreda level in order to assess the implementationrnprocedures of Productive Safety Net Program placed in its implementation manual to itsrnenforcement. The respondents for the survey were sampled randomly ajier stratifYing forrnaddressing gender...
The study is conducted in Mekedla wereda took Tebi irrigation scheme as a case study, andrnthe main objective is to explore the role of access to irrigation on to household food securityrnthrough increasing production or food availability, increasing income or food accessibilityrnand improve the...
In Ethiopia there are relatively large numbers of NGOs that are engaged inrndevelopment activities ill different parts of the countly these days. However, therernare contradictory views about the potential roles tlwt NGOs can play in tlternimprovement of tlte livelihood of tlte rural cOlllmunities....
In Ethiopia there are relatively large numbers of NGOs that are engaged inrndevelopment activities ill different parts of the countly these days. However, therernare contradictory views about the potential roles tlwt NGOs can play in tlternimprovement of tlte livelihood of tlte rural cOlllmunities....
The government of Ethiopia is implementing various strategies to combat challenges of rapidrnpopulation growth and fast urbanization which include Integrated Housing DevelopmentrnProject. Condominium housing, as one of the innovation under the project, has tremendous rolernin minimizing housing...
Introduction: Risky sexual behaviors negatively affect the health of adolescents and youngrnadults putting them at high risk of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy forrnfemales, which may cause serious health consequences, social and economic problems. Inrnaddition, unwanted...
Despile Ihe presence of plenty of business opportunities that can be promoted by micro financerninslitutions (MFls) and despite the presence of large unemployed and economically activernpopllialion in Alar, the development of MFIs has long been conceived as costly and laborious atrnhest and...
Background: Gender based violence targeting women hinder women’s physical,rnpsychological and social well-being. Despite the fact that, gender based violence hasrnbeen given a great recognition at present time, studies that indicate its magnitude andrnimpacts among disabled women remain...
'the paper (ll!cmpls 10 find out [hose factors thaI threaten {he pror/IiClivily ant! S/fccess (~f" IIr/ulIIrnagriculture carried out by the cooperatives ill Addis Ababa frol1l the perspective (~l 1)J'Ul'is!(/1/ I~lrnagricull:!ra/ inputs; peljormance of illS/iluliollS that (lrc selllp 10 assiSf...
Ethiopia is one of the countries most seriously affected by HIV/AIDS in the world. Withrn2.2 million individuals living with the virus the 2001 estimate of HIV prevalence is 6.6%rnranging from 3.7% in the rural to 13.7% in the urban centers.rnThis cross sectional study is aimed at investigation of...
Over the past decades, informal sector has been growing fa st in Ethiopia. The maj or reason citedrnfor this is the growing rate of rural -urban mi gration and in ab ility of the formal employmentrnsector to prov ide joh for the active labor force. Because capac ity of formal employment scctor...
Background: Emergency Contraception gives a second chance tornwomen who do not want to be pregnant after unprotected sexualrnintercourse. It has been estimated that almost two in every fivernpregnancies worldwide are unplanned thus most of these pregnanciesrnends with induced abortion. To lower...
Recently Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) has got a due attcntion in bccause of itrncon tri bution in creation of job opportunities, increase income of the poor and hence povertyrnreduction. Ethiopia is also one of the countries where MSEs has been given due consideration asrna safety net for the...
Back ground: Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency virus may desire to have children and want to use contraceptive method. Haw ever the extent of these desires and how it varies by individual, social, health and demographic characteristics is not well understood. Women with HIV like other women...
The purpose of thi s study is to assess the relation ship between social capital andrngroup based micro finan ce. Ea rli er studies have predominantly focused on thernimpact of microfinance schemes on the livelihoods of the participants. Muchrnatt ention was not paid to the social processes underl...
One of the goals of global program on immunization for the last two decades hasrnbeen to reach all children of the world with vaccination services. Though thernprogram aimed to reach all children of the world, around three million childrenrnstill die each year from vaccine preventable disease....
The seriousness in magnitude of physical violence, and lack of information on the dimensions andrncontext of the problem here in Ethiopia, have made this paper to be important. A cross-sectionalrnsurvey and a focus group discussion were conducted in Meskanena Mareko woreda, South westernrnEthiopia,...
Background:- the few earlier studies conducted among freshman collegernstudents in Ethiopia at the Gonder college of medical science practiced sexualrnintercourse and half of that sexual contact to have been with prostitutes or withrncausal individuals among these, most did not use...
Since the first case of AIDS was recognized in America in 1981, HIV/AIDS has spread rapidly throughout the world. Different studies showed that a great proportion of people living with HIV/AIDS do not know that they carry the virus making VCT service underutilized. However, the reasons for young...