Halting project cost overrun

In Ethiopia, many projects experience cost overrun and excessive cost beyond estimation upon completion. As capital projects are expanding at a high pace nationally, it has become challenging to finalize them as... Read more »

Economic reform: The way forward

Various measures have been undertaken to sustain the pace of Ethiopian economic growth and political reform geared to ensure economic development, good governance and protection of human rights in the country. Together... Read more »

Widening conservation agriculture, rehabilitating soil resource

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, there are three major principles of Conservation Agriculture. The first is minimum mechanical soil disturbance that means no tillage through direct... Read more »

Cooperatives progression in economy

Countries follow different approaches that are believed to be meaningful in cascading their aggregate economic policy and goal, in order to bring development in the economy and improvements of lives of their... Read more »

Economic impact of Diasporas’ participation in finance sector

 “Great amount or over 60% of capital invested on our country’s development is drawn from income tax. The rest is from loan, by privatizing governmental organizations, foreign direct investment, from remittance, aid... Read more »

Contraband: Nation’s headache

Many bottlenecks pose a challenge on Ethiopian export. Multifaceted contraband trade, weak coordination, lack of market infrastructures and logistics limitations of product and productivity, belowstandard product, malfunctioning chain of market (absence of... Read more »

Debre Birhan turning out Ethiopia’s industrial hub

Ethiopia is one of the non-oil fastest growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank and other global financial institutions have extrapolated that on the average Ethiopian economy will grow 8 percent... Read more »

Ease of doing business to empower women in economy

Women economic empowerment is the best way to achieve other gender related goals such as equality, poverty eradication, and inclusive economic growth. That is why scholars and development institutions see economic empowerment... Read more »

All-round supports to ensure women’s economic benefit

The Ethiopian government has been working aggressively to enhance women’s contribution to the socioeconomic transformation of the country through mainstreaming women’s issues within governmental and private organizations.  In line with this, the... Read more »

The talent in women

We have often heard about famous inventors such as Thomas Jefferson (Monticello’s Great Clock), Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone), and Benjamin Franklin (bifocal glasses). However, what about woman like Dr. Shirley Jackson,... Read more »