Alemayehu Geda CV 1

Curriculum Vitae January 2016

ALEMAYEHU GEDA (Male)
Current Address:
Addis Ababa University
Department of Economics

Postal Address
Alemayehu Geda
Department of Economics
Addis Ababa University
P.O. Box 1176
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel Mobile: (251-911) 249926
Email [email protected] [email protected]
Web Page www.Alemayehu.com also www.Researchgate.net/profile/Alemayehu_Geda

Crurent Position:
Professor (Macroeconomics & International Economics)
Dept of Economics, Addis Ababa University
Research Associate/Fellow: a) University of London, SOAS, Center for
Development Policy Research, UK
b)The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research
and Analysis, Nairobi.
c) African Economic Research Consortium,
Nairobi
d) Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi
e) University of California, Berkeley, Center for
Effective Global Action, EASST.
f) Economic Policy Research Centers, Kampala

Position Immediately before the current position:

Head &Assit Prof., Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (2005)
November 2001- to- May 2003: Research Fellow and Lecturer, at the Department of
Economics, School of Oriental &African Studies,
University of London
August 2001-to- November 2001: Principal Researcher, Economic Commission for Africa,
Addis Ababa
January 2000-to- July 2001: Resident Macroeconomist/Economist&Coordinator at the
Institute of Social Studies, ISS (the Hague) and The
Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis
(KIPPRA) Macro Modeling and Social Sector Analysis
Project.
Sept 1997-to- January 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Addis
AbabaUniversity
As resident Macroeconomist/Economist and Coordinator at the Institute of Social Studies, ISS
(the Hague) and The Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis (KIPPRA)
Modeling Project my responsibilities include: ( In collaboration with ISS, Micromacro
Consultant[MMC] and KIPPRA)
Building A Macro Model for Kenyan Treasury and KIPPRA (as instrument for
thePRSP/ MTEF)
Building Social Sector Models: Poverty, Education and Health
Offering training for local capacity building in Policy analysis, applied macro
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modeling
[This is being carried in the Collaboration with Kenyan Treasury (Ministry of
Finance and Planning)]

Successful Major Projects where I had been a coordinator and lead

expert
a) At African Export Import Bank on the Economic Engagement of BRICX with
Africa
b) At the Kenyan Treasury/Gov’t of Kenya and AERC project on need assessment
of policy capacity building for the government of Kenya.
c) At the African Development Bank, Chief expert on building a global forecasting
model for Africa, 2011-2012
d) At the Central Bank of Kenyan, team leader of experts helping the building up
and running and reviewing of a quarterly macro model for Kenya, 2011
e) As macroeconomic expert for the AU panel on the economic negotiation
between the North and South Sudan (led by former South Africa president
Thabo Mbeki), 2011.
f) At Economic Commission for Africa: where I was the expert on Regional
Economic Integrations Studies, Financing development as well as Private Sector
Development and macroeconomic policy Studies in Africa, 2009-12.
g) At the Economic Commission for African: Where I was the chief expert in the
construction of a global and regional macro econometric model, 2008.
h) At the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia where I was
the coordinator and lead expert of the Macro Model built for Ethiopian Treasury,
training of policy experts as well as Long-terms Strategy Studies on Source of
Growth, Poverty, Financing Development and Agricultural-led Industrialization
strategy of the Ethiopian government, 2006 as background to its 5 year plan -
PASDEP.
i) At Economic Commission for Africa: preparation of a forecasting manual;
j) At the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research And Analysis, where I was the
coordinator and lead expert of the Macro Model built for KIPPRA and Kenyan
Treasury, Training of policy experts, as well as Social Sector Studies on issue of
Poverty, Education and Health in Kenya, 2002.
.
Research Interest: International Trade; Development Finance, Macroeconomics Policy and
Poverty Analysis and Macro Econometric Modeling- all in African context.

Academic History
Ph.D. in Development Economics at Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University), The
Hague/Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Dissertation title ‘Finance and Trade in Africa: Modeling
Macroeconomic Response in a World Economy Context (degree awarded 1998).

M.A. degree in Economic Policy and Planning, (Specializing on Structural Adjustment and
Finance & Macroeconomic Modeling) in 1991 with Class A Distinction, from Institute of
Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague-Roterdam, The Netherlands).

B.A degree in Economics with Distinction from the Department of Economics, Addis Ababa
University in 1987, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Senior High school (4 years in Business and Commerce) completed with a cumulative average
of 3.8 (out of 4.0), Great Distinction, on four scale grading system. Primary and Junior High
school completed with cumulative average of 99% & 100% in national exams, respectively.

Work Experience (Teaching, Research and related activities)

University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)
As Lectures and Research Fellow as well as in a collaborative assignment working
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on macroeconomic management of African economies, 1999; as Research fellow and

lecturer 2001-2003.
Courses that I was offering at the Department of Economics at Addis Ababa
University and University of London, University of Nairobi, Alemaya
University and Research Centers in Nairobi and Kampala (both at Graduate
(MSc and PhD) and Undergraduate level
 Macroeconomic Analysis (Theory and Policy)
 Advanced Macroeconomic Modelling
 Applied African Economics
 International Economics (International Trade and International Finance)
 Project Analysis and Planning
 Applied Econometrics
As well as advising both graduate and undergraduate research
students

AT AERC, Nairobi, and Alemaya University Course that I offered atPhD

Program
 Advanced International Economics (AERC, Nairobi)
 Advanced Macroeconomics (Alemaya University)

At University of Oxford, International Development Center, Queen Elizabeth

House, Finance and Trade Policy Research Center
As a research fellow working on external finance and trade Patterns of African
countries (1995).

At World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA,1993/94

International Economic Prospects and Analysis Department as a special appointment to
work on ‘Global Model Building and the Place of Developing Countries in the World
Economy’.

Research and Teaching at Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The

Hague/Roterdam, The Netherlands (1991/92-1997).

 Teaching on Methodology of Macroeconomic Database building using PCs for post-

graduate students.
 Teaching Quantitative Methods in economics for post graduate studies under a project to
build capacity of economists from the Republic of Oman.
 Research assistance on research on 'behavior of private investment in developing countries
and public private sector interaction.
 In the money and finance project of the Institute of Social studies engaged in a research on
building consistent macro database (capital account) for 23 developing countries.
 Teaching Microeconomics for post-graduate students in Local and Regional Development
Department (program) of ISS.
 Teaching of quantitative methods (econometrics and statistics) using PCs for post-graduate
students in the department (program) of Development Economics
 Administrative responsibility Member of the Library committee of the Institute of Social
Studies.

Lecturer at Alemaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: (1987-1990):

 Course I thought for Undergraduate students (1987-1990): Macroeconomics,
Econometrics, Microeconomics, Agricultural Credit and Finance, Political Economy
of Socialism; Political Economy of Capitalism, Introductory Economics and
Introductory Accounting.
 Research engagement at the University: Founder and Secretary of the University
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'chat' (a cash crop) research team; engaged in research teams of : Grain market
pricing policy; Prospects for exportable products.
 Administrative responsibility: Secretary of the Department of Agricultural
Economics; participated in evaluation of research contribution of staffs; Organizing
seminars..

Engagement on Major Projects and Consultancy work

2003 - 2008
 For African Development Bank as a macroeconomic expert for North and South Sudan
negotiation as well as for building a global forecasting and Policy Simulation model.
 As team leader of peer-reviewers and capacity builders for the Kenyan Central Bank quarterly
model.
 Long term strategy including building models for the Republic of Zambia, with MMC and
UNDP, University of London, 2008
 Efficiency of Public Spending on Agriculture: The Macro Dimension (with IFPRI, 2008/09)
 Coordinator of the African Analytical Trust Fund of African Economic Research Consortium
(Nairobi) which advised Executive Directors of Africa at the World Bank and IMF in
Washington DC.
 Construction of A Global Macro econometric Model for ECA, 2006-2008; in addition,
Preparation of African Economic Outlook, Studies on ODA and Financing Development in
Africa, Studies on Regional integration in Africa, studies on private sector development in
Africa, inter alia
 The Significance of the Urban Economy in Ethiopian for World Bank.
 ‘Who owns Swedish Aid in East Africa’ With Sida, Sweden, 2003
 UNDP’s Role in the PRSP process, with UNDP, New Your, 2003 (Case of Ethiopian &
Tanzania)
 ‘Post-conflict Economies’ with AERC/World Bank/International Economic Association, 2003
 ‘African Imperative: Africa Within International Trading System’ With AERC, 2003
 Explaining Growth in Africa with AERC
 Growth, Poverty and Distribution of Income in Ethiopian: Which way with a pro-poor
Growth’ With Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, 2003
 Macro Model Building and Long-term Strategy Study for the Government of Ethiopia, 20
 Macro Modeling and Social Sector Studies for the Government of Kenya
 Forecasting Millennium Development Goals for UNDP and Ethiopian Government, 2003.
 African Economic Report 2003 (UN Economic Commission for Africa) and African Regional
Integration Report of ECA (2004)
 Tax Reform and its Distributional Implication in Ethiopia (for UN WIDER).
 Finance and Poverty Issues in Ethiopia/Africa with UN-WIDER.
 Global Interdependence and Social development Equity,& Poverty, with UN, New York.
 The Challenge of Exporting in Africa: A Strategic Study, 2005 (for African Export Import
Bank, Cairo)

Before 2003
 Cross-border illicit trade in Eastern Africa (With the Economic Commission for Africa, ECA)
 Socio-economic Survey of Urban Ethiopia (With the dept. Of Economics of Gothenburg
University of Sweden)
 Trade Liberalization and African Economic Integration (with Organization of African Unity,
OAU).
 The case of Southern African Economic Community (SADC) .
 The case of Common Market for Easter and Southern Africa (COMESA)
 Country Participation in Regional Economic Groupings:
 the case of Tanzanian in SADC and
 the case of Zambia in COMESA)
 The New Private Financial Sector and Its Regulation: The Ethiopian Experience, with UN
University World Institute of Development Research (WIDER).
 Managing Transition form Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Ethiopia,
with African Economic Research Consortium
 The State of the Ethiopian Economy (with Ethiopian Economic Association)
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 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Copenhagen Social Summit Program in Africa (With
UN Economic Commission for Africa)
 Financing Development in Africa (With UN Economic Commission for Africa)
 Regional Integration in African and the role of Macro Economic Coordination/ Fiscal Policy
Harmonization , with the Economic Commission for Africa
 The state of the Ethiopian Economy, Economic Commission for Africa

Consultancy/Research Work done for:

Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union, AU
UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA)
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, CSIE (Distance Learning)
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands,
The African Development Bank
Swedish International Development Assistance, Sida, Stockholm
United Nation Development Program (UNDP), New York, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia
UN, Social Sector Analysis Division, New York
World Institute of Development Economics, WIDER, Finland
Micro Macro Consultant, The Hague, The Netherlands
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia)
Various NGOs (such as Action Aid) on Macroeconomic and trade policy issues in Ethiopia
African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
The World Bank, Ethiopian Country Office
African Export and Import Bank, Cairo
International Food Policy Research
The Ethiopian and African Chambers of Commerce
The Government of: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan and Zambia

Engagement in Professional Association

 Editor-in-Chief, and: responsible for editing (1997-2000)
Ethiopian Journal of Economics (technical bi-annual Journal)
Economic Focus (Non-technical bi-monthly)
Other Publications of the Association
 Editorial Board, Ethiopian Journal of Development Studies, Western Michigan University, USA
 Advisory Board (Research), Central/National Bank of Kenya, Nairobi.
 Editorial Board member, African Journal of Trade, Afrexim Bank, Cairo
 Executive committee member of Ethiopian Economic Association
 Member and Treasurer of ‘Form for Social Studies’, an independent research institutions in
Ethiopia
 Research member and Instructor, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi
 Research member Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA)
 Technical Expert Committee Member of African Development Forum (ADF)

Also Serve as referee to Scientific Journals, Publisher and Researches of AERC

 Journal of African Economies, University of Oxford
 South African Journal of Economic, South Africa
 World Development (Journal of), USA
 Oxford University Press
 Addis Ababa University Press
 African Journal of Trade, Cairo, Egypt/London, UK
 African Development Review, AfDB/ and UK
 Eastern and Southern African Social Science Review, OSSRA, Addis Ababa
 Ethiopian Journal of Economics, EEA
 Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, IDR/AAU
 African Journal of Political Science and International Relation,
 AERC Research Work and PhD Research Proposals
 School of Economics, University of Nairobi
 African Development Bank, Tunis
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 Central Bank of Kenya Research, Nairobi

 Economic Policy Research Center, University of Makarare, Kampala
 Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute (Mefemi) for Eastern and Souther
Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Public (Social) Services

-Offer public lecture:
 For experts of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Ethiopian economy
 -For senior manager of MIDROC Ethiopia on Ethiopian Economy
 -For member of the Ethiopian and Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce on regional
integration in Africa
 For Trade experts of Ministry of Trade, Kenya.
 For experts at Economic Commission for Africa on Applied Econometrics
 For Ethiopian Defense Force on Ethiopian Economy
Expert service:
 For Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia) in the preparation of the
government’s Poverty Reductions Paper
 For Ministry of Finance and Economic Development on Critical Review of the governments
long-terms strategy as well as in developing a macro model for preparation of short term plans
& budgets.
 For Government of Kenya, Uganda (Macro Model Building and Social Sector Analysis)
 For members of Ethiopian Economic Association on techniques of econometric forecasting
 For economic commission for Africa as expert group on Poverty & policy as well as on
financing African development, Financing Regional Integration, on forecasting, on the impact
of China and India on Africa.
 For African Economic Research Consortium (on evaluation of MSc courses, PhD funding
Proposals, PhD course development etc, trainer of researchers)
 For local business Magazins and News Papers

Publications
Published and forthcoming:

Books
Authored Book

2015 Fundamental of International Economics for Developing Countries: A Focus on Africa:

Volume I, Trade Theory, Policy and Practice (AERC-n 2013/14; & also Under Reviews ).

2012 Applied Time series Econometrics: A Focus on Africa (with Njuguna Nudungu and Daniel
Zerfu, AERC and University of Nairobi Press, 2012).

2011 Readings on Ethiopian Economy ( Addis Ababa University Press, 2011)

2006 Export Strategy, Export Success Stories: East Asian Trade and Industrial Policy and the
Lesson for Africa. Cairo: African Import Export /Afrexim Bank, 2006.

2006 Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: the Case of Zambia. New
York: UNDP (with John. Weeks, Victoria Chisala, Hulya Dagdeviren, Terry McKinley, Alfredo
Saad-Filho, Carlos Oya), 2006

2002 Finance and Trade in Africa: Macroeconomic Response in The World Economy context
(London: Palgrave-Macmillan/New York, September 2002 –www.Amazon.com best selling category.
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Edited Book
‘The Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects’, Co-editor (with BerhanuNega) and Principal
Contributor, 1999 (Addis Ababa University and Ethiopian Economic Association and Dept of
Economics, AAU)

Journal Articles (Published and forthcoming)

1. An Applied Macroeconometric Model for Supply Constrained African Economies: The Case
of Rwanda, Tanzanian Economic Review, forthcoming, 2016 (with Addis Yimer).
2. Capital Flight and its Determinants from Ethiopia (20165, with Addis Yimer, forthcoming,
Journal of African Development Review)
3. The Potential for Internal Trade and Regional Integration in Africa, Journal of African Trade,
2015.
4. To be or not to be: The Dilemma of African Engagement with China and other Emerging
Economies African Review, Vol 5, No 2, 118-138, 2013/14. (with Matias Assefa and Solomon
Mosisa)
5. Sudan and South Sudan: Ensuring Mutual Viability through Macroeconomic Cooperation
(with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa) Zambian Social Science Journal, Vol 3(1):45-73
2012/published 2014:
6. The Macroeconomic of Commodity Boom in Africa, 2016 (forthcoming, African Capacity
Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe)
7. Modeling Inflation in Ethiopian (with Kibrom Tafere), forthcoming, Journal of African
Development (Under Review).
8. Capacity Building in Post-Conflict and Fragile States (World Journal of Entrepreneurship,
Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 7, Nos. 2/3/4, 2011)
9. Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia (with Abebe Shimeless and John Weeks, Journal
of International Development, 2009)
10. Regional Integration in Africa: With a Case Study of COMESA (with Haile Kibrit, Journal of
African Economies, 2008 - Top read article 2008-2013 March)
11. Trade Theories and their Relevance in African Context: A Survey of the Literature (Under
review African Development Review)
12. Ethiopian Macro Modelling in Historical Perspective: Bringing Geber-Hiwot and his
Contemporaries to Ethiopian Macroeconomic Realm (Journal of North East African Studies,
2008).
13. Growth Instability and Development Assistance among African Countries (with John Weeks,
under review of, Journal of International Development, University of Reading)
14. China and India: A curse or blessing for Africa? The Case of Manufactured Exports (with
Atenafu G. Meskel, (Journal of African Development, African Development Bank, 2008)
15. A Review of Macro Modelling in Ethiopia: With Lessons from Published African Macro
Models (with Daniel Zerfu, Under review, Ethiopian Journal of Economics and also
published in Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Working Paper Series).
16. A Macroeconomic Model for Ethiopia (with Daniel Zerfut, forthcoming, Journal of Policy
Modelling , 2010).
17. Macro Policy, Labour Market, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia (Ethiopian Journal of
Economics, 2006; with Alem Abreha).
18. Estimating Aggregate Production Production with I(2)Capital Stock (with Daniel Zerfu,
Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol XII, No 1, 2006).
19. Saving in Sub-Saharn Africa (Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2006, with Haile Kibret)
20. The Macroeconomic Performance of the Ethiopian Economy in the Post-Reform Period: An
Evaluation (Journal of North-East African Studies, 2005, Western Michigan University).
21. Financial Reconstruction In Conflict and 'Post-Conflict' Economies (With Tony Addison,
Philippe Le Billon and S. MansoobMurshed (Journal of Development Studies, 2005).
22. Trade Liberalization and the Coffee Sub-Sector in Ethiopia ( Ethiopian Journal of Economics,
2003)
23. The Historical Origin of African Debt Crisis ( Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review,
2003 )
24. The Gebre-Hiwot Model: A Pioneer African (Ethiopian) Development Macroeconomics (
Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 2002)
25. Macro Data and Macroeconomic Analysis: The Relevance of A Consistent Macroeconomic
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Database in Ethiopia (1996, Ethiopian Journal of Economics)

26. Determinants of Aggregate Primary Commodity Export Supply: Econometric Results from
African Countries in Three Regions: East & Southern, West & Central and North Africa ( in
Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 1999).
27. Quantitative measurement of Poverty: An Application to Rural Ethiopia (1993, Ethiopian
Journal of Development Research)

Chapters in a Book (Published and forthcoming)

1. Determinants and Effects of Capital Flight on Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia
(2015, with Addis Yimer, forthcoming, AERC, Nairobi, Kenya)
2. Political and Development Imperative of Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia in the
last Decade (2000-2013). Ed. Desalegne Rahameto, Rethinking Development Strategy in
Ethiopia, 2014 Publisher: FSS and GTZ:
3. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Political Economy Challenges / Alemayehu Geda
and Addis Yimer, Ch 6, In . A. S. Yaruingam and Rashmi Kapoor (eds) Inside Africa :
Contemporary Perspectives. New Delhi, Shipra Publications, 2013.
4. Remittance and Remittance Service Providers in Ethiopia, 2011 (the World Bank, Leveraging
Remittance for African Development)
5. The Basic Development Ideas of Gebrehiwot Baykedagne (in Amharic, forthcoming, AAU,
AAU Press, 2013)
6. Finance and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Household Level Analysis (2008, WIDER and Pallgrave
Macmillan, Helsinki)
7. Tax and Tax Reform in Ethiopia in the Post-Reform Period (2008 WIDER, Helsinki)
8. The Structure and Performance of Ethiopia’s Financial Sector In The Pre And Post Reform
Period: With Special Focus On Banking (in G. Mavratos (ed.) Financing Development,
UNand Pallgrave Macmillan, Helsinki, 2008).
9. The Political Economy of Growth in Ethiopia ( 2008) in BennoNdulu, Stephen A.O’connell,
Jean_PaulAzam, RoberH.Bates, Augustin K. Fosu, Jan Willem Gunning and Dominique
Njinkeu (eds). The Political Economy of Growth in Africa: 1960-2000. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press).
10. African Trade Imperative: WTO and the Ethiopian Service Sector (with Daniel Zerfu, 2008, in
AdemolaOyejide and William M. Lakurwa (eds).African Trade Imperative in the New World
Trade Order, Vol II, Case Studies of Manufacturing and Services, AERC Publishing).
11. Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa ( 2006, UN Development and Economic Social
Division and Red Sea Press. Flat World and Big Gaps, Ed. Jomo. S)
12. Conflict and Economic Performance in Ethiopia (With BefekaduDegefe, in IEA and
AERC,Pallgrave-Macmillan, edited by A.Fosu and P. Collier, 2005).
13. The Impact of China and India on Africa: Trade, FDI and the African Manufacturing Sector:
Issues and Challenges (A Framework Paper for AERC Project :The Impact of China and
India on Africa.; and also AERC Working Paper,Revised, 2008)r,
14. The New Financial Sector and Its Regulation: The Case of Ethiopia (with Tony Addison, A
chapter in a book, in Tony Addison (ed.) (2003) Underdevelopment, Transition and
Reconstruction in Sub-Saharan Africa, United Nations University, WIDER, Helsinki &
University of Oxford Press; also appeared WIDER Discussion Paper No 2001/55)
15. Profile of Ethiopian External Debt ( in ‘Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects’ in
Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999)
16. Profile of Ethiopian External Trade ( in ‘Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects’ in
Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999)
17. The Impact of External Shocks and Northern Policy on Africa: Simulation Results Based on
Global Economic Model of Africa ( in ‘Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects’ in
Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999)
18. Economic Integration in African: A critical Review of Relevant Theories (a Chapter in a book
published by OAU: Economic Integration in Africa, 2000).
19. Managing Transition from Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Ethiopia,( a
Chapter in a book, forthcoming , in C. Lancaster and S. Wangwe (eds), with African
Economic Research Consortium)
20. The Macroeconomic Environment and Ethiopian Agricultural ( in SisayAssefa and Tesfaye
Teklu, eds., The Challenge of Developing Agriculture in Ethiopia, Western Michigan State
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University)
21. Supervision and Regulation of the Ethiopian Financial Sector: The Role of Institutions ( a
Chapter in Book in Alemu Mekonnen and DjeneAredo (eds.). The Role of Institutions in
Economic Development, Dept. of Economics, AAU and EEA)
22. Debt, Adjustment and Donor Intervention in the Post-War Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia
& the Sudan (1991)(Co-author; a chapter in book "Beyond Conflict in Horn of Africa", also
ISS Working paper)

Book Reviews

1. BerhanuAbegaz (ed.) (1994). Essays on Ethiopian Economic Development. (Reviewed in

Development and Change, Vol. 28 No. 2, 1997)

2. ChandanMukherijee, Howard White and Marc Wuyts (1998). Econometrics and Data
Analysis for Developing Countries. (Reviewed in Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol. 5, No.
2, 1999)
3. Bhinda et al (1999) Private Capital flows to Africa: Perception and Reality ( in Development
and Change, June 2003)
4. DesalegneRahmato: State and Peasants in Ethiopian:1950-200. Addis Ababa: AAU Press.

Policy Briefs
1. The KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model: A New Instrument for Policy Analysis and forecasting,
PB No 8, KIPPRA, Nairobi.
2. Determinates of Poverty in Kenya: A Household Level Analysis, PB No. 9, KIPPRA, Nairobi.

Working/Discussion Papers:
Year 2001-2016
1. Determinants of FDI to Africa: A Panel Co-integration Approach, (Department of Economics,
Addis Ababa University, with Addis Yimer).
2. Global Macroeconometric Model for Africa: Africa in The Global and Emerging Economies
Context (African Development Bank, 2012 Mimeo)
3. Natural Resource Flows from Commodity Boom and Macroeconomic Policies in Africa
(Background Study for Afircan Capacity Foundation, Harare, September 2012)

4. Impact of China-Africa Investment Relations: Case Study of Ethiopia ( AERC and

Department of Economics, AAU, 2009African Economic Research Consortium Collaborative
Research on the Impact of Chain on Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009.
5. African Economic Engagement with the Emerging South (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey,
Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia) (2015 African Export and Import Bank, Cairo, Egypt).
6. Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa ( 2006, UN Development and Economic Social
Division S)
7. Ethiopia's New Financial Sector And Its Regulation (With Tony Addison, WIDER Discussion
Paper No. 2001/55 and also forthcoming in Finance and Development Research Program,
University of Manchester).
8. Theoretical Base for the Kenya Macro Model: The KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model (with
F.Huizinga, N.S.Ndung’u and S.N.Karingi, No. KIPPRA Discussion Paper)
9. The Theory of the MOFED-EPPED Macro Model of Ethiopia (with F. Huizinga, MOFED
Working Paper Series,No. 3, 2004)
10. Estimation Procedure and Estimation Results of the Kenya’s KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model
(With N.S.Ndung’u and S.N.Karingi, KIPPRA Working Paper)
11. Determinants of Poverty in Kenya: Household Level Analysis (with N. de Jong, M.Kimenyi
and G.Mwabu, KIPPRA Discussion Paper 9 and a shorter version on ISS WP N0. 347, The
Hague)
12. Specifying and Estimating Partial Equilibrium Model for use in Macro Models: A Road Map
for KIPPRA-Treasury Macro Model of Kenya (With N.S. Ndung’u, KIPPRA Discussion Paper
No. 8)
13. Kenya’s Exchange Rate Movements in a Liberalized Environment: An Empirical Analysis
(with M. Were, S. Karingi and N.S. Njuguna, KIPPRA Discussion Paper)
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14. The Labour Market, Poverty and Inequality in Kenya: A Micro-Simulation Approach (With N.
de Jong and K. Manda, forthcoming as KIPPRA Discussion Paper)
15. Poverty in Kenya: A Comparative Analysis of Microsimulation and Regression Based
Approaches (with N. de Jong and G. Mwabu, forthcoming in KIPPRA Discussion Paper)
16. Saving in Sub-Saharan Africa: An overview and new empirical results (with Haile Kibretr,
forthcoming in Department of Economics. Addis AbabaUniversity, Working Paper Series)
17. Trade Liberalization and Economic Integration in Africa: With Case Study of COMESA (with
Haile Kibret, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London,, Working Paper
Series)
18. Modeling the South in North-South Models: A Brief Survey of the Literature (forthcoming in
Department of Economics. Addis Ababa University, and Economic Comission for Africa
Working Paper Series)
19. Transiting from Aid Dependency in Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis (with BefekaduDegefe,
forthcoming in Department of Economics. Addis AbabaUniversity, Working Paper Series)
20. Banking Sector Regulation and Performance in the Post-Reform Ethiopia (With SeifeDendir,
forthcoming in Department of Economics. Addis AbabaUniversity, Working Paper Series).
21. International Financial Flows and the Challenge of Financing Development in Africa: An
Overview of Challenges and Prospects (forthcoming in Department of Economics. Addis
AbabaUniversity, Working Paper Series.
22. International Trade and the African Context: A Critical Review of the Literature, forthcoming,
in KIPPRA Discussion Paper Series.
23. Forecasting Millennium Development Goals Targets for African: A Note on Technical Issues
(with Abebe Shimeles, appeared in MOFED Working Paper Series, 2004).
24. Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Income Distribution in Africa (with Abebe Shimeless,
forthcoming in GotenbergUniversity, Department of Economics Working Paper Series, 2004).
25. The Impact of China and India on Africa: Trade, FDI and the Manufacturing Sector,
Framework Paper for AERC Research, 2006.
26. Trade, Finance and the Global Economy: Theory of the ECA Global Model, ECA, 2008.
27. Global Modeling: A Survey of the Literature, ECA, 2008.
28. Trade Finance and the Global Economy: |Modeling the North African Regional, ECA, 2008)
29. Trade Finance and the Global Economy: |Modeling the West African Region, ECA, 2008)
30. Trade Finance and the Global Economy: |Modeling the South and Eastern African Region,
ECA, 2008)
31. Efficiency of Public Spending in Ethiopian Agriculture: A Macro Perspective, IFPRI, 2008
32. Efficiency of Public Spending in Ethiopian Agriculture: A Micro Perspective, IFPRI, 2008
33. Capacity Building in Conflict and Fragile States in Africa, African Capacity Foundation,
Zimbabwe, Harare, 2010.
34. ODA and Aid-effectiveness in Ethiopian, ECA, 2011.
35. The Macroeconomic Cooperation Framework for North and South Sudan Negotiation on Oil,
Currency and Debt, African Development Bank, forthcoming, 2011/12.

1996-2000
36. A comparative look at International Linkages of the World Banks Global Economic Model
(Bank-GEM) and Other North-South Models (1994) ISS Working Paper Series Money, finance
and Development series Number 58.
37. Determinants of Aggregate Primary Commodity Export Supply: Econometric Results from
African Countries in Three Regions (East & Southern, West & Central and North Africa)
(1996 ISS Working Paper Series on Money, Finance and Development, No. 60 )
38. The Fiscal Response to External Finance in Africa: An Empirical Analysis (1996) ISS
working paper series on Money, Finance and Development, No. 61)
39. The Historical Origin of African Debt and Financial Crisis (1997, ISS Working Paper Series
on Money, Finance and Development, No. )
40. The Gebre-Hiwot Model: A Pioneer African (Ethiopian) Development Macroeconomist.
Department of Economics, Addis AbabaUniversity Working paper Series No. WP01/1998,
August 1998.

Monographs and Research Reports

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1. Estimating Investment Functions for The South African Economy (A dissertation guide for
MSc in Financial Economics, University of London, School of Oriental and African Study,
1996).
2. A Consistent Macro Database for Ethiopia (1970-1999), Ethiopian Economic Association, A
Research Report 1998 (also forthcoming as the Association’s Working Paper Series)
3. Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration in Africa: The Case of COMESA (A Report
submitted to Policy Analysis Unit of OAU, 1999)
4. Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration in Africa: The Case of SADEC (A Report
submitted to Policy Analysis Unit of OAU, 1999)
5. Problems of Country Participation in Regional Economic Groupings: The Case of Tanzania
in SADEC (A Report submitted to Policy Analysis Unit of OAU, 1999)
6. Problems of Country Participation in Regional Economic Groupings: The Case of Zambia in
COMESA (A Report submitted to Policy Analysis Unit of OAU,1999)
7. Social Progress in Africa Since the CopenhagenSummit ( A Report Submitted to Economic
Commission for Africa, 1999)
8. Trade Liberalization, Trade and Food Security ( A Report submitted to Action Aid, 1999)
9. Problems and Prospects of Financing Development in Africa (A Report Submitted to
Economic Commissions for Africa, 2000)
10. Fiscal (Macro) Policy Harmonization in the Context of African Regional Integration (A
Report Submitted to Regional Integration and Cooperation Division of Economic Commission
for Africa, November 2001).
11. Growth, Poverty and Distribution of Income in Ethiopia: Which way for a Pro-poor Growth
(with Abebe Shimeles and John Weeks, A Report to the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and
Economic Development/PRSP input, 2002)
12. Who owns Swedish Aid in East Africa, Volume I: A Synthesis Report (With D. Anderson, C.
Cramer and Degol Hailu, A Report to Sida, Stockholm, 2002).
13. Who owns Swedish Aid in East Africa, Volume II: Country Case Studies (With D. Anderson,
C. Cramer and Degol Hailu, A Report to Sida, Stockholm, 2002).
14. UNDP’s Engagement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process: Case Study of Tanzania
(UNDP New York, 2002)
15. UNDP’s Engagement in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process: Case Study of Ethiopia
(UNDP New York, 2002)
16. Forecasting and Analysis of MDGS for Ethiopia (with Abebe Shimless, UN Country Team
and MOFED, Ethiopia)
17. Tax Reform and its Distributional Implications in Ethiopia (with Abebe Shimles, for UN
WIDER).
18. The Sources of Growth in Ethiopia (with J. Weeks, Daniel Zerfu and MOFED, for MOFED).
19. Financing Development in Ethiopia (with J. Weeks, Gebre-HiwotAgeba for MOFED.
20. Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa: Exploring the Role of Global
Interdependence(Background Paper Prepared for UN International Forum for Social
Development on the issue of Social Development Equity, Inequality and Interdependence,
2004)

Bulletins

1. Institutional Aspect of Reforming the Financial Sector: The Case of Regulating Banking in
Post-Reform Ethiopia (UN/ECA DPMN Bulletin, Vol. VI, NO 1, November 1999)
2. Basic Open Economy Macroeconomics and the Asia Crisis (in Economic Focus, Vol 2 No 1,
1999, Ethiopian Economic Association)
3. Structural Adjustment Programs in African Context: A brief Review of the Literature (in
Economic Focus, Vol 1 No 3, 1998, Ethiopian Economic Association)
4. Globalization and International Finance: The Crucial Issue of African Debt (in Economic
Focus, Vol. 3 No 1, 2000, Ethiopian Economic Association)
5. Some Observation on Ethiopian Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (MEDREK, Forum
for Social Studies, 2001).

Unpublished:
1. Economic Management in Public Enterprises: Planning versus Market with case study on
National Leather and Shoe Corporation of Ethiopia (1987) (Unpublished, Dept. Of
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Economics, Addis AbabaUniversity)

2. Trends of Public and Private Capital Account Variables in Developing Countries: The ISS-
COCA Database of Consistent Capital Accounts (1992) [ which is prepared in the Institute's
publication and in diskette for outside users]
3. Pattern of Consumption, Poverty and Prospects for household saving in Sub-Saharan Africa:
case study of Ethiopia (1991) [Unpublished MA thesis at Institute of Social Studies, The
Hague)
4. Africa in North-South Model: A theoretical Analysis of the External Sector (memo, ISS The
Hague)
5. Aid and the Dutch Disease in Africa: An Empirical Analysis (1997) Memo, ISS The Hague
6. Growth and Food Balance Modeling using PCs (1998, Prepared for teaching text for use in
the MA program of Population and Development, Institute of Social Study, The Hague).
7. Aid and the Dutch Disease in Ethiopia (mimeo).
8. The Fiscal Response to External Finance in Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis (mimeo)

Professional Workshops/Training Attended and Offered/ Participated:

 Workshop on World Trade Organization (WTO) Provisions and Commercial Diplomacy
(UNCTAD, Geneva, 1998).
 Various Workshops in Ethiopia (National Account Estimation for Addis Ababa, 1998;
National Parameters Estimates for Ethiopia, 1998; various workshops Organized by
Ethiopian Economic Association, 1997, 1998).
 African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Workshop on Post-graduate Economic
Studies in Anglophone Africa, Nairobi, 1998 .
 Workshop on Trade Liberalization and Economic Integration in African, Organized by OAU,
1998.
 Coordinator and lecturer on training workshop organized for policy analysts in Africa on
‘Accounting for Sustainable Development and the use of SAM and CGE based
modeling for Policy Analysis,
 Trainer: Workshop on Forecasting with Econometric Models (Organized by Ethiopian
Economic Association and Department of Economics, Addis AbabaUniversity).
 Trainer: ‘On Analysis of the Ethiopian Economy’ (International Peace Institute of Ethiopia)
 Trainer: ‘On Analysis of the Ethiopian Economy’ (MIDROC Ethiopia, Human Resource
Development)
 Trainer: ‘Applied Macro Models: Building and Using Macroeconometric Models in Africa
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, for specialists from
Namibia, Tanzania, Lesotho, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zabmia and Kenya).
 Trainer: On WTO and Trade Negotiation for Kenyan Ministry of Trade Experts.
 Expert group member for various foras at Economic Commission for Africa.

Computer literacy
Softwere (user)
Major Word Processing, Database and Spread Sheet softwares
Quantitative software: Microfit, Eviews, TSP, Pcgive/ Pcfimi, STATA, SPSS
Programming:
Attended (not completed) a post-graduate study on computer programming (Courses offered
includes: PASCAL and C+ programming, Computer Organization and Assembly Language,
Visual Basics and Data structure and Algorithm Analysis.