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Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA)

16th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy

(Co-organized by IFPRI-ESSP)

Conference Program

(July 19 – 21, 2018)

I am a proud member of the Ethiopian Economics Association 1

Objectives of the Ethiopian Economics Association

The Association is a non-profit making, non-political and non-religious professional organization established with a

view to advancing the objectives outlines hereunder:

To contribute to the economic policy formulation capability and broadly to the economic advancement of

Ethiopia

To promote the professional interests of economists

To promote the study of economics in the country’s educational institutions

Top promote economic research and assist in the dissemination of the findings of such research in Ethiopia

To provide fora for the discussion of economic issues

To promote professional contacts between Ethiopian economists and those of other countries

Vision “To become the premier Economic Association in Africa renowned for its excellence in

membership services and economic policy research”

Mission

“To represent the professional interests of our members, advance the discipline of Economics

and contribute to the development of the Ethiopian Economy”

Organizational Values of EEA Professionalism

Independence

Credibility

Integrity

Teamwork

Inspiring leadership


Conference Programme Manager: Assefa Admassie

8:00 Registration

8:30 Opening Ceremony

9:00 Welcoming address by Dr. Tadele Ferede, President, Ethiopian Economics Association

9:30 Official Opening Statement by Higher Government Official

10:00 Presidential Address: Inclusive Growth in Ethiopia by Prof. Stefan Dercon

10:30 Honoring Ethiopian Economists

11:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK

11:30 Panel Discussion 1 Conference Room 1

State of the Ethiopian Economy: Quality and Sustainability of Economic Growth and Key Challenges

Chairperson: Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Panelists 1. Nora Dihel

2. Mezgebe Amha

3. Seid Nuru

4. Alemayehu Geda

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 PARALLEL SESSION I Day 1 July 19, 2018


Strategies to accelerate the

achievement of the

SDGs/Agenda 2063

Co-organized by UNECA

Conference Room 1

Chairperson: Paul Mpuga

Paper presenters

1. Francis Ikome: African

Governance Report V:

Natural resource

governance and domestic

revenue mobilization for

structural transformation

2. Duncan Ochieng Ouma: Exchange Rate Stability,

Foreign Exchange

Reserves, Monetary

Policy and Expectations:

The Case of Kenya.

3. Paul Mpuga: Africa Sustainable

Development Report

2018

Poverty Dynamics,

Rural Road and

Exports

Co-organized by

World Bank

Conference Room 2

Chairperson:

Nora Dihel

Paper presenters

1. Arden Jeremy Finn:

Poverty dynamics

and economic

mobility in

Ethiopia: 2012 to

2016

2. Shohei Nakamura:

Welfare Impacts of

Recent Rural Road

Development in

Ethiopia

3. Nora Dihel:

Beyond coffee:

Toward the

diversification of

Ethiopia’s exports

The economics of

livestock systems

Co-organized by

IFPRI-ESSP

Conference Room 3

Chairperson: Yetmwork Habte

Paper presenters

1. Fantu Bachewe:

Evolving livestock

production in

Ethiopia

2. Bart Minten:

Innovation and

transformation of

Ethiopia’s dairy

value chains

3. Yetmwork Habte:

Urban dairy

markets

Different Topics

Co-organized by IGC

Conference Room 4

Chairperson: Andualem Tilaye

Paper presenters

1. Berihu Assefa: Low Cost

Housing for Africa's Cities?

The Impact of the

Government Condominium

Scheme in Ethiopia.

2. Fitsum Zewdu: Trade

Liberalization,

Infrastructure and Firm

Performance: Evidence

from Ethiopia

3. Girum Abebe:

Do managers use financial

incentives effectively?

Evidence from a field

experiment in urban

Ethiopia

4. Andualem Tilaye: Fading

Choice: Market

development and consumer

good choice in remote

markets

Climate Change, Energy, Inflation

and Rural Livelihood

Co-organized by Gonder University

Conference Room 5

Chairperson: Workineh Asmare

Paper presenters

1. Melkamu Workie, Tadele Ferede

and Samuel Sebsibie: Impact of

Climate Change on Food Security

in Ethiopia: a Computable General

Equilibrium-Microsimulation

Analysis

2. Samuel Sebsibie: Evaluating the

Economic Impact of Energy

Efficiency in Ethiopia: A Recursive

Dynamic CGE Analysis

3. Fentahun Baylie and Workineh

Asmare: Is there Inflation

Threshold-effect on Growth for the

PINE Countries?

4. Workineh Asmare and Solomon

Zena: The effect of risk attitude on

rural livelihood diversification:

Evidence from Amhara National

Regional State of Ethiopia

15:30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 16:00 PLENARY SESSION I: Conference Room 1 Day 1 July 19, 2018


Launch of the book “The economics of teff”

Chair Person: Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Panelists 1. Bart Minten: Introduction

2. Kbebew Assefa: Agronomics of teff

3. Fantu Bachewe: Productivity and efficiency analysis of teff

4. Seneshaw Tamiru: The teff supply chain

5. Bart Minten: Dynamics in teff value chains

6. Kaleab Baye: Nutrient composition and health benefits

7. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse: Policy implications

18:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION AT EEA ATRIUM


8:00 Arrival

8:30 PLENARY SESSION II Co-organized by AKLDP/USAID Tufts University Conference Room 1

Agricultural Transformation and Private Partnership Co-organized by AKLDP/USAID Tufts University

Chairperson: Amdissa Teshome

Panelists

1. Daniel Temesgen:

Examining Alternative Livelihoods for Transformation and Improved Resilience in Pastoral areas with the case to Afar

2. Bewket Siraw Adgeh:

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP): An alternative service delivery model for Municipal Abattoirs

3.



11:30 PARALLEL SESSION II Day 2 July 20, 2018

Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia

Co-organized by EDRI

Conference Room 1

Chairperson: Girum Abebe

Paper presenters

1. Mulu Gebreeyesus, Tsegaye

Gebrekidan and Kidanemariam Hailu:

Determinants of labor turnover in

micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia

2. Getahun D. Tigabu and Sied Hassen:

The Effect of Power Outage on Micro

and Small Enterprises Productivity:

Evidence from Urban Ethiopia

3. Girum Abebe and Mulu Gebreeyesus:

Group Entrepreneurship: Can worker

cooperatives provide viable paths to

create successful enterprises

4. Girum Abebe and Tsegay Gebrekidan:

What Determines Management

Practices in Micro and Small

Enterprises -

5. Berihu Assefa and Abebe Ambachew:

How does the business environment

affect firm entry and performance?

Evidence from MSE sector in Ethiopia-

FDI and Capital Flight

Organized by EEA

Conference Room 2

Chairperson:

Bilisuma Bidito

Paper presenters

1. Seid Nuru,

Yetsedaw Emagne,

Simon Bayou,

Kumadebis Tamiru

: The determinants

of FDI

2. Kumadebis Tamiru:

The Effects of Fiscal

policy on Capital

flight in Ethiopia:

Evidence from

ARDL Approach

3. Kumadebis Tamiru:

The

macroeconomic

determinants of

Multidimensional

poverty in East

Africa: Evidence

from panel Data

Growth and

Governance

Conference Room 3

Chairperson:

Beyene Gizaw

Paper presenters

1. Sisay Assefa:

Rebuilding the

Ethiopian Nation

State for the

future to become

Economic power

of the Horn of

Africa 2. Fassil Tassew :

Modeling The

Undiscovered

Gross Domestic

Product

3. Beyene Gizaw:

Situation

Assessment on

Local Economic

Governance for

the Private Sector

in Ethiopia

Child Marriage, Health and

Labour

Conference Room 4

Chairperson: Mengesha Yayo

Paper presenters

1. Mengesha Yayo :

Child Health Inequality

Dynamics 2. Terefe Admaw Bekure:

Determinants of Child

Labour Exploitation and

its Impact on Their

Educational Achievement

in South Western

Ethiopia: The Case of

Jimma Town

3. Robel Meskele:

Unemployment duration

and impact evaluation of

active labor market

programs on

welfare(measured by

earnings)

4. Yoseph Getachew: Share

the Love_ parantal Bias

women empowerment

Manuscript

Tax, ICT and Industry

Conference Room 5

Chairperson:

Zewdie Habtie

Paper presenters

1. Hassen Azime,

Gollagari

Ramakrishna: The

Influence of

Agricultural Sector

in improving the

overall-tax Revenue

Performance of

Ethiopia

2. Andualem Telaye

and Giulia

Mascagni: Can

ICTs increase tax?

Experimental

evidence from

Ethiopia

3. Zewdie Habtie:

Impact of

Industrial policy on

the regional

economy in

Ethiopia

12:30 LUNCH


14:00 PLENARY SESSION III

Co-organized by IFPRI/ESSP

Conference Room 1 Day 2 July 20, 2018 Learning agenda IFPRI/ESSP

Chairperson: Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

Paper presenters

1. Kibrom Abay: Can Weather Risk Explain Low Demand for Agricultural Credit and Credit Rationing? Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia -

2. Bethelhem Koru: How Should Rural Financial Cooperatives Be Best Organized? Evidence from Ethiopia

3. Kalle Hirvonen: The Impact of the large-scale safety net programs on food prices in poor countries: The case of the PSNP in Ethiopia

4. Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse: Realizing Rural and Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia: Some Reflections

16:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 16:30 Panel Discussion II State of the Ethiopian Economy: Avenues for Liberalization and Financial Development

Chairperson: Assefa Admassie

Panelists 1. Eyesuswork Zafu

2. Sintayehu Woldemichael

3. Getahun Nana

4. Gebrhehiwot Ageba


8:00 Arrival

8:30 PLENARY SESSION IV

Organized by EEA:

Conference Room 1

FDI in Ethiopia: Policy, Structure and Performances

Chairperson: Assefa Admassie

Paper presenters

1. Seid Nuru: Overall Structure, Performance and Determinants of FDI

2. Amin Abdella: FDI in the Manufacturing Industries

3. Degnet Abebaw: FDI in the Service Sector



11:00 PARALLEL SESSION III Day 3 July 21, 2018

Land access, land rights

and livelihood strategies

Co-organized By

IFPRI/ESSP

Conference Room 1

Chairperson:

Fikirte Girmachew

Paper presenters

1. Daniel Behailu:

Land Law Assessment

on the Land Transfer

Rights of Land Holders

in SNNPR

2. Yared Berha:

Land Law Assessment

on the Land Transfer

Rights of Land Holders

in Tigray

3. Abebaw Abebe:

Land Rental Practices:

Ade’a Woreda Oromia

National Regional State

4. Fikirte Girmachew:

Land access, land rights

and youth livelihood

strategy in Ethiopia

Different Topics

Co-organized By AAU

Conference Room 2

Chairperson:

Etsehiwot Semreab

Paper presenters

1. Tsegaye Mulugeta

Habtewold: A Meta-

Analysis of the Impact of

Improved Agricultural

Technology Adoption on

Welfare in Africa

2. Yemane Michael: The FDI-

Domestic Investment Nexus

in SSA

3. Yigermal Maru:

Devaluation, Balance of

Payment and Output

Dynamics in Developing

Countries: The Case of

Ethiopia

4. Etsehiwot Semreab: The

Determinants of

Agricultural Technology

Adoption and Its’ Impact

on Teff Productivity in the

Case of Amhara and Oromia

National Regional State

Social Protection and

Poverty

Conference Room 3

Chairperson:

Kassie Dessie

Paper presenters

1. Giulio Schinaia: Labour

Market Effects of Social

Programmes: Evidence

from Ethiopia’s Productive

Safety Net

2. Zemzem Shigute Shuka

Christoph Strupat: Linking

social protection schemes:

The joint effects of a public

works and a health

insurance program in

Ethiopia 3. Seid Sani & Biruk Kemaw:

Analysis of Households

Food Insecurity and Its

Coping Mechanisms in

Assosa Zone of Western

Ethiopia 4. Kassie Dessie: Access to

land, livelihood transition

and rural poverty in

Ethiopia

Export trend and

performance

Conference Room 4

Chairperson:

Hikma Abdu Aman

Paper presenters

1. Benat Mohammedamin

Mussa and Gollagari

Ramakrishna: Impact of

Trade Costs on Export

Performance of Ethiopia – A

Ppml Panel Gravity Equation

Approach 2. Ferhana Jelaludin: Future

Trends of Foreign Trade of

Ethiopia 3. Hikma Abdu Aman: The

Nexus of Export, Domestic

Demand and Economic

Growth in Ethiopia:

Evidence from ARDL

approach to co integration

4. Getachew Abebe:

Macroeconomic and

Distributional Impacts of

Currency Devaluation in

Ethiopia: An Assessment of

Recent Central Bank Moves

Agricultural

Commercialization

Conference Room 5

Chairperson:

Arega Shumetie

Paper presenters

1. Menasbo Gebru

Tesfay: Impact of land

rental on smallholders’

commercialization

2. Delelegne Abera and

others: Beer

Multinationals Enhance

Agricultural

Commercialization in

Africa: Empirical

Evidence from Ethiopia 3. Arega Shumetie and

Abebe Ambachew:

Backward Linkage of

Agriculture with the

Urban Sector in

Eastern and Central

Ethiopia: Determinants

and implication for

agricultural

transformation

12:30 LUNCH


14:00 PARALLEL SESSION IV Day 3 July 21, 2018 Financial Sector Liberalization,

Saving and Technology

Co-organized By IFPRI-ESSP

Conference Room 1

Chairperson: Samson Gebrerufael

Paper presenters

1. Fetene Bogale Hunegnaw: Foreign Bank Entry and Issues of

Efficiency, Stability and Economic

Growth: Implication for Ethiopia

from Sub-Sahara African Countries

Panel Data

2. Tizita Gebeyehu Yismaw:

Determinants of Private Saving in

Ethiopia

3. Samson Gebrerufael:

Dynamics of Technology Gaps

between OECD and African

Nations

Improving Agricultural Productivity

Conference Room 2

Chairperson: Negese Tamirat

Paper presenters

1. Bedilu Demissie, Adem Kedir, Hussien

H. Komicha, Sisay Asefa: Determinants

of adopting improved bread wheat

varieties (IWVs) in Central Highland of

Ethiopia: A Double-Hurdle Approach

2. Endeshaw Habte Hailemichael:

Explaining maize productivity gap: Does

it matter who manages the maize plot?

3. Haftu Kelelew, Jema Hajia and Abbadi

Girmay: Determinants of Smallholder

Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies against

Climate Change Stresses: Evidence from

Raya Azebo District, Northern Ethiopia

4. Negese Tamirat: Adoption and Impact of

Row Planting of Wheat Crop on

Household Livelihood: A Case Study of

Duna Woreda in Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia

Agriculture and Natural Resource

Conference Room 3

Chairperson: Melkamu Tadesse

Paper presenters

1. Tiruwork Arega: Valuing Wild

Pollination Ecosystem Services to

Crop Production in Ethiopia 2. Nkwetta Ajong Aquilas: Testing the

Environmental Kuznets Curve

Hypothesis for the Depletion of

Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan

African Countries 3. Kide Gebru Tesfay: Determinants

of Farmers’ Adaptation Decision to

Agro-biodiversity Loss: The Case of

Assosa Zone, Benishangul Gumuz

Regional State

4. Melkamu Tadesse Wazza: Does

dairy feed technology adoption in

Ethiopia have an impact on milk

production? Impact Estimation with

Matched Difference-in-Differences

Technique

Energy and Others

Conference Room 4

Chairperson: Abdella Kosa

Paper presenters

1. Dawit Diriba:

Factors Affecting

Household Adoption of

Solar Energy Technology

in Rural Ethiopia 2. Tesfaye Etensa Guta:

Energy Consumption and

Economic Growth In

Ethiopia

3. Abdella Kosa and Idris:

Mohammad:

Uncovering the Unseen

Passion: A Fire to Foster

Ambition towards

Innovation

15:30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 16:00 Clos ing Sessions 16:30 COCKTAIL RECEPTION


Note to Paper Presenters Considering the number of papers we have and the need to have reasonable time for discussion, the Secretariat of the

Ethiopian Economics Association would like to advise paper presenter to note the following points:

1. Paper presenters are advised to briefly introduce themselves;

2. Each paper presenter will have 15 minutes including self-introduction; and

3. Paper presenters are advised to give due attention for their findings (minimize or take out discussion on

methodologies) and limit the number of their slide accordingly.

Note to Chairpersons

The Secretariat of the Ethiopian Economics Association would like to remind the following points to chairpersons:

1. Introduce or Advise paper presenters to briefly introduce themselves;

2. The chairpersons have the responsibility of facilitating the discussion i.e. the chairpersons are advised as

much as possible not to involve themselves in the discussion;

3. Should always try to keep the time allotted to each paper presenter which is about 15 minutes in order to

allocate more time for discussion; and

4. Remind paper presenter when 5 minutes remains and stop when the time is over.

Thank you

EEA address: Tel: 251-(0)11-645 3200; Fax:251-(0)11-645 3020; P.O.Box 34282

Email: [email protected];

Website: www.eeaecon.org Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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