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The Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers on Fiscal Behaviour of Local Government in Ethiopia 政府间转移支付对埃塞俄比亚地方政府财政行为的影响

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v10i2.9695

Dejene Mamo

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The Effect of Rural Road Access on Rural Households Livelihood Improvement: Evidence from Selected Weredas in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia 农村公路接入对改善农村家庭生计的影响:来自埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区州选定村镇的证据

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v10i1.8780

Abeje Ewnetu

{"title":"The Effect of Rural Road Access on Rural Households Livelihood Improvement: Evidence from Selected Weredas in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia","authors":"Abeje Ewnetu","doi":"10.56302/jads.v10i1.8780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v10i1.8780","url":null,"abstract":"The development of appropriate road infrastructure is fundamental to economic growth and poverty reduction. Rural roads, especially, are especially important for economic development in rural areas. Against this background, this study aims at investigating the effect of rural road access on rural households’ livelihood improvement. Concerning the methodology, mixed research approach involving descriptive and explanatory designs was used. This study compares (using propensity score matching techniques) households located in Keble’s with road access to suitable controls. The descriptive analysis reveals that rural roads provide enhanced access to markets for inputs such as fertilizers and improved seeds, enable households to sell their produce to nearby markets, and allow to achieve additional non-farm employment opportunities, leading to a rise in income and reduce poverty. The results from econometrics analysis shows that road access positively and significantly improved the livelihood of households as measured by the livelihoods asset capital index. On the basis of their propensity score, the mean difference in the livelihood assets index between households located in Keble’s with road access and non-accessible household’s ranges up to 6% after matching. The results also indicated that women who are employed during road construction, on average, have 25% to 37% higher empowerment level than those who are not employed. This strengthens the argument for making efforts towards gender mainstreaming during rural road construction and greater engagement of women in road planning and implementation.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116846856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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LANDUSE CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOPS IN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA 尼日利亚拉各斯大都市汽车车间土地利用特征

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v10i1.8355

S. Olanrewaju, Musibau Jelili

{"title":"LANDUSE CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOPS IN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA","authors":"S. Olanrewaju, Musibau Jelili","doi":"10.56302/jads.v10i1.8355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v10i1.8355","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates the landuse characteristics of automobile workshops in Lagos Metropolis with a view to proffering recommendations that will aid the control of automobile workshops in the study area and similar urban centres in the country. To achieve this, a total survey of the formal workshops in the metropolis was done, while 389 informal workshops located on both sides of purposively selected roads in the metropolis were sampled. Further, a 300-meter radius was delineated around each sampled automobile workshop for landuse characterization. Percentages, Analysis of variance, and query function of the Geographic Information System were used to investigate the landuse characteristics of the automobile workshops. The study discovered that automobile workshops in Lagos metropolis are located in dense residential areas, though formal automobile workshops tend to locate in denser neigbhourhoods than informal ones. These workshops are situated on an average area of 6636 square meters with about 70% of the land area developed. However, workshops do not comply with spatial planning standards, especially road setbacks. It is therefore recommended that mass awareness and effective development control be put in place by officials of Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116510150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Impact of Governmental Actions and Inactions on the Level of Political Participation on the Ghanaian Youth and how it affects Sustainable Development: A Focus on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 政府作为和不作为对加纳青年政治参与水平的影响及其如何影响可持续发展:以Kwame Nkrumah科技大学为重点

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v10i1.8362

Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, E. Brenya, Florence Opokuwaa Antwi, Dionne Emmanuella Owusu-Edusei, Michael Nimoh

{"title":"The Impact of Governmental Actions and Inactions on the Level of Political Participation on the Ghanaian Youth and how it affects Sustainable Development: A Focus on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology","authors":"Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, E. Brenya, Florence Opokuwaa Antwi, Dionne Emmanuella Owusu-Edusei, Michael Nimoh","doi":"10.56302/jads.v10i1.8362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v10i1.8362","url":null,"abstract":"It is imperative for the youth in every democratic country to be involved in the politics related activities as this can have a great impact on the attainment of sustainable development goals like quality education, good health and well-being, decent work and economic growth, peace, justice and strong institutions. The youth mostly constitute majority of the population, due to this, their active involvement is very important. However, there are certain challenges that prevent the youth from participating effectively. Focusing on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the study examines the impact of governmental actions and inactions on the political participation of the Ghanaian youth and how it affects sustainable development. It also examines some challenges that prevent them from participating effectively. A mixed-method approach was employed to collect and analyze data. The study confirms that most of the actions and inactions of government has had a negative impact on the level of political participation of Ghanaians. It also argues that there have been other factors that limit this political participation. It was also noted that sustainable development can be affected positively or negatively by the level of political participation of the youth and then further provides recommendations.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121495152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Technical Efficiency Difference between Model and Non-Model Smallholder Wheat Producer Farmers in Lode Hetosa Woreda of East Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州东阿尔西地区Hetosa wooreda矿区示范小农与非示范小农小麦生产农户的技术效率差异

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v10i1.8779

Meshesha Zewde, Desalegn Shamemo

{"title":"Technical Efficiency Difference between Model and Non-Model Smallholder Wheat Producer Farmers in Lode Hetosa Woreda of East Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia","authors":"Meshesha Zewde, Desalegn Shamemo","doi":"10.56302/jads.v10i1.8779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v10i1.8779","url":null,"abstract":"The smallholder farming system in Ethiopia is largely dominated by staple food crops which are exposed to managerial inefficiency and factors beyond the control of the farmer. Accordingly, the study aimed to analyze technical efficiency differences between model and non-model smallholder wheat producer farmers and inefficiency determinants in Hetosa Woreda of East Arsi Zone. The Stochastic Production Frontier Cobb-Douglas functional form was used. To analyze cross-sectional data collected from 700(350 model and 350 non-model) farmers for the production year of 2018/19, descriptive and econometrics data analysis techniques were used. The findings of the descriptive analysis showed that model farmers produced an average of 32.82 and non-model farmers produced on average 29.36 quintals of wheat per hectare. The value of the discrepancy ratio (γ) which indicates technical inefficiency variability was 89%, 82%, and 84% for the model, non-model, and overall farmers respectively. The mean technical efficiency score was 81%, 79%, and 80% for the model, non-model, and overall farmers respectively. Land, fertilizer, and labor statistically significantly affected the wheat output of model farmers, whereas all input variables statistically significantly affected the wheat output of non-model farmers. In addition, model farmers' technical inefficiency was statistically significantly determined by the mode of plowing, mode of harvesting, shock, training, and marketing, and that of non-model farmers’ technical inefficiency was statistically significantly affected by mode of harvesting, level of education, land fragmentation, and marketing. Thus, training, market, education, and strategic plan to mitigate factors beyond the control of farmers need to be considered for improvement to make farmers more productive and technically efficient in wheat production in the study area.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124354298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of International Remittance Inflows on Investment and Economic Growth in Ethiopia 国际汇款流入对埃塞俄比亚投资和经济增长的影响

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-19 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v9i2.8346

Kidanemariam Gidey

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Determinants of Firms' Access to Formal Credit and Intensity of Loan in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚企业获得正规信贷的决定因素和贷款强度

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-19 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v9i2.8345

Meshesha Zewde

{"title":"Determinants of Firms' Access to Formal Credit and Intensity of Loan in Ethiopia","authors":"Meshesha Zewde","doi":"10.56302/jads.v9i2.8345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v9i2.8345","url":null,"abstract":"Availability of credit is crucial for business survival and growth, especially in emerging nations like Ethiopia. Launching new firms, meeting working capital requirements, and growing current companies all require credit. As a result, the purpose of this paper is to examine factors that impact access to and amount of credit from a financial institution in Ethiopia. The 2015 round of the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, which drew responses from 848 enterprises, provided the information. Both descriptive and econometric data analysis techniques were used. For an estimate, the Heckman selection model (two-step process) was used. The descriptive finding showed that 488 people (57.75%) did not have access to credit, while 360 (42.45%) of the entire sample did. Similarly, over 67% of businesses encountered financial challenges in obtaining loans from financial institutions, and 59.3% of companies were unsatisfied with their access to external finance. The Heckman two-step technique revealed that IMR is significant at a 1% probability level, implying that simultaneously estimating the selection and outcome equation was correct. Furthermore, the Heckman two-step estimation result showed that firm size, manager experience, annual sales, product innovation, informal competition, and website influence the amount of credit given to firms, whereas manager experience, annual sales, product innovation, sex of owners, and region of operation determine the ability of firms to access credit. Grounded on the findings of the study, easing access to credit, controlling informal competitions, smoothing collateral conditions, and close collaboration between the government, enterprises, and financial institutions will be significant in easing access to credit and the amount of loans given to firms.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121104087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Practices and Challenges of Banking Services Inclusiveness to Persons with Special Needs in Selected Banks in Addis Ababa: Implications for Customer Satisfaction 亚的斯亚贝巴选定银行对特殊需求者的银行服务包容性的实践和挑战:对客户满意度的影响

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v9i2.8343

Manaye Adela

{"title":"Practices and Challenges of Banking Services Inclusiveness to Persons with Special Needs in Selected Banks in Addis Ababa: Implications for Customer Satisfaction","authors":"Manaye Adela","doi":"10.56302/jads.v9i2.8343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v9i2.8343","url":null,"abstract":"In a country’s development, service sections play key roles. Services are expected to address diversity in interest, demographics, and exceptionalities such as persons with disabilities (PWDs). The main purpose of this study was to assess practices and challenges of banking services to persons with special needs (PWDs) in selected branches of banks in Addis Ababa. Different sources indicate that globally there are more than 15 million people who live with impairment. This segment of the population should be integrated and inclusive work is needed in the financial sectors, especially in Banking. The population of this study includes bank workers in different departments and customers with certain disabilities. Simple random sampling was used for recruiting 364 participants for the study. The research design was a concurrent triangulation mixed design. The Likert scale was constructed, validated, and used to gather quantitative data. The qualitative data was gathered by using semi-structured interviews. SPSS 25 was used for analyzing quantitative data (Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, One ANOVA, and Multiple Linear Regression were done). Thematic analysis was used for analyzing qualitative data. The finding revealed that the banking systems have gaps in addressing service provision for persons with special needs. Though there are efforts in making the physical environment modification such as using ramps, there are needs that are not yet addressed. Bank customers interviewed have indicated that the services did not yet meet customer satisfaction of PWDs. As per the findings, it is recommended that banks should create service packages for PWDs. Infrastructures and facilities should meet all utility aspects for people with special needs.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130099107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Public Order Policing During Crisis: A Critical Analysis of Police Response in Crises Affected Areas in Ethiopia 危机期间的公共秩序警务:对埃塞俄比亚受危机影响地区警察反应的批判性分析

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v9i2.8342

Abdo Beshir

{"title":"Public Order Policing During Crisis: A Critical Analysis of Police Response in Crises Affected Areas in Ethiopia","authors":"Abdo Beshir","doi":"10.56302/jads.v9i2.8342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v9i2.8342","url":null,"abstract":"Policing is the foundation of a strong state that realizes peace, order, and stability for its citizens. This study attempted to explore public order policing; police response to public disorder in some selected crisis-affected areas in Ethiopia. The study used a qualitative approach with an exploratory research design. Purposive and snowball sampling was employed to select participants for the study. Data were collected through interviews, Focus Group Discussion/FGD, observation, and document review techniques. Regarding participants of the study, 33 key informants from government officials (including prosecutors, experts from peace and security offices in the regions, Human Rights Commission officers, journalists, and police), 20 in-depth interviews with victims and their families, religious and community leaders; and 8 FGDs were conducted with police officers, victims, and community/religious leaders. The data of the study were thematically analyzed. The findings of the study showed that the Police did not play a proactive role because of many factors such as waiting for an order from a higher commandant/ government official, and political infiltration of police officers that immersed them in tricky of partiality. Hence, the crisis resulted in socio-political, economic, and psychological problems in the community of crisis-affected areas. The study concluded that police had minimal preparedness and hence were not successful in managing, preventing, minimizing, or stopping damages. Therefore, police organizations must always do security threat assessments to proactively handle damages due to crises; exercise an empowered decentralized chain of command during a crisis, raise the level of awareness to police officers regarding the police profession, and provide an immediate response to public calls.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"416 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124172686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Financial Literacy and Adoption of Personal Retirement Plan among Public Employees in Addis Ababa City Administration 亚的斯亚贝巴市政府公务员理财知识与个人退休计划的采用

Journal of African Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.56302/jads.v9i2.8344

Adbaru Tesfaye

{"title":"Financial Literacy and Adoption of Personal Retirement Plan among Public Employees in Addis Ababa City Administration","authors":"Adbaru Tesfaye","doi":"10.56302/jads.v9i2.8344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56302/jads.v9i2.8344","url":null,"abstract":"Individual financial status is underscored despite the fact that only a few households feel confident about adequate saving for retirement because of a lack of awareness about planning for retirement. Households having the same type of socio-economic background exhibit different saving habits and they may have different wealth. For one to save wisely and properly, acquiring financial knowledge is important. And the critical question must be whether there is a relationship between financial literacy and the adoption of a personal retirement plan. This paper examined the effects of financial literacy on the adoption of personal retirement plans among public employees in the Addis Ababa City Administration, using a descriptive design. Multistage sampling was used to select a representative sample of 386 respondents from three public bureaus named health, education, and revenue bureaus. The data were collected using a questionnaire & key informant interview and the quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive & inferential statistics of mean, standard deviation & regression analysis respectively to examine the relationship between dependent & independent variables. The study revealed that financial literacy is positively related to the adoption of a personal retirement plan. In addition, most of the elements of knowledge of financial instruments and computational capability of retirement benefits are significantly related to the adoption of a personal retirement plan. The study also found that (age, sex, education level & income level) are significantly related to the adoption of a personal retirement plan. Lastly, the financial factors (adequate monthly income & expenditure management) as moderating variables are also positively related to the adoption of a personal retirement plan.","PeriodicalId":128999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Development Studies","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124203621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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