Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xlvii

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2. Introduction and Summary

   • Almas Heshmati, Haeyeon Yoon

   Pages 1-9

3. Agriculture and Food Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Adoption and Impact of Improved Agricultural Technologies on Rural Poverty

      • Tsegaye Mulugeta Habtewold

      Pages 13-38

   3. Determinants of Food Security in the Oromiya Region of Ethiopia

      • Tsegaye Mulugeta Habtewold

      Pages 39-65

   4. Dynamics and Determinants of Inflation in Ethiopia

      • Jonse Bane

      Pages 67-84

4. Taxes and Government Expenditure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Effects of Tax and Government Expenditure on Economic Growth in Ethiopia

      • Selamawit Gebreegziabher

      Pages 87-104

   3. Impact of Government Sectoral Expenditure on Economic Growth in Ethiopia

      • Tufa Garoma, Mekonnen Bersisa

      Pages 105-136

   4. Tax Compliance Attitude of Rural Farmers: An Analysis Based on Survey Data in Ethiopia

      • Hassen Azime, Gollagari Ramakrishna

      Pages 137-158

5. Multidimensional Poverty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Multidimensional Poverty and Its Dynamics in Ethiopia

      • Getu Tigre

      Pages 161-195

6. Human Capital and Firm Growth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Returns to Education in Ethiopia

      • Yonatan Desalegn

      Pages 199-226

   3. An Analysis of Firm Growth in Ethiopia: An Exploration of High-Growth Firms

      • Guta Legesse

      Pages 227-254

   4. An Analysis of the Effects of Aging and Experience on Firms’ Performance

      • Guta Legesse

      Pages 255-276

This volume is a collection of selected empirical studies on determinants of economic growth and development in Ethiopia.The core argument for editing this book is to provide an up-to-date picture of the state and patterns of growth and development in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has been under focus in the past due to draughts, war, famine, development changes and the effects of global economic crisis in the country. A main contribution of this volume is that it helps identify selected important determinants of growth and development in Ethiopia and provides an estimation of their effects using up-to-date data, modelling and methods. Taken together the studies provide a comprehensive picture of the state of growth and development, their measurements, causal relationships and evaluation of efficient policies and practices in achieving progress in Ethiopia. The issues covered represent major challenges to the government and development organizations who are aiming at achieving higher growth and alleviating poverty in the country. The studies cover transition from rural agriculture to urban industry and the development of services.

• Ethiopia
• Economic Growth
• Regional Development
• Government
• Agriculture and Food Security
• Taxes and Government Expenditure
• Multidimensional Poverty
• Human Capital and Firm Growth

• Department of Economics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

  Almas Heshmati, Haeyeon Yoon

Almas Heshmati, is Professor of Economics at Sogang University and Jönköping University, Sweden. He has held similarpositions in Korea University,Seoul National University, University of Kurdistan Hawler, RATIO Institute (Sweden) and MTT Agrifood Research (Finland). He was Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), The United Nations University during 2001-04. From 1998 till 2001, Heshmati was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has a PhD from the University of Gothenburg (1994),where he held a Senior Researcher’s position until 1998. His research interests include applied microeconomics, globalization, development strategy, efficiency and productivity and growth with application to manufacturing and services. In addition to more than 200 articles in scientific journals he has published books on the EU Lisbon Process, Global Inequality, East Asian Manufacturing, the Chinese Economy, Technology Transfer, Information Technology, Water Resources, Landmines, Power Generation, Renewable Energy, Development Economics, World Values, Poverty, Economic Growth and International Airlines.

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