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Research News Updates
March 2012
Black Inventors and their Roles in Global Scientific and Technological Revolution (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, March 2012)
Effect of trauma on quality of life as mediated by mental distress and moderated by coping and social support among post conflict displaced Ethiopians( Araya,M.,Chotai,J.,Komproe, I.H., & de Jong, J.T.(2007))
February 2012
Household food insecurity and hunger among households in Sidama, southern Ethiopia (Regassa and Stoecker, October 2011)
Volatiltiy of Foriegn Direct Investment Flows into Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso kumo, Februrary 2012)
The Emergence of The Mekane Yesus church in Sidama (Dr. Arne Tolo, Uppsala Universitet, 1998)
January 2012
Funeral Ceremony of Sidama People (South Ethiopia) (Hanna Gabriel, Hawassa University, 2011)
Nutritional status and cognitive performance of mother–child pairs in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (Bogale et al. Hawassa University, August 2011)
Antenatal and postnatal care service utilization in southern Ethiopia (Sidama): a population-based study (Negatu Regassa, Hawassa University, September 2011)
Sidama Child Survival Programme-MidTerm Review, Goal Ethipia (GOAL Ethiopia, October 2009)
Prevalence of prenatal zinc deficiency and its association with socio-demographic, dietary and health care related factors in Rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study (Gebremedhin, Enquselassie and Umeta, November, 2011)
Intimate partners’ violence in Southern Ethiopia: Examining the prevalence and risk factors in the Sidama zone (Dr. Negatu Regassa, November 2011, Hawassa University)
Intermarriage between Conflicting Groups: The case of Arsi Oromo and the Sidama (Girma Negash, CODESRIA, Addis Ababa, January, 2012)
The Search for a New Normativity : (Thomas Franck,Post-modern Neo-tribalism and the Law of Self-determination)
December 2011
Democracy in Africa (Compiled and edited by Worldview)
November 2011
Lewis's Dual Sector Model and Challenges of Economic Development in Contemporary Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, November 2011)
October 2011
Investing in Africa and African Capital Markets. Why Now? (Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank, October 2011)
Africans Speed up Expansion of the Private Sector as Donors Seem to Faulter (World Bank, October 2011)
Food aid to millions of Ethiopians facing drought (World Bank, October 2011)
September 2011
Investment Efficiency, Savings and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, September 2011)
Tackling Root Causes of Famine in Horn of Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, September 2011)
Infrastructure the bedrock of competitiveness in East Africa (World Bank, September 2011)
August 2011
Monthly Coffee Market Report (International Coffee Organisation, August 2011)
Key to African Water and Sanitation Access Lies in Completing Transition to Country-Led Service Delivery (World Bank and Australian Aid, August 2011)
East Africa Could Match Japan in Ease of Doing Business, Finds IFC-World Bank Report (World Bank, August 2011)
July 2011
UN welcomes South Sudan as 193rd member (BBC, July 2011)
Kenya Releases Largest Government Dataset in Africa (World Bank, July 2011)
World Bank Analysis sheds light on policies behind African development success ( World Bank, July 2011)
Youth urge African leaders to provide more jobs and opportunity (AU Press Release, Malabo, July 2011)
World Bank to provide US$500 million in Drought Emergency Aid to Horn of Africa (World Bank, July 2011)
June 2011
Sidama to Sidamo to Sidama (Luke, Third Coast Coffee, June 2011)
United States Certifies Sidama Coffee Brand (Addis Mulugeta, Capitalethiopia.com, March 2008)
How Africa Can Extract Big Benefits For Everyone From Natural Resources (The Guardian, UK, June 2011)
The Leat Developed Countries as the Net Exporters of Capital to the Developed World (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)
May 2011
West Africa Unites to Improve Agricultural Competitiveness and Productivity (World Bank, May 2011)
Attracting Investment to Africa (Obiageli Ezekwesili , Vice President, World Bank, May 2011)
The Least Developed Countries as the Net Exporters of Capital to the Developed World (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)
The Morphology of Global Poverty: an overview (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, May 2011)
April 2011
African Intensity: Yirgacheffe, Sidama and Environs (Kenneth Davids, Coffeereview.com, January 2011)
Coffee price reaches new highs in April, will Sidama coffee farmers become better off? (Link to ICO Report, April 2011)
Ethiopia: World Bank Aid and Development Results (World Bank, April 2011)
March 2011
Compact fluorescent bulbs save enregy, money in rural Ethiopia (World Bank, September 2010)
Ethiopia fights poverty with information technology (World Bank, December 2010)
Sparks of a revolution in the trade in African farm products now visible in Ethiopia (World Bank, February 2011)
The Quest for Greater Transparency in Extractive Industries in Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, March 2011)
February 2011
Coffee prices up amid rising global demand (allafrica.com, February 2011)
Africa Holds Potential to Lead Global Growth in the Next Two Decades (World Bank, February 2011)
World Bank commits US$420 million for Basic Services in Ethiopia (World Bank, February 2011)
Food Price Hike Drives 44 Million People into Poverty (World Bank, February 2011)
January 2011
Hypertension, obesity and central obesity in diabetics and non-diabetics in Sidama, Ethiopia (Eth. Jo. Health Dev. 2010)
Africa: Boosting Private sector Development to Draw Foreign Investment (World Bank, January 2011)
The Global Economic Crisis alters the Pattern of FDI Flows (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, January 2011)
The G20 Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth (www.ausaid.gov.au)
December 2010
Sidama Coffee Union's Royal Partnership (Fairtradeusa.org, September 2010)
Sub Saharan Africa Economy will Grow by 5% in 2011 (IMF, November 2010)
The Status of Regional Integration in Africa (UNECA, 2009)
Fixing Africa once and for all (Tidjani Jeff Tall's Africa 2030.org)
Africa's Development Challenge: From Predatory to Accountable Government (Robert Guest, June 2005)
Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union Report 2009 (Foodanddrinksdigital.com)
November 2010
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Key factors of attraction aside from natural resources (Blancheton and Opara-Opimba, 2010)
The African development Challenge (UNECA, 2010)
Africa: either perish or industrialize and overtake advanced economies (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, Nov. 2010)
October 2010
China GDP Grows by 9.6 per cent During the Third Quarter 2010 (Chinadaily, October 2010)
Meeting MDGs Still a Challnege in sub Saharan Africa ( Ugandan Coalition for Sustainable Development , September 2010)
Ethiopia Food Secuirty Outlook Update (USAID and WFP, September 2010)
IMF Revises Global Economic Growth Forecasts (IMF, Septemebr 2010)
September 2010
Africa in 2020: Three scenarios for the future (Professor Herbst and Dr. Mills, 2006)
Cameroon Vision 2035-Rebranding the country (Mwalimu George Ngwane, 2009)
Proposal of translating Openoffice to Sidama langauge (native-lang) (Arade Tariku Tegen, 2009)
Coffee Review: Social Coffee and Tea: Ethiopia-Sidama (Jason Coffee, Coffee Cup News, (Watch Video), 2010)
Review of on-farm research and adoption studies on Maize in Sidama and Wolayita (Tadesse and Degu, Awassa Agricultural Research Centre, 2001)
Producer price and price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market (Worako, van Schalkwyk, Alemu and Ayele, 2008)
China's socialist market model of economic development: visible and invisible hands at work (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)
August 2010
Economic freedom in Africa (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)
Africa's fastest growing low income economies: will they finally catch up? (Dr. Wolassa Lawisso Kumo, 2010)
Coffee prices at 13-year high on low stock, high demand (Jayaramiah, J. 2010)
Humanitarian Aid in Ethiopia- Sidama Zone (Wide Horizon for Children, 2010)