Department of Economics

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    ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2020-10) Kasahun TAMIRAT
    A study entitled Assessment of performance management system and employees’ satisfaction Ethiopia was conducted with the aim of identifying determinants affecting the employees satisfaction in some selected west Addis Abeba . A three stage random sampling technique was used to select representative employees; and a total of 349 employees were surveyed to collect primary data from sample respondent using a semi-structured questionnaire. Secondary data were also collected through reviewing of different documents from commercial bank of Ethiopia. Both descriptive and econometric methods of data analysis (binomial logit model) were used. The result of econometric analysis revealed that age, sex, access to training, and good working envaroment were found to significantly affect the employee satisfaction in the organization. The finding, therefore, focused to build the capacity and knowledge of employees with training, good working envaroment that satisfaying of employees towards it is works in the commercial bank of ethiopia.
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    IMPACT OF COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INSURANCE ON HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION IN GEDEBANO GUTAZER WOLENE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-08) JEMAL KEDIR
    This paper aimed to study the impact of community based health insurance in health care service utilization by reducing financial burden on members in Gedebano Gutazer Wolene Woreda , Gurage zone, Ethiopia. The study used cross-sectional household survey data both from community based health insurance members and non-members. The study used multi stage sampling teckique. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the presence of statistically significant associations between the enrollment in CBHI scheme and independent variables, association between CBHI and health care utilization and with health care expenditure, at a p-value <0.05 The fitness of the model using Hosmer and Lemeshow’s goodness-of-fit test was checked. After the logistic regression, family size, chronic disease, and awareness about CBHI are positively affecting the enrollment in CBHI but income is negatively affecting enrollment of household in CBHI. CBHI program increases the utilization of the household in health care service and reduces the out-of-pocket health care expenditure of members, other than non-members. Thus CBHI membership increases health service utilization and financial protection. CBHI proves to be an important strategy for promoting universal health coverage by protecting out of pocket health expenditure. Implementing CBHI in all woredas and increasing membership among households in woredas by increasing knowledge of households about CBHI, increasing service quality and health facility access for rural communities, that are alread implementing, CBHI will further expand its benefit.
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    Management Practices for Enhancing Operational Efficiency: A Comparative Analysis on Selected Bottled Water in Gurage zone.
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2025-08) Abrham Getahun
    The Ethiopian bottled water industry, particularly in Gurage Zone, has experience rapid expansion, yet inefficiencies in management hinder optimal operational performance. This study examines the impact of human resource management (HRM) supply chain management (SCM), and customer relationship management (CRM) on operational efficiency in selected bottled water manufacturing companies Eden and Fikr. Using a comparative analysis approach the study employs descriptive statistics, regression analysis and ANOVA tests to access how management practices influence productivity, cost reduction and overall performance. Findings indicate that SCM has the strongest correlation with operational efficiency, followed by CRM in Eden and HRM playing a minimal role in both companies. The study highlights the importance of optimized supply chain networks, improved workforce management and effective customer interactions it driving efficiency. It concludes with recommendations for strategic managerial improvements to enhance competitiveness and performance in Ethiopia’s bottled water sector.
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    THE EFFECT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS IN WOLKITE TOWN, ETHIOPIA
    (wolkite universty, 2025-09) SELAM TILAHUN
    The effects of poor talent management practices in banks are multifaceted, leading to decreased productivity, high turnover rates, poor customer service, challenges in attracting talent, and reduced organizational agility. Addressing these issues through effective talent management strategies is crucial for enhancing organizational performance and ensuring long-term success in the competitive banking industry. Therefore, this study aimed at to investigate the effect of talent management practices on organizational performance in private banks of Wolkite Town, Central Ethiopia Regional State. The research design was both descriptive and explanatory in nature and the quantitative method supported by qualitative approach. Census sampling technique was utilized. The target population consisted of employees and managers. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were employed to analyze the quantitative data. Talent management practices such as talent planning, talent engagement, talent auditing, talent retention, and talent development were expected to have positive effect on the overall organizational performance in the study area. The qualitative data was analyzed using thematic approach and used for supplement to the results of the quantitative data analysis. The findings of the study unraveled that talent management practices as well as organizational performance were at moderate statuses in the private CBs. Besides, there was positive, strong, and significant correlation between talent management practices such as talent planning, talent engagement, talent auditing, talent retention and organizational performance. Moreover, the regression analyses result reveals 72.5% of the variation in the organizational performance of the private CBs in Wolkite town attributed to the effect of the these practices in combination. Of which, talent retention practice has the greatest effect on Organizational performance. Therefore, this study recommended that while talent retention is critical, it is essential to maintain a balanced approach. The CBs better to continue to strengthen and refine their talent planning, engagement, auditing, and development initiatives to ensure a comprehensive and robust talent management framework.
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    THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF URBAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT THE CASE OF WOLKITE TOWN, CENTERAL ETHIOPIA
    (Wolkite University, 2023) WONDIMU BERHANU
    The objective of this study is Economic impact of urban youth unemployment the case of Wolkite town,central Ethiopia.A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 350 respondentsandpurposive sampling techniques were used. This study used both primary and secondary data and quantitative data obtained in addition, key informants interview were used for qualitative information. Both descriptive and econometric models were used to analyze the collected data.For the econometric analysis binary logit model were used to identify determinates of employment status and .to address the effect unemployment.The survey results show that 54.3% and 45.7% respondents were unemployed and employed respondents respectively.The Propensity score matching method was applied to address the economic impact of youth unemployment.Furthermore, based on the results of logit model, sex of respondents, educational in status, marital status respondents, migration status, access to training, access to credit, access to job opportunities,access to land, are significant and they affect the unemployment status of respondents. Causes of unemployment in study area; ruralurban migrants, poor education system, urban-urban migration ,high population growth, and,lack of training and skill, lack of investment in the town and lack of industrial establishment, and preferring better job. The consequence of the unemployment are impacts on consumption expenditure, Therefore, the future intervention should focus to decrease unemployment in the study area government giving awareness to active age population and female how to create self-employment and, giving training access, and increasing investment activity in the town andtechnical and vocational training programs should focus on producing qualified graduates with market demanded skills and government provide the access to land for youth they invest in the land .
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    SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES MARKET CHAIN ANALYSIS OF RED PEPPER
    (Wolkite University, 2023-01-30) WALIE YIGZAW
    The objective of this study was to conduct market chain analysis, to examine the red pepper, market structure, conduct and performance, analyze profitability of red pepper production, identify the determinants of households marketable surplus and Identify the major constraints, opportunities of production and supply of the red pepper to the market using primary data collected from households through semi structured questionnaire. The producers’ survey result revealed that large proportion of farmers supply the product to the market. The producers and traders survey result revealed that even the red pepper value chain suffers from low production, low quality, less value addition and irregularity of supply red pepper production was profitable for both producers and traders. The actors were producer, collector, wholesaler, retailer, processer and consumer. Hence the structure of the red pepper market in the study area was somewhat competitive. The profitability analysis also indicates that red pepper production was profitable. The average amount of red pepper supplied to the market per producer was 377.25kg with minimum amount of 0kg and maximum of 1050kg. The variables that influenced the marketable supply positively were farm size, price, family size and extension contact. Among the significant variables farm size, price and extension contact were highly significant at 1% significant level and family size at 10% significant level. The variables that influenced the marketable supply negatively were non-farm income, credit access and red pepper diseases affect market supply of red pepper negatively at 1 % level of significant. The major problems identified are diseases and pest, law product, need high men power and land selective behavior of red pepper. To solve these problems the government should be increase production by management of agronomy and pest, increase access to diseases management education and training, and the producers should be establish storage and processing facilities are recommended
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    ECONOMICEFFICIENCY OF URBAN DAIRY FARMING IN WOLISO TOWN; OROMIA, ETHIOPIA
    (Wolkite University, 2023-01-30) SENAIT TEKA
    The aim of the study was to measure the level of technical, allocative and economic efficiency of urban dairy farming and to identify factors affecting them in the study area. The study was conducted using Cross-sectional data on socio-economic factors and milk production collected from the 184urban dairy farmers sampled in 2015, using semi-structured questionnaires. The study used the Stochastic Frontier model to analyze the technical, Allocative and economic efficiency of milk production, while Tobit model was used to assess the factors associated with economic efficiency. The results indicated that the farmers had a mean of 84.8% in technical efficiency, 78.1% in Allocative efficiency and 66.3% in economic efficiency. The results showed that the economic inefficiency among the farmers is mostly caused by low Allocative efficiency since the farmers indicated high levels of technical efficiency. From the findings, there were considerable production inefficiencies and thus there was room for increasing productivity through the use of available inputs and reducing costs. Farmers having utilization of the available resources would yield a proportionate increase in the milk output. Increasing herd sizes, feeding animals with enough concentrates and ensuring the animals’ health care costs are met were found to be some of the solutions to the low milk productivity in urban dairy farming. The cost of concentrates and other feeds was found to be the major component of the total cost of dairy production. However, the Allocative efficiency level among the farmers was quite high, an indication that the farmers in the study area, though resource-poor, were efficient at minimizing costs. The study indicated that household size, having dairy farming as the main source of income, access to credit, hired labour, cost of fodder and concentrates were the significant factors associated with economic efficiency in urban dairy farmers in woliso. Price subsidies on dairy inputs, especially fodder and concentrate, as well as better milk prices, are some of the interventions that will see an increase in efficiency resulting in an increase in milk productivity.Policy makers should focus on increasing supply of fodder and control price of fodder and concentrates to increase milk yield further. Providing training to dairy farmers is important to increase efficiency by increasing management skills of the dairy farmers. The management skill development of dairy farmers needs to focus on feeding and cattle husbandry.
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    DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION IN URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF GURAGE ZONE, ETHIOPIA
    (Wolkite University, 2023-01-30) ALEMU LEMMA
    Urban agriculture plays a very important role in improving household income and decreasingpoverty. Despite its significant role in fulfilling the basic demand of low-income families,household’s participation were very low. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify factorsthat determine household’s participation in urban agriculture and assess the impact ofparticipation on household income in Gurage zone. The study utilized both primary andsecondary data sources, and a multi-stage sampling technique was employed to gatherinformation from 204 households using a structured questionnaire. The logistic regression modelwas employed to analyze the determinants of participation in urban agriculture and propensityscore matching was used to analyze the impact of participation on household income. The resultsof the study show that, 25.76% of the households were practicing in urban agriculture.Household’s decision to participate in urban agriculture was influenced by household sex,education level, income from other sources, access to credit, access to water, access to improvedinputs and access to extension services. The impact analysis results of this study show that urbanagriculture has a positive significant impact on household total income. The average treatmenteffect on the treated was ETB 6803 and it was significant at 1% significance level. In conclusion,this study suggest that urban agriculture practice should be encouraged by governmental andnon-governmental organizations through provision of credit and promotion of alternative watersources to increase urban agriculture participation in the study area
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    THE EFFECTS OF E-BANKING ON BANK PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF SOME SELECTED ETHIOPIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-06) MIHRET DEJU
    The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of e-banking on the performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia. The study adopted a quantitative research approach with an explanatory design. ROA was used to measure and explain the performance of selected commercial banks. The explanatory variables were TP, NDCU, and NMBU. Secondary data was collected in panel form for 15purposively selected commercial banks from NBE and audited financial statements of commercial banks for 5 years (2017-2021). penal regression models were adopted to examine the relationship between the study variables. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics using SPSS software. The finding of the study confirmed that from bank-specific variables value of TP had significant and positive effects on the financial performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia measured by return on asset. On the contrary NMB and NDC had a significant negative impact on financial performance measured by return on asset.The finding generally concludes that the Number of TP was the main contributor of bank profitability in Ethiopia measured by ROA. The study recommends that Banks should invest more on new e-banking channel for automating their banking system and it is imperative to devise strategies that involve alliances and collaborations between commercial banks, since e-banking requires promising activity to increase the profitability of Ethiopian commercial Banks fascinatingly.
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    IMPACT OF SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME: IN CASE OF MESKAN WOREDA, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-11) REDWAN MUNA KEMAL
    This study investigates the impact of small scale irrigation on household income by taking cross-sectional data obtained from Meskan Woreda, Misrak Guraghe Zone of Central Ethiopia. The study aimed at assessing the impact of small scale irrigation on household's income. Data for this study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. A sample of 372 households (120 households were user group whereas, 252households were non-user group) from four kebeles was selected using multistage simple random sampling. The data were analyzed by using a combination of both descriptive statistics and econometric model such as, (PSM) were employed to analyze data. By applying a propensity score matching technique, the study found that the participation of small scale irrigation has increased the net income of user households by 10.65% per annum compared to non-user households. The estimates of the propensity score matching of the logit model result showed that Access to Extension Services, Livestock Holding, farming experience and Sex of the respondent affects households’ probability of participation in small scale irrigation have positive and statistically affected the income of small scale irrigation at 1% and 10% significance level. While, more precisely land holding size, Dependency Ratio and Age of household head affect households’ probability of participation in small scale irrigation have negative and significant effect on income of small scale irrigation participation. The estimated results revealed that households, who owned larger land holding size, get technical advice, training or participated on field demonstrations by taking agricultural extension services, Livestock Holding and farming experience were more likely to benefit from the use of small scale irrigation, ceteris paribus. Accordingly, the result revealed that the most important small scale irrigation practice designed to increase production and productivity which reduces risk related with rainfall variability and increasing income of rural farm households. Hence, overall it can be concluded that participation in the small-scale irrigation has positive effect on most of the household income and that an expansion of small scale irrigation schemes there by improve small holder rural farm household’s annual income. Therefore, policy makers and other stakeholder’s should give due attention in irrigation technology.