Junior Research Fellow II: Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEA/EEPRI)

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1 Fitsum Zewdu Mulugeta or Tel: Off Res Cell: P. O. Box: 33031, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Education Faculty of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University M.A degree in Economics Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University B.Sc degree in Statistics (Mathematics minor) Professional Experience May 2013 Date Junior Research Fellow II: Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEA/EEPRI) Feb 2010 April 2013 Junior Research Fellow I: Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEA/EEPRI) Analyze economic data with a focus on poverty and human resource issues (education, health, migration, poverty measurement, impact evaluation, etc.) Formulate recommendations on policies or plans that aims to solve economic problems Devise methods and procedures for collecting and processing data using various econometric and sampling techniques Provide advice and consultation to business, public and private organizations Engage in dissemination of research outputs and other statistical information on the Ethiopian Economy Assist senior research fellows Give trainings (including on applied econometrics, statistical software like SPSS and Stata, impact evaluation, etc.) Sep Dec., 2012 Visiting Scholar: Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California at Berkeley Conduct independent and collaborative researches focusing on impact evaluation o Working title Impact of English Proficiency Interventions on the Quality of the Output of Graduate Programs: The Case of Addis Ababa University Auditing graduate classes and attending seminars on Impact Evaluation, Applied Econometrics and Applied Sampling Mar 2009 Sep 2010 Lecturer (Part-time): Addis Ababa University Taught Principles of Economics for students of Civil, Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, AAU Taught Introduction to Statistics at the School of Economics, AAU Page 1 of 6

2 Nov 2009-Feb 2010 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer: Family Health International Ethiopia Develop monitoring and evaluation (M&E) indicators Design M&E tools Participate in the design and implementation of study protocols for baseline and evaluation surveys Facilitate trainings Train and supervise data collectors and supervisors Oct 2008-June 2009 Consultant: First Consult PLC Participate in development of business plans and investment profiles Proposal writing Conduct market research (both commodity and labor markets) Insure collection, processing and analysis of market data (this involves planning, designing, conducting and reporting surveys) Coordinating projects Organizing workshops, seminars and conferences Assist in administrative tasks in human resource department (recruiting, selection and hiring personnel) Apr 2006-Oct 2007 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator: Johns Hopkins University Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART Initiative (JHU-TSEHAI) Giving trainings for health and M&E personnel Initiating and maintaining standard national M&E system for the chronic care model of HIV related activities (such as Antiretroviral Treatment, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, VCT, etc.) at hospitals, which are supported by JHU-TSEHAI Mentoring by paying regular visits to different hospitals located in Addis Ababa, SNNPR, Gambela and Benishangul Gumuz regional states Insure availability of adequate supply of standard M&E tools Problem solving by facilitating Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings of stakeholders Collecting data and generating reports Jun 2004-Sep 2004 Data Editor and Verifier: Central Statistical Agency (CSA) Improve the quality of a national survey data by checking and correcting questionnaires for completeness and consistency Consultancy Services April 2013 Training of Oxfam America Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Staff on Database Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation with a focus on Impact Evaluation Techniques and using the statistical package Stata The project involved: Developing training materials with basic concepts of program evaluation Train the staff with the use of the statistical package Stata Deliver the training on program evaluation and data handling by demonstrating using Stata Page 2 of 6

3 Jul. Sep Conduct two market research surveys with Precise Consult International Publications Journal The projects involved: Develop survey instruments consumer survey questionnaires, retailers and distributors survey questionnaires, checklists for in-depth interview with importers and producers Train data collectors and supervisors on the data collection instruments Oversee the data collection process which took place in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Hawassa and Mekele Prepare data entry platform using CS-Pro and provide guidance for data entry Clean the data and generate analytical tables for the final market report Fitsum Z. M. (2012) Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Childhood Mortality in Ethiopia: An Instrumental Variable Approach Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol 20, No. 2, October 2011 (published in December 2012) Monograph Fitsum Z. M. (2010) The Volatility of Ethiopian Export Earnings: The Contribution of Major Export Commodities, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany Working Paper Fitsum Z. M. (2010) Socioeconomic Factors of Early Childhood Mortality in Ethiopia: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey, Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute, Working Paper No. 3/2010 Proceedings 1. Fitsum Z. M. (2013) Performance of the Higher Education Sub-Sector in Ethiopia, Proceedings of the 10 th International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa, pp Assefa Hailemariam, Charles Teller, Degnet Abebaw and Fitsum Z. Mulugeta (2012) Population- Land Pressure, Rural Youth Outmigration and Fertility in Selected Woredas of Amhara and SNNP Regions of Ethiopia: A Comparative Analysis Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on SNNPR s regional economy (eds. Worku Gebeyehu and Demirew Getachew), pp Fanaye T. and Fitsum Z. M. (2011) Factors Influencing Farmers Decision to Join Agricultural Cooperative in Rural Areas of Ethiopia Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy edi. Getnet Alemu and Worku Gebeyehu, vol. III, pp Fitsum Z. M. (2010) Socioeconomic Determinants of Infant and Child Mortality in Rural Ethiopia, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, edi. Getnet Alemu, vol. II, pp Page 3 of 6

4 5. Fitsum Z. M. (2010) The Contribution of Major Export Commodities of Ethiopia to the Volatility of the Country s Export Earnings Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, edi. Getnet Alemu, vol. I, pp Presentations 1. Patterns of Rural Youth Out-Migration and Family Dynamics in Ethiopia: Causes and Influence on Fertility Co-authored by Charles Teller, Assefa Hailemariam, Yordanos Seifu, Mehiret Habte and Teshome Desta) XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference, Busan, Republic of Korea August Patterns and Drivers of Youth Outmigration from Two Rural Distincts in Ethiopia: Decisionmaking Process and Opportunities (Co-authored by Charles Teller, Assefa Hailemariam, Yordanos Seifu, Mehiret Habte and Teshome Desta) Conference on Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development, Gondar, Ethiopia - Sept Performance of the Higher Education Sub-Sector in Ethiopia International Conference on the Role of Private Universities in Africa, Association of African Universities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - August, The Contributions of Mobile Phones to Rural Out-Migration in Ethiopia (Co-authored by Degnet Abebaw) 10 th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA-hall), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - July, Measuring Poverty and Deprivation Using a Staple-Calorie Share Approach (Co-authored by Getachew Ahmed) 10 th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA-hall), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - July, Population-Land Pressure, Rural Youth Outmigration and Fertility in Selected Woredas of Amhara and SNNP Regions of Ethiopia: A Comparative Analysis(Co-authored by Assefa Hailemariam, Charles Teller and Degnet Abebaw) 2 nd Annual Conference on SNNPR Regional Economy, Bureau of Finance and Economic Development, Hawassa, Ethiopia March, Does Rural Youth Outmigration Reduce Fertility? Demographic Responses to Population Pressure and Social Change in Two Zones of Ethiopia (Co-authored by Charles Teller and Assefa Hailemariam) Annual Conference of American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. October, Promoting Manufacturing Industries to Accelerate Economic Growth in Ethiopia: A Time series Analysis (Co-authored by Naod Mekonnene) 9 th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA-hall), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - July, 2011 Page 4 of 6

5 9. Socioeconomic Factors of Early Childhood Mortality in Ethiopia: An Instrument Variable Approach 20 th Annual Conference and the 20 th Anniversary of the Ethiopian Statistical Association, United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Feb, Socioeconomic Factors of Early Childhood Mortality in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey 21 st Public Health Conference, Ethiopian Public Health Association Mekele, Ethiopia - Oct, Contribution of Major Export Commodities of Ethiopia in the Country s Export Earnings Instability Third Trade Policy Research Forum: Trade Policy for Growth in Africa, Arusha, Tanzania - July, 2010 The 7 th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy, EEA-hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Jun, Factors Influencing Farmers Decision to Join Agricultural Cooperative in Rural Areas of Ethiopia (Co-authored by Fanaye Tadesse) The 8 th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy, EEA-hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Jun Socioeconomic Determinants of Childhood Mortality: The Case of Rural Ethiopia Trainings The 7 th International Conference on Ethiopian Economy, EEA-hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Jun, th Annual Conference and Workshop of Biological Society of Ethiopia, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Feb Applied Micro-econometrics IFPRI and EDRI (by Prof. David Stifel), Nov. 28 Dec. 9, 2011 Applied Econometrics Ethiopian Economics Association, Nov , 2011 Static Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model simulations using GAMS, Oct 2011 Econometric technique for panel data analysis Ethiopian Rural Household Survey and Young Lives Survey, July 2011 Training on household panel data and poverty analysis, August 2008 Statistical and regression packages (CS Pro, SAS, SPSS and STATA) Training on Enhancing Personal Effectiveness, November 2008 Writing skills and business plan writing, March-April 2009 General management and Administrative courses Languages Amharic and English Page 5 of 6

6 Professional Association Membership Other Major Activities Reference Ethiopian Statistical Association since 2006 Ethiopian Economics Association since 02/2008 Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia since 06/2008 General Auditor of the Ethiopian Statistical Association (as of January, June, 2013) Served as President for Jupiter Toastmasters Club. Managed to get the club chartered at Toastmasters International (November, 2010 to July 2011) Served as Vice-President for Public Relations at Jupiter Toastmasters Club (September, 2009 to April 2010) Served in the Board of the 2004 student body electoral board of Addis Ababa University and chaired the same board for the Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University. Chairman of the graduation committee during senior year in high school (Selam Children s Village) in (Available up on request) Page 6 of 6