Getnet Alemu Zewdu

Full Name Getnet Alemu Zewdu
Education attended PhD In Development Studies
Academic Rank Assistant  Professor
Working for AAU Since 2002
Administrative positions held
  • Associate Dean for Research and Technology Transfer, CDS (2012)
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Program (2008-2011)
Awards ——recognitions — memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc
  • Research grant, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and WOTRO Science for Global Development Grant for Research Program on Community Based Health Insurance in Ethiopia (Euro 665,000), 2010
  • Visiting Research Fellow (VRF) at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), Japan, 2004 (July-November)
  • : Member of the International Scientific Review Committee for European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) based in The Hague, The Netherlands. This is a partnership administering research fund coming from European countries for clinical trial impact evaluation in order to gain more insight into the relationship between health services and clinical trials with the aim of promoting synergy and ensuring sustainability of health services in Africa, 2010-2011.
  • Editor in-chief, Ethiopian Journal of Economics (July 2005- October 2011)
  • Editor with first responsibility of the 3rd (2006), 4th (2007), 5th (2008), 6th (2009), 6th (2010), 7th (2011) and 8th (2012) Proceeding of the International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, organized by the Ethiopian Economics Association.
  • [2011] Proceeding of the 2nd Annual Conference on the Amhara National Regional State Economic Development, organized by the Ethiopian Economic Association and its Bahir Dar Chapter which was held on 14 August 2010, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
  • [2010] Proceeding of the 1nd Annual Conference on the Amhara National Regional State Economic Development, organized by the Ethiopian Economic Association and its Bahir Dar Chapter which was held on 15 August 2009, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
  • Co-editor (with first responsibility – 2006): Poverty and Development in Ethiopia: Challenges and Options, Addis Ababa University Press, Proceedings of the International Conference on Poverty and Development in Ethiopia: Challenges and Options, Organized by Institute of Development Research, Graduate School Auditorium of Addis Ababa University, May 6-7, 2005, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa.
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email ID: galemu2001@yahoo.com

Research interest Development policy analysis, impact evaluation, poverty, aid architecture 

 

 

Publications in reputable journals
  • Impact of Ethiopian pilot community-based health insurance scheme on health-care utilisation: a household panel data analysis, The Lancet 381, Supplement 2, Page S92 (17–19 June 2013), with AnagawMebratie, Robert Sparrow, ZelalemYilma, DegnetAbebaw, ArjunBedi, 2013.
  • Poverty Analysis of Children in Child Headed Households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol. XX (2).2010.
  • Revisiting the Entitlement Approach to Famine: Taking a Closer Look at the Supply Factor – A Critical Survey of the Literature, Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, Vol XXIII, No. 2 page 95-130, 2007.
  • The Ethiopian Manufacturing Sector: Competitiveness and the Way Ahead, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol. X(2), 2001 page 33-62. (with Admit Zerihun), 2005.
  • Project Aid Driven Import Substitution Industrialization and Growth,: The Problems of Capacity Utilization and Industrial Output, Ethiopian Development Forum , Volume 2, No. 1 and also presented at the Economic Research Seminar Series, 27 September 2002, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2002.