Expert Researcher

Abel Tewolde

About

Publications: 6
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
All work from Abel Tewolde
26 May 2020

Boosting Financial Inclusion and Promoting Entrepreneurship among Young People in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has been ranked as the 150th hardest country in the world in terms of access to credit and the development of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) is hindered by the availability of financial services. Though efforts have been made to improve th …

Continue reading ›
30 April 2020

Determinants of Financial Inclusion for Youth Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Addis Ababa City and Shirka Wereda Ethiopia

This study identified and examined the factors that affected the financial inclusion of young people in selected sites in Ethiopia using local-level data collected with a Community-Based Monitoring System approach. We collected data from 4,928 young re …

Continue reading ›
30 April 2020

Using a Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) to Investigate Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in Ethiopia: Gobessa Town, Mitana Gado Kebele (Shirka Wereda), and Wereda 10 (Addis Ababa)

We report on progress in meeting Sustainable Development Goals in three selected sites in Ethiopia: Gobessa Town and Mitana Gado Kebele (in Shirka Wereda) and Wereda 10 (Addis Ababa), comprising a sample of about 5,108 households and a total population …

Continue reading ›
13 April 2018

Challenges and Prospects of Entrepreneurship Development and Job Creation for Unemployed Youth: Evidence from Addis Ababa and DireDawa City Administrations, Ethiopia

Almost 90 percent of the world’s youth are residents in countries where they can hardly access adequate education, capital, paid employment and health services. As the size of the younger population in Africa steadily swells to account to being the sin …

Continue reading ›
30 November 2016

Poverty Profiling in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa City Administrations, Ethiopia

This paper has tried to investigate the general poverty profile of the three project sites in Ethiopia. In addition, its objective is to generate poverty maps for the sites. Data from 5,619 households were collected and analyzed to determine the povert …

Continue reading ›
29 April 2016

Challenges and Prospects of Entrepreneurship Development and Job Creation for Youth Unemployed: Evidence from Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa City Administrations, Ethiopia

This research paper is on youth employment and entrepreneurship. It investigates a total of 3,591 youths in two different geographical areas of Ethiopia, i.e., central and eastern. In doing so, it has taken three specific villages: Melka Jebdu and Gede …

Continue reading ›