The International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Feb 1, 2012
Over the years, either self-initiated or by funding from development agencies, a number of develo... more Over the years, either self-initiated or by funding from development agencies, a number of developing countries have implemented various programs to tackle poverty. This case study was inspired by the One Village One Product (OVOP) movement initiated in the Oita Prefecture region of Japan. Given the positive aspects of the OVOP, the purpose of the study is to transfer some aspects of the OVOP movement in order to revitalize the town of Adwa, Tigrai, Ethiopia. The case study therefore suggests some possible community-based endogenous projects that could revitalize the town of Adwa, Tigrai, Ethiopia. As a result of the initiative of local talents, the emancipation of local wisdom, the participation of local people and the rediscovering of indigenous products (services or history, it is expected that local communities in Adwa would be able to create job opportunities and generate income to improve the livelihoods of the poor segments of their population.
In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and ... more In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and reliable deliveries. To meet this demand, new manufacturing technologies are developing rapidly, resulting in new products and improvements in manufacturing processes. As part of this effort, lean production principles have been established and are in use in developed countries to minimize and/or remove wastes. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse lean wastes surfacing in production lines of four textile and garment industries. The information will make it possible for them to
Starting in 1995, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been predominantly administered... more Starting in 1995, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been predominantly administered by an ethno-federalist structure marked by some distribution of responsibilities among ethnic, national, state, and regional components with the objective of maintaining the overall territorial integrity of the country. However, despite continued achievements of economic growth for the last decade and the attempts undertaken to lift rural poor out of poverty, the implementation of ethnic-federalism in Ethiopia for the last twenty years has produced polarizing debates. The central purpose of this study is to reassess the structure of and learn lessons from Ethiopia’s type of federalism that has existed for more than two decades. In addition, the study is expected to provide additional insights for policy makers to reexamine the existing form of federalism, and thereby modify the country into autonomous democratic federalism that would contribute to Ethiopia’s stability and unity, and wou...
Recently, the Ethiopian Government drafted a five year plan (2010 to 2015) to achieve the country... more Recently, the Ethiopian Government drafted a five year plan (2010 to 2015) to achieve the country’s economic growth. When Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation plan was analyzed in light of the new growth theory and traced historically in terms of the push and pull factors that contributed to the flight of skilled Ethiopians to more advanced countries, it was found that over the years Ethiopia has funded the education of its nationals only to see them contributing to the growth of developed countries. Being stripped of skilled human capital, leaving it ill prepared to face globalization and survive in the new global economic order, it was concluded that Ethiopia will be unable to achieve its economic growth and transformation plan by 2015. Given the outcome of the analysis, it was proposed that to ensure a longterm sustainable macroeconomic growth pattern, the Ethiopian Government must establish a welldeveloped infrastructure base and have a reserve of highly talented human capital, ...
Currently, the Ethiopian manufacturers are at a disadvantage in the international market due to t... more Currently, the Ethiopian manufacturers are at a disadvantage in the international market due to the preponderance of unskilled human resources, the scarcity of capital and differentiated management tools, and the lack of knowledge-based technology. The major span of the book entitled Revitalizing Ethiopia\u27s Manufacturing Enterprises through the Japanese Production Management Strategy Kaizen : A Critical Analysis explores in detail how a number of public and private enterprises in contemporary Ethiopia are in the process of discarding the Benchmarking process and the Business Process Reengineering techniques and redesigning their manufacturing and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions to apply the Japanese Kaizen strategy in order to continuously improve their manpower, quality, and productivity of their products and services. Based on the various enterprises explored, Desta\u27s book demonstrates that if applied properly, the kaizen system in Ethiopi...
It was so vulgar that even those of us who are opposed to his (Isaias Afewerki’s) dictatorialrule... more It was so vulgar that even those of us who are opposed to his (Isaias Afewerki’s) dictatorialrule are ashamed of him because he is Eritrean (Bereket Habte Selassie, 2010, p. 60)
Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, 2013
Despite the current economic slowdown in Japan (for example, according to Global competitiveness,... more Despite the current economic slowdown in Japan (for example, according to Global competitiveness, Japan's stance has declined from 8 in 2009/10 to 9 in 2011/12), it is very interesting to note that a number of public and private enterprises in contemporary Ethiopia are proclaiming that the Japanese kaizen management strategy (meaning change for better or continuous improvement involving everyone in the organization) would restore for them the quality and quantity of their products. It is generally assumed that implementing the kaizen management technique in Ethiopian firms would create competitive products (i.e., products with lowest price, highest quality, and with the best services) for their domestic and international customers. Through a continuing teamwork approach with interactive communications, kaizen would improve their organizational capacity, empower employees, improve the quality of workers, and add value to their products. Ethiopian manufacturers are currently at a disadvantage. The manufacturing sector is less than 5.0 % of its Gross Domestic Product due to lack of highly skilled human resources, differentiated managerial tools, and a technological gap. A different management strategy would significantly improve their future (See Kitaw and Bete, 2013).
Corporate investment in less developed countries can be a lucrative source of resources and earni... more Corporate investment in less developed countries can be a lucrative source of resources and earnings. But how does one minimize the risks—particularly the political risks? The current trend in risk‐assessment methodology is to use “hard data” rather than subjective analysis. But this can be a drawback because the quantitative methodologies used are often determined by the data available. Presented here is a framework for political risk assessment that does more than simply look at the numbers.
The idea to write this forthcoming book which is in the process of being published by Africa Worl... more The idea to write this forthcoming book which is in the process of being published by Africa World Press is dedicated to my friend and classmate, Subhatu Webneh, my brother Yemena Asayehgn, and my sister in law Saba Berhe. The idea to write this book arose in 1977, when I was working at the International Institute of Educational Planning, the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Based on the theoretical framework, "Correspondence and Contradiction", developed by two of my professors at Stanford University, Martin Carnoy, and Henry Levin, I documented a historical account of the nature of the socioeconomic formation and the dependent and subordinate relations of Ethiopia to the hegemony of the United States up to the early part of the 1970s. Further, attempts were made to examine dialectically how some unintended schooling outcomes contradict the stagnant economic situation in Ethiopia. That is, in order to analyze the development of modern education in Ethiopia, an analytical framework based on the principles of correspondence and contradiction was adopted.
This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominic... more This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican S... more This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Collected
Desta, Asayehgn, "Sustainable Local Development. The Revitalization of the Town of Adwa (Eth... more Desta, Asayehgn, "Sustainable Local Development. The Revitalization of the Town of Adwa (Ethiopia) through Community-Based
Using the conceptual framework of a developmental state, forwarded by the Economic Commission for... more Using the conceptual framework of a developmental state, forwarded by the Economic Commission for Africa, it was found that Ethiopia’s democratic developmental state is unique and operates differently from the Malaysian developmental state model. Economically, Ethiopia has recorded staggering economic growth since it adopted the developmental state. The Malaysian developmental state was developed to be market-oriented and as a result Malaysia’s GDP grew at 5.23 percent from 2005-2011. Malaysia’s incidence of poverty declined from 49% in 1970 to less than 5 % in 2000. Ethiopia has focused on a planned developmental state, without speeding the direction of industrialization, and has achieved an average 9.9 percent growth rate in GDP from 2005-2011. With economic growth, the poverty reduction measured by poverty head count in Ethiopia has declined from 41.9 in 2005 to 29.6 percent in 2011. Although Ethiopia’s Human Development Index (HDI) has increased by 16 % from 2005 to 2011, its HD...
In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and ... more In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and reliable deliveries. To meet this demand, new manufacturing technologies are developing rapidly, resulting in new products and improvements in manufacturing processes. As part of this effort, lean production principles have been established and are in use in developed countries to minimize and/or remove wastes. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse lean wastes surfacing in production lines of four textile and garment industries. The information will make it possible for them to minimize or eliminate lean wastes using recommended tools and techniques. As a result, a smooth working environment will be created which will improve the plants ’ ability to produce exactly the right quantity with the right quality and at exactly the right time, with a minimum of interruption. This study has followed qualitative and quantitative research approaches for collecting and analysing the ...
Despite the implementation of several economic development blueprints in Africa for the last 60 y... more Despite the implementation of several economic development blueprints in Africa for the last 60 years, the poverty rate of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) has increased from two hundred million in 1981 to almost three hundred eighty million in 2005. Entrepreneurial creativity and ingenuity were stifled and a number of African states became unstable when ruled by despotic rulers. To revitalize Africa’s development process in the 21 st century, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has challenged the African states to refute the intolerable conditions required by the Neo-liberal policies of the Washington Consensus to borrow capital from the International Monetary Fund, which over the years has submerged African countries into a deep chasm of economic crises. Instead, the Economic Commission for Africa has encouraged the African countries to emulate the Malaysia developmental state, along with addressing and practicing democracy and good governance. The paper maps out briefly the various ...
International journal of business and social science, 2011
In its review of Ethiopia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that Eth... more In its review of Ethiopia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that Ethiopia has been attaining economic growth for the past seven years. In addition, the IMF highlights that the lifestyle of the Ethiopian people has been getting better for the last two decades. In his recent statement, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia has stated that Ethiopia has not only registered rapid economic growth but the income from economic growth has been redistributed equitably. Over the last twenty years, Ethiopia has gone through various structural changes. However, unless the Ethiopian population is experiencing extreme poverty that is undetected, or the economy is completely controlled and managed by the state inducing minimal differences in wages and salaries, or instituting poverty-reducing public programs, though inconclusive, the economic literature does not seem to support Ethiopia’s Gini coefficient of 0.29 which is far below the Gini coefficient of newly industrialized ...
Foreword by Francoise O. Lepage Preface The Stages of Economic Development Paradigms An Environme... more Foreword by Francoise O. Lepage Preface The Stages of Economic Development Paradigms An Environmentally Adjusted System of National Accounts The Environmental Impact of Capital Formation The Market-Oriented Approach to Development and the Environment Poverty and Environmental Degradation Population and the Environment Women and the Environment Rural Development and the Environment Education and the Environment Health Services and the Environment Multinational Enterprises and the Environment Technology and the Environment International Trade and the Environment External Debt and the Environment Selected Bibliography Index
The International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Feb 1, 2012
Over the years, either self-initiated or by funding from development agencies, a number of develo... more Over the years, either self-initiated or by funding from development agencies, a number of developing countries have implemented various programs to tackle poverty. This case study was inspired by the One Village One Product (OVOP) movement initiated in the Oita Prefecture region of Japan. Given the positive aspects of the OVOP, the purpose of the study is to transfer some aspects of the OVOP movement in order to revitalize the town of Adwa, Tigrai, Ethiopia. The case study therefore suggests some possible community-based endogenous projects that could revitalize the town of Adwa, Tigrai, Ethiopia. As a result of the initiative of local talents, the emancipation of local wisdom, the participation of local people and the rediscovering of indigenous products (services or history, it is expected that local communities in Adwa would be able to create job opportunities and generate income to improve the livelihoods of the poor segments of their population.
In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and ... more In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and reliable deliveries. To meet this demand, new manufacturing technologies are developing rapidly, resulting in new products and improvements in manufacturing processes. As part of this effort, lean production principles have been established and are in use in developed countries to minimize and/or remove wastes. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse lean wastes surfacing in production lines of four textile and garment industries. The information will make it possible for them to
Starting in 1995, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been predominantly administered... more Starting in 1995, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been predominantly administered by an ethno-federalist structure marked by some distribution of responsibilities among ethnic, national, state, and regional components with the objective of maintaining the overall territorial integrity of the country. However, despite continued achievements of economic growth for the last decade and the attempts undertaken to lift rural poor out of poverty, the implementation of ethnic-federalism in Ethiopia for the last twenty years has produced polarizing debates. The central purpose of this study is to reassess the structure of and learn lessons from Ethiopia’s type of federalism that has existed for more than two decades. In addition, the study is expected to provide additional insights for policy makers to reexamine the existing form of federalism, and thereby modify the country into autonomous democratic federalism that would contribute to Ethiopia’s stability and unity, and wou...
Recently, the Ethiopian Government drafted a five year plan (2010 to 2015) to achieve the country... more Recently, the Ethiopian Government drafted a five year plan (2010 to 2015) to achieve the country’s economic growth. When Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation plan was analyzed in light of the new growth theory and traced historically in terms of the push and pull factors that contributed to the flight of skilled Ethiopians to more advanced countries, it was found that over the years Ethiopia has funded the education of its nationals only to see them contributing to the growth of developed countries. Being stripped of skilled human capital, leaving it ill prepared to face globalization and survive in the new global economic order, it was concluded that Ethiopia will be unable to achieve its economic growth and transformation plan by 2015. Given the outcome of the analysis, it was proposed that to ensure a longterm sustainable macroeconomic growth pattern, the Ethiopian Government must establish a welldeveloped infrastructure base and have a reserve of highly talented human capital, ...
Currently, the Ethiopian manufacturers are at a disadvantage in the international market due to t... more Currently, the Ethiopian manufacturers are at a disadvantage in the international market due to the preponderance of unskilled human resources, the scarcity of capital and differentiated management tools, and the lack of knowledge-based technology. The major span of the book entitled Revitalizing Ethiopia\u27s Manufacturing Enterprises through the Japanese Production Management Strategy Kaizen : A Critical Analysis explores in detail how a number of public and private enterprises in contemporary Ethiopia are in the process of discarding the Benchmarking process and the Business Process Reengineering techniques and redesigning their manufacturing and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions to apply the Japanese Kaizen strategy in order to continuously improve their manpower, quality, and productivity of their products and services. Based on the various enterprises explored, Desta\u27s book demonstrates that if applied properly, the kaizen system in Ethiopi...
It was so vulgar that even those of us who are opposed to his (Isaias Afewerki’s) dictatorialrule... more It was so vulgar that even those of us who are opposed to his (Isaias Afewerki’s) dictatorialrule are ashamed of him because he is Eritrean (Bereket Habte Selassie, 2010, p. 60)
Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, 2013
Despite the current economic slowdown in Japan (for example, according to Global competitiveness,... more Despite the current economic slowdown in Japan (for example, according to Global competitiveness, Japan's stance has declined from 8 in 2009/10 to 9 in 2011/12), it is very interesting to note that a number of public and private enterprises in contemporary Ethiopia are proclaiming that the Japanese kaizen management strategy (meaning change for better or continuous improvement involving everyone in the organization) would restore for them the quality and quantity of their products. It is generally assumed that implementing the kaizen management technique in Ethiopian firms would create competitive products (i.e., products with lowest price, highest quality, and with the best services) for their domestic and international customers. Through a continuing teamwork approach with interactive communications, kaizen would improve their organizational capacity, empower employees, improve the quality of workers, and add value to their products. Ethiopian manufacturers are currently at a disadvantage. The manufacturing sector is less than 5.0 % of its Gross Domestic Product due to lack of highly skilled human resources, differentiated managerial tools, and a technological gap. A different management strategy would significantly improve their future (See Kitaw and Bete, 2013).
Corporate investment in less developed countries can be a lucrative source of resources and earni... more Corporate investment in less developed countries can be a lucrative source of resources and earnings. But how does one minimize the risks—particularly the political risks? The current trend in risk‐assessment methodology is to use “hard data” rather than subjective analysis. But this can be a drawback because the quantitative methodologies used are often determined by the data available. Presented here is a framework for political risk assessment that does more than simply look at the numbers.
The idea to write this forthcoming book which is in the process of being published by Africa Worl... more The idea to write this forthcoming book which is in the process of being published by Africa World Press is dedicated to my friend and classmate, Subhatu Webneh, my brother Yemena Asayehgn, and my sister in law Saba Berhe. The idea to write this book arose in 1977, when I was working at the International Institute of Educational Planning, the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Based on the theoretical framework, "Correspondence and Contradiction", developed by two of my professors at Stanford University, Martin Carnoy, and Henry Levin, I documented a historical account of the nature of the socioeconomic formation and the dependent and subordinate relations of Ethiopia to the hegemony of the United States up to the early part of the 1970s. Further, attempts were made to examine dialectically how some unintended schooling outcomes contradict the stagnant economic situation in Ethiopia. That is, in order to analyze the development of modern education in Ethiopia, an analytical framework based on the principles of correspondence and contradiction was adopted.
This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominic... more This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican S... more This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Dominican Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Collected
Desta, Asayehgn, "Sustainable Local Development. The Revitalization of the Town of Adwa (Eth... more Desta, Asayehgn, "Sustainable Local Development. The Revitalization of the Town of Adwa (Ethiopia) through Community-Based
Using the conceptual framework of a developmental state, forwarded by the Economic Commission for... more Using the conceptual framework of a developmental state, forwarded by the Economic Commission for Africa, it was found that Ethiopia’s democratic developmental state is unique and operates differently from the Malaysian developmental state model. Economically, Ethiopia has recorded staggering economic growth since it adopted the developmental state. The Malaysian developmental state was developed to be market-oriented and as a result Malaysia’s GDP grew at 5.23 percent from 2005-2011. Malaysia’s incidence of poverty declined from 49% in 1970 to less than 5 % in 2000. Ethiopia has focused on a planned developmental state, without speeding the direction of industrialization, and has achieved an average 9.9 percent growth rate in GDP from 2005-2011. With economic growth, the poverty reduction measured by poverty head count in Ethiopia has declined from 41.9 in 2005 to 29.6 percent in 2011. Although Ethiopia’s Human Development Index (HDI) has increased by 16 % from 2005 to 2011, its HD...
In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and ... more In today's competitive world, customers are demanding better quality products with fast and reliable deliveries. To meet this demand, new manufacturing technologies are developing rapidly, resulting in new products and improvements in manufacturing processes. As part of this effort, lean production principles have been established and are in use in developed countries to minimize and/or remove wastes. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse lean wastes surfacing in production lines of four textile and garment industries. The information will make it possible for them to minimize or eliminate lean wastes using recommended tools and techniques. As a result, a smooth working environment will be created which will improve the plants ’ ability to produce exactly the right quantity with the right quality and at exactly the right time, with a minimum of interruption. This study has followed qualitative and quantitative research approaches for collecting and analysing the ...
Despite the implementation of several economic development blueprints in Africa for the last 60 y... more Despite the implementation of several economic development blueprints in Africa for the last 60 years, the poverty rate of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) has increased from two hundred million in 1981 to almost three hundred eighty million in 2005. Entrepreneurial creativity and ingenuity were stifled and a number of African states became unstable when ruled by despotic rulers. To revitalize Africa’s development process in the 21 st century, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has challenged the African states to refute the intolerable conditions required by the Neo-liberal policies of the Washington Consensus to borrow capital from the International Monetary Fund, which over the years has submerged African countries into a deep chasm of economic crises. Instead, the Economic Commission for Africa has encouraged the African countries to emulate the Malaysia developmental state, along with addressing and practicing democracy and good governance. The paper maps out briefly the various ...
International journal of business and social science, 2011
In its review of Ethiopia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that Eth... more In its review of Ethiopia’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that Ethiopia has been attaining economic growth for the past seven years. In addition, the IMF highlights that the lifestyle of the Ethiopian people has been getting better for the last two decades. In his recent statement, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia has stated that Ethiopia has not only registered rapid economic growth but the income from economic growth has been redistributed equitably. Over the last twenty years, Ethiopia has gone through various structural changes. However, unless the Ethiopian population is experiencing extreme poverty that is undetected, or the economy is completely controlled and managed by the state inducing minimal differences in wages and salaries, or instituting poverty-reducing public programs, though inconclusive, the economic literature does not seem to support Ethiopia’s Gini coefficient of 0.29 which is far below the Gini coefficient of newly industrialized ...
Foreword by Francoise O. Lepage Preface The Stages of Economic Development Paradigms An Environme... more Foreword by Francoise O. Lepage Preface The Stages of Economic Development Paradigms An Environmentally Adjusted System of National Accounts The Environmental Impact of Capital Formation The Market-Oriented Approach to Development and the Environment Poverty and Environmental Degradation Population and the Environment Women and the Environment Rural Development and the Environment Education and the Environment Health Services and the Environment Multinational Enterprises and the Environment Technology and the Environment International Trade and the Environment External Debt and the Environment Selected Bibliography Index
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