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Curriculum Vitae January 2016

ALEMAYEHU GEDA (Male) Current Address:

Addis Ababa University Department of Economics

Postal Address Alemayehu Geda Department of Economics Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel Mobile: (251-911) 249926 Email AG112526@or Alemayehu.Geda@aau.edu.et Web Page also profile/Alemayehu_Geda

Crurent Position: Professor (Macroeconomics & International Economics) Dept of Economics, Addis Ababa University Research Associate/Fellow: a) University of London, SOAS, Center for Development Policy Research, UK b)The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Nairobi. c) African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi d) Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi e) University of California, Berkeley, Center for Effective Global Action, EASST. f) Economic Policy Research Centers, Kampala

Position Immediately before the current position:

Head &Assit Prof., Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (2005)

November 2001- to- May 2003: Research Fellow and Lecturer, at the Department of

Economics, School of Oriental &African Studies,

University of London

August 2001-to- November 2001: Principal Researcher, Economic Commission for Africa,

Addis Ababa

January 2000-to- July 2001:

Resident Macroeconomist/Economist&Coordinator at the

Institute of Social Studies, ISS (the Hague) and The

Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis

(KIPPRA) Macro Modeling and Social Sector Analysis

Project.

Sept 1997-to- January 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Addis

AbabaUniversity

As resident Macroeconomist/Economist and Coordinator at the Institute of Social Studies, ISS

(the Hague) and The Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research Analysis (KIPPRA)

Modeling Project my responsibilities include: ( In collaboration with ISS, Micromacro

Consultant[MMC] and KIPPRA)

Building A Macro Model for Kenyan Treasury and KIPPRA (as instrument for

thePRSP/ MTEF)

Building Social Sector Models: Poverty, Education and Health

Offering training for local capacity building in Policy analysis, applied macro

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modeling [This is being carried in the Collaboration with Kenyan Treasury (Ministry of Finance and Planning)]

Successful Major Projects where I had been a coordinator and lead expert

a) At African Export Import Bank on the Economic Engagement of BRICX with Africa

b) At the Kenyan Treasury/Gov't of Kenya and AERC project on need assessment of policy capacity building for the government of Kenya.

c) At the African Development Bank, Chief expert on building a global forecasting model for Africa, 2011-2012

d) At the Central Bank of Kenyan, team leader of experts helping the building up and running and reviewing of a quarterly macro model for Kenya, 2011

e) As macroeconomic expert for the AU panel on the economic negotiation between the North and South Sudan (led by former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki), 2011.

f) At Economic Commission for Africa: where I was the expert on Regional Economic Integrations Studies, Financing development as well as Private Sector Development and macroeconomic policy Studies in Africa, 2009-12.

g) At the Economic Commission for African: Where I was the chief expert in the construction of a global and regional macro econometric model, 2008.

h) At the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia where I was the coordinator and lead expert of the Macro Model built for Ethiopian Treasury, training of policy experts as well as Long-terms Strategy Studies on Source of Growth, Poverty, Financing Development and Agricultural-led Industrialization strategy of the Ethiopian government, 2006 as background to its 5 year plan PASDEP.

i) At Economic Commission for Africa: preparation of a forecasting manual; j) At the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research And Analysis, where I was the

coordinator and lead expert of the Macro Model built for KIPPRA and Kenyan Treasury, Training of policy experts, as well as Social Sector Studies on issue of Poverty, Education and Health in Kenya, 2002.

. Research Interest: International Trade; Development Finance, Macroeconomics Policy and

Poverty Analysis and Macro Econometric Modeling- all in African context.

Academic History

Ph.D. in Development Economics at Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University), The Hague/Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Dissertation title `Finance and Trade in Africa: Modeling Macroeconomic Response in a World Economy Context (degree awarded 1998).

M.A. degree in Economic Policy and Planning, (Specializing on Structural Adjustment and Finance & Macroeconomic Modeling) in 1991 with Class A Distinction, from Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague-Roterdam, The Netherlands).

B.A degree in Economics with Distinction from the Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University in 1987, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Senior High school (4 years in Business and Commerce) completed with a cumulative average of 3.8 (out of 4.0), Great Distinction, on four scale grading system. Primary and Junior High school completed with cumulative average of 99% & 100% in national exams, respectively.

Work Experience (Teaching, Research and related activities)

University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)

As Lectures and Research Fellow as well as in a collaborative assignment working

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on macroeconomic management of African economies, 1999; as Research fellow and lecturer 2001-2003.

Courses that I was offering at the Department of Economics at Addis Ababa University and University of London, University of Nairobi, Alemaya University and Research Centers in Nairobi and Kampala (both at Graduate (MSc and PhD) and Undergraduate level

Macroeconomic Analysis (Theory and Policy) Advanced Macroeconomic Modelling Applied African Economics International Economics (International Trade and International Finance) Project Analysis and Planning Applied Econometrics

As well as advising both graduate and undergraduate research students

AT AERC, Nairobi, and Alemaya University Course that I offered atPhD Program

Advanced International Economics (AERC, Nairobi) Advanced Macroeconomics (Alemaya University)

At University of Oxford, International Development Center, Queen Elizabeth House, Finance and Trade Policy Research Center

As a research fellow working on external finance and trade Patterns of African countries (1995).

At World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA,1993/94

International Economic Prospects and Analysis Department as a special appointment to work on `Global Model Building and the Place of Developing Countries in the World Economy'.

Research and Teaching at Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague/Roterdam, The Netherlands (1991/92-1997).

Teaching on Methodology of Macroeconomic Database building using PCs for postgraduate students.

Teaching Quantitative Methods in economics for post graduate studies under a project to build capacity of economists from the Republic of Oman.

Research assistance on research on 'behavior of private investment in developing countries and public private sector interaction.

In the money and finance project of the Institute of Social studies engaged in a research on building consistent macro database (capital account) for 23 developing countries.

Teaching Microeconomics for post-graduate students in Local and Regional Development Department (program) of ISS.

Teaching of quantitative methods (econometrics and statistics) using PCs for post-graduate students in the department (program) of Development Economics

Administrative responsibility Member of the Library committee of the Institute of Social Studies.

Lecturer at Alemaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: (1987-1990): Course I thought for Undergraduate students (1987-1990): Macroeconomics,

Econometrics, Microeconomics, Agricultural Credit and Finance, Political Economy of Socialism; Political Economy of Capitalism, Introductory Economics and Introductory Accounting. Research engagement at the University: Founder and Secretary of the University

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'chat' (a cash crop) research team; engaged in research teams of : Grain market pricing policy; Prospects for exportable products. Administrative responsibility: Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Economics; participated in evaluation of research contribution of staffs; Organizing seminars..

Engagement on Major Projects and Consultancy work

2003 - 2008

For African Development Bank as a macroeconomic expert for North and South Sudan negotiation as well as for building a global forecasting and Policy Simulation model.

As team leader of peer-reviewers and capacity builders for the Kenyan Central Bank quarterly model.

Long term strategy including building models for the Republic of Zambia, with MMC and UNDP, University of London, 2008

Efficiency of Public Spending on Agriculture: The Macro Dimension (with IFPRI, 2008/09) Coordinator of the African Analytical Trust Fund of African Economic Research Consortium

(Nairobi) which advised Executive Directors of Africa at the World Bank and IMF in Washington DC. Construction of A Global Macro econometric Model for ECA, 2006-2008; in addition, Preparation of African Economic Outlook, Studies on ODA and Financing Development in Africa, Studies on Regional integration in Africa, studies on private sector development in Africa, inter alia The Significance of the Urban Economy in Ethiopian for World Bank. `Who owns Swedish Aid in East Africa' With Sida, Sweden, 2003 UNDP's Role in the PRSP process, with UNDP, New Your, 2003 (Case of Ethiopian & Tanzania) `Post-conflict Economies' with AERC/World Bank/International Economic Association, 2003 `African Imperative: Africa Within International Trading System' With AERC, 2003 Explaining Growth in Africa with AERC Growth, Poverty and Distribution of Income in Ethiopian: Which way with a pro-poor Growth' With Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, 2003 Macro Model Building and Long-term Strategy Study for the Government of Ethiopia, 20 Macro Modeling and Social Sector Studies for the Government of Kenya Forecasting Millennium Development Goals for UNDP and Ethiopian Government, 2003. African Economic Report 2003 (UN Economic Commission for Africa) and African Regional Integration Report of ECA (2004) Tax Reform and its Distributional Implication in Ethiopia (for UN WIDER). Finance and Poverty Issues in Ethiopia/Africa with UN-WIDER. Global Interdependence and Social development Equity,& Poverty, with UN, New York. The Challenge of Exporting in Africa: A Strategic Study, 2005 (for African Export Import Bank, Cairo)

Before 2003 Cross-border illicit trade in Eastern Africa (With the Economic Commission for Africa, ECA) Socio-economic Survey of Urban Ethiopia (With the dept. Of Economics of Gothenburg University of Sweden) Trade Liberalization and African Economic Integration (with Organization of African Unity, OAU). The case of Southern African Economic Community (SADC) . The case of Common Market for Easter and Southern Africa (COMESA) Country Participation in Regional Economic Groupings: the case of Tanzanian in SADC and the case of Zambia in COMESA) The New Private Financial Sector and Its Regulation: The Ethiopian Experience, with UN University World Institute of Development Research (WIDER). Managing Transition form Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Ethiopia, with African Economic Research Consortium The State of the Ethiopian Economy (with Ethiopian Economic Association)

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Evaluation of the Implementation of the Copenhagen Social Summit Program in Africa (With UN Economic Commission for Africa)

Financing Development in Africa (With UN Economic Commission for Africa) Regional Integration in African and the role of Macro Economic Coordination/ Fiscal Policy

Harmonization , with the Economic Commission for Africa The state of the Ethiopian Economy, Economic Commission for Africa

Consultancy/Research Work done for:

Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union, AU UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA) University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, CSIE (Distance Learning) Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, The African Development Bank Swedish International Development Assistance, Sida, Stockholm United Nation Development Program (UNDP), New York, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia UN, Social Sector Analysis Division, New York World Institute of Development Economics, WIDER, Finland Micro Macro Consultant, The Hague, The Netherlands Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia) Various NGOs (such as Action Aid) on Macroeconomic and trade policy issues in Ethiopia African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi The World Bank, Ethiopian Country Office African Export and Import Bank, Cairo International Food Policy Research The Ethiopian and African Chambers of Commerce The Government of: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan and Zambia

Engagement in Professional Association

Editor-in-Chief, and: responsible for editing (1997-2000) Ethiopian Journal of Economics (technical bi-annual Journal) Economic Focus (Non-technical bi-monthly) Other Publications of the Association

Editorial Board, Ethiopian Journal of Development Studies, Western Michigan University, USA Advisory Board (Research), Central/National Bank of Kenya, Nairobi. Editorial Board member, African Journal of Trade, Afrexim Bank, Cairo Executive committee member of Ethiopian Economic Association Member and Treasurer of `Form for Social Studies', an independent research institutions in

Ethiopia Research member and Instructor, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi Research member Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa (OSSREA) Technical Expert Committee Member of African Development Forum (ADF)

Also Serve as referee to Scientific Journals, Publisher and Researches of AERC

Journal of African Economies, University of Oxford South African Journal of Economic, South Africa World Development (Journal of), USA Oxford University Press Addis Ababa University Press African Journal of Trade, Cairo, Egypt/London, UK African Development Review, AfDB/ and UK Eastern and Southern African Social Science Review, OSSRA, Addis Ababa Ethiopian Journal of Economics, EEA Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, IDR/AAU African Journal of Political Science and International Relation, AERC Research Work and PhD Research Proposals School of Economics, University of Nairobi African Development Bank, Tunis

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Central Bank of Kenya Research, Nairobi Economic Policy Research Center, University of Makarare, Kampala Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute (Mefemi) for Eastern and Souther Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Public (Social) Services

-Offer public lecture: For experts of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Ethiopian economy -For senior manager of MIDROC Ethiopia on Ethiopian Economy -For member of the Ethiopian and Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce on regional integration in Africa For Trade experts of Ministry of Trade, Kenya. For experts at Economic Commission for Africa on Applied Econometrics For Ethiopian Defense Force on Ethiopian Economy

Expert service: For Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia) in the preparation of the government's Poverty Reductions Paper For Ministry of Finance and Economic Development on Critical Review of the governments long-terms strategy as well as in developing a macro model for preparation of short term plans & budgets. For Government of Kenya, Uganda (Macro Model Building and Social Sector Analysis) For members of Ethiopian Economic Association on techniques of econometric forecasting For economic commission for Africa as expert group on Poverty & policy as well as on financing African development, Financing Regional Integration, on forecasting, on the impact of China and India on Africa. For African Economic Research Consortium (on evaluation of MSc courses, PhD funding Proposals, PhD course development etc, trainer of researchers) For local business Magazins and News Papers

Publications

Published and forthcoming:

Books Authored Book

2015 Fundamental of International Economics for Developing Countries: A Focus on Africa: Volume I, Trade Theory, Policy and Practice (AERC-n 2013/14; & also Under Reviews ).

2012 Applied Time series Econometrics: A Focus on Africa (with Njuguna Nudungu and Daniel Zerfu, AERC and University of Nairobi Press, 2012).

2011 Readings on Ethiopian Economy ( Addis Ababa University Press, 2011)

2006 Export Strategy, Export Success Stories: East Asian Trade and Industrial Policy and the Lesson for Africa. Cairo: African Import Export /Afrexim Bank, 2006.

2006 Economic Policies for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction: the Case of Zambia. New

York: UNDP (with John. Weeks, Victoria Chisala, Hulya Dagdeviren, Terry McKinley, Alfredo Saad-Filho, Carlos Oya), 2006

2002 Finance and Trade in Africa: Macroeconomic Response in The World Economy context (London: Palgrave-Macmillan/New York, September 2002 ? best selling category.

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Edited Book `The Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects', Co-editor (with BerhanuNega) and Principal Contributor, 1999 (Addis Ababa University and Ethiopian Economic Association and Dept of Economics, AAU)

Journal Articles (Published and forthcoming)

1. An Applied Macroeconometric Model for Supply Constrained African Economies: The Case of Rwanda, Tanzanian Economic Review, forthcoming, 2016 (with Addis Yimer).

2. Capital Flight and its Determinants from Ethiopia (20165, with Addis Yimer, forthcoming, Journal of African Development Review)

3. The Potential for Internal Trade and Regional Integration in Africa, Journal of African Trade, 2015.

4. To be or not to be: The Dilemma of African Engagement with China and other Emerging Economies African Review, Vol 5, No 2, 118-138, 2013/14. (with Matias Assefa and Solomon Mosisa)

5. Sudan and South Sudan: Ensuring Mutual Viability through Macroeconomic Cooperation (with Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa) Zambian Social Science Journal, Vol 3(1):45-73 2012/published 2014:

6. The Macroeconomic of Commodity Boom in Africa, 2016 (forthcoming, African Capacity Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe)

7. Modeling Inflation in Ethiopian (with Kibrom Tafere), forthcoming, Journal of African Development (Under Review).

8. Capacity Building in Post-Conflict and Fragile States (World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 7, Nos. 2/3/4, 2011)

9. Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia (with Abebe Shimeless and John Weeks, Journal of International Development, 2009)

10. Regional Integration in Africa: With a Case Study of COMESA (with Haile Kibrit, Journal of African Economies, 2008 - Top read article 2008-2013 March)

11. Trade Theories and their Relevance in African Context: A Survey of the Literature (Under review African Development Review)

12. Ethiopian Macro Modelling in Historical Perspective: Bringing Geber-Hiwot and his Contemporaries to Ethiopian Macroeconomic Realm (Journal of North East African Studies, 2008).

13. Growth Instability and Development Assistance among African Countries (with John Weeks, under review of, Journal of International Development, University of Reading)

14. China and India: A curse or blessing for Africa? The Case of Manufactured Exports (with Atenafu G. Meskel, (Journal of African Development, African Development Bank, 2008)

15. A Review of Macro Modelling in Ethiopia: With Lessons from Published African Macro Models (with Daniel Zerfu, Under review, Ethiopian Journal of Economics and also published in Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Working Paper Series).

16. A Macroeconomic Model for Ethiopia (with Daniel Zerfut, forthcoming, Journal of Policy Modelling , 2010).

17. Macro Policy, Labour Market, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia (Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2006; with Alem Abreha).

18. Estimating Aggregate Production Production with I(2)Capital Stock (with Daniel Zerfu, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Vol XII, No 1, 2006).

19. Saving in Sub-Saharn Africa (Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2006, with Haile Kibret) 20. The Macroeconomic Performance of the Ethiopian Economy in the Post-Reform Period: An

Evaluation (Journal of North-East African Studies, 2005, Western Michigan University). 21. Financial Reconstruction In Conflict and 'Post-Conflict' Economies (With Tony Addison,

Philippe Le Billon and S. MansoobMurshed (Journal of Development Studies, 2005). 22. Trade Liberalization and the Coffee Sub-Sector in Ethiopia ( Ethiopian Journal of Economics,

2003) 23. The Historical Origin of African Debt Crisis ( Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review,

2003 ) 24. The Gebre-Hiwot Model: A Pioneer African (Ethiopian) Development Macroeconomics (

Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 2002) 25. Macro Data and Macroeconomic Analysis: The Relevance of A Consistent Macroeconomic

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Database in Ethiopia (1996, Ethiopian Journal of Economics) 26. Determinants of Aggregate Primary Commodity Export Supply: Econometric Results from

African Countries in Three Regions: East & Southern, West & Central and North Africa ( in Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 1999). 27. Quantitative measurement of Poverty: An Application to Rural Ethiopia (1993, Ethiopian Journal of Development Research)

Chapters in a Book (Published and forthcoming)

1. Determinants and Effects of Capital Flight on Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia (2015, with Addis Yimer, forthcoming, AERC, Nairobi, Kenya)

2. Political and Development Imperative of Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia in the last Decade (2000-2013). Ed. Desalegne Rahameto, Rethinking Development Strategy in Ethiopia, 2014 Publisher: FSS and GTZ:

3. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Political Economy Challenges / Alemayehu Geda and Addis Yimer, Ch 6, In . A. S. Yaruingam and Rashmi Kapoor (eds) Inside Africa : Contemporary Perspectives. New Delhi, Shipra Publications, 2013.

4. Remittance and Remittance Service Providers in Ethiopia, 2011 (the World Bank, Leveraging Remittance for African Development)

5. The Basic Development Ideas of Gebrehiwot Baykedagne (in Amharic, forthcoming, AAU, AAU Press, 2013)

6. Finance and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Household Level Analysis (2008, WIDER and Pallgrave Macmillan, Helsinki)

7. Tax and Tax Reform in Ethiopia in the Post-Reform Period (2008 WIDER, Helsinki) 8. The Structure and Performance of Ethiopia's Financial Sector In The Pre And Post Reform

Period: With Special Focus On Banking (in G. Mavratos (ed.) Financing Development, UNand Pallgrave Macmillan, Helsinki, 2008). 9. The Political Economy of Growth in Ethiopia ( 2008) in BennoNdulu, Stephen A.O'connell, Jean_PaulAzam, RoberH.Bates, Augustin K. Fosu, Jan Willem Gunning and Dominique Njinkeu (eds). The Political Economy of Growth in Africa: 1960-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 10. African Trade Imperative: WTO and the Ethiopian Service Sector (with Daniel Zerfu, 2008, in AdemolaOyejide and William M. Lakurwa (eds).African Trade Imperative in the New World Trade Order, Vol II, Case Studies of Manufacturing and Services, AERC Publishing). 11. Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa ( 2006, UN Development and Economic Social Division and Red Sea Press. Flat World and Big Gaps, Ed. Jomo. S) 12. Conflict and Economic Performance in Ethiopia (With BefekaduDegefe, in IEA and AERC,Pallgrave-Macmillan, edited by A.Fosu and P. Collier, 2005). 13. The Impact of China and India on Africa: Trade, FDI and the African Manufacturing Sector: Issues and Challenges (A Framework Paper for AERC Project :The Impact of China and India on Africa.; and also AERC Working Paper,Revised, 2008)r, 14. The New Financial Sector and Its Regulation: The Case of Ethiopia (with Tony Addison, A chapter in a book, in Tony Addison (ed.) (2003) Underdevelopment, Transition and Reconstruction in Sub-Saharan Africa, United Nations University, WIDER, Helsinki & University of Oxford Press; also appeared WIDER Discussion Paper No 2001/55) 15. Profile of Ethiopian External Debt ( in `Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects' in Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999) 16. Profile of Ethiopian External Trade ( in `Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects' in Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999) 17. The Impact of External Shocks and Northern Policy on Africa: Simulation Results Based on Global Economic Model of Africa ( in `Ethiopian Economy: Problem and Prospects' in Alemayehu Geda and BerhanuNega (eds), 1999) 18. Economic Integration in African: A critical Review of Relevant Theories (a Chapter in a book published by OAU: Economic Integration in Africa, 2000). 19. Managing Transition from Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Ethiopia,( a Chapter in a book, forthcoming , in C. Lancaster and S. Wangwe (eds), with African Economic Research Consortium) 20. The Macroeconomic Environment and Ethiopian Agricultural ( in SisayAssefa and Tesfaye Teklu, eds., The Challenge of Developing Agriculture in Ethiopia, Western Michigan State

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