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Dr. Sisay Asefa,
Professor and Director of the WMU Center for African Development Policy Research
Ph.D, Iowa State University, 1980
Professor
5455, Friedman Hall
Phone: 269-387-5556
Email: Sisay.asefa@wmich.edu
 
Areas of Interest:
Economic Development; Applied Microeconomics, Agricultural Economics
Current Research: Economic Development Policy Research focused on Africa; Agriculture, Environment, Poverty, and Food Security Linkages

Special Honors:Fulbright-Hays Senior Lecturer, University of Botswana, 1987-88
Honorary Member, Alpha Kappa Mu (AKM) Academic Honor Society (2001)
NAACP Public Sector Service Award (1988), Fullbright Faculty Research Fellow, US Department of Education (2001/2), Global Who’s Who of Economists (2000)
Visiting Scholar to Michigan State University, 1994-95; University of Wisconsin-Madison (May 1997); Oxford University (June 1995), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and University of Pretoria, South Africa ( 2002), Board Member, African Finance and Economic Development Association (AFEA),and Ethiopian American Foundation (EAF).

Selected Publications:

The Challenge of Building Institutions of Governance for Economic Development in Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies, Vole 10.1, Guest Editor, Michigan State University Press (forthcoming 2007/8).

“The Challenge of Building Democratic Institutions for Governance and Development in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, Northeast African Studies, Vol. 10.2, Issue editor (with P. Milkias), Michigan State University Press (forthcoming, 2007/8).

The Political Economy of Famine and Poverty in Ethiopia, The African Prospect, The Journal of Contemporary African Issue at the International Institute of Justice http://www.ap.iijed.org/ http://www.iijd.org/papersICSAAsefa.html.

“Differential Impacts of Economic Volatility and Governance on Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of US Multinationals in Africa” (with Adugna Lemi), Easterm Economic Journal, Wesleyan University, CT (forthcoming)

Economic Globalization and International Development:, Editor, W.E. Upjohn Institute, forthcoming 2009.

Combating Poverty and Famine in Ethiopia, editor (with W. Negatu &, T.Mogues), CADPR Manuscript/Monograph, expected to come out as a published book (forthcoming).

The Economics of Sustainable Development, editor, W.E. Upjohn for Employment Research, forthcoming.

Northeast African Studies, vol 8.2. Issue editor, Michigan State University, forthcoming, 2005.

Perspectives on Developing Democratic Institutions for Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies, Vol 9.1. Michigan State University Press, (forthcoming).

Challenges to African Integration and Development in the Global and Information Economy: Implications for Ethiopia, Proceedings of the Ethiopian Economic Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Forthcoming).

Foreign Direct Investment and Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence from Africa, (with A. Lemi) African Finance Journal ,Vol. 5, no.1, 2003.

Rural Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Environmental Degradation in Ethiopia International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Vol.1. No.1. 2003.

Challenges to African Regional Integration in the Global Economy: Implications fro Ethiopia ( with A. Lemi ), Journal of Global Awareness, vol 4, 2003.

Development Concepts ( with K.Reinert), Windows on the World Economy: An Introduction to International Economics, by K.Reinert, South-western Thompson, 2003.

Challenges and Prospects for Regional Integration in the Horn of Africa, Horn of Africa , Vol.21. 2003, Rutgers University.

Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Demand for Children in Jimma City, Ethiopia, (with B. Tadesse), Eastern Africa Social Science Review, vol 28, no.2.June 2002.

Foreign Direct Investment and Uncertainty: The Case of African Economies (with A. Lemi ), International Business and Economics Research Conference Proceedings, October 2001, Reno, Nevada.

Who Participates in Labor Intensive Public Works Schemes in Sub-saharan Africa: Evidence from Rural Botswana and Kenya, (with T.Teklu ), World Development, 27 (2), 1999.

Factors Affecting Employment Choice in a Labor-Intensive Public Works Scheme in Rural Botswana", (with T. Teklu), Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 46, No. 1, 1997.

Perspectives on Economic Development in Ethiopia (with A. Hussen), Ethiopia in Broader Perspective, Papers of the XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Vol.III, edited by K.Fukui, E. Kurimoto, M.Shigeta, Shokado Book Publishers, Kyoto, Japan , 1997.

African Rural and Urban Studies (Guest editor),Vol.1. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Mi. 1996.

The Political Economy of Poverty and Food Insecurity in Africa, Michigan Academician, 28 (1), 1996. The University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor.

Perspectives on Agricultural Policy, Rural Poverty, and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia, Proceedings of Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 1995.

Determinants of Participation in Rural Credit Markets in Africa, African Rural and Urban Studies, Vol 1. No.3, 1994, Michigan State University Press.

Human Capital and Economic Development (with W. Huang), ed. W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, (Fall 1994).

Enhancing Food Access in Africa: The Botswana Experience, Studies in Comparative International Development, Fall 1991.

The Role of the Government of Botswana in Increasing Rural and Urban Access to Food Southern Africa: Food Security Policy Options, edited by M. Rukuni and R. H. Bernesten, 1989.

World Food and Agriculture: Economic Issues and Problems (ed.) W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1988.

Food Crisis in Northeast Africa" Northeast African Studies, No. 2, 1988.

Production Decision Making in Traditional Agriculture, Proceedings of American Statistical Association ( Social Statistics Section), 1986.

Economic Decision Making: Public and Private Decisions, (ed.) Iowa State University Press, 1985.

"Economics of Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa", Peasant Studies, January 1985.

An Analysis of Resource Allocation in a Household Farm Economy, Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, No. 2, 1983.

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