The government of Ethiopia is aiming to boost sugarcane and ethanol production, together with cogeneration. To achieve this goal, enormous sugarcane production strategies have been undertaken without there being concrete evidence as to theirs benefits or detriments to the welfare of households. Here, we used a computable general equilibrium model and SAM dataset to provide useful insights into this story. The results of the study indicate that the average aggregate income and consumption expenditure of households compared to the baseline scenario are negative, although the magnitude of the loss is small. We further find strong evidence that the average aggregate economic welfare of households has deteriorated by 3.43 percent and we conclude that the strategies that the government has been implementing are detrimental to welfare and devastating. Thus, we suggest that the government should cease sugarcane expansion that succeeds at the expense of food crops and policies that favour the use of marginal and barren lands for upcoming sugarcane projects should instead be implemented.

In south west Ethiopia, the numbers of immigrants from other parts of the country have been large over the last few years. This huge migration is considered to be a fundamental factor in the degradation of the natural forest because of the livelihood strategy difference of non-migrants and migrants. Thus, we investigated the link between internal migration, rural livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management in the study area. The study investigated the effect of internal migration and peoples’ livelihood strategy choice on sustainable forest management systems. The research was based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected from 392 household questionnaires. The descriptive analysis was supported with an empirical analysis using a multinomial logistic regression model. Internal migration is high because of push and pulls factors related to the migrant people. In addition, there is a livelihood choice difference between migrants and non-migrants. Migrants choose farm activities rather than a forest based livelihood means relative to non-migrants. These high population pressure and livelihood choice differences coupled with weak institutional frameworks have created a burden on the natural forest. Thus, informed policy options regarding internal migration, livelihood strategies and sustainable forest management would be a useful approach to reducing the burden on the natural forest.

In recent years, job satisfaction has been seriously taken as one of the top priority concerns in developing countries, since the living standards of the people have been improving. The overarching aim of this study is to identify the top most determinants of job satisfaction among employees of Abay bank using a sample of 150 employees working in Addis Ababa. A combination of principal component analysis (PCA) and OLR models were used. Out of the 13 variables initially identified, 5 principal factors were drawn using PCA. Based on the earlier findings of PCA, OLR analysis was conducted on the five prime factors. The findings demonstrate that 4 factors are statistically significant with evidence that remuneration and fringe benefits and effective leadership are positively linked with job satisfaction wherein unmet job expectation and workload are negatively correlated with job satisfaction. However, evaluation and promotion appeared statistically insignificant. The findings highlight the need for establishing conducive working environment and recommend the bank to stay attuned in weighting workers economic status.

No abstract