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Item Analysis of International Procurement Practices and Challenges: The Case of Addis Ababa University(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05) Tsegaye, Asfaw; Bogale, Mengistu (PhD)In light of the principles of procurement, the objective of this research is to investigate the performance of international procurement practice in the case of Addis Ababa University. Procurement Directorate, its Users, suppliers and supporting stakeholders are evaluated based on their performance in accordance to related practices in international procurement. To gather information open and close ended questionnaires were prepared and distributed to purposefully selected respondents from procurement and related offices staff of the AAU including judgmentally selected requesting Unit managers. Further, semi- structured interview was conducted with each selected staff and top level and experienced Procurement managers. In addition secondary sources also have helped the data collection. Methodologically, this study was designed to be descriptive. The major findings of the study indicates that the international procurement practice is not well performed by End users, Procurement staffs, suppliers and stakeholders of AAU Procurement who are participating directly or indirectly in the international procurement of the University. The researcher recommended to the Management of AAU and specially the procurement directorate to create opportunities for appropriate training, establish organized marketing research department, introduce E-procurement and automated data base systems, to create long term strategic supplier relationship for strategic items through establishing a suppliers list registration system , create win-win and smooth relationship with suppliers, to create good relationship and awareness among AAU Procurement, End Users, suppliers and the stakeholders using awareness creation events, and to develop conducive organizational structure in the End Users departments Key Word; International ProcurementItem Assessment on the Determining Factors of Letters of Credit Effectiveness: Perception Survey on Trade Services and International Banking Staffs of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)(Addis Ababa University, 2017-05) Girma, Banchalem; Bogale, Mengistu (PhD)Letter of credit has become widely used in international trade as the payment instrument. Letter of credit is the life-blood of international commerce. This study aimed to assess the determining factors of letters of credit effectiveness in the process of import and export practices of CBE. Employing content analysis, this study found that 35% of trade documents contained discrepancies and did not comply with terms and conditions of letter of credit, 53% of documents contained discrepancies and did not comply with the ambiguity of context of the Uniform Customs and Practice 600 and only 12 % of discrepancy of trade finance documents originated from clerical errors. The correlation relation test showed that f ormation place r (90) =.680, p<.01, place of payment r (90) =.667, p<.01, language and currency r (90) =.728 p<.01and documentary condition r (90) =.684, p<.01 had statistically significant relationship with LC effectiveness. To this end, with the support of multivariate analysis, result showed that formation place (0.00010), place of payment (0.00005), language and currency (0.00002), and documentary condition (0.00003) statistically affects LC effectiveness. Banks that facilitate international trade as a major financial institution in goods and service including payment processing for merchandise shipped and services rendered, layouts funds for buyer and seller, and give professional advices to traders specially accurately rendering foreign banking services to facilitate the country's international trade Key Words: Commercial Bank, International Trade, Letter of Credit