Browsing by Author "Anwar Mohammed"

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    An Assessment on The Level of Implementation of Sustainable Project Management in The Case of FH Ethiopia Projects
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-10) Anwar Mohammed; Adane Atara (PhD)
    The concept of incorporating sustainability principles into project management is recently becoming more important and a concern of interest due to diminishing resources and rising demand. This situation is becoming more critical in countries like Ethiopia, where resources are scarce, and the population growth is high. However, there are limited studies on the extent of Sustainable Project Management (SPM) implementation in the context of non-governmental organizations like FH Ethiopia, which addresses underserved rural communities in Ethiopia. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the overall level of implementation of SPM within FH Ethiopia projects, focusing on environmental, economic, and social dimensions. Additionally, it aims to assess how project staff prioritize these dimensions in terms of their contribution to project success. To conduct the study, a quantitative research method was employed using a structured survey questionnaire administered to 84 project staff members. The sample was drawn from two projects, PReSERVE and JEOP, and a stratified sampling method was used to address diverse job titles. The survey questions were designed based on the Sustainable Project Management Maturity Model (SPM3) and key sustainability parameters outlined in the Brundtland report. A descriptive method of analysis was used to analyze the data. The study findings revealed that project teams prioritize aspects of sustainability for their project success in the following order: meeting current societal needs, economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, and ensuring future generations can meet their needs, regarding the level of implementation of SPM, the social and economic dimensions of SPM rank first and second, both at the 'Proactive' level of implementation followed by the environmental dimension with a 'Reactive' level of implementation in both projects. Overall, the aggregated score of dimensions is situated at the 'Proactive' level of implementation. Despite efforts, FH Ethiopia projects have gaps in balancing SPM dimensions and achieving the highest 'Purpose' level. To enhance SPM, projects should incorporate all twenty-two SPM aspects throughout the project lifecycle, foster an SPM-focused culture, provide extensive staff training, involve stakeholders, and use regular monitoring with the SPM3 model. Keywords: sustainability, sustainable project management, NGO, FH Ethiopia
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    Determinants of Ethiopia’s Export Performance With African and Asian Trading Partners: A Gravity Model Approach
    (A.A.U, 2022-08-22) Anwar Mohammed; Gebeyehu Manie (PhD)
    Ethiopia trade performance varies across regions substantially. The main objective of the study is to investigate the determinants of Ethiopia’s bilateral trade with selected African and Asian countries. Based on a gravity model, we used a Generalized Least Square (GLS) estimation technique over 10 years panel data (2011–2020) obtained from Ethiopia’s trade performance with twenty bilateral trade partners. The findings suggest that supply side condition such as domestic national income growth appear to be key determinants, while the institutional quality, internal infrastructure, real exchange rate and foreign direct investment have no statistically significant impact on Ethiopia's export performance with the countries of interest. Furthermore, rising domestic national wealth has a positive and significant impact on Ethiopian exports. The findings also suggest that foreign market access conditions such as the trade policy of a trading partner and Ethiopia's trading partners' national income play a key role in determining the volume of Ethiopian exports. And that distance, which is a proxy for transportation costs, has a negative impact on Ethiopian exports. In addition, the findings of this paper show that export to emerging economy has a positive and significant on Ethiopia export performance.