Browsing by Author "Omer Mohammed"

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    Comparative Performance of Students from Addis Ababa and Oute Parts of the Country
    (Addis Abeba university, 1998-06) Omer Mohammed; Fereja Ayenew (Professer)
    Some mul tivadate statistical PJctho'!3 lp,'Ie boon employed in this study. In particul(;l:, the method of pr:Jfite analysis have been used to /' compare tho performance of studonts \jllo originated from Addis Ababa with that of the remaining students who originated from other parts of Ethiopia. The data, four semester grade point aV6rages (GPA's), collected from the record office of the Faculty of Science of Addis Ababa University have been used to test lihether difference in origin resulted in any real difference in performance between the two groups of students after the The stl',dy is primaril)" based 0'1 ',he s'~udGn'\:s from the Department of Statistics who were e;,rolled ,',t the begining of the 1911.'82 academic year and graduated by the end of the 1084/85 acadntic year for various reasons. Based on tile cliipedcal findin, .. , s:)mG ~:::;,tdUH" conclusions have been made
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    Nexus between Innovation and Economic Growth in Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Omer Mohammed; Yohannes Workaferaw
    The relationship between innovation and economic growth has been one of the contended subjects by scholars in the field. Conventional economic growth theory among many of it is draw backs assumes innovation as exogenous. Hence, following the emergence of new growth theory in the 80th and the era of information technology has put the validity of conventional model into question. The increased globalization has forced developing countries to make an emphasis to alleviate part of the ill of the economy to innovation. The Ethiopian economy has registered an impressive economic growth in the last few years. The Growth and Transformation plan progress report indicate the GDP rate is rapid, in broad-based and well above the average growth rate of other Sub-Saharan African countries. Thus, the study puts innovation into the perspective aims to empirically examine the relationship to economic growth using Patent, R&D and imported capital goods during the period of 1996 to 2017. The study employed ARDL multiple regression model and pairwise Granger casuality test technique for estimation. The estimated result show patent has a negative significant impact on both short and long term indicating rampant imitation in the economy. Furthermore, the unidirectional casuality that goes form growth to patent confirms the level of economic development is essential for strong IPR regime. R&D on the other hand has a positive significant impact on economic growth both in short and long term the unidirectional casuality that goes form growth to R&D indicate economic growth is causing the R&D investment. Lastly, imported capital goods have positive insignificant association on economic growth and the pairwise casuality unlike the previous variables has a unidirectional relationship that emerges from imported capital goods to growth. The study implies a major policy implication arising from the results is that innovation has a significant impact on the economic growth of the country during the study period and fundamental to the realization of sustained economic growth in Ethiopia.