Browsing by Author "Solomon, Menelik"

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    Macro Economic Implications of Financial Market Liberalization in Ethiopia
    (A.A.U, 2005-06) Solomon, Menelik; Panda, C.(Dr)
    This study has tried to assess the practical implications of financial market development and liberalization on macroeconomic variables like saving, investment, inflation and Economic growth in Ethiopia, using a time series data covering the period 1974/75 -2003/04. The Johansen Maximum likelihood estimation procedure has been employed to see the short and long-run dynamics of selected financial variables and major macroeconomic variables. To test the Mckinnon-Shaw hypothesis that removal of repressive policies and development of financial markets can enhance saving, investment and ultimately growth; the life-cycle saving model, the flexible accelerator model, Fry's inflation and Growth model were used as theoretical foundations. The result indicated that saving is positively and significantly affected by the real deposit rate of interest and income growth. Domestic investment has a positive long-run equilibrium. relationship with output growth whereas the real depreciation of the exchange rate and an increasing level of government debt on domestic financial system were found to affect investment negatively. Inflation was found to be non-responsive to the growth in per capita stock of money supply and income, reflecting the structural rigidity of the economy. Finally, liquid liabilities of the financial system showed a significant and positive relationship with growth in per capita income whereas variables which proxy private sector credit growth were found to be insignificant in both the saving and growth junctions. Nevertheless, this study has certain limitations, i.e. it doesn't consider the informal and semi-formal financial markets in the analysis due to in availability of organized data.
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    The State of Child Rights in Ethhiopia: Assessment of the Legal Frameworks and its Social Work Implication
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-05) Solomon, Menelik; Assefa, Abebe (PhD)
    The study of child rights legal frameworks and its implication for Social work implication is of a paramount importance specifically for professionals, students and researchers, and generally for organizations that work for children. The importance of such study is even greater when it is conducted from an interdisciplinary perspective. This is study is undertaken for the same aim in order to assess the state of child rights in Ethiopia by emphasizing on the comparative analysis of the major child rights legal frameworks with the United Nations Child Rights Convention and the African Charter for the Rights and Welfare of Children. In addition, the study has also incorporated the perception of major foreign and domestic child based organizations. The paper is organized in such manner that a detailed introduction about the study is given under chapter one followed by the research methods in chapter two. Chapter three of the study is devoted to a review of related literatures and the theoretical frameworks. Chapter four is divided into two main parts. Under part one, a detailed analysis of the major child rights legal and institutional frameworks of the country is provided Vis a Vis the UNCRC and the ACRWC. Part two of the same chapter is devoted to the analysis of the findings about the perception of major child based organizations. The social work implication of the subject matter is provided under chapter five of the study. The final chapter of the study is dedicated to conclusion and recommendations