Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Railway Service in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethio-Djibouti Rail Way Sh. Co
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this research was to assess factors that affect the sustainability of railway service in
Ethiopia in case of Ethio-Djibouti Railway Sh. Co. The specific objectives of the study were to
identify the successful indicators of sustainability benefit of Ethio-Djibouti rail way service,
assess the major challenges for the sustainability of the railway service in Ethiopia and explore
the methods of the corporation to ensure the sustainability of railway service in Ethiopia. To
achieve the objectives of this research, descriptive research design and random sampling
techniques were applied. When collecting the necessary data, structured questionnaire and
interview were used in the study. The study found that economic, social, environmental, and
technical, coordination and communication indicators of sustainability were not successfully
analyzed in different stages of Ethio-Djibouti railway project. The finding also shown that lack
of skilled man power, technology, low-quality of construction and shortage of power were the
major challenges for the sustainability of railway service in Ethiopia. Moreover, to minimize the
challenges and to insure the sustainability of railway service in Ethiopia the applicable
approaches of ERC were enhancing the skills of man powers, enhancing the skills of
managements and adopting public-privet ownership. Finally the study recommended that, better
decision makers to be consider for development of training package in order to improve the
quality of human resources and ERC should follow each and every asset to monitor and take
relevant action for what is unfair of the project.
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sustainability project, indicators of sustainability, Ethio-Djibouti, rail way project