Filmon, Hadaro (PhD)Metassebia, Hailu2020-02-272023-11-042020-02-272023-11-042019-10http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/20767A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Arts (MA) Degree in Public Administration and Development Management, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa UniversityIn spite of long history in the mining operations, Ethiopia‟s economy has never enjoyed from the sector in a satisfactory way. Till now, the economy is highly dependable on agriculture even though the mining sector has got policy attention. Although the government‟s vision concerning its contribution is to escalate up to one-tenth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the industry‟s position in the economy is still low and remains close to 1% of the GDP. Generally speaking, only three companies witnessed in large scale gold mining production investment for the last two and half decades under the free market economic policy. It is with these backgrounds, that the mining policy framework of the country must be examined and the challenges and opportunities of large scale private gold mine investments must be identified. The research mainly deals with challenges and prospects of large-scale private gold mine investments in Ethiopia. The study focuses mainly on large scale mining investment engagements and their challenges as well as opportunities. It does not include artisanal mining and state-owned operations since the focus of the research is large-scale gold mining investments. It is private investment that is the center of the discussion in the thesis. Accordingly, the paper attempts to identify the opportunities and challenges of large-scale private gold mine investments in Ethiopia by discovering the existence of the tripartite arrangement between the private sector, the government and the community. Finally, it identifies potential policy implementation gaps and possible remedy options in relation with large-scale private gold mine investments in Ethiopia. Research interview, focus group discussion (FGD) and observation were applied as primary data collection techniques. Document review was also used as a secondary data collection mechanism. Finally, the paper comes to conclusion that there is no institutional tripartite policy framework of stakeholders that addresses the problem of the large scale gold mining. All stakeholders need permanent forum of the tripartite relation that has to be mandated with addressing the challenges and expanding the opportunities obtained so far. A need for permanent forum (institution based) which can bring concerns of stakeholders on a discussion table is important in an effort to address comprehensive interests of all stakeholders.enCommunityGovernmentLarge scale gold miningPrivate sectorThesis