Berhanu, Elias ( Dr)Abdulselam, Suad2022-07-132023-11-042022-07-132023-11-042021-01http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/32248Policy implementation is one of the decisive policy processes where bureaucratic actors, individuals and institutions transform government commitments into action. Policy implementation cannot achieve its intended goals with a single organization, agency or department; it has to bring all potential concerned bodies together with varied interests. This adds to the frequent complexity of implementation unless public managers have the necessary skills or the art of “getting things done”. Challenges in policy implementation have their own causes rooted in lack of knowledge and capacity by policymakers, implementing institutions, ambitious goals, human and material requisites, commitments and personal interests, and lack of policy continuity. The objective of this study was to assess challenges associated with the policy implementation in Federal Anti-Corruption Commission. The study utilized a descriptive – explanatory design in order that what is described may not remain mere factual exhibitions but to be sufficiently explained with their causal-effect relationships. The study participants (targets) included in the study by selected by probability sampling method while the study institution was selected purposively. A mixed research approach was also utilized to supplement each of the data obtained through both quantitative and qualitative instruments. The findings show that the policy implementation challenges were attributable unclear policy goals at its outset (71%) and unclear demarcation lines of responsibility among policy actors (19%) with due focus to implementation is deeply entrenched among higher government officials and middle level policy actors in a bid to escape accountability as well as maintain policy transcendence which is dictated by party loyalties. In response, it is recommended that the unclear policy goals at its outset and unclear demarcation lines of responsibility among policy actors need to be clear among the policy implementer prior to the implementation of the given policy before popular grievances pile up and result in irreversible consequences.enFactors affecting policyImplementation in federal Ethics and anti-corruptionThesis