| THE KAIZEN IMPLEMENTATION IN ETHIOPIAINTRODUCTIONAs the World Bank currently stated‚ Ethiopia has enjoyed a high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of more than 10 percent on average in recent years. Although‚ Ethiopia is this economic growth‚ its industrial development is still at a nascent stage and has a very narrow base. If we look at each sector growth‚ there has only been around a 10 percent share of GDP in the secondary industry; particularly the ratio of manufacturing to over all
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for a large share of agricultural export. The sesame sub sector employs a large number of Ethiopians‚ generates over 90% of the values of oil seeds exports and contributes a lot to the government revenue (Indiog‚ 2007)) Sesame production trend in Ethiopia indicates that almost the production is increasing‚ especially in southwest and northwestern parts of the country which is driven by high market value and suitability of environmental conditions (Wijnands et al.‚ 2007)‚ on yearly basis almost linearly
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Contact Us Mr Abdissa Adugna - Secretary General Tel: +251-11-5156144‚ 5506043 - Fax +251-11-5508935 P.O. Box: 12898 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia E-mail: elia@elia.org.et aalf@elia.org.et aalf-elia@elia.org.et aalf-elia2@elia.org.et The Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA) is organizing the All-African Leather Fair (AALF) 2008 which will take place in Addis Ababa from February 20-22‚ 2013. It will bring together tanners‚ footwear and other leather goods manufacturers‚ equipment
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The Role of Informal Sector Employment in Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Hawassa City‚ Ethiopia Abstract: <p>Informal sector plays an important role in urban poverty alleviation through creating jobs and reducing unemployment. It serves as a breeding ground for new entrepreneurs‚ and contributes for the reduction of urban crime and violence. This study is aimed at assessing the role of informal sector in solving unemployment and alleviating poverty. Primary data are gathered from a sample
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The United Kingdom (UK) consists of England‚ Wales‚ Scotland (who together make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. The UK’s geography is varied‚ and includes cliffs along some coastlines‚ highlands and lowlands and many islands off the coast of Scotland. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland which reaches a height of 1 344m. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The main chamber of parliament is the lower house‚ the House of Commons‚ which has
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Ethiopia is located on the eastern horn of Africa bordering Sudan‚ and Kenya. According to their Gross National Income (GNI)‚ Ethiopia is ranked the tenth poorest third world country. Ethiopia’s major cities are comprised of Addis Ababa the capital‚ Dire Dawa‚ Harar‚ and Dessie. Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. Unlike most countries in African’s history‚ Ethiopia has never been colonized‚ except for during the Italian occupation in 1936-1941
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Introduction Two Environmental Problems in Ethiopia would be soil degradation and overpopulation. This presentation will cover the main questions of why this is happening and answers that could help and control Ethiopia ’s land and overpopulation problems. Strategies will be assessed as to the help Ethiopia needs from inside and outside sources. Other regions in the world will be identified that have progressed from these same problems‚ and what impacts these implementations have had on their success
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Ethiopia has one of the strongest histories of any country in Africa. With the exception of a brief Italian occupation that only lasted five years Ethiopia has remained independent for the rest of their history. However that does not mean that the country has not had its fair share of political and military battles. The most recent change of power was in 1991 when the former military junta or coup groups that had gained power collapsed. The military group was known as the Derg and was plagued by
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’A prophet of change who could not achieve his vision’ to what extent do you agree with this statement of Tewodras II of Ethiopia Theodore II (Tewodros) had great visions and aims for Ethiopia but the ways in which he tried to achieve these aims and restore unification within Ethiopia was somewhat a failure and caused him to be unsuccessful in the eyes of some historians‚ hence the statement ‘A prophet of change who could not achieve his vision’. Theodore was born in 1818 by the name of ‘Kasa’
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Introduction The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is located on a massive rough mountainous highland in Eastern Africa which covers 1‚127‚127 square miles in area (Milkias‚ 2011). Ethiopia is home to about 82 million people. Ethiopia is one of the poorest of the least developed countries which 39% of the population live below the poverty line (Woldemicael & Tenkorang‚ 2010; Bedford‚ Gandhi‚ Admassu‚ & Girma‚ 2013). United Nations [UN] (2012) state that Ethiopia is one of the 189 countries that involved
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