(Deadline for Full Papers, May 15, 2007)

Abu Girma Moges, Ph.D.President & CFO, A&A Optimal Solutions, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan. The Political Economy of Poverty Reduction Policies in Ethiopia

Aden S.Asefa, MPH. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. The United Nations MDGs: Can They be Achieved in the Area of Public Health, HIV/AIDs & Human Nutrition by 2015?

Aduna Lemi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Boston. A Profile of Foreign Aid to Ethiopia: 1960-2003

Aduna Lemi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Blen Solomon, Ph.D. Candidate, and  Sisay Asefa, Professor, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University.
Do Foreign Direct Investment & Foreign Aid Promote Good Governance?

Ahmed moen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of International Health and Epidemiology, Howard University, Washington D.C. The Role of Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in Culturally and Religiously Diverse Horn of Africa: Causes and Effects of Violence on Socio-economic health and Development in the 21st Century

Alebel Bayrau and Genanew Bekele (2007a), Ph.D. Candidates, respectively in Department of Production Theory and Resource Economics, Hoheneim University, Germany, and Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Lintz, Austria. Households' Willingness to Resettle and Preferenc to Forms of Compensation for Improving Slum Areas in Addis Aba City.

Alebel Bayrau and Genanew Bekele (2007a), Ph.D. Candidates, respectively in Department of Production Theory and Resource Economics, Hoheneim University, Germany, and Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Lintz, Austria. Investor’s Willingness to pay for Urban Land: The Case of Addis Ababa City

Alemayehu Ambel, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University. Changes in Child Nutrition Statistics in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2000 and 2005 Demographic & Health Surveys

Alemayehu Geda Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Political Economy of Growth in Ethiopia

Alemayehu Geda Ph.D. and Daniel Zerfu, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University. The Impact of China and India on Africa: A Global Model Approach-Trade, FDI, and African Manufacturing Sector

Alvi, Eskander, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University, and Seife Dendir, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Radford University, VA. Private Transfers, Informal Loans and Risk Sharing among Poor Urban Households

Assefa Mehretu  Ph.D, Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Integrative Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. The Imbalance between Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Forces in the Horn of Africa: How the Politics of Difference has Submerged the Politics of Integration.

Ayalew Kanno, Ph.D. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. Oromo Legacies and Role in Ethiopia’s Past: Implications for the Present and Future

Badege Bishaw, Ph.D. Director of International Programs, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA. Integrating Agroforesty into Rural Development for Food Security and Environmental Protection in Ethiopia

Bathseba Belai, Association for Higher Education and Development (AHEAD).Montreal, Canada. The Ethiopian Diaspora: A Partner in Ethiopia’s Development Efforts?

Bedassa Tadesse, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Duluth. The African Growth and Opportunity Act: Has it done anything?

Bedri Jebril Mohammed, Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Management Development & Information Science, Nihon Fkushi University, Japan.  Government’s Response to the Challenge of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia

Belai Habtu-Jesus, Belai Habte-Jesus, MD, MPH, Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc. Washington DC. Institutional Challenges of Globalization and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on Africa

Berhanu Balcha, Ph.D. Lecturer, Aalborg University, Denmark. Restructuring State and Society: Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia

Berhanu Gebremedhin, Ph.D. Senior Agricultural Economist, and Dirk Hoekstra, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, General Marketing and Household Market Participation in Ethiopia: The Case of Teff, Wheat, and Rice in Debre Zeit, Alaba, and Fogera Districts

Berhanu Gebremedhin, Mohammed Jabbar, and Dirk Hoekstra, ILRI, Addis Ababa. Marketing and Market Participation of Household in Livestock and Livestock Products in Ethiopia

Berhanu G. Hailemariam, Ph.D. Communication and Technology College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Role Science and Technology Plays in Alleviating Poverty

Berhanu Mengistu, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Dept. of Public Administration, Old Dominion University and Paulos Chanie, Addis Ababa University. Disconnects Between Public Sector Management and Decentralization Reforms: An Empirical Analysis of Fiscal Federalism in Ethiopia

Blen Solomon, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. The Roles of Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Political Risk on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Into Africa

BT Constantinos, PhD, President, Center for Human Environment, Addis Ababa.
Priming a Strategy and Mechanism for Greater Horn of Africa Peace, Security and Development

Daniel Kendie, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, Prairie View A&M University, Texas. Toward Resolving the Ethiopia-Somalia Disputes

Daniel Zerfu, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Germany.
Property Rights Institutions and Investment in Ethiopia

Daniel Zerfu, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University.
Governance and Productivity: Microeconomic Evidence from Ethiopia

Dawit Senbet, PhD and Aberra Senbeta, PhD Student, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University. Fiscal Response to External Finance: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Dini, Shukria Ph.D. Candidate in Women Studies, York University, Canada. Creating Alternative Cooking Energy for Poor and Tsunami Families: The Case of Bander Beyla, Punt land, Somalia, Northeast Africa

Efrem Bechere, Ph.D. Plant and Soil Science Department, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas. Agricultural Research and Development in Ethiopia

Elias Kedir Shukralla, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics, Maremec College.
Aid, Policies, and Growth in Africa

Erku Yimer, Executive Director, Ethiopian Community of Chicago (Ethiopian National Congress, Washington DC). Building Democratic Institutions of Governance and Civil Society

Eyassu Habte-Gabr, MD, Director of Infectious Diseases & Professor of Medicine, Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan. Healthcare System in Eritrea: Progress and Impact

Eyerusalem Siba, Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, Gothenberg University. Determinants of Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Ezekiel Gebissa, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan. Food of the Pious or Poison of the Young?  Assessing the Khat Controversy in Ethiopia.

Firew Mekbib, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia & Department of  Plant & Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway, The Contribution of Farmers Breeders in Meeting Food Security: The Case of Sorghum in Ethiopia.

Fredu Nega, Ph.D. Student, Mekelle University, Ethiopia & Eric Tollens, Professor, KU Leuven University, Belgium.  Social Capital, Poverty Trasps and Livestock Asset Dynamics in the Presence of Shocks in Northern Ethiopia

Gebremeskel Kahsay, Ph.D. Student, P.H. Osanna & N.M. Duakbasa, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. Investigation of Quality Awareness, Developments and Factors Impeding Product Quality Improvements in Ethiopian Medium and Large Scale Manufacturing Industries.

Genenaw Bekele, Ph.D. Student, and Alebel Bayrau, Johannes Kepler, University, Lintz, Austria. Analysis of Determinants of Household’s Willingness to Resettle and Investors Willingness to Pay for Urban Land: The Case of Addis Ababa City.

Getachew Felleke, Ph.D. Myazaki International College, Myazaki, Japan. The Modern Education Path to Ethiopia’s Development: A Take-off on a Trojan horse?

Getnet Alemu, Ph.D.  Institute of Development Research , Addis Ababa University. Missing Policy Priorities: Resource Tracking on HIV/AIDS for Oromia & SNNP Regional States

Gezahegn Bekele, Ph.D.Senior International Economist, US General Accountability Office, Washington DC. Estimating Remittances from the US to Ethiopia

Grawert, Elke, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Challenges of Regional Peace after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan

Guiral, Clarissel, Ph.D. Student in Ethno biology, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, FR. “Those who don’t participate to the lemat are like stones” Peasants’ perceptions of the concept of ‘development’ in Ethiopia

Haile Selassie Belay, Ph.D. (Cornell), Chief Technical Advisor/FAO/UNDP (Retired)
Maryland, USA. Rural and Agricultural Development Issues in the Horn of Africa

Ingida Asfaw, MD. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wayne State University & Founding President, ENHAPA.  The Role of the Ethiopian North American Health Professionals Association (ENHAPA) in the Healthcare Sector and Forging Synergy within the Diaspora

Ishiyama,John, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO. USA. Examining the 2005 Ethiopian Parliamentary Election Results under Alternative Electoral Rules

Isse, Hodan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Finance & Managerial  Economics, University of Buffalo, NY. The Impact of Food Aid on the Economies of the Horn: A Public Choice Perspective

Jose’ Pascal da Rocha, Ph.D. Candidate in Conflict Resolution Studies, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany. Human Rights in NEPAD: Rights, Instruments, Players and Limits

Kalib, Yussuf, Regional Director, North Texas Health & Human Services Department, Grand Prairie, Texas, Horn of Africa: Conflict and Consequences

Kassahun Berhanu, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Addis Ababa University.  The Ramifications of Decentralized Governance in Post-1991 Ethiopia

Kidane Alemayehu, Founding President, Horn of Africa  Peace and Development Center, Dallas, Texas. Horn of Africa: From Glory to Misery and Hope

Kinfu Adisu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids.MI  Leadership perspective: Country development and transition to free market economy

Levine, Donald. Ph.D.Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.USA. An Ethiopian Dilemma: Deep Structures, Wrenching Processes

Mahamane, Addo. Ph.D. Université Abdou, Monumouni de Niamey, Niger. Traditions & Perspectives of Religious Co-existence in Niger: Reflections about Cultural Issues

Mehari T. Maru,  Mason Fellow, John Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The Global Response to the Darfur Crises in the Sudan

Mellese M. Tashu, Graduate Student, Harvard University, Patterns of Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from One’s Own History 

Menna Demessie, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy & Political Science, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.  Navigating the Boundaries of Blackness: The Congressional Representation and Political Participation of Ethiopian Americans and other African Immigrants in the United States

Merera Gudina, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Party Politics, Political Polarization & the Future of Ethiopian Democracy

Meskerem Shiferaw, Local Governance Advisor, Netherlands Development Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  The Status of Local Good Governance in Ethiopia

Michael Mamo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics, Westminster College, Utah. Flows of Foreign Capital in Developing Economies

Mulugeta Fesseha, Ph.D. Director, Institute of Development Research, Addis Ababa University, Cultural and Natural Resource Exploration and Community Based Ecotourism Development, (with, Kassaye Begashaw2, Kifle Wolde Aregay3, Mulugeta Alene4)

Negash Shiferaw, Consultant, Birtunet Development Solutions PLC. Addis Ababa University.  Community Conversations for Sustainable Environmental Management: Case studies on Environmental Education from Lake Zeway area, Ethiopia

Paulos Chanie, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & Berhanu Mengistu, Professor,
Old Dominion University, Virginia, Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Clientelism and Ethiopia Post-1991 Decentralization

Paulos Milkias, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science, Marianopolis College/Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.  Fishing in Troubled Waters: The Somali Vortex and Meles Zenawi’s Intervention

Salam Yitbarak, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.  The Problem of Social Capital and Cultural Norms among Ethiopian (Political) Elites

Samatar, Said, Ph.D. Professor of History, Rutgers University, NJ. 
Unhappy Masses and the Challenge of Political Islam in the Horn of Africa

Shawel Betru, Ph.D. Student & Hiroyoki Kawashima, Ph.D, Professor, The University of Tokyo, Cereal Production and N-Fertilizer Demand in the Greater Horn of Africa and Egypt: An Analysis Based on Material Balance

Sintayoh Fissha Ph.D. Faculty of Business and Economics, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.  Aid, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia

Sisay Gebre-Egziabher, Program Manager, Hiwot HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Organization, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. What Role Should Civil Society Organizations Play to Address Ethnic Conflicts in Ethiopia

Solomon Eyasu, Howard University, Washington DC. The Impact of Soil Conservation on Crop Productivity in the Southern Ethiopian Highlands

Solomon Getahun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI., USA. Second-Generation Ethiopians in America: Challenges and Promises

Teferi Abate Adem, Ph.D. Human Relations Area Files, Inc. Yale University, New Haven , Conn.USA.  Well-Off Tenant, Not So Powerful Officials, Poor Landholders perceptions of Wealth, Authority, and preshood in an Ethiopian Community

Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher, Ph.D.Addis Ababa University, The Developmental Impact of China and India on Ethiopia with Emphasis on Small-scale Footwear Producers
Tesfaye Teklu, Ph.D. Poverty Policy Advisor, UNDP/Botswana. Poverty Reduction Through Agricultural Growth: Lessons for Ethiopia on Conditions of Effectiveness

Teshome Tadesse, Ph.D. Michigan State University.
Civil Society Relationship Experiences in Ethiopia

Tibebe Eshete, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Cutting the Conversation; From Retributive Politics to Restorative Discourse

Tsegaye Regassa, LL.B, LL.M, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Sub-national Constitutions in Ethiopia: Imagining Federalism from Below

Wagayehu Bekele, Ph.D.Acting President, Diredawa University. Analysis of Farmers Preferences for Development Intervention Programs in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Subsistence Farmers in Eastern Highlands of Hararge

Wales, Michael, FAO Investment Centre,  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy.  A Development Strategy for Agriculture in the Horn of Africa

Wendimsyameregne Mekasha, Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Addis Ababa.  Socio-economic Determinants of Child Nutrition: The Case of Rural Harari Region.

Vestal, Ted. Ph.D. Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. Human Rights and Economic Rights: The Key To Macro-Economic Development in the Horn of Africa

Yared Mussie, Hello Anti-Aids Association, Ethiopian Students International (ESAI).  The Direction of HIV/AIDs in Ethiopia and the Youth’s Actions and Reactions

Yeabsira Temesgen, Student, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA.
Tradition and Culture: A Hindrance or Complement to Education

Yezihalem Tesfa,  Lecturer, St. Mary’s University College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Critical Factors Hampering Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: The Case of Northern Ethiopian Farmers