Worancha ወራንቻ

This is a traditional split bamboo plaited roundhouse by the Sidama people of Ethiopia. The dome, with its pointy top, is designed to shed heavy rainfall where a circular dome would have a flat region prone to leaks. Bamboo once played an important role in the rural economies of East Africa but indiscriminate clearing of natural bamboo forests have resulted in losing natural resources and many of the traditional building skills. You can find out more about traditional bamboo construction at  The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan . http://naturalhomes.org/timeline/ethiopianroundhouse.htm

አዲስ አበባ ሰኔ 13/2005 ዛሬ በይፋ የተቋቋመው የኢትዮጵያ ሳይንስ አካዳሚ የአገሪቱን ልማት የሚያግዝ ስኬታማ ምርምርና ጥናቶችን እንዲያደርግ ለማስቻል መንግሥት አስፈላጊውን ድጋፍ እንደሚያደርግ የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስቴር ገለፀ። በተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት የስብሰባ አዳራሽ በተካሄደው የአካዳሚው ይፋዊ የማቋቋሚያ ጉባዔ ላይ የተገኙት የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትር አቶ ደሴ ዳልኬ እንዳስታወቁትአካዳሚው በአገሪቱ ችግር ፈቺ የምርምርና የጥናት ስራዎችንና የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ልማትን ለማሳደግ ትልቅ አቅም ይፈጥራል። የኢትዮጵያ ሳይንስ አካዳሚ ፕሬዚዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ደምሴ ኃብቴ በበኩላቸው አካዳሚው ለአገሪቱ ልማት ጠቀሜታ ያላቸውን የተለያዩ የምርምር ስራዎች ለመስራት የአካዳሚው አባላት በአምስት የተለያዩ መስኮች ተከፍለው የጥናትና ምርምር ስራዎችን እየሰሩ መሆናቸውን ተናግረዋል። አካዳሚው እስካሁን በኢትዮጵያ በጤናው ዘርፍ የሚሰሩ የምርምር ተቋማትን ግንኙነት፣ በመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ትምህርት ጥራት፣ በግብርና እና በጤና መካከል ያለው የፖሊሲ ቅንጅት ምን እንደሚመስል ጥናት አድርጓል። አካዳሚው የሚያወጣቸው የምርምርና የጥናት ስራዎች የኅብረተሰቡን ኑሮ የመለወጥ አስተዋጽኦ እንዲያደርጉ ስራዎቹ ወደ ተግባር የሚሸጋገሩበትን አሰራር እንደሚከተልም ፕሬዚዳንቱ አስታውቀዋል። ፕሮፌሰር ደምሴ እንዳሉት አካዳሚው በመጪው ኅዳር ወር በአዲስ አበባ የሚካሄደውን የአፍሪካ የሳይንስ አካዳሚ ጉባዔን ለማስተናገድ የሚያስችሉ የተለያዩ ዝግጅቶችን እያደረገ ይገኛል። በሥነ-ሥርዓቱ ላይ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት አባላት፣ ሚኒስትሮችና ሌሎች የመንግሥት ከፍተኛ የስራ ኃላፊዎችና የአካዳሚው መስራች አባላት ተገኝተዋል። የኢትዮጵያ ሳይንስ አካዳሚ ከተለያዩ የሙያ ዘርፎች በሳይንስ ማህበረሰቡ በ

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By: Dr.  Wolassa L. Kumo   1.Introduction: the Failure of the Conventional Aid Model The micro and macroeconomic impacts of development aid in Africa has become one of the most contentious issues for decades now. The recent path breaking book "Dead Aid" by Dambisa Moyo, an Oxford/Harvard economist, has shaken the foundation of the development aid model and stirred up the debate whether aid does in fact help to reduce poverty and increase economic growth in poor African countries.  Moyo (2009) argues that although in the past fifty years Africa received more than $1 trillion in development related assistance from rich countries, poverty rates continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined. "Between 1970 and 1998, when aid flows to Africa were at their peak, poverty in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%" and that " roughly 600 million of Africa's billion people are now trapped in poverty". Moyo would admit that aid has done some