The Ethiopian Economic Association/EEA/ organized a day conference on the Economic development of Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Regional State for the fifth round on 27 March 2015 in collaboration with EEA Hawassa chapter. The conference was opened by welcoming address of Yosph Mamo (PhD), President of Hawassa University, and Demirew Getachew, Head EEA Secretariat. This was followed by an official opening statement by Ato Aklilu Tukala, Deputy of SNNPR BoFED. The Ethiopian Economic Association Hawassa Chapter comprises four member universities, namely Dilla University, Wolaita Sodo University, Arba Minch and Wachamo University. It is centered in the Department of Economics, Hawassa University. During the conference, 12 papers were presented by various researchers from International Livestock Research Institute, Hawassa University, Universities of Wolaita Sodo, Dilla, Arba Minch, Ethiopian Civil Service and Addis Ababa, and SNNPR construction design and supervision offi