1.1 Defining Health in the 21st Century

Alemu Fite, Wayne State University

Bernhard Center 105-107

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

1.2 Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Education and Health with Good Governance in Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia

Sisay Asefa, Western Michigan University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

2.1 Understanding Healthcare Access in a Developing Country through Mapping: Two Case Studies in Rwanda

Steven Jones, University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa
Preston Jutte, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Travis Atkison, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Olive Musoni, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

Bernhard Center, 105-107

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

2.2 Household Shocks and Child Labor: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Nigerian Households

Wei-Chiao Huang, Western Michigan University
Kofi Acheampong, Western Michigan University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

3.1 Peace and Sustainable Development in the Horn of Africa

Tigist Yeshiwas, Addis Ababa University

Bernhard Center 105-107

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

3.2 Ethiopia’s Quest for a Sea Outlet: Developing a Strategy to use Ports of Eritrea and Somaliland

Brook Hailu Beshah, Ohio University

Bernhard Center 105-107

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

4.1 Rebuilding the Ethiopian Nation State and Economy: The Promise and Challenges of the New Prime Minister Aby Ahmed and his Democratic Reforming Partners and Ethiopian People United

Sisay Asefa, Western Michigan University

Bernhard Center 105-107

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

4.2 An Inquiry about the Patterns and Structures of Grand Corruption: The Case of Ethiopia

Seid Y. Hassan, Murray State University, Kentucky

Bernhard Center 105-107

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

5.1 Determinants of Youth (Un)Employment in Addis Ababa

Aynalem Megersa Gemechu, Addis Ababa University

Bernhard Center 105-107

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

5.1 The Effect of Women’s Employment on Marital Instability: The Case of Rural Women in Central Oromia, Ethiopia

Aynalem Megersa Gemechu, Addis Ababa University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

5.2 Sources of Women Empowerment Information and the Role of Language Policy and Practice in the Process: The Case of the Sidama Zone, Ethiopia

Mekdes Tegegnework, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Bernhard Center, 105-107

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

6.1 Financial Literacy and Wealth-Building Consciousness: A Key Driver and Strategic Imperative for Building Wealth and Economic Empowerment

Meskerem Tadesse, University of the West, CA

Bernhard Center 105-107

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

6.2 Factors Influencing Sustainable Employee and Business Development in Africa: The Case of Chinese Organizations

Lisa Qixun Siebers, Nottingham Business School, UK

Bernhard Center 105-107

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

7.1 Benefits and Possibilities of Provincial Federation in Ethiopia: A Panel Discussion

Daniel Teferra, Ferris State University
Assefa Mehretu, Michigan State University
Daniel Kendie, Henderson State University
Sisay Asefa, Western Michigan University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

8.1 Peace, Transport, and Understanding: A Research Agenda in Support of Sustainable Development Goal 16

Steven Jones, University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa

Bernhard Center 105-107

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

8.2 Conflict, Food and Water Security in Ethiopia

Desalegn Dagnew

Bernhard Center 105-107

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

9.1 Evangelical Christians in Ethiopia: Examining the Terrains of Political Engagements

Tibebe Eshete, Michigan State University

Bernhard Center 105-107

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

9.2 What Brought Us (Ethiopians) Where We Are Today?

Solomon Addis, Central Michigan University

Bernhard Center 105-107

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

10.1 Enterprise Innovation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Ethiopia

Megersa Debela Daska, Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Bernhard Center, 105-107

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

10.2 Assessment of Programmes that are Being Delivered to Support Street Children: A Case Study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lude Abiy

Bernhard Center 105-107

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

11.1 Angst and Unrest in Africa: A Latent Variable Approach

Adesoji Adelaja, Michigan State University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

11.2 Food Insecurity and Terrorism

Adesoji Adelaja, Michigan State University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

11.3 Terrorism and Food Insecurity? Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency

Justin George, Michigan State University
Adesoji Adelaja, Michigan State University

Bernhard Center, 105-107

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM