Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Freedom of Mobility in an Ethnic-Based Federal Structure: The Ethiopian Quandary
(Abdissa Zerai, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US)

Chapter 2. Language Use in Multilingual Ethiopia: The Case of Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Regional State
(Fekede Menuta, Department of Language and Literature, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia)

Chapter 3. Challenges of Institutional Capacity for Implementing the Formal Social Protection in Ethiopia
(Melisew Dejene and Logan Cochrane, Institute for Policy and Development Research, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia)

Chapter 4. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): An Evolving Dynamic of Nile Politics
(Derrick K. Hudson and Steven C. Roach, Teaching Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, US, and others)

Chapter 5. Equity in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Expanding Health Services onto Rural Ethiopia
(Nicole Bergen, Ronald Labonté, Shifera Asfaw and Abebe Mamo, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and others)

Chapter 6. Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: Potential for Improving Complementary Feeding Practices and Health of Rural Children
(Getenesh Berhanu Teshome, Susan J. Whiting and Carol J. Henry, School of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Hawassa University, Ethiopia, and others)

Chapter 7. Rethinking Indigenous Communication for HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaigns in Ethiopia: The Case of Tigray Region
(Hagos Nigussie, PhD, Deptartment of Journalism of Communication, Mekelle University, Ethiopia)

Chapter 8. Ethiopian Women in Agriculture
(Kristie Drucza, CIMMYT, Mulunesh Tsegaye, CIMMYT and Maria del Carmen Rodriguez, Consultant)

Chapter 9. The Invisible Presence? The Politics of Female Enrolment Numbers in the Higher Education System in Ethiopia
(Rose C. Amazan, School of Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Chapter 10. State of Cropland Availability in Rainfed Farming Systems in Ethiopia: Alternative Pathways to Address Landlessness and Food Insecurity
(Tibebu Kassawmar, Gete Zeleke, Amare Bantider, Gizaw Desta Gessesse, Abebe Shiferaw, Lemlem Abraha and Matebu Tadesse, Department of Integrative Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, and others)

Chapter 11. Land Deals, Rural Unrest and the Crisis of State in Ethiopia
(Dessalegn Rahmato, Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Index