Experience

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  World Bank Group

  • United States
  • International Trade and Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Economist

    • Jan 2023 - Present

  • Extended Term Consultant - Economist

    • Feb 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Consultant

    • Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Africa Early Years Fellow

    • Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

    Selected as one of the 20 fellows from a pool of more than 3,000 applicants.

  • Field Coordinator

    • Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

    Perform consistency checks, data cleaning, and analysis on the baseline data setCoordinate the completion of the research, survey design and sampling strategy.Monitor implementation issues and developments affecting the impact evaluation and recommend solutions in collaboration with other members of the IE team.Work with the survey firm(s) to draft and refine questionnaires and communicate these discussions to the evaluation team.Ensure that the survey firms are on track with all preparation activities associated with data collection (e.g. permits and clearances, translations, back-translations, etc.) and communicate progress to the evaluation team.Participate in training and sensitizing of enumerators and field-testing of questionnaires.Supervise data collection and ensure that questionnaires are administered properly: informed consent has been taken; respondent is given the option of not responding to certain questions; and enumerators are asking questions in an appropriate way that both ensures the accuracy of data and preserves the dignity of respondents and record answers correctly.Verify that data entry is following the specified protocol. Data quality control: cross-check entered questionnaires against hard copies.Monitor that the program implementation does not compromise the impact evaluation design (e.g. those assigned to the comparison group are not being treated).Data management, specifically merging the panel data set, performing consistency checks, and ensuring a clean final data set is delivered by the survey firm.Support the IE research team in the preparation of an endline report

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  Ministry of Health

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Co-Chair

    • Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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  Ethiopian Economics Association

  • Junior Research Fellow

    • Apr 2010 - Jan 2017

    Analyze economic data focusing in poverty and human resource areas (education, health, migration, poverty measurement, etc.)Formulate recommendations on policies or plans that aims to solve economic problemsDevise methods and procedures for collecting and processing data using various econometric and sampling techniquesProvide advice and consultation to business, public and private organizationsEngage in dissemination of research outputs and other statistical information on Ethiopian EconomyAssist senior research fellowsGive econometric and software trainings (SPSS and STATA in particular)

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  World Bank Group

  • South Sudan

  • Consultant at World Bank Group

    • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
    • South Sudan

    Part of the Public Expenditure Review on Health preparation team for the Republic of South Sudan

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  World Bank Group

  • United States
  • International Trade and Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate Faculty - Short Term Consultant

    • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

    Faculty associate for an Impact Evaluation workshop organized by Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) of the World Bank Group. The workshop brought UNICEF associates working on Early Childhood Development from eleven countries. I was responsible for assisting country teams in developing impact evaluation designs for their respective country programs. The workshop took place between 28th and 31st July, 2015 in Kigali, Rwanda.

  • Consultant at World Bank

    • Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

    Developed a database and took part in a subsequent Public Expenditure Review on Social Protection in Ethiopia with the World Bank country office in Addis Ababa

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  Precise Consult International

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Consultant

    • Jan 2013 - May 2015
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Managed several market surveys, tasks including:• Develop survey instruments• Train data collectors and supervisors on the data collection instruments• Oversee the data collection process which took place in different cities of in Ethiopia • Prepare data entry platform using CS-Pro and provide guidance for data entry• Clean the data and generate analytical tables for the final market report

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  Oxfam America

  • Addis Ababa

  • Training Consultant

    • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013
    • Addis Ababa

    Training of Oxfam America Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Staff on Database Management, Data Analysis and Interpretation with a focus on Impact Evaluation Techniques and using the statistical package Stata

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  UC Berkeley

  • Berkeley, California

  • Visiting Scholar

    • 2012 - 2013
    • Berkeley, California

    Conduct independent and collaborative researches focusing on impact evaluation Working title “Impact of English Proficiency Interventions on the Quality of the Output of Graduate Programs: The Case of Addis Ababa University”Audited graduate classes and seminars on Impact Evaluation, Applied Econometrics and Applied Sampling

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  Addis Ababa University

  • Lecturer

    • May 2009 - Sep 2010

    Teaching Principles of Economics for students of Civil, Electrical and Computer Engineering programs at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, AAU Taught Introduction to Statistics at the School of Economics, AAU

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  FHI Ethiopia

  • M&E Officer

    • Nov 2009 - Feb 2010

    Develop monitoring and evaluation (M&E) indicatorsDesign M&E tools Participate in the design and implementation of study protocols for baseline and evaluation surveysFacilitate trainingsTrain and supervise data collectors and supervisors

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  First Consult PLC

  • Consultant

    • Oct 2008 - Jun 2009

    Participate in development of business plans and investment profilesProposal writingConduct market research (both commodity and labor markets)Insure collection, processing and analysis of market data (this involves planning, designing, conducting and reporting surveys)Coordinating projectsOrganizing workshops, seminars and conferencesAssist in administrative tasks in human resource department (recruiting, selection and hiring personnel)

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  Johns Hopkins University – Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART Initiative (JHU-TSEHAI)

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Coordinator

    • Apr 2006 - Oct 2007
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Giving trainings for health and M&E personnel Initiating and maintaining standard national M&E system for the chronic care model of HIV related activities (such as Antiretroviral Treatment, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, VCT, etc.) at hospitals, which are supported by JHU-TSEHAIMentoring by paying regular visits to different hospitals located in Addis Ababa, SNNPR, Gambela and Benishangul Gumuz regional statesInsure availability of adequate supply of standard M&E toolsProblem solving by facilitating Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings of stakeholdersCollecting data and generating reports

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  Central Statistical Agency

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Data Editor and Verifier

    • Jun 2004 - Sep 2004
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Improve the quality of a national survey data by checking and correcting questionnaires for completeness and consistency