Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie

Biographic Data

ID4424864
NAMEWondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie
GIVEN NAMESWondaferahu Mulugeta
FAMILY NAMEDemissie
SIGNATUREDEMISSIE W M
AFFILIATIONSEthiopian Civil Service University
ORCID0009-0006-5087-6686
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Does financial development drive inclusive human development in East Africa? Evidence from panel dynamics

    Open AccessAbdissa Demise Damasa, Jayamohan M K et al.ARTICLESustainable Futures2026

    Despite ongoing financial sector reforms, the extent to which financial development drives inclusive human development in East Africa remains insufficiently understood. This study examines the relationship between financial development and inclusive human development in seven East African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) over the period 2010–2023. Using a heterogeneous panel dynamic framework, including pa…

  • Financial development, fiscal capacity, and public expenditure in East Africa

    Open AccessAbdissa Demise Damasa, Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2026

    Despite the recognized importance of financial development in shaping public sector outcomes, the mechanisms through which financial sector development influences public expenditure via fiscal capacity remain underexplored in East Africa . This study addresses this gap by examining how financial development affects public expenditure decisions through fiscal capacity in seven East African countries including, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sud…

  • Access to Rural Road Transport and Smallholder Commercialization in Ethiopia

    Open AccessGetaye Gizaw, Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie et al.ARTICLEPoverty & Public Policy2026

    With more than 80% of the population living in rural areas and Ethiopia being primarily an agrarian nation, the development of rural infrastructure is crucial for boosting the country's socioeconomic development. This study investigated how access to rural road transport affects smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia, using double hurdle model. For this study, a data for 1967 rural households were compiled from wave four and wave five of the n…

  • The effect of natural resource rents on institutional quality in selected African countries

    Open AccessMeshesha Zewdie Amare, Wondaferahu Mulugeta Demissie et al.ARTICLESustainable Futures2025Cited by: 3References: 3

    The effect of natural resource rent on institutional quality remains debatable and thus needs further investigations. Using the World Bank's world development indicator and world governance indicator data for a panel of 43 selected African countries over the 1996–2022 period, this study investigated the effect of natural resource rents on institutional quality. To estimate the data, we used the Cross-Sectional Augmented Autoregressive Distributed…

  • Debating the Relationship Between Social Capital and Economic Development in Ethiopia

    Fentahun Admassu Yayeh, Wuhibegezer Ferede et al.ARTICLEForum for Social Economics2024References: 6

    This paper aims to examine the interplay between social capital and economic development in the context of Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, secondary data about key indicators of social capital, economic development, and empirical literature from scholarly works is reviewed. The analysis reveals that social capital has become a crucial driver of economic development, as it serves as a connector that enables individuals to utilize available re…