Fassil Eshetu

Biographic Data

ID933318
NAMEFassil Eshetu
GIVEN NAMESFassil
FAMILY NAMEEshetu
SIGNATUREESHETU F
AFFILIATIONSArba Minch University
ORCID0000-0002-3952-7796
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Exchange rate movements and economic growth in Ethiopia

    Open AccessFassil Eshetu, Tewolde GirmaARTICLEDiscover Global Society2026

    Despite the continuous devaluation of the Ethiopian birr, the trade and current account deficits have worsened over time. This problem is partly due to the limited diversification of exports and their structures, which mainly consist of price- and income-inelastic primary agricultural products. This research investigates how exchange rate fluctuations affect Ethiopia's economic growth, using annual data from the World Development Indicators and t…

  • Drivers of financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa countries

    Open AccessAbdikani Jama, Fassil Eshetu et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2025

    This study examines the determinants of financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using formal borrowing, formal saving and bank account ownership as key indicators. Based on cross-sectional data from 36,062 individuals in the 2022 World Bank Global Findex dataset, a multivariate probit model was employed for analysis. Descriptive findings indicate that 42.2% of urban residents have formal financial accounts compared to 31.2% in rural area…

  • Determinants of Ethiopian sesame and coffee exports to its major trade partners

    Open AccessFassil EshetuARTICLECogent Social Sciences2024

    Using the gravity model as a theoretical framework and the two-step system generalized moment method (GMM) as an analytical model, this article investigated the drivers of Ethiopian sesame and coffee exports to its key trading partners for the period 2005–2021. The descriptive results revealed that few price, and income inelastic agricultural commodities, such as coffee, oilseeds, and pulses, account for more than half of Ethiopia’s export revenu…

  • Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Vulnerability to Rural Multidimensional Poverty in Southern Ethiopia

    Open AccessFassil Eshetu, Jema Haji et al.ARTICLEJournal of International…2023

  • Determinants of rural multidimensional poverty of households in Southern Ethiopia

    Open AccessFassil Eshetu, Jema Haji et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2022

    Some studies have quantified the extent and examined the determinants of the global multidimensional poverty index (G-MPI) which contains only three dimensions of welfare. But studies on the extent and determinants of rural multidimensional poverty index (R-MPI) which contains rural livelihood as one dimension of welfare are scarce. Hence, this study quantified the extent and examined the determinants of rural multidimensional poverty index using…

  • Motives and determinants of remittance from rural-urban migration

    Open AccessFassil Eshetu, Mohammed BeshirARTICLEMigration and Development2022

    This study examined the determinants of the level of remittance from urban migrants to their families in rural areas using a sample of 665 rural-urban migrants and Tobit regression in Southern Ethiopia.Descriptive results revealed that most of rural-urban migrants were unmarried, better educated, and young. For instance, 84 percent of rural-urban migrants were unmarried, while 68 percent of rural-urban migrants aged between 15 and 25 years.The ed…