Housing
Establishment of a national housing development finance system (2024-2025)
Housing specialist, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute (PSI), for Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure. Participated in: Assessing the current situation of housing development finance and identifying possible financial sources, Exploring international best practices for housing development finance provision system, Proposing an appropriate organizational structure, and Preparing legal documents and guidelines for the establishment and operation of the housing development finance system.
Investigating Barriers towards Access and Usage of Housing Finance in Ethiopia (2023)
Housing specialist, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute (PSI), for Habitat For Humanity International (HIFH). Participated in the assessment of the housing finance market and identification of systemic barriers that hinder access to housing finance for selected major cities of Ethiopia; and recommend possible solutions.
Housing Development in Ethiopia: Challenges and Future Directions (2022)
Housing specialist, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute (PSI). Participated in the review of current urban housing development programs, compiling experiences of other countries, and the preparation of a policy brief and an updated research report
Addis Ababa Living Lab :
Local Project coordinator, in collaboration with TU Delft of the Netherlands, for a research project entitled Addis Ababa Living Lab: Creating Resilient Dwelling Clusters for Urban Resettlement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Global Housing: Dwelling in Addis Ababa
https://research.tudelft.nl/en/publications/global-housing-dwelling-in-addis-ababa
- Addis Ababa as a palimpsest
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ae1ac91d-68bf-4c04-8dd9-d6ab1cf2aa4f
Ethiopia Urban Land Supply and Affordable Housing Study
Local housing expert for the research project entitled: “Ethiopia Urban Land Supply and Affordable Housing Study” funded by the World Bank, 2017 - 2019. The study of the housing component of the research project includes: household survey, key informant interviews and focus groups, production of background/workshop papers and reports.
Stocktaking of the Housing Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
Local housing expert for the research project entitled: “Stocktaking of the Housing Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa”, funded by the World Bank, 2014. The research project included studying the “housing ecosystem” for Ethiopia using available and collected data, assessing the specific housing challenges of Ethiopia, conducting necessary interviews/surveys, engaging with key stakeholders and writing country case report.