
Dawit AbebeSenior Researcher (Former Employee)
Dawit Abebe is a veterinarian with experience in community-based delivery systems, impact assessment and regional and national food security, livestock and pastoralism policy in the Horn of Africa.
He worked with the Feinstein International Center from 2006 to 2016 as a Research and Policy Specialist on the Pastoralist Livelihoods Initiative program in Ethiopia, where he used impact assessments with government and NGO partners to influence policy reform. He was seconded into the Secretariat of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) where he provided policy support to the COMESA Regional Policy Framework for Food Security in Pastoralist Areas, under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
Prior to joining Feinstein, Dawit worked in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia with government and non-governmental organizations; he managed a project for Save the Children UK in South Sudan; and he managed programs for Veterinaires sans frontieres Belgium in the Turkana District of northwest Kenya.
Dawit has an M.Sc. in tropical animal health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, and a D.V.M. from Addis Ababa University.
Feinstein Research Projects
Policy Support to the Pastoralist Livelihoods Initiative, Ethiopia
This project aimed to strengthen policy and practice in selected pastoralist areas of Ethiopia.
Read MorePastoralist Areas Coordination, Analysis and Policy Support (PACAPS), East Africa
The Pastoral Areas Coordination, Analysis and Policy Support (PACAPS) Project took place between July 2007 and March 2010. Through the project we developed a variety of materials, including technical studies, policy briefs, presentations at workshops and meetings, and training materials.
Read MoreFeinstein Publications
Community-Based Animal Health Workers in the Horn of Africa An Evaluation for the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

This report describes the process and findings of an evaluation of community-based animal health workers (CAHWs) in Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Overall, the researchers find that CAHWs continue to…
Read MoreParticipatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide Updated Version 2014

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Originally released in 2009, this updated version…
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