Across East Africa’s pastoralist areas, people’s livelihoods are increasingly diversified. Although education is a pathway to positive livelihood options, levels of formal education and literacy in these areas fall far…
Fasil Yemane
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Fasil is responsible in the representation of the Africa Regional Office to the Ethiopian government. As a business manager, he ensures that all Ethiopian regulations are followed, and he is responsible for the administrative and financial operations of the office. He also assists in the preparation of new proposals and budgets.
An Ethiopian born a U.S. citizen, Fasil lived in the U.S from 1981–2008. From 1992–2005 he worked for several U.S. corporate entities and as an administrator in Ethiopia where he gained experience in USAID and DFID programs.
He has a B.S. from Frostburg State University in international studies, with an emphasis in economics.
Married with a daughter and extended family in the Washington D.C. area, Fasil travels to the U.S. to see his family and visits Boston for work.
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This brief investigates the perceptions and experiences of young women related to wealth, livelihoods, and aspirations in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region.
This brief investigates how wealth, wealth equality, and food security have changed in specific villages in four districts in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda from 2018 to 2021/22.
This study aimed to better understand changes in and perceptions of wealth and equality in four counties in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda.
This literature review examines social protection systems in hazard-prone countries to make recommendations on how these systems could be best used to inform or implement anticipatory action.
This briefing paper examines how various shocks affected youth in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda in 2020 and early 2021.
Researchers from the University of Al Fashir identified ways that community-based mechanisms regulate access and use of natural resources in North Darfur.
This paper analyzes and investigates young people’s interactions with savings and credit associations and how this contributed to livelihood strategies.
This report presents findings on the experiences and aspirations of male and female youth as they interact with the economic and aid systems in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. This…
This report reflects findings from the baseline quantitative study of a four-year research project in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. We describe different aspects of wealth, such as animal-related wealth…
The Sahel rarely makes headlines. Until the early 2000s, it was on the margins of geopolitical interest and of humanitarian action and debate. Today, the Sahel is on center stage…