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FSS Publications
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Gender Policy Dialogue Series
Consultation Papers on the Environment
FSS Studies on Poverty
Other Educational Materials
Intergenerational Knowledge
Transfer
African Review of Books
FSS Periodical
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Medrek, now renamed
FSS BULLETIN
(Quarterly since 1998. English and Amharic)
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In this Bulletin, there are three
articles. The first article deals with the impact of urban redevelopment on
the livelihoods of displaced people. The last two articles dwell on food
production. For more information read
EDITOR'S NOTE |
Africa
Review of Books (ARB) (Managed by FSS for CODESRIA)
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Vol. 1, No.
1 (October 2004)
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Vol. 1, No.
2 (September 2005)
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Vol. 1I, No.
1 (March 2006)
CODESRIA,
the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is
headquartered in Dakar Senegal. It is an independent Pan-African research
organization with a primary focus on the social sciences. ARB issues can be
accessed electronically on the CODESRIA website
www.codesria.org/
FSS Discussion Papers
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No. 1 |
Water Resource Development in Ethiopia:
Issues of Sustainability and Participation.
Dessalegn Rahmato. June 1999 |
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No. 2 |
The City of Addis Ababa:
Policy Options for the Governance and Management of a City with Multiple
Identity. Meheret
Ayenew. December 1999 |
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No. 3 |
Listening to the Poor: A Study
Based on Selected Rural and Urban Sites in Ethiopia.
Aklilu Kidanu and Dessalegn Rahmato. May 2000 |
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No. 4 |
Small-Scale Irrigation and
Household Food Security. A Case Study from Central Ethiopia.
Fuad Adem. February 2001 |
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No. 5 |
Land Redistribution and
Female-Headed Households.
By Yigremew Adal. November
2001 |
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No. 6 |
Environmental Impact of
Development Policies in Peripheral Areas: The Case of Metekel, Northwest
Ethiopia.
Wolde-Selassie Abbute. Forthcoming, 2001 |
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No. 7 |
The Environmental Impact of
Small-scale Irrigation: A Case Study.
Fuad Adem. Forthcoming, 2001 |
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No. 8 |
Livelihood Insecurity Among
Urban Households in Ethiopia.
Dessalegn Rahmato and Aklilu
Kidanu. October 2002 |
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No. 9 |
Rural Poverty in Ethiopia:
Household Case Studies from North Shewa.
Yared Amare. December 2002 |
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No.10 |
Rural Lands in Ethiopia:
Issues, Evidences and Policy Response.
Tesfaye Teklu. May 2003 |
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No.11 |
Resettlement in
Ethiopia: The Tragedy of Population Relocation in the 1980s.
Dessalegn Rahmato.
June 2003 |
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No.12
No.13 |
Searching for Tenure
Security? The Land System and New Policy Initiatives in Ethiopia.
Dessalegn Rahmato.
August 2004.A
Comparative Study of Forest Management in Eza District, Gurage Zone,
Southern Ethiopia.
Tenkir Bonger. 2005 |

FSS Monograph Series
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No. 1 |
Survey of the Private Press in Ethiopia: 1991-1999.
Shimelis Bonsa. 2000 |
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No. 2 |
Environmental
Change and State Policy in Ethiopia: Lessons from Past
Experience. Dessalegn Rahmato. 2001 |
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No. 3 |
Democratic Assistance to Post-Conflict Ethiopia: Impact and Limitations.
Dessalegn Rahmato and Meheret Ayenew. 2004 |
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No. 4 |
Lord, Zega and Peasant: A Study of Property and Agrarian Relations in
Rural Eastern Gojjam.
Habtamu Mengistie. 2004 |
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No. 2 |
Poverty And The Social Context of Sex Work In Addis Ababa: An
Anthropological Perspective.
Bethlehem Tekola. 2006 |

FSS Conference Proceedings
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1.
Issues in Rural Development. Proceedings of the Inaugural Workshop of the
Forum for Social Studies, 18 September 1998.
Edited by Zenebework Taddesse. 2000
2.
Development and Public Access
to Information in Ethiopia. Edited by
Zenebework Tadesse. 2000
3.
Environment and Development in
Ethiopia. Edited by Zenebework
Tadesse. 2001
4. Food Security and Sustainable
Livelihoods in Ethiopia. Edited by
Yared Amare. 2001
5. Natural Resource Management in
Ethiopia. Edited by Alula Pankhurst.
2001
6. Poverty and Poverty Policy in
Ethiopia. Special issue containing
the papers of FSS' final conference on poverty held on 8 March 2002
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Consultation Papers on Poverty
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No. 1 |
The Social Dimensions of Poverty.
Papers by Minas Hiruy, Abebe Kebede, and Zenebework Tadesse. Edited by
Meheret Ayenew. June 2001 |
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No. 2 |
NGOs and Poverty Reduction.
Papers by Fassil W. Mariam, Abowork Haile, Berhanu Geleto, and Jemal Ahmed.
Edited by Meheret Ayenew. July 2001
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No. 3 |
Civil Society Groups and Poverty Reduction.
Papers by Abonesh H. Mariam, Zena Berhanu, and Zewdie Shitie. Edited by
Meheret Ayenew. August 2001 |
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No. 4 |
Listening to the Poor.
Oral Presentation by Gizachew Haile, Senait
Zenawi, Sisay Gessesse and Martha Tadesse. In Amharic. Edited by Meheret
Ayenew. November 2001 |
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No. 5 |
The Private Sector and Poverty
Reduction [Amharic].
Papers by Teshome Kebede,
Mullu Solomon and Hailemeskel Abebe. Edited by Meheret Ayenew, November 2001
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No. 6 |
Government, Donors and Poverty
Reduction. Papers
by H.E. Ato Mekonnen Manyazewal, William James Smith and Jeroen Verheul.
Edited by Meheret Ayenew, February 2002. |
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No. 7 |
Poverty and Poverty
Policy in Ethiopia.
Edited by Meheret
Ayenew, 2002 |

Books
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1.
Ethiopia: The Challenge of
Democracy from Below. Edited by Bahru
Zewde and Siegfried Pausewang. Nordic African Institute, Uppsala and the Forum
for Social Studies, Addis Ababa. 2002
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Thematic Publications
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Thematic
Briefings on Natural Resource Management. Enlarged Edition.
Edited by Alula Pankhurst.
Produced jointly by the Forum for Social Studies and the University of Sussex.
January 2001

New Series
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Gender Policy Dialogue Series
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No. 1 |
Gender and Economic Policy.
Edited by Zenebework Tadesse. March 2003 |
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No. 2 |
Gender and Poverty (Amharic).
Edited by Zenebework Tadesse. March 2003 |
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No. 3 |
Gender and Social Development in Ethiopia.
(Forthcoming). |
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No. 4 |
Gender Policy Dialogue in Oromiya Region.
Edited by Eshetu Bekele. September 2003 |
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No. 6 |
Gender Policy Dialogue in Southern Region.
Edited by Eshetu Bekele. December 2004. |

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Consultation Papers on Environment
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No. 1 |
Environment and Environmental Change in
Ethiopia. Edited by Gedion Asfaw.
Consultation Papers on Environment. March 2003 |
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No. 2 |
Environment, Poverty and Gender.
Edited by Gedion Asfaw. Consultation Papers on Environment. May 2003 |
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No. 3 |
Environmental Conflict.
Edited by Gedion Asfaw. Consultation Papers on Environment. July 2003 |
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No. 4
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Economic Development and its Environmental
Impact. Edited by Gedion Asfaw.
Consultation Papers on Environment. August 2003 |
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No. 5 |
Government and Environmental Policy.
Consultation Papers on Environment. January 2004 |
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No. 6 |
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Consultation Papers on Environment. May 2004 |
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No. 7 |
Promotion of Indigenous Trees and Biodiversity Conservation.
Consultation Papers on Environment. June
2004 |

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FSS Studies on Poverty

Educational Materials
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Environmental Posters
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Environmental Video Films
- 'Yeketemachin Akababi
Keyet Wediet' is a 30-minute Amharic
documentary focusing on the environmental problems of the capital, Addis
Ababa, and the efforts that are undergoing to protect the city's
environment.
- 'Witinkit' Poverty and Environmental Degradation
is a 30- minute Amharic documentary with English
subtitles. This documentary film shows the magnitude of poverty and
the ever-dwindling forest resource in the country and highlights the
activities that should be taken to reverse the situation.
- FSS Fostering Policy Dialogue and
Research. A 25-minutes documentary film highlighting the initiatives
behind the establishment of the first independent policy oriented
research institution in Ethiopia. It also summarizes the challenges and
the achievements FSS has made throughout its existence.
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Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer (Amharic)
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Crucial roles played in combating food insecurity, drought and famine in the
Imperial Era. Shimeles Adugna, 2005 (Amharic)

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