Moges Abu Girma

Affiliation
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
Research fields
Economic policy
Research keywords
Income Distribution and Inequality
Socioeconomic Status and Child Wellbeing
Political Economy of Africa and Neo Pan-Africanism
Global Population Ageing
Poverty Alleviation Policies
Economic Growth
Fiscal Federalism
Saving
Career history
2012-03 -- (current)University of Tsukuba, JapanInstitute of Humanities and Social SciencesAssociate Professor
2010-02 -- 2012-02University of TsukubaSchool of Social and International Studies, Global 30 ProgramPart-time Lecturer
2009-03 -- 2010-03National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)Visiting Associate Professor
2002-08 -- 2009-03AAA Optimum SolutionsConsultant
2000-05 -- 2002-07Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of EconomicsAssistant Professor of Economics
1992-09 -- 1995-03Addis Ababa University, EthiopiaDepartment of EconomicsLecturer
1992-09 -- 1993-07Addis Ababa UniversityDepartment of Economics, EthiopiaAssistant Lecturer
1990-09 -- 1992-07Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopiaマクロ経済政策研究局Junior Policy Expert
Academic background
1986-09 -- 1990-07Addis Ababa University College of Social Sciences Department of Economics
1997-04 -- 2000-03University of Tsukuba Graduate School, Division of International Politics and Economics
1995-04 -- 1997-03University of Tsukuba Graduate School, Division of International Politics and Economics International Political Economy
Degree
2000-03Doctor of Philosophy in International Political EconomyUniversity of Tsukuba
Academic societies
2013-10 -- (current)African Finance and Economic Association
2000-05 -- (current)Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA
2001 -- (current)American Economic Association
1992 -- (current)Ethiopian Economic Association
2012 -- (current)JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Articles
  • The Power and Challenges of Numbers: The Political Economy of Immigration Policies in Ageing Societies
    MOGES Abu Girma
    AREA STUDIES Tsukuba/40/pp.53-70, 2019-03
  • Breaking the Poverty Trap in Africa: A Comparative Perspective on Poverty Alleviation
    Moges Abu Girma
    International Journal of African Development/5(1)/pp.82-102, 2018-10
  • The Geography of Success in Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
    Moges Abu Girma
    AREA STUDIES Tsukuba/(38)/pp.57-75, 2017-03
  • The Economics of Pan Africanism: A Political Economy Perspective
    Moges Abu Girma
    Area studies Tsukuba/36/pp.55-71, 2015-03
  • The African Middle Class: Some Uneasy Poverty and Inequality Arithmetic
    Moges Abu Girma
    Journal of International Public Policy/(34)/pp.49-65, 2014-09
  • Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries: Policy Issues and Challenges
    Moges Abu Girma
    The International Journal of Economic Policy Studies/8/pp.41-66, 2014-05
  • Development State and Development: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives
    Moges Abu Girma
    Journal of International Public Policy/33/pp.1-22, 2014-02
  • Political Economy of Poverty Reduction
    Moges Abu Girma
    International Journal of African Development/1(1)/pp.19-39, 2013-10
  • Fiscal Decentralization Reform in Japan: Approach, Policy and Practical Challenges
    Moges Abu Girma
    The Journal of International Public Policy, 2013-09
  • Financial Sector Liberalization in Developing Countries
    Moges Abu Girma
    Economic Focus/3(4)/pp.23-26, 2000-09
  • Economic Reform Policy and Long Term Real Targets
    Moges Abu Girma
    Ethiopian Journal of Development Research/19(1)/pp.1-22, 1997-04
  • The Distributional Implications of Personal Income Tax Reforms: The case of civil service sector in Ethiopia
    Moges Abu Girma
    Ethiopian Journal of Economics/IX(2)/pp.42-65, 2005-10
  • The Challenges and Policies of Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia
    Moges Abu Girma
    Ethiopian e-Journal for Research and Innovation Foresight,/5/pp.94-117, 2013-07
  • Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice
    Moges Abu Girma
    Ethiopian e-Journal for Research and Innovation Foresight (Ee-JRIF)/5/pp.6-32, 2013-07
  • The Elusive War on Poverty: Public Policy Issues and Concerns
    Moges Abu Girma
    Journal of International Public Policy/(31)/pp.25-48, 2013-02
Books
  • The Political Economy of Pan-Africanism: Imagination and Renaissance
    Moges Abu Girma; Muchie Mammo
    Routledge Handbook of Pan-Africanism/Routledge/pp.57-68, 2020-05
  • Innovating the Political Economy of Pan Africanism: Imagination and Renaissance
    Moges Abu Girma; Muchie Mammo
    Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa: Rethinking Theories, Institutions, and Policies/Springer/pp.43-59, 2019-01
  • Africa: Pathways to Economic Development
    Moges Abu Girma
    2013-10
  • On Determinants of Domestic Saving in Ethiopia
    Moges Abu Girma
    Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy/Ethiopian Economic Association/pp.25-58, 2005-07
  • Impediments to poverty reduction in Ethiopia: Economic growth, Distribution and Policy
    Moges Abu Girma
    Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy/Ethiopian Economic Association/pp.1-26, 2006-05
  • An Economic Analysis of Fiscal Federalism in Ethiopia
    Moges Abu Girma
    Challenges of Building Democratic Institutions for Governance and Development in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa/Michigan State University Press/pp.111-140, 2003-01
Conference, etc.
  • Political Economy of Migration Policy: Perspective from Africa
    Moges Abu Girma
    Driving Sustainable Development/2018-09-20--2018-09-22
  • Population Aging and Family Policy in Africa
    Moges Abu Girma
    The 28th Japan Association for International Health Congress/2013-11-2--2013-11-4
Teaching
2023-10 -- 2023-12Monetary EconomicsUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Seminar A2University of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Seminar D2University of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-06Special Seminar in Area Studies II (JDS/ABE Seminar)University of Tsukuba.
2023-12 -- 2024-02Seminar E2University of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-07Research Workshop for Economics IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-12 -- 2024-02Seminar B2University of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-07Seminar C2University of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Special Seminar in Area Studies I (JDS/ABE Seminar)University of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-12Special Seminar on International Development Policy BIIUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Talks
  • Fiscal Federalism and Its Discontents: Theory and Policy
    Moges Abu Girma
    3rd International Symposium on Ethiopian Development Studies/2005-06-17--2005-06-18
  • Developmentalism and Development: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives
    Moges Abu Girma
    7th International Conference on African Development/2012-07-27--2012-07-29
  • Poor and Non-Poor Africans: Some Uneasy Poverty Arithmetic
    Moges Abu Girma
    7th International Conference on African Development/2012-07-27--2012-07-29
  • Emerging Population Ageing Challenges in Africa: A Case of Ethiopia
    Moges Abu Girma
    27th Anuual Meeting of the Japan Association for International Health/2012-11-03--2012-11-4
  • Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries: Policy Issues and Challenges
    Moges Abu Girma
    The Roles of Economic Policy toward Secure Economic Society: Food, Energy, Environment and Social Welfare/2012-10-20--2012-10-21
Professional activities
2000 -- 2002Ethiopian Economic AssociationVice President

(Last updated: 2023-05-10)