Dr. Tekalign Gutu Sakketa

Country of current residence

Germany

Current position

Researcher

Current institute employer

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Since

2021

Website current institute

www.die-gdi.de

Profession

Agricultural Economist

Specialisation

Microeconomics, development economics

Degrees / expertise

Ph.D in Agricultural Economics at Center for Development Research (ZEFb) of the University of Bonn, Germany; Advanced Master in Globalization and Development at Institute of Development Policy and Management of the University of Antwerp, Belgium; M.Sc in Agricultural Economics at Haramaya University, Ethiopia; B.A. in Economics at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Professional experience

Postdoctoral researcher at Center for Developmetn Research since July 2017; Worked as Junior researcher at ZEF b, of the University of Bonn; worked as research officer at International Food Policy Research Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO); worked as assistant researcher at Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia.

2020

Joachim von Braun and Tekalign Gutu Sakketa. 2020. The urgency of public works programmes. Further Information

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa. 2020. Africa’s social capital – strong enough for coping with COVID-19?. International Journal of Rural Development, 54 : 3 . Further Information

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa and Nicolas Gerber. 2020. Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: Evidence from farm panel data. Research in Labor Economics, 48 : 61-106 . Further Information

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa and Lukas Kornher. 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis and poor people's struggle for survival. ZEF Policy Brief 33. Review

2019

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa and Joachim von Braun. 2019. Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and implications for employment policies. ZEF Working Paper Series, 180 : 44 . Download [PDF | 3.35MB]
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2018

Muli, C., Gerber, N., Sakketa, T.G. and A. Mirzabaev. 2018. Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. ZEF Working Paper Series, 174 : 20 . (Open Access) Further Information
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Sakketa, T.. 2018. Ethiopian Youth in Agriculture: Relative Deprivation, Well-being and Occupational choices. Doctoral Thesis at Faculty of Agriculture, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn. Further Information

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa. 2018. Institutional bricolage as a new perspective to analyse institutions of communal irrigation: Implications towards meeting the water needs of the poor communities. World Development Perspectives, 9 : 11 . (Open Access) Further Information
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Tekalign, G; Gerber, N. 2018. Relative Deprivation and Well-Being of the Rural Youth. AfDB Working Paper Series , 296 : 44 . (Open Access) Further Information
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2017

Sakketa, TG. and M. Prowse. 2017. Women, Wealth and Waterborne Disease: Smallholders’ Willingness to Pay for a Multiple-Use Water Scheme in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, ISSN: 0022-0388 : 15 . Download [PDF]
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Tekalign Gutu Sakketa and Nicolas Gerber. 2017. Rural Shadow Wages and Youth Agricultural Labor Supply in Ethiopia: Evidence from Farm Panel Data. ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 236 : 47 . (Open Access) Further Information

2015

Tekalign, G; Lensink, R.; Asenso-Okyere, K.; Bahiigwa, G.; Cao, E. De; Eriksen, S.; Jemaneh, S.. 2015. Civil Society contribution towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Country report Ethiopia. MFS II EVALUATIONS . <a href="http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/492982" target="_blank">http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/492982</a> .

2013

Kwadwo, A., Getaw, T. and Tekalign, G.. 2013. The Feasibility of Joint Fertilizer Procurement in Eastern and Southern Africa. An in-depth study in six selected countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to assess the feasibility and viability of the Joint Fertilizer Procurement Initiative (JFPI) and to identify necessary conditions to successfully implement the JFPI. ESARO-IFPRI, policy paper. Further Information

2012

Tekalign Gutu Sakketa. 2012. Improving and Protecting Multiple-Use Water Resources. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.

Tekalign,G.. 2012. Analysis of Cattle Marketing System in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. ISBN, MSc thesis at Haramaya University. Further Information

2011

Tekalign, G., Yitayal, A., Merga, M., Belay, D., Shiratori,K.. 2011. ‘Mobile phones are just more than phones in the hands of farmers’. In: Becker, M., Kreye, C., Ripken, C., and Tielkes, E. (eds.) (eds.): Development on the margin. DITSL GmbH, Witzenhausen, Germany. 12. Further Information

Tekalign,G.. 2011. Addressing rural women’s needs: Gender focused technology evaluation and dissemination; and the role it play in food and nutrition(health) security, presentation made on DAC Network on Gender equality, OECD, Paris. This research mainly focused on how gender mainstreaming in research and extension would lead to efficient use of resources and sustainable development thereby contributing to food and nutrition security. Further Information
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Tesfaye, K., Tekalign, G. and Estifanos,T. 2011. Performance and economic efficiency of browsing Arsi-Bale goats supplemented with sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) vines as replacement for concentrate. International Journal of Livestock Production , vol 2(7) : 92-99 . (Open Access) Download [PDF]
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2010

Arse Gebeyehu, Tesfaye Kebede, Sebsibe Zuber, Tekalign Gutu, Gurmessa Umeta, Tesfaye Lemma and Feyisa Hundessa. 2010. Participatory rural appraisal investigation on beekeeping in Arsi Negelle and Shashemene districts of West Arsi zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 7 (22) : 11 . (Open Access) Further Information

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Research themes

Water resources (management)
Mobility and migration
Growth, inequality and poverty
Economic change and vulnerability
Sustainable use of natural resources
Microfinances
Markets and services
Governance and conflict
Migration, mobility and urbanization

Research countries

Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Tanzania
Uganda
Somalia
Benin
Senegal
Mali
Niger
Togo
Sierra Leone
Chad

Additional information

tsak@uni-bonn.de

Professional experience

Degrees

Expertise

poverty and inequality, microeconometrics,relative deprivation, labor economics, behavioral economics

Former Senior Researcher

Former Division/Group:
Economic and Technological Change

Office E-Mail:
tekalign.sakketa(at)die-gdi.de