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The processes and consequences of household decision-making are investigated using multi-disciplinary research methods involving statistical, mathematical, psychological, anthropological, and econometric techniques brought together in a holistic manner. This study focuses on various technologies within the Ada and Selale regions of the Central Ethiopian Highlands.
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Yohannes Kebede Gebre-Mariam is an environmental and energy economist and social scientist. He received his B.Sc. degree in agricultural economics from Addis Ababa University (now Alemaya University, Ethiopia), his M.Sc. degree in agricultural economics and his Ph.D. degree from a multidisciplinary program involving the departments of agricultural economics, economics, anthropology, and applied cognitive psychology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Presently, he works as a senior economist for Government of the District of Columbia and as an adjunct professor economics and management with University of Phoenix and Florida Keys Community College.
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- PublisherUniversity Press of America
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0761856412
- ISBN 13 9780761856412
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages362
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