Publications

Debela, B. K (2025). Public leaders’ organisational learning in times of recurring crisis and the role of public service motivation: a case study on local governments in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 00208523251341746.

Assefa, T. (2025). Unending dialectical politics of identity in Ethiopia. F1000Research14, 137., K. W., Debela, B. K., Fobé, E., & Brans, M. (2025). The Impact of Public Administration Education on Individual Policy Capacity of Federal Civil Servants in Ethiopia. Public Administration and Development.

•Angaw, K. W., Debela, B. K  & Brans, M. (2025).  Evaluating the impact of Public Administration programs on governance competencies in Ethiopia. Journal of Public Affairs Education https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2025.2457886

Terefe, D.  (2024)   Modern Education in Ethiopia: Praise or Blame Worthy?  Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Vol.100

Assefa, T. (2024). A Critical Review of Medemer from Ideological Perspectives. African Journal of Political Science12(1), 119-135. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/ajps/article/view/1345

. Aga, D. A., & Beyene, B. B. (2024). The effect of megaproject external social responsibility on community acceptance: the mediating role of public trust. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.

. Heyi, Nigussie Daba (2023). “The Effect of Federalism on Policy Outcomes in Ethiopia” Ethiopian Journal of Federal Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1.

· Heyi, Nigussie Daba (2023). “Federalism as a state form to overcome violent conflict in Ethiopia” Cogent Social Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 2.

. Angaw, K. W., Debela, B. K., & Brans, M. (2023). Factors affecting learning outcomes achievement of public administration bachelor students in Ethiopia. Teaching Public Administration, 01447394231223079.

. Debela, B., K., & Marijani, R. (2023). Resolving the Grand Challenges in Public Administration: A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia and Tanzania. Developments in Administration5(1), 49-75.

. Nshimbi, C., Develtere, P., & Debela B., K., (2023). Rethinking African-European scientific cooperation: The case of the platform for African-European studies. Journal of Contemporary European Research19(2), 262-279.

. Assefa,T.,& Wami,W. (2023).Policy and political implications of government responses to COVID-19 in Ethiopia.Territory, Politics,Governance, 1-21. Https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2022.2156917

· Miruts, Gebre and Heyi, Nigussie Daba (2022). “Change Army: The New Face of Modernizing Civil Service in Ethiopia, Global Journal of Political Science and Administration, Vol.10, No.2, pp.44-62.

. Assefa, T. (2022). The imperial regimes as a root of current ethnic based conflicts in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 9(1), 95-130.

• Debela, B.,K.(2022).Inter-Organizational Bench Learning to Respond to Climate Change and Reduce Trade-offs in Urban Drinking Water Supply. ;Sage Open Journal DOI:10.1177/21582440221123926

• Debela,B.,K.,Bouckaert,G.,Temesgen, E,B.,Deyessa, F,C.,Megersa, T,H., Angaw, K, W.,Teshome, S.B, & Gebru,S.G.(2022)(eds.).Handbook for Ethiopian Public Administration Program Accreditation. Leuven University Press (2022),available in free open access at OAPEN Library: Https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56708

• Debela, B., K., Bouckaert, G. & Troupin, S. (2022). L’accès à l’eau potable en Afrique subsaharienne : la doctrine de l’État-promoteur est-elle pertinente ?. Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives, 88, 411-430. https://doi.org/10.3917/risa.882.0411

·Heyi, Nigussie Daba (2021). “The Role of Local Governments in Containing Covid-19 in Ethiopia”, Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law, Issue 20.

Debela. B.K., Bouckaert, G., Warota, M.A. and Gemechu, D.T. (Eds.). Public Administration in Ethiopia: Case studies and Lessons for Sustainable Development, Leuven University Press (2020), (available in free open access at OAPEN Library:

• Debela B. K., Bouckaert. G., and Troupin, S. (2020). Access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa: does the developmental state doctrine matter?. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 0020852320930060.

• Debela,B.,K.(2020).TheCOVID-19PandemicandtheEthiopianPublicAdministration: Responses and Challenges. In: Joyce, P., Maron, F., Reddy, P. S. (Eds). Good Public Governance in a Global Pandemic (pp:113-124): The International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

• Debela B.K.,and Troupin,S.(2020).Transforming Ethiopian Public Administration for Sustainable Development: The Impact of Organizational Proliferation and Policy Coordination on Access to Drinking Water. In:Scott, G and Wallis M. (eds). Transformation of Public Administration in Africa (pp.72-101). African Association For Public Administration And Management.

• Abiot Desta and Girma Defere (2020).Democratic Developmental State of Ethiopia:The State of Embedded Autonomy in View of National Planning Commission. In EJSSLS, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.: 21-48. Accessed at: https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls/issue/view/160

· Heyi, Nigussie Daba (2020). “Policy Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process at Sub-National Level in Ethiopia: The Case of Oromia Regional State, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Volume 22, No.2, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA.

· Nigussie Daba (2020). Public Sector Reform for Dynamic Governance: Evidence from Selected Regional bureaus of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, African Journal of Leadership and Development (AJOLD), Vol. 5, No. 2, 15-31 

· Nigussie Daba (2019) “Reform trends, performance measurement and coordination in selected public sectors of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia: African Journal of Leadership and Development, Vol.1, No.2.

· Nigussie Daba and Ignatius Mberengwa (2019).‘Capacity Building for Decentralized Local Governance: The case of Adami Tulu Jido woreda and Ziway town in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia’, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Vol.11, No. 1. •

. Nigussie Daba (2016). ‘Human Resource Dynamics in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Trends and Challenges’, European Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 8, No. 25Assefa, T., Lemma, M., Fikremriam, S., & Guddisa, J. (2023)The Quest for Regional Statehood in the SNNPRS of Ethiopia: Legal Framework versus Implementation. Ethiopian Journal of Federal Studies, 9(1), 30-55

• Abiot Desta(2016). Higher Education Reforms in Ethiopia: Consequence of Shifting of Priority of Knowledge for Academics at Addis Ababa University: In EJSSLS,Vol.3,No.2,pp.: 45-64. Accessed at: https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls/article/view/729

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