Contact Details

Name: Geremew Worku Kassie

Mobile: +251 9H9409872

Email: geremewworku@yahoo.com
          42006622@co.univ-reunion.fr

Short Description

Geremew Worku Kassie is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Reunion (France) and Bahir Dar University, with a background that spans academia, high-level public audit, and development research. He possesses extensive expertise in monitoring and evaluation, performance auditing, and impact evaluation methods. His research focuses on agricultural economics, livelihood diversification, and public policy impacts on health and the environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics (Final Phase), University of Reunion & Bahir Dar University (2015-2022)
• MSc in International Cooperation Policy: Environmental Policy, Ritsumeikan APU, Japan (2011-2013)
• MSc in Development Economics, ECSU, Ethiopia (2004-2007)
• BA in Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (1996-2004)

Professional Experience

• Academic Staff & Researcher, Bahir Dar University (2019 - Present)
• Auditor General, Head of Amhara National Regional State Audit Office (2017-2019)
• Lecturer, Department Head, Dean, College of Business and Economics, Debre Markos University (2009-2017)
• Performance & Environmental Audit Manager, Amhara National Regional State Audit Office (2000-2009)

Other Activities

• Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation for World Bank projects (UIDP) (2017-2019)
• Trainer in data analysis and impact evaluation at various colleges
• Management Consultant (Certified by Ethiopian Management Institute
• Member: Ethiopian Economics Association, Ethiopian Space Science Society

Publications

• Kassie, G. W. (2017). Agroforestry and farm income diversification: synergy or trade-off? The case of Ethiopia. Environmental Systems Research.
• Kassie, G. W. (2017). The Nexus between livelihood diversification and farmland management strategies in rural Ethiopia. Cogent Economics & Finance.
• Kassie, G. W. (2016). Agroforestry and land productivity: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture.
• Kassie, G. W., Kim, S., & Fellizar, F. P. (2017). Determinant factors of livelihood diversification: Evidence from Ethiopia. Cogent Social Sciences.