Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia, Addis Tribune, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 5, 2001.

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1 ADUGNA LEMI Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125, USA Tel: (617) PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT September Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UMass Boston, MA Sept Aug. 2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UMass Boston, MA July 2007-, Summer Visiting Professor/Consultant, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia August 2003 August 2004, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Winona State University, MN EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 2003 M.A. in Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, December 2001 B.A. in Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 1994 RESEARCH INTERESTS International Trade, International Finance, International Capital Flows, Multinational Corporations, Economic Development, Poverty, and Income dynamics PUBLICATIONS: Journal Articles Adugna Lemi. Internationalization of R&D: Industry-Level Analysis of US Multinational Firms Affiliates in Developing and Developed Countries, Transnational Corporations Journal, vol. 19. issue 1, Adugna Lemi. Determinants of Income Diversification in Rural Ethiopia: Evidence from Panel Data, forthcoming, Ethiopian Journal of Economics, vol. xvii, no. 1, April Adugna Lemi and Sisay Asefa. Differential Impacts of Economic Volatility and Governance on Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Foreign Direct Investments: The Case of U.S. Multinationals in Africa, Eastern Economic Journal, vol. 35, issue 3, Summer 2009, pp Adugna Lemi. Determinants of Sales Destinations of U.S. Multinational Firms Affiliates in Developing Countries, International Trade Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall 2006, pp Adugna Lemi. Rainfall Probability and Agricultural Yield in Ethiopia, Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, vol. xxi, no. 1, January, 2005, pp Adugna Lemi. Foreign Direct Investment, Host Country Productivity and Export: The Case of U.S. and Japanese Multinational Affiliates, Journal of Economic Development, vol. 29, no., 1, 2004, pp Tesfaye Teklu and Adugna Lemi. Factors Affecting Entry and Intensity in Informal Rental Land Markets in Southern Ethiopian Highlands, Agricultural Economics, vol. 30, issue 2, March 2004, pp Adugna Lemi and Sisay Asefa. Foreign Direct Investment and Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence from Africa, African Finance Journal, vol 5, 2003, pp

2 Sisay Asefa and Adugna Lemi. "Challenges to African Regional Integration in the Global Economy: Implications for Ethiopia," Journal of Global Awareness, Vol 4, Spring PUBLICATIONS: Book Chapters and Articles in Conference Proceedings Adugna Lemi. Multilateral Agreements and Trade in Education Services, in the Proceedings of the Knowledge Globalization Conference, Organized by Knowledge Globalization Institute, Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Nov. 5-7, Adugna Lemi. Do official development aid and foreign direct investment promote good governance in Africa? In Derrick M. Nault (ed.). Globalization and Human Rights. Brown Walker Press, forthcoming, 22 pages. Sisay Asefa and Adugna Lemi. Eradicating Rural Poverty and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia: The Quest for Sustainable Institutions and Technologies, in Sisay Asefa, Workneh Negatu and Tewodaj Mogues (eds.), Combating Famine and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia, New Jersey: Africa World Press, forthcoming, 30 pages. Adugna Lemi. Anatomy of Foreign Aid to Ethiopia: , in Aid and Development: Dimensions and Experiences,, Hyderabad, India: Icfai University Press, forthcoming, 37 pages. Dejene Aredo and Adugna Lemi. The Crop-Livestock Systems and Contributions to the Economy: A Review of Empirical Evidence, in Mulat Demeke and Woday Amha (eds) Economics of Integration and Crop-Livestock Systems in Ethiopia, Proceedings of the 3 rd Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society of Ethiopia (AESE), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: AESE, Bereket Kebede (with Haregewoin Dessalegne and Adugna Lemi). Ethiopia: Petroleum Sub-Sector in Context, part 3 in Petroleum Marketing in Africa: Issues in Pricing, Taxation and Investment, M.R. Bhagavan (ed.), African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), London and New York: Zed books Ltd., Bereket Kebede (with Haregewoin Dessalegne and Adugna Lemi). Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia and Kenya: Some Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa, part 4 in Petroleum Marketing in Africa: Issues in Pricing, Taxation and Investment, M.R. Bhagavan (ed.), African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), London and New York: Zed books Ltd.,1999. Adugna Lemi. Investment Policy and the Pattern of Small-Scale Enterprises Development in Ethiopia, In Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopian Economic Association, PUBLICATIONS: Short Articles in Newspapers or Magazines How do multinational corporations pay less or no tax from their Global Business? Forthcoming at and Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia, Addis Tribune, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 5, Talk over Coffee: Ethiopia vs. Starbucks, Lux Magazine, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Spring

3 MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Adugna Lemi and Wei-Chiao Huang. Occupation Diversification in a Unitary Household Model: Evidence from Survey Data, Revise and resubmit, 32 pages. Adugna Lemi. Trade Liberalization and Poverty Status in Rural Ethiopia: What are the links? under review, 30 pages. WORKING PAPERS Trade Mis-invoicing and capital flight Offshore, Onshore, or Online? Barrier to Trade in Education Services Financial Sector Efficiency in Eastern Africa: The Role of foreign banks entry SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Multilateral Agreements and Trade in Education Services, Knowledge Globalization Conference, Organized by Knowledge Globalization Institute, Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Nov. 5-7, Do Official Aid and Foreign Direct Investment Promote Good Governance in Africa? Asian Association for Global Studies (AAGS), Calgary, Canada, March Determinants of R&D Offshoring: Industry-level Analysis of U.S Multinational Firms Affiliates in Developing and Developed Countries, at the conference on Offshoring and Outsourcing: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High Value Company Functions, organized by SDA Bocconi School of Management and Rutgers University, and held in Milan, Italy, April 23-24, The Nexus between Trade Liberalization and Poverty: Evidence from Survey Data presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Economic Association held in Boston, MA, March 7-9, Presentation at the roundtable discussion under the topic: Keepers of the Soil: African Rural Women, Human Rights, Poverty, and Economic Growth, at the International Conference on the State of Affairs of Africa, organized by the International Institute for Justice and Development (IIJD), Quincy, MA, October 26-28, The Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Aid on Governance in African Economies, (with Sisay Asefa and Blen Solomon) presented at the 32 nd Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February, 24-26, The Dynamics of Livelihood Diversification in Ethiopia Revisited: Evidence from panel data, presented at the 32 nd Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-26, Occupation Diversification in a Unitary Household Model: Evidence from Survey Data, (with Wei-Chiao Huang) presented at the 32 nd Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-26, Sales Destinations of Affiliates of U.S. Multinational Firms: Impacts of Host Country Volatility and Corporate Taxation, presented at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, March 4-6,

4 Foreign Direct Investment and Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence from Africa, (with Sisay Asefa) presented at the Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 4-6, Foreign Direct Investment and Uncertainty: The Case of African Economies, (with Sisay Asefa) presented at the International Business and Economics Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, October 8-12, Invited presentations at Umass Boston: On Africa, Poverty, Gender, and related issues 'It s the Economy, Stupid.' Or 'It s the Politics, Stupid.' The way ahead for the Horn of Africa," Horn of Africa Symposium, Sponsored by the Provost Office, UMass Boston, July 10, Investment Opportunities in Emerging Economies, at the University of Massachusetts Boston s Students Investment Club meeting, November 29, An Overview of Poverty in Africa, at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), UMass Boston, September 27, 2007; October 26, 2006; and March 15, The Gender Dimensions of Growth and Trade Theories, invited lecture presentation at the Women s Studies Program, University of Massachusetts Boston, November 8, Presentations on Educational Technology at Umass Boston: Evaluating Blackboard use in relation to students academic performance, at the third Educational Technology Conference, UMass Boston, May 15, Reaching International Audiences Online, at the second Educational Technology Conference, UMass Boston, May 16, UMB Students Access to Technology, presented at the Annual Conference on Teaching for Transformation organized by the Center for the Improvement of Teaching, UMass Boston, January 20, GRANTS Joseph P. Healey Research Grant Program, UMass Boston, Grant/project Number: JHG-FY11- H11-30-Lemi Title: Onshore, Offshore or Online: Barriers to Trade in Education Services Estimated funds: $4500, Start date: 7/1/2010, End date: 9/30/2011 College of Liberal Arts, University of Massachusetts Boston, $1140 (travel grant to present a paper in Calgary, Canada), $900 (travel grant to present a paper in Milan, Italy), $1,300 plus one course load reduction (to work on a research proposal titled Is there a link between trade liberalization and poverty in rural Ethiopia? to submit to other funding sources), $560 (travel grant to travel to Philadelphia, PA to present a paper), one course load reduction (to participate in the Center for Improvement of Teaching s (CIT) Faculty Teaching Seminar), $360 (travel grant to travel to New York City to present a paper),

5 ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS Eastern Economics Association African Finance and Economic Development Association Ethiopian Economics Association and Ethiopian Development Studies Association International Trade and Finance Association International Atlantic Economic Society OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE January 2009-present, Vice President, Ethiopian Development Studies Association (EDSA), a nonprofit organization of academics and professionals engaged in human development in Ethiopia. It is registered in the State of Michigan. Edited Conference Proceedings and Compiled Annotated Bibliography Abstracts and Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia, with Sisay Asefa, Center for African Development Policy Research (CADPR), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, August 16-18, Annotated Bibliography on Food and Livelihood Security in Ethiopia, with Dejene Aredo, A Study Commissioned by CARE s Regional Technical Advisors Team for East Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Manuscript Reviews for the following journals Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Journal of African Economies (JAE), Journal of Ethiopian Development Studies (JEDS), Agriculture and Human Value (AHV), Eastern Economic Journal (EEJ), Journal of International Finance and Economics (JIFE), African Agricultural Research Journal, Global Journal of Business, Management, and Accounting September August 1998, Coordinator of the Fourth Round of Ethiopian Rural Household Survey conducted by the Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC September 2002 April 2003, Research Assistant, Center for African Development Policy Research (CADPR), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan September May 2001, Research Assistant, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Kalamazoo, Michigan August August 1998, Member of the Research Team on the Following Collaborative Projects: a. Ethiopian Rural Household Survey: carried out in collaboration with the Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University. b. Ethiopian Urban Household Socio-Economic Survey: carried out in collaboration with the University of Goteborg, Sweden. c. Rural Non-farm Employment Survey: carried out by Professor Mulat Demeke of Addis Ababa University, in collaboration with the government of the Netherlands. d. Gender and Primary Schooling in Africa: carried out by Ministry of Education of Ethiopia in collaboration with Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. e. African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), an on-going research network funded by the governments of Norway and Sweden. 5

6 July August 1994, Assistant Team Member in the feasibility study of a new abattoir in Addis Ababa: carried out by DANAGRO Agricultural Consultant (Denmark) in collaboration with the Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia OTHER TEACHING and ADVISING EXPERIENCE Supervision and Membership in Graduate Degree Committees Ph.D (Economics) Member: Blen Solomon, Western Michigan University, 2007 MSc External Examiner: 3 Students at AAU in 2007 MSc (Economics) External Assessor of the Program: 2007 and 2009 African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) January 2001 July 2003, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Michigan. September August 1998, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia September August 1998, Undergraduate Economics Extension Program Coordinator, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia September August 1998, Coordinator of Undergraduate Senior Seminars, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. 6