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Private Sector Investment in Gedeo Zone: Challenges and Prospects.

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The aims to examine opportunities and challenges of private investment activities in Gedeo zone with the Intention of providing valuable information about the investment environment of the zone to the potential investors. Descriptive type of research design has been used in this study by giving more emphasis on qualitative data analysis method. The study used both primary and secondary data. The researcher had prepared structured questionnaire and has been used to collect primary data. The investment bureau documents have been used in gathering the primary data in this study. In order to obtain primary data, based on stratified sampling techniques through 368 total population 30% were selected, which is 110 questionnaires were distributed to investors and investment office staffs found in Gedeo zone and 108 of them were filled and returned to researchers. The outcome of this study revealed that, the major bottlenecks of investment in Gedeo zone are Administrative and policy Related factors, Infrastructure related factors, and Market related factors, technical support and promotion factors and financial institution integration factors are considered in Gedeo zone. On the other handGedeo zone has adequate resource bases like agriculture products (sufficient input for production), high demand for use of product (specifically coffee and powder), low degree of market computation, low labor cost, relatively well trade regulation and tax administration. Lastly I recommended Local government should work on investment promotion, providing adequate infrastructure, integrating investment sector with financial institutions, providing healthier investment environment, providing clear investment procedures, providing integration with higher education institution to produce required manpower, avoiding bad beurocracy and corrupt practices
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19322
Author: TSEGAW TADELE
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084610789
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