CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Gemeda, Sisay Habte |
|---|---|
| Title | Doing Business via Non-profits: Lessons from the US for Ethiopia |
| Summary | The issue of funding is considered an inherent problem of NPO’s destined to happen at one point or another in their life. This problem is even worsened in countries like Ethiopia where restrictions exist as to the source of the fund if the NGO is involved in advocacy services. The Charities and Associations Proclamation number. 621/2009 under Article 2 provides that a charity is to be considered as "Ethiopian Charities" or “Ethiopian Societies”, which can involve in human rights advocacy, if formed under the laws of Ethiopia, all of its members are Ethiopians, generates income completely or 90% from Ethiopia and if wholly controlled by Ethiopians. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the not for-profit system of the United States with regard to Fund raising through business activities and to analyze whether such a system could be workable in Ethiopia. By doing so the thesis will contribute to the field by providing solutions on how to handle the challenges presented by the Charities and Societies proclamation and make suggestions that may better the Ethiopian Non-profit law and increase the contribution of the non-profit sector to the economy. |
| Supervisor | Tajiti, Tibor |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/habte_sisay.pdf |
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