Mulatu F. Zerihun is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty Research Ethics Committee Chairperson & Faculty Research Unit Coordinator, at the Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pretoria and he has taught courses like microeconomics, macroeconomics, environmental economics, agricultural economics, international trade and finance, rural development, urban economics, development economics, quantitative methods in economics, statistics for economists, monetary economics, public finance (fiscal economics), financial markets, financial institutions, managerial economics, and research methodology. My research interests focus on development issues in the sub-Saharan African context.