Very warm welcome to the Institute of Policy and Development Research (IPDR) of Hawassa University! IPDR is a research institute established in 2015 upon the approval of the Hawassa University Senate. The institute is mandated to train PhD students in Policy and Development Studies and to conduct high level policy and development related research in Ethiopia and beyond. Over the past half a decade, IPDR has been working on its human resource capacity needs and institutional research infrastructure to deliver high quality research, learning and teach...