OROMIA STATE UNIVERSTY

COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT ENTITLED:

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COMPILED BY
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MAY 2024
MEKI, OROMIA
Recording Work activities and Report Writing

At the end of the Practical attachment period, students are required to produce a written final
document in the given format of writing an academic paper and submit to the academic
supervisors in one copy. The maximum number of pages of the report is 15-25.

The report should consist:

1. Title and Cover page of the Practical attachment
2. A synthesized abstract of the report
3. Overview of the report (few notes about the hosting organization such as missions, values
and visions, the development intervention that the hosting organization is involved in and
connect this with the Economic development issues you have covered in the class)
4. Objective of the Practical attachment (General objectives of the attachment + specific
objectives of each students in the areas related to Economic development, s/he is going to
be attached)
5. Methods on how the exercise is carried out
6. Discussion based on the observation and data collection
 What economic activities are being carried out by the organization and how can these
activities do impact the life of citizens? Are the activities’ problem driven? Are the
activities multi-sectoral? Is the decision in the activities participatory? Do the
producers/farmers are beneficiaries from the production to consumption.
 What work has been done in the past years? and by whom?
 How do you relate the issues under question with Economic issues?
 Offer a critique (mentioning both the strength and weakness of the organization)
 Support your argument with a relevant literature source on issues (in necessary).
 How do you relate your learning in the field to the courses you have taken
theoretically in the class?
 Problems Identified (what problems did you identify). Are the problems cross
cutting?
7. Summary, conclusion and recommendation