Doctorate holders are considered as a highly educated group of a society. Cognizant of the major roles doctorate holders are said to have, the Ethiopian Science and Technology Information Center (STIC) conducted the study on doctorate holders residing within Ethiopia irrespective of their citizenship. Accordingly, they are expected to contribute to knowledge based economic growth and diffusion of innovation. Their role in science and technology is also believed to be vital. The study is principally based on the UNESCO manual, “Mapping Careers and Mobility of Doctorate Holders of 2012”. The central objectives include collecting internationally comparable statistics on their demographic and educational characteristics, employment situation, international mobility and contribution to R&D in Ethiopia. The second objective is assessing interdependency or association among some of the variables in the study. The results of the study woud have several significances. They would benefit policy makers as baseline for policy formulation. They would also help to draw the picture on the current situation of doctorate holders in the country. The target population of the study was doctorate holders below age 70. It involved 908 doctorate holders.

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