Abrehet Gebremedhin

Publications

• Fox, Jonathan and Abrehet Gebremedhin. 2026. “Learning from Action Research.” Forthcoming, Development in Practice.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet. 2026. “Mass Demands, Elite Strategies: The Roles of Mobilization and In- doctrination in Expanding Secondary Education in Nondemocracies.” International Journal of Educational Development, 120 : 1-11.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet. 2026. “Education Policy.” Elgar Encyclopedia of African Politics. Anne Mette, Alecia Ndlovu and Moses Khisa (eds).
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet and Devin Joshi. 2016. “Social Justice, Human Rights and Education Policy Discourse: Assessing Nelson Mandela’s Legacy.” Education as Change, 20(1): 172-198.

Publications under Review

• Gebremedhin, Abrehet. “Teaching Survival: How Autonomy Influences Strategies of Teacher Unions in Africa.” (under review).

Works in Progress

• Gebremedhin, Abrehet, Naomi Hossain, and Felipe Hevia. “Amplifying Voices, Shaping Policy: A Review of the Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy Advocacy in the Global South.”
• “Receiving or Rejecting Aid: The Influence of Populist Rhetoric in Aid-recipient Countries.” (with Susanna Campbell, Karsten Donnay, and Haley Swedlund).

Selection of Publicly Available Policy Briefs & Evaluations

• Aceron, Joy and Abrehet Gebremedhin. 2025. “When Citizen Action for Accountability Boosts Legislative Oversight: The Multiply-Ed Experience in the Philippines.” Accountability Note. Accountability Research Center.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet and Clemence Nhliziyo. 2024. “Rethinking Reform: The Role of Teacher Unions in Education Advocacy in Zimbabwe. Accountability Brief.” Accountability Brief. Accountability Research Center.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet and Naomi Hossain. January 2024. “The Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy in the Global South.” Accountability Brief. Accountability Research Center.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet, Felipe Hevia and Naomi Hossain. October 2023. “Civil society and national education policy:
  a literature review.” Accountability Research Center.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet. January 2023. “Meta-analysis of Multilevel Monitoring and Advocacy for Health Rights.” Working Paper 12. Accountability Research Center.
• Coventry, Cowan and Abrehet Gebremedhin. September 2022. “Mid-Term Review of Global Partnership for Education’s Education Out Loud.” Global Partnership for Education.
• Gebremedhin, Abrehet. August 2021. “Rapid Review of Global Partnership for Education’s Education Out Loud Component 1.” Global Partnership for Education.
• Outhred, R. A. Gebremedhin, and P. Chiwaya. Oct 2019. “Prospective Evaluation of the Global Partnership for Education’s Country-Level Support to Education in Malawi.” Global Partnership for Education.
• Ogando Portela, M.J., and A. Gebremedhin. Nov 2019. “Prospective Evaluation of the Global Partnership for Education’s Country-Level Support to Education in Ethiopia.” Global Partnership for Education.
• Harkey, J., Bryson, A., Hwang, J. Krystalli, R., Spencer, K., Vanerwillik, K., Erger, B, Gebremedhin, A., and J. Cochran. Sept 2014. “Challenges of addressing disaster-induced urban displacement in El Salvador.” Norwegian Refugee Council. Briefing Paper.
• Harkey, J., Bryson, A., Hwang, J. Krystalli, R., Spencer, K., Vanerwillik, K., Erger, B, Gebremedhin, A., and J. Cochran. Sept 2014. “Challenges of addressing disaster-induced urban displacement in the Philippines.” Norwegian Refugee Council. Briefing Paper.

Blogs

• Hossain, Naomi, Felipe Hevia, and Abrehet Gebremedhin. May 2024. “Education Really is For All: The important but invisible successes of civil society activism.” Global Partnership for Education Education for All Blog.