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National Consultations on Ethiopia’s Demobilization and Reintegration Programme held with Development Partners

National Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (NDRP) for ex-combatants that is being developed by the NRC was discussed with development partners today in Addis.

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Disclosed for Public Review and Comments - National Child Project under the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP) draft ESMF and IPPF (Ethiopia)

The review period will end on 22 May 2023.

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Startup Marketplace: Reflecting Ethiopia's digital innovation ecosystem

Strengthening the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ethiopia has been the strategic approach for UNDP to transform and create an inclusive economy.

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News
Promoting youth participation for the SDG

UNDP Ethiopia's Deputy Resident Representative for Programmes, Mr Cleophas O.Torori has engaged with members of the African UN Youth Delegates from Ethiopia.

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Press Release
UNDP partners with the National Bank of Ethiopia to launches an Innovative Finance Lab

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has partnered with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to set up an Innovative Finance Lab to test, innovate and grow a new set of services, products and inclusive instruments that will unlock new avenues of financing for the rapidly growing MSMEs sector in Ethiopia.

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UNDP Human Development Report launch in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia country launch of the Human Development Report 2021/22

The latest Human Development Report, “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”, launched today by UNDP, argues that layers of uncertainty are stacking up and interacting to unsettle life in unprecedented ways. The last two years have had a devastating impact for billions of people around the world, when crises like COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine hit back-to-back, and interacted with sweeping social and economic shifts, dangerous planetary changes, and massive increases in polarization.

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Supporting survivors of SGBV in conflict-affected areas

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has partnered with the Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) to establish a transitional safehouse in Shewa Robit town to provide comprehensive rehabilitation and reintegration services.

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Dignity kits for women and girls affected by conflict in northern Ethiopia

Across northern Ethiopia, months of conflict have caused a shortage of hygiene supplies, with widespread health consequences. Amid growing needs, UNDP partnered with UNFPA to ensure that more than 17,500 dignity kits have been sent to improve the situation of women and girls across the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions.

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Capital markets in Ethiopia: Heralding a new era

Stakeholders came together to discuss and provide feedback on the proposed draft directives and proposal that underpin the Capital Market Roadmap leading to the establishment of full-fledged Capital Markets in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia kicks off national consultations ahead of Stockholm + 50 national consultations

The national dialogue and upcoming global conference offer an opportunity for Ethiopia to demonstrate the progress it has made in integrating the environment into its development agenda, map out challenges and opportunities, reach out to partners and expand partnerships to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs.

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Blog
Behaviour Matters: Insights from Solid Waste Transporation Experiment

The Ethiopia accelerator lab has been working on a waste management portfolio over the past year that looked at a challenge across the waste value chain, from household segregation to transportation to recycling market linkages.

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Accelerator Lab - Exploring Masked Opportunities for Youth

UNDP Ethiopia is offering a collaboration space to inspire change, co-create new opportunities and accelerate our work. With many thanks to all of you, we were able to officially launch this safe space and make it available for everyone.

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UNDP Horn of Africa leadership strengthens ties across borders

But, if the massive international response and national coordination mechanisms played a major role in curbing the epidemic in Liberia, the turning point became evident when communities began to internalize that the very foundations of their existence were at stake. And this is how UNDP stepped in, realizing as it did, that communities have to be involved in choosing the solutions that will work for them. They have simply to be at the forefront of responding, and no control measures, including lockdowns, can work without the consent of the people affected.

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UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025

The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future. Helping to get us back on track to deliver on the SDGs. (Download)

Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025

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UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Ethiopia 2020-2025

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UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Ethiopia 2020-2025

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) represents the United Nations cooperation framework with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for the period 2020-2025.

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Startup Marketplace: Reflecting on Ethiopia's digital innovation ecosystem

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Press Releases
National Consultations on Ethiopia’s Demobilization and Reintegration Programme held with Development Partners

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Disclosed for Public Review and Comments

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Publications
Quarterly Economic Profile July 2022

What’s changed since Q1 2022? • Growth: Official estimate for real GDP growth in 2022 is 6.6%, while UNDP projects 3.0% and IMF 3.8%. • Inflation: Worsening of ...

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News
Promoting youth participation for the SDG

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Publications
Civic engagement in the parliamentary procedure

This framework/strategy for civic engagement in the parliamentary procedure (CEPP) in the Ethiopian House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR) has been prepared aft...

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Publications
Terminal Evaluation Report - Governance and Democratic Participation Programme

UNDP in close collaboration with Ethiopian government stakeholders established the Governance and Democratic Participation Programme (GDPP) in 2017 to “capitalize...

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Digital Startups showcase solutions

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Sustaining essential public services through a resilient data system

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Publications
UNDP Ethiopia Working Paper Series: Crisis, Resilience and Opportunity: Poverty, Human Development, and the Macro-Economy in Ethiopia, 2020-23

In recent years, Ethiopia has faced a confluence of shocks, some emerging from within the country and some from the global economy. Beginning with the COVID-19 pa...

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Working paper series - Ethiopia 2030: A Country Transformed? Options for A Next Generation of Reforms

Ethiopia’s 2022 population totals 123 million and is growing at an annual rate of 2.6 percent, making it the second highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According...

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Behaviour Matters: Insights from Solid Waste Transporation Experiment

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About Ethiopia

101.9 million

Population (2020/21)

23.5%

Poverty rate (2015/16)

USD 1,091.8

GNI per capita (2020/21)

0.485

Human Dev. Index (2019)

72.9

percent

of employment is accounted for by the Agriculture Sector (2013)

25

percent

of Ethiopian households are headed by women

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