Tag: Development

The newly instituted Ministry of Peace (MoP) has indicated it has prepared a policy document which will guide pastoralist area development while briefing the media on the 17th Pastoralists Day to be celebrated in Jinka town of the South OmoZone of the Southern Regional State.

The 2018 National Development Report from the UNDP has indicated that Ethiopia continues to improve its health system where as indicators such as education and income are said to be behind expectations.

With a focus on helping Ethiopia advance on areas of environment, climate change, job creation, human rights and democracy;CarinJamtin, the Director General of the Swedish International Development Agency, made a two day visit of the capital earlier this week and pledged support for various development endeavors in the country.

In a bid to help Ethiopia’s ambitious reform agenda, the Danish government has announced a USD 150 million contribution to the nations capacity to build a Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) and meet its sustainable development goals in time for its drive to become a middle-income nation by 2025.

The Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC), a joint program of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Ethiopia through the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, highlighted the work of a number of individuals who have embraced the ideas of entrepreneurship and as role-models for young people intent on following in their footsteps at a sold-out event at Hilton Addis on Thursday.