The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: Selected Issues
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 17, 2013
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- Published: October 17, 2013
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484335529.002
Summary and central themes
- Publication date: October 17, 2013
- Core question: the extent to which growth in Ethiopia has translated into higher living standards.
- Central economic strategy described: an explicit commitment to poverty reduction and structural transformation underpinned by the vision of a “developmental state,” whereby a proactive public sector leads the development process and the private sector is oriented to support the development goals.
- The paper identifies key bottlenecks hindering further broadening of growth across key sectors to reduce poverty, and highlights the main areas for policy action.
Major findings and analytical focus
- Growth-to-poverty link: assessment of how economic growth has affected living standards and poverty reduction.
- Structural focus: evaluation of structural transformation efforts guided by a “developmental state” approach.
- Bottlenecks: identification of impediments to broadening growth across key sectors that are necessary to reduce poverty (paper notes these bottlenecks without itemizing them on the landing page).
- Employment and inclusion: emphasis on employment, inclusive growth, labor, and living standards as core evaluative dimensions.
Policy orientation and recommendations (as presented)
- Strategic orientation: the development strategy prioritizes poverty reduction and structural transformation with active public-sector leadership and a private sector oriented to public development goals.
- Policy action: the paper highlights main areas for policy action to address identified bottlenecks and to broaden growth across sectors to reduce poverty (specific policy measures are summarized in the full paper).
Subject classification and keywords (as provided)
- Subject: Economic growth, Employment, Inclusive growth, Income, Labor, National accounts, Population and demographics, Poverty, Poverty reduction
- Keywords: banking sector, commercial bank, CR, economic activity, economic growth, Employment, employment opportunities remains pressing, enterprise, Ethiopia, Gini coefficient, health survey, Inclusive growth, Income, informal economy, ISCR, labor force, living standard, monetary policy, Poverty reduction, private sector, Sub-Saharan Africa