Ethiopia
Policy experiments: Building the future
Nov 2020The textile and apparel industry is one of the three priority areas that the Government of Ethiopia has identified for export-oriented activities – along with leather products and agroprocessing. Export-oriented manufacturing activities are expected to stimulate local technological development through linkages between foreign and local enterprises and provide the incentive that engagement in highly competitive export trade generates for learning and acquiring the technical skills and knowledge necessary to produce higher-value more sophisticated and high-quality products.
Policy components: Evaluating government action
Nov 2020The innovative activities that enable countries to move up the productivity technology and value ladder typically take place at the firm level but a firm usually does not innovate in isolation. Innovation depends upon a wider system comprising diverse actors and their interaction as well as the policy framework covering various policy domains. At the national level the National Innovation System (NIS) strongly shapes the country’s technological development and innovation performance.
Summary of the recommendations
Nov 2020On paper Ethiopia has most of the policies regulations background studies and road maps necessary to kick-start a successful process of technological learning innovation and technological upgrading. However there is a serious implementation gap across public institutions either because of capacity constraints or misallocation of efforts and resources. Ethiopia also needs to build its productive capacities to add value produce a wide range of products diversify the economy and generate income.
Preface
Nov 2020UNCTAD Science Technology and Innovation Policy Reviews (STIP Reviews) are an analytical and policy learning process for a country’s science technology and innovation (STI) stakeholders to reach a clearer understanding of the key strengths and weaknesses of their innovation systems and identify strategic priorities for its development. The result of this process is documented in the STIP Review document and considered at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD).
Explanatory notes
Nov 2020References in the text to the United States are to the United States of America and those to the United Kingdom are to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Acknowledgements
Nov 2020The STIP Review of Ethiopia was prepared by the Division on Technology and Logistics of UNCTAD under the overall guidance of Shamika Sirimanne Director. The report was prepared by Clovis Freire and Michael Lim (UNCTAD) Mulu Gebreeyesus Senior Researcher at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute and Taffere Tesfachew Principal Adviser Ethiopian Investment Commission Member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy and Member of STIxNET (UNCTAD) who was the lead consultant for the STIP Review and played an instrumental role in the drafting and successful completion of this report.
Policy challenges: Looking ahead
Nov 2020Ethiopia has been among the fastest-growing economies in Africa and globally since 2003. From 2005 to 2015 the growth of real GDP averaged more than 10 per cent per year enabling the country to double its per capita GDP (reaching $720 in 2017) and reducing substantially extreme poverty from 37.2 per cent of the population in 2004 to 27.3 per cent in 2015. This growth is the fastest that the country has experienced and is considerably above the average achieved by low-income and sub-Saharan African countries during this period.
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review of Ethiopia
Nov 2020UNCTAD Science Technology and Innovation Policy Reviews (STIP Reviews) are an analytical and policy learning process for country’s science technology and innovation (STI) stakeholders to reach a clearer understanding of the key strengths and weaknesses of their innovation systems and identify strategic priorities for its development. The result of this process is documented in the STIP review document and considered at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). The STIP Review of Ethiopia was prepared at the request of the Government to assist the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT) in preparing a new STI policy.
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