Ethiopia
Preface
UNCTAD 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
References 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
The 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
Ethiopia 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.
No. 29532. Federal Republic of Germany and Ethiopia
Agreement concerning cultural cooperation (with exchange of notes). Signed at Addis Ababa on 16 June 1989
No. 28094. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement-Second Addis Ababa Urban Development Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 13 August 1990
No. 29988. France and Ethiopia
Agreement for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to air transport. Signed at Addis Ababa on 23 February 1990
No. 29891. Germany and Ethiopia
Agreement concerning financial cooperation (Commodity Aid). Signed at Addis Ababa on 20 September 1991
No. 30367. Republic of Korea and Ethiopia
Agreement on economic and technical cooperation. Signed at Seoul on 27 November 1992
No. 30154. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement-Recovery and Rehabilitation Project for Eritrea (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 7 April 1993
No. 30153. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement-Road Rehabilitation Project (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985). Signed at Washington on 27 January 1993
No. 38161. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement (Distance Learning Project) between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Washington, 1 May 2001
No. 38163. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement (Economic Rehabilitation Support Credit) between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Washington, 19 June 2001
No. 38160. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement (Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants Project) between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Washington, 16 April 2001
No. 38162. International Development Association and Ethiopia
Development Credit Agreement (Women’s Development Initiatives Project) between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 6 October 1999). Washington, 28 August 2000