Ethiopia: Sustainable Development and
Poverty Reduction Program
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED)
July, 2002
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Table of Contents
Title
Page
Executive Summary
i
Introduction
1
I
Socio-economic Performance & Poverty Profile of Ethiopia
2
1.1 Socio-economic Performance During the 1990s
2
1.2 Poverty Profile of Ethiopia
5
1.2.1 Trends in consumption poverty : Inter-temporal and Spatial Dimension
5
1.2.1.1 Trends in per capita Real Consumption Expenditure
5
1.2.1.2 Trends in the Level of Consumption Poverty
7
1.2.1.3 Trends in the Level of Food Poverty
8
1.2.2 Distribution of National Poverty
8
1.2.3 Household Characteristics and Poverty
9
1.2.4 Household Vulnerability to Shocks and Vulnerability Dimensions
10
1.2.5 Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Non-Income Poverty
11
1.2.5.1 Nutrition, Health and Literacy
11
1.2.6 Asset ownership and Sources of Livelihood
14
1.2.7 Access to public services and Economic Infrastructure
14
1.2.8 Determinants of Poverty
16
1.2.9 What Has Emerged from the Analysis?
18
II.
Analysis of Growth and Poverty Linkages.
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2.1 Sources of Growth: A Growth Accounting Exercise
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2.1.1 Growth History of Ethiopia
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2.1.2 Main Sources of Growth
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2.2 Determinants of Growth
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2.2.1 Determinants of Growth: The Macro Version
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2.2.2 Determinants of Growth: The Micro-Version
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2.3 Growth, Poverty and Inequality
25
2.4 Millennium Development Goals and Ethiopia's Prospects
26
2.5 Pro-poor Growth
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2.6 Equitable Growth and Social Impact of Policies
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III.
The Consultation Process and overview of the Major Outcomes
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IV
Development and Poverty Reduction Challenges
33
V
Overview of Ethiopia's Development Goals, Policies, Strategies, and Targe