Ethiopia profile ethiopia country profile complete. Merger regulation may also involve other considerations, like industrial or foreign policy. Agricultural based livelihood systems in drylands in the context of climate change, fao enrm profile. Library of congress federal research division country profile. The current borders were established with the incorporation of the former italian colony of eritrea in 1962. Key mixed migration characteristics ethiopia is an important country of origin, transit and destination for people in mixed migration flows in the horn of africa region. The practice of fgm is universal among certain ethnic groups. Ethiopia country profile updated may 2016 ethiopia. The merger, division, or transfer of ownership on an enterprise will not have the effect of terminating a contract of employment sec.
Brief profile on the conflict in ethiopia german language cia world fact book country profile. Profile of ethiopia geography ethiopia is strategically located in the northern part of africa known as the horn of africa, at crossroads between africa, the middle east, and asia. Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in africa, and the three main colors of the flag were so often adopted by other african countries on. May 18, 2016 english analysis on ethiopia and 10 other countries about protection and human rights, children, idps and more. This report examines the most dangerous fault lines and explores options for dialling down tensions. Whenever you think of children living in poverty in africa, many people tend to think about ethiopia, a vast country with a population of nearly eighty million people whose history stretches back into the mists of time. In the north and centre, the high mountains and plateaux are dissected by steep gorges.
The mission for the preparation of this mcgp was undertaken during october 2003. Ethiopia is also part of usaids africa rising project, which takes an integrated approach focusing on technologies, management, and context such as policy environments to strengthen farming systems in the ethiopian highlands. These country level climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 country level studies of climate observations and the multimodel projections. These countrylevel climate data summaries address the climate change information gap for developing countries by making use of existing climate data to generate a series of 52 countrylevel studies of climate observations and the multimodel projections. Yet despite progress toward eliminating extreme poverty, ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world, due both to rapid population growth and a low starting base. The countrys economy has grown rapidly in recent years, but ethiopia faces deep poverty and few political freedoms. Ethiopia under emperor haile selassie enjoyed a strong reputation among developing countries, especially among. Financial support was provided by the world bank, undp and development assistance group.
Country profile ethiopia geography ethiopia, located in east africa, is slightly larger than south australia. Country profile ethiopia international trade centre. With an estimated population of more than 85,000,000, ethiopia is africas second most populous country. This profile contains facts, information on political leaders and media as well as a chronology of key events. Special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this. The country profile for ethiopia is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the world bank. Opc, formerly known as oromo national congress onc merged into the. The country s economy has grown rapidly in recent years, but ethiopia faces deep poverty and few political freedoms.
Mr abiy, an ethnic oromo, is keen on promoting diversity in the country. Foreign agricultural investment country profile ethiopia region subsaharan africa income group low population 84. Ethiopia is a landlocked country situated in the horn of africa. Keeping ethiopias transition on the rails crisis group. Termination of employment legislation digest country profile ethiopia. Ethiopia introduced competition laws in 2003, but its first laws, and particularly its merger regulations, were inadequate and obsolete.
With a long history as a sovereign christian state, ethiopia was for many years a key western focus, and was able to rely on massive development aid from abroad. Ethiopia is bordered by djibouti and somalia to the east, eritrea to the north, the sudan to. English analysis on ethiopia and 10 other countries about protection and human rights, children, idps and more. Ethiopia country profile view the latest economic research, credit research, market research, investment research, and news on ethiopia. Mergers and acquisitions upload file and results files. It shares frontiers with eritrea to the north, djibouti to the northeast, somalia to. Ethiopia ethiopia is the oldest independent country in africa, with a population of over 80 million. The bank subsequently followed up on it and received financial support from the finland bilateral funds for the preparation of the mcgp. The benchmarks include the averages for the group of countries in subsaharan africa and the ethiopia income group. Regional office for africa regional office for asia and the pacific regional office for europe and central asia regional office for latin america and the caribbean. Ethiopia has already taken measures to protect its biodiversity, including establishing a national elephant action plan neap.
Ethiopia environmental and climate change brief, swedish embassy of ethiopia. The concept for a country gender profile originated during discussions with the womens affairs office in ethiopia late 2002. Ethiopia is situated in northeast africa the horn of africa. Trained or retrained approximately 12,000 youth and 600 adult leaders and reached approximately 750,000 youth through youth networks with behavior change and life skills programs that promoted abstinence and faithfulness. Ethiopias abiy ahmed gets a new ruling party bbc news. Jun 24, 2019 ethiopia is africas oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Ethiopia the second most populous country in africa is a oneparty state with a planned economy.
Gov ethiopia usaidethiopia country profile, july 2017 2 gender equality and womens empowerment we promote gender equality by promoting equal access to economic opportunities and education while supporting the health of women and their families, which allows for more equitable participation in society. Apart from a fiveyear occupation by mussolinis italy. More than eighty five percent of the countrys population lives in rural areas. The ethiopia ppa 200405 was conducted by the welfare monitoring unit wmu of the development planning and research department of the ministry of finance and economic development mofed, under the guidance of ato getachew adem. The world factbook countrylocation flag modal africa ethiopia print. Fgm passed ethiopia 092259holt data and analytics section division of data, analytics, planning and monitoring. Merger or acquisition seems quite worthy now for ethiopian private commercial banks published on december 20, 2015 december 20, 2015 15 likes 8 comments. Bundeszentrale fur politische bildung bpb konfliktportrat. Please note that this country profile might not reflect the current state of the law on termination of employment. The country information in this note has been carefully selected in accordance with. Ministry of finance and economic development mofed. The landscape assessment focused on the united states agency for international development usaid population and reproductive health. Seven opposition parties in ethiopia had merged to form a new party.
Over the last decade, the county has made tremendous development gains in education, health, and food security, yet it still remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Ethiopia is africas oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. Country profile ethiopia divided by the east african rift valley into highland and lowland, ethiopia has an extraordinarily diverse climate, from the cool and rainy dega highlands to the danakil depression one of the hottest, driest places on earth. Ethiopia is a signatory to meet the aims of the elephant protection initiative epi and participated at the london iwt declaration in february 2014 and the kasane march 2015. Ethiopia 3 ethiopia maternal and newborn health disparities in 2015, 3,200,000 babies were born in ethiopia, or approximately 8,700 every day. Country of origin information report ethiopia refworld.
Since eritrea regained its independence in 1993, ethiopia has been landlocked. Ethiopia 2 the novatech 2007 regional investment conference in nairobi, kenya is a component of the proinvest programme which is a common initiative of the european commission ec and institutions from the acp states africa, the caribbean and the pacific. Climate change and livestock production in ethiopia, journal for advances in life science and technology, volume 22. Although ethiopias official language is amharic, there are a. The merger into a country wide party is part of ahmeds general policy of. Mergers and acquisitions upload file the mergers and acquisitions upload file is the file that is provided by the acquiring, or purchasing, institution to initiate the transfer of employments for mlos from an acquired institution as a result of a merger, acquisition or corporate reorganization. Our portfolio in ethiopia is one of the largest and most complex in africa. Young lives ethiopia lessons from longitudinal research with the.
Most countries have enacted competition laws to protect their free market economies. The young lives ethiopia country report presents results from a fifteenyear longitudinal study, which followed. Context in the federal democratic republic of ethiopia, an estimated 46 per cent of the total. For more than a decade before 2016, gdp grew at a rate between 8% and 11% annually one of the fastest growing states among the 188 imf member countries. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Brief profile on the conflict in ethiopia german language cia world fact book. Not everyone agrees with the plan to merge the ethnicallybased. The prosperity party is a political party in ethiopia established on december 1, 2019 as a successor to the ethiopian peoples revolutionary democratic front eprdf by incumbent prime minister abiy ahmed. Food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations using 20 data, the last year with all data available in march 2018 notes. Ethiopias location gives it strategic dominance as a jumping off point in the horn of africa, close to the middle east and its markets. The country is landlocked, sharing frontiers with eritrea to the north and northeast, djibouti to the east, somalia to the east and southeast, kenya to the south, and south sudan and sudan to the west. Ethiopias political opening under prime minister abiy ahmed has won. Ethiopia to significantly increase its tax base, as the main means of financing development in the coming years and helping the country to stand on its own two feet.
Each record in the file must be provided in the format. Pr ay for our partners as they seek to please pr help others. For updated information, you are invited to consult the eplex database. Country wid profile ethiopia table of contents abbreviation page 1 basic profile 11 socioeconomic profile 12 health profile education profile 1 2 2 2 general situation of women and government policy on widgender 21general situation of women in ethiopia 3 22 government policy on widgender. The oromo moved north through the southern highlands, bypasssing the sidama on the west, and into the central highlands, where they settled in the center and west on land, some. Ethiopia country report ethiopia is a landlocked country located in east africa, and is bordered by eritrea, djibouti, somalia, kenya and sudan. Ethiopia key country indicators development indicators total population 94,101,000 total fertility rate births per woman 4.
Dec 07, 2019 ethiopia the second most populous country in africa is a oneparty state with a planned economy. Preliminary gender profile of ethiopia 7 acknowledgements ethiopia is one of the 16 countries implementing the global financing for gender equality programme whose main objective is to increase the volume and effective use of aid and domestic resources to implement national commitments to gender equality and womens empowerment gewe. This report presents country of origin information coi on ethiopia up to 25. Merger or acquisition seems quite worthy now for ethiopian.