The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the months January–February 2013. The newsletter presents: Upcoming Events EDRI and ESSP will organize a workshop on 'China and Africa Economic Cooperation', given by a study tour group from China on January 21, 2013 in Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa. List of […]
ESSP II Newsletter November-December 2012
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the months November-December 2012. The newsletter presents: Upcoming Events A half-day seminar on “Can Social Protection Work in Africa? The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme” will be given on November 16th, 2012 by Dr. John Hoddinott at the Hilton […]
2012 Global Hunger Index
IFPRI issued the seventh annual Global Hunger Index Report The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow. According to the index, hunger on a global scale remains “serious.” […]
Ethiopian Farmers Benefit from Anti-Hunger Program
IFPRI Study Highlights Success of Government Safety Net Initiative For several months each year, poor farmers in Ethiopia, especially those in drought-prone areas, go hungry. During the so-called “lean” period between planting and harvesting, food supplies can run dangerously low. Sometimes, families have to sell livestock, farming tools, and other precious assets to pay for […]
ESSP II Newsletter September-October 2012
The Ethiopia Strategy Support Progarm II would like to present you its bimonthly newsletter for the month September-October 2012. The newsletter presents: Highlights of presentations at the Tenth International Conference on the Ethiopian economy and others. Upcoming events Regional training in the “Introduction to GIS” will be given in Jimma August 27–September 1 and in […]