Rural development strategy review of ethiopia reaping the benefits of urbanisation
This report takes a spatial approach to study Ethiopia's rural development strategies. It highlights the need to develop stronger and more functional linkages between rural and urban areas. As such, the development of intermediary cities and small urban centres provides large scope for inclusiv...
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Paris, France :
OECD Publishing
[2020]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Executive summary
- Assessment and recommendations
- Introduction
- Ethiopia has benefitted from sustained economic growth, which has contributed to poverty reduction
- Ethiopia is characterised by a growing population and a large share of young people
- Ethiopia's spatial dynamics are changing
- There has been significant progress in terms of welfare in rural areas, but the rural-urban gap is increasing
- Intermediary cities will play key roles for rural development and addressing the rural-urban gap Adama is an intermediary city that has strong potential for development
- Despite their potential, Ethiopia's intermediary cities face critical challenges
- The evolution of rural development policy in Ethiopia shows the need for a better integration of rural-urban linkages
- How to strengthen Ethiopia's rural development strategy?
- References
- 1 Ethiopia's rural-urban transformation process
- Introduction
- Ethiopia's economic transformation
- Ethiopia is characterised by a dynamic economy
- Ethiopia's structural transformation is still ongoing Non-farm activities will be increasingly important for rural development but today they offer limited employment opportunities
- Economic growth paired with social policies has brought significant poverty reduction
- Agriculture will continue to play a key role for development
- Smallholders are key actors for agricultural growth in Ethiopia
- There is, however, scope to increase cereals productivity
- Ethiopia's demographic transformation
- Ethiopia is going through the early stages of a demographic transition Ethiopia's demographic transition is further reflected in the structure of its population
- Internal migration plays a key role in Ethiopia's rural-urban transformation process
- Ethiopia's spatial transformation
- Ethiopia's rural population will continue to grow in parallel with a rapid urbanisation process
- Ethiopia's urban system is heavily skewed towards Addis Ababa
- Urban population will double within the next 15 years
- Ethiopia's smaller agglomerations are contributing the most to urbanisation and playing a growing role in the economy Urban expansion is making cities less dense, further affecting rural areas
- The evolution of well-being in rural areas
- There have been important improvements in rural well-being, but there is an increasing gap between rural and urban areas
- Although monetary poverty has decreased, multi-dimensional poverty remains high
- Conclusions
- Annex 1.A. Additional figures and tables
- References
- Notes
- 2 Ethiopian intermediary cities and their roles for rural development
- Introduction
- Intermediary cities play an important role in the urbanisation process of developing countries
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