Project profile — Ethiopia Strategy Support Project - Phase II

• Ethiopia (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Public sector policy and administrative management (15110) (10.00%)
• Agricultural policy and administrative management:
Agricultural policy and administrative management (31110) (20.00%)
Agricultural research (31182) (55.00%)
• Other Multisector: Research/scientific institutions (43082) (15.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (significant objective)
• Biodiversity (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (significant objective)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This is a multi-donor initiative supporting the strategies contained in Ethiopia’s rural development strategy, the “Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty”. Implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute, the program works to accelerate agricultural growth, improve food security, and expand rural development by strengthening the ability of key government institutions to develop policies informed by evidence-based analysis. Given that 85% of Ethiopia's economy is based on agriculture, almost all research undertaken through this project relates to the agriculture sector.

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Cumulative results achieved over the life of the project (2008-2013) include: a total of 1,233 participants, 229 of which were women, participated in training. Training workshops were well-received over the life of the project and the number of participants was significantly higher than originally expected. In addition, 231 research/policy seminars were held with EDRI and other organizations; 24 IFPRI reports were peer reviewed; 19 major collaborative research studies completed (of which 5 had a substantial gender component); 68% of EDRI personnel in research units participated in training events or joint research; 72 small studies were completed under a competitive grant scheme; 24 major research dissemination events were held with at least 20% female participants; 181% increase in client requests for data, research outputs and publications met by IFPRI's electronic Rural Economy Knowledge Support System (REKSS); and 27 high level policy briefs were disseminated by the Policy Communications Unit. ESSP II impacted government policy, programme development and implementation. For example, ESSP worked with EDRI in research and analysis that provided timely inputs to development exchange rate and wheat price stabilization policy formulation. Analysis of growth and poverty implications of agricultural investments contributed to the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development (CAADP) process. ESSP II also facilitated the impact evaluation of major rural investment programs, such as PSNP and AGP. The impact evaluation of these large-scale nation-wide programs has important budgetary implications for donors and the government and has led to rethinking of priorities and to re-designing of implementation practices.

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