Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s economy is booming. Political opposition is not. We research governance in a broad sense, from democracy to elections and employment policies.
Current projects
![Jobs Network](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/15744-Jobs-Network.jpg)
Jobs Network
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PluriLand: Theorizing Conflict and Contestation in Plural Land Rights Regimes
![Education for sustainable job creation](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/14329-Worker-and-machine.jpg)
Education for sustainable job creation
Completed projects
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Creating a political and social climate for climate change
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Evaluation of Norwegian engagement in South Sudan
![Women in the developmental state: female employment and empowerment](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10523-16157747109-0cefcf795f-b.jpg)
Women in the developmental state: female employment and empowerment
![Life Skills in Non-Formal Contexts for Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10978-Youth-waiting-to-experiment-Oromia-002.jpg)
Life Skills in Non-Formal Contexts for Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
![Elections and Democracy in Africa](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/2092-Election06SG---11.jpg)
Elections and Democracy in Africa
![Priority setting in global health](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10554-5181913492-872c52848d-b.jpg)
Priority setting in global health
![Evaluation of Norwegian Support to Protection of Cultural Heritage](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/5687-DSC-0799.jpg)
Evaluation of Norwegian Support to Protection of Cultural Heritage
![Improving the Integrated Rural Development Projects in Western Ethiopia](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10584-14841506020-5a5e958eb7-k.jpg)
Improving the Integrated Rural Development Projects in Western Ethiopia
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Poverty monitoring and macroeconomic advice in Ethiopia
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Research co-operation on emerging social issues in Ethiopia
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Review of the Norwegian Development Fund Portfolio in Ethiopia
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Poverty monitoring Ethiopia - ICR ESRDF
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Aid to judicial reform
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Norwegian NGOs and aid
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Enweyway
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Ethiopia since the Derg: A decade of democratic pretension and performance
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Norwegian support to building of research capacity at national level
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The Borana land-use project
![Arriola Leonardo](http://www.cmi.no/img/12224-DSC-0608.jpg)
Leonardo Arriola
Economic growth in an authoritarian regime
Since 2004, Ethiopia has been among the fastest growing non-oil producing economies in Africa. The Ethiopian government, led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has ambitious plans for transforming the Ethiopian economy and is aiming to make Ethiopia a middle income country within the next 20 years.
The Ethiopian government follows the ‘developmental state model’, derived from the experiences of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, driven by a determined elite with a national development vision. CMIs research on Ethiopia centres around governance. We research the intersections between empowerment, economic growth, and political participation within the Ethiopian context. In particular we research women's opportunities in the developmental state and employment creation for the poor.