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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has initiated discussions to officially bring the ‘timbuktoo initiative’ to Ethiopia.

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More than 750 women-led businesses impacted by the conflict in Afar, Amhara, and Tigray will receive support from resources mobilized through a UNDP crowdfunding campaign in partnership with the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs and the Great Ethiopian Run (GER).

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Clean energy investment is crucial to achieving gender equality and women's economic empowerment. In countries like Ethiopia, especially in rural communities where modern energy is rarely available, the primary source of energy is highly dependent on biomass, such as firewood, charcoal, crop residues, and animal dung.

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Addressing the need for a paradigm shift in the insurance industry in Ethiopia

An Insurance Risk Financing Facility (IRFF) was launched today to help Ethiopia build the capacity of communities and businesses to manage shocks. The facility will help to develop accessible, affordable, and innovative insurance products for farmers and businesses to bounce back stronger from socio-political as well as climatic shocks.

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Rich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards, finds UN Development Programme

New York - Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarization on a global scale. The result is a dangerous gridlock that must be urgently tackled through collective action, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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EU Contributes Resources for Ethiopia to Demobilise and Reintegrate Ex-Combatants

The European Union is committing to support the National Rehabilitation Commission’s work for a more prosperous and peaceful Ethiopia. The National Rehabilitation Commission (NRC) was established in November 2022 and is responsible for a DDR programme that seeks to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate an estimated 370,000 ex-combatants in eight regions of the country with the participation of relevant stakeholders.

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Peace Support for northern Ethiopia

The UNDP-managed multipartner peace support/stabilisation programme is nestled within Ethiopia’s wider Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF),snd is a time-bound, localised, integrated, civilian stabilisation programme delivered at scale and with speed in order to build trust between communities and legitimate authorities, and lay the foundations for recovery, peacebuilding, and development programmes.

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Ethiopia launched a significant project to Combat Deforestation and Boost Coffee Production in Ethiopia

The Government of Ethiopia, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), jointly launched a major project to tackle deforestation, promote forest restoration, and integrate sustainability into the country's coffee value chains and food systems.

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Germany partners with UNDP to support peace in northern Ethiopia

The Government of Germany and UNDP-Ethiopia have signed a financing agreement for ten million and one hundred thousand Euros to be used for peace support and stabilisation programmes in Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. The purpose of these programmes is to deliver a peace dividend quickly to conflict-impacted populations in these three regions, to help them return to normal life and, by so doing, support peacebuilding.

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UNDP's global Strategic Plan and Ethiopia Country Programme Document

The Strategic Plan describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future. 

You can access UNDP's global Strategic Plan (2022-2025) here. 

The Ethiopia Country Programme Document (20222-2025) is available here.

About Ethiopia

107.6 million

Population (2022/23)

23.5%

Poverty rate (2015/16)

USD 1,549

GNI per capita (2022/23)

0.492

Human Dev. Index (2023/24)

97

percent

of rural households are engaged in agriculture (WB survey 2023)

25

percent

of Ethiopian households are headed by women

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