Enhancing Economic Development and Job Creation in Addis Ababa : The Role of the City Administration
Addis Ababa will play a major role in Ethiopia’s aspirations to reach middle income status, yet institutional inefficiencies currently hamper structural transformation. Addis Ababa contributes a third of Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector GDP and over...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/828941529524223693/Enhancing-Economic-Development-and-Job-Creation-in-Addis-Ababa-The-Role-of-the-City-Administration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30170 |
| Summary: | Addis Ababa will play a major role in
Ethiopia’s aspirations to reach middle income status, yet
institutional inefficiencies currently hamper structural
transformation. Addis Ababa contributes a third of
Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector GDP and over half of urban
employment. Yet, current policy restrictions on access to
land already seem to be leading to a declining share of
employment in the manufacturing sectors in which Addis Ababa
is specialized, without a significant increase in the high
value added sectors policy makers seek for the city. Policy
makers at the city as well as national level therefore need
to rapidly undertake efforts towards instituting a conducive
environment for the development and attraction of these
higher tech sectors. Given that unemployment in Addis Ababa
is already the highest in urban Ethiopia, urgent action is
needed to encourage economic succession to provide sources
of employment for citizens. This report provides
recommendations on the role of the City Administration in
economic development and recommends a focus on better access
to land, simpler procedures for domestic and diaspora
investors, more competitively targeted enterprise support
and increased capacity of the city administration. |
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