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Ethiopia's economy is ranked 159th place out of 190 countries in 'Ease of doing business'. [35] Ethiopia is also a part of African Continental Free Trade Area, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the G24, and has observer status at the World Trade Organization.
In late 1990s, the Office for Revision of Addis Ababa's Master Plan (ORAAMP) and National Urban Planning Institute (NUPI) were launched to analyze the economic status of the city. The city covered 29% of Ethiopia's GDP (59.5 Billions $ in 2024) and 20% of national urban development as of 2022. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa
PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP. [4] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [5]
Agriculture constitutes over 50% of economic sector in Ethiopia, and the largest dependable economic activity. It includes production of livestock products (milk, egg, meat), beverages, leather and textiles industry. Besides, Ethiopia is the largest exporter of coffee involving over 15 million active workers.
Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries but is sometimes considered an emerging power, [29] [30] having the fastest economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries because of foreign direct investment in expansion of agricultural and manufacturing industries; [31] agriculture is the country's largest economic sector, accounting for ...
The Ethiopian government used money from a World Bank-financed health and education initiative to brutally evict thousands of villagers , according to former government officials who helped carry out the forced removals. The World Bank, the planet's most influential development lender, has denied responsibility.
The Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) was a national five-year plan created by the Ethiopian government to improve the country's economy by achieving a projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 11-15% per year from 2010 to 2015. The plan included details of the cost (estimated at US$75–79 billion over the five years) and specific ...
Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9% of exports, and 80% of total employment. Ethiopia 's agriculture is plagued by periodic drought , soil degradation [ 1 ] caused by overgrazing , deforestation , high levels of taxation and poor infrastructure (making it ...