Inclusive Transformation of Rural Ethiopia: Patterns and Options
Co-Organized by IFPRI, Compact 2025, Policy Studies Institute (PSI), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
May 02, 2019 - 9:00 am to 05:35 pm EAT
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hilton Hotel - Menelik II Ave, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1164
Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. The 2019 Global Food Policy Report - that will be presented at this event - highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address the crisis in rural areas. Policies, institutions, and investments that take advantage of new opportunities and technologies, increase access to basic services, create more and better rural jobs, foster gender equality, promote good governance, and restore the environment can make rural areas vibrant and healthy places to live and work.
In Ethiopia in particular, recent analysis - based on the national household consumption expenditure surveys of 2011 and 2016 - shows that monetary living standards of rural households remain low and that consumption growth in rural areas has been significantly below urban ones. Moreover, real consumption of the bottom quintile did not change and the poorest were therefore excluded from the ongoing transformation process in Ethiopia, leading to increased inequality in the country.
The conference aims to bring stakeholders together to present an overview of key issues in rural areas and discuss the lessons learnt from experiences with rural revitalization in a large number of countries. It will then focus on Ethiopia in particular and provide evidence on ongoing changes so as to further inform the discussion on rural transformation and on ways to make it more inclusive.
Opening Remarks
Afeikhena Jerome
Special Advisor to the Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission (AUC)
Lamin Manneh
Regional Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Keynote Address on Rural Revitalization
Shenggen Fan
Director General, IFPRI
Global Panel on Rural Revitalization (with Q&A)
Moderator
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Panelists
Alessandra Casazza
Programme Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Odette Kabaya
Team Leader, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Newai Gebreab
Former Executive Director, Ethiopian Development Research Institute
Michael Mulford
Chief of Party, World Vision
Tom Bundervoet
Poverty Economist, The World Bank Group
Keynote Address on Ethiopia’s new Transformation Agenda
H.E. Dr. Eyob Tekalign
State Minister, Ministry of Finance
Transformation and Inclusion in Rural Ethiopia
Welfare Changes in Rural Ethiopia: 2011-2016
Tom Bundervoet
Poverty Economist, The World Bank Group
Economic Lives of the Poor in Rural Ethiopia
Fanaye Taddesse
Research Officer, Policy Studies Institute (PSI)
Focus on Ethiopia: Session 1 (with Q&A)
Chair
Guush Berhane
Research Fellow, IFPRI
Public Investments and Rural Poverty Reduction
Paul Dorosh
Director, Development Strategy and Governance, IFPRI
Inclusive Transformation in Crop Agriculture
Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Farm Size, Food Security and Welfare
Bart Minten
Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Inclusive Transformation in the Livestock Sector
Senneshaw Tamru
Researcher, IFPRI
The Poor and Rural Jobs in Ethiopia’s Transforming Economy
Fantu Bachewe
Research Coordinator, IFPRI
Focus on Ethiopia: Session 2 (with Q&A)
Chair
Bart Minten
Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Rural Land Policies, Land Market Potential, and Agricultural Transformation
Hosaena Ghebru
Research Fellow, IFPRI
Changes in Nutrition Outcomes in Ethiopia, 2000-2016
Kalle Hirvonen
Research Fellow, IFPRI
Rural Financial Markets
Bethelhem Koru
Research Officer, Policy Studies Institute (PSI)
The Role of Secondary Cities on Ethiopia's Rural Development
Tadesse Kuma
Senior Researcher, Policy Studies Institute (PSI)
Targeting and the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP)
Guush Berhane
Research Fellow, IFPRI
Closing Remarks
Shenggen Fan
Director General, IFPRI
Reception
Launch events
April 03, 2019
April 15, 2019
April 18, 2019
April 24, 2019
APRIL 26, 2019
April 29, 2019
May 2, 2019
May 3, 2019
May 13, 2019
Beijing, China