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Health epidemics: the worst case scenario

Paper for workshop on "Vulnerability in Ethiopia: from disaster to development," 23-25 June 1997

Reforming the Ethiopian public sector for better governance: conceptual and theoretical foundations paper presented at the third international conference on public management, policy and development

This paper tries to indicate ways of making the Public Sector more responsive to the needs of the pool, the community at large and the private sector by efficiently and effectively carrying out it's activities by contributing positively in fighting poverty and attaining high level of development; the "Vision". Different "Practical Action and Tools and Skills" of achieving the "Vision" such as the components of governance, Anti-Corruption initiatives and private sector management styles are also included.

Strategy paper: Ethiopia

This document is a strategy paper for Ethiopia by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for 2002. Section headings include: "The current situation"; "The effects of the drought"; "Affected populations"; "The response strategy"; and, "Sectoral approaches for relief and recovery" followed by Annexes.

Livelihoods in the drylands of East Africa

This paper is about people and how they cope in the arid and semi-arid areas of east Africa. It is about the pastoral and agro-pastoral population in the IGAD member countries, namely: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. It deals with some of the socio-economic problems that pastoralists and agro-pastoralists face in these countries and shows the various approaches and the attempts carried out by OSSREA, researchers in the sub-region and the people themselves to improve their livelihoods at the household and at the community level...

Nothing to fall back on: why Ethiopians are still short of food and cash

This document is a Christian Aid report on Ethiopian livelihoods and food security and calls for the protection of livelihoods to begin in earnest... The report concludes with recommendations identifying poverty as the root cause of the problem by addressing the need for livelihood support. Multi-annual planning towards this objective, with a timeframe for transition, should replace annual food aid allocations which have been shown to offer only temporary relief.

Ethiopia disaster mitigation: institutional strengthening project (ISP) phase II

The Ethiopia Disaster Mitigation Project, referred to as the Institutional Support Project (ISP) in this document and object of the present evaluation, has a goal of increasing the food security of the people of Ethiopia. The project purpose is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Government of Ethiopia and other organizations to prepare for and mitigate food-gap disasters. The Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) is the structure for dealing with disasters in Ethiopia.

FMO Research guide: Ethiopia

This FMO research guide is a country guide on Ethiopia which provides a general overview and introduces key issues on various topics related to forced migration; guiding the user to relevant resources, key websites and documents available online.

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