Ethiopian Development Research Institute

2013-2014

Current full-time EDRI staff size is 72, of which 22 are researchers; the remaining 50 constitute EDRI man-agement, professional and support

staff. The programs and projects based at EDRI obtain administrative and financial management services from EDRI.

EDRI TEam

CollaboRaTIvE PRogRams anD PRojECTs HosTED by EDRI

• Projects Hosted by EDRI:Young Lives Project (YLP)An international research engagement for a period of 15 years that aims to follow up changes in the poverty profile of 3000 poor children in Ethiopia through longitudinal surveys

Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE)A long term joint engagement between EDRI and Goteborg University of Sweden on environmental issues

• Collaborative Programs:Ethiopia Strategy Support Program II (ESSP-2)A second round joint research and capacty building program between EDRI and IFPRI focusing on agriculture, rural development and poverty reduction Ethiopia Growth Research Program (EGRC):A new research program on growth in collaboration with the International Growth Centre of the U.K.

EDRI

VisionTo be a premier

policy think tank and a center of excellence

Ongoing Research in EDRI

• “Coffee Income and Household Food Se-curity in Major Coffee Producing Areas of Ethiopia” Dr. Tadesse Kuma

• “Private Investment in Commercial Agri-culture in Ethiopia: Review of Progresses and Challenges” Dr. Tadesse Kuma

• “Food and Nutrition Security in Ethiopia: Review of Current Status and Furure Policy Options” Dr. Tadesse Kuma

• “ADLI: Assessing the link between agri-culture income growth and demand for industrial products” Dr. Andualem Tilaye

• “Do water users associations (WUAs) sus-tain the irrigation sector? Evidences from central Ethiopia” Dr. Mekonnen Bekele

• “Price incentive-distinctive analysis of maize, wheat, and lentils in Ethiopia” Dr. Mekonnen Bekele

• “ Adaptation strategy for climate resilient sugar cane and cotton” Dr. Berihu Assefa

• “An Economic Inquiry into the Drivers of Emigrants’ Choice of Remittance Transfer Channel” Dr. Berihu Assefa & Dr. Girum Abebe

• “State-inducement Vs Self-initiation: a Comparative Study of Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia” Dr. Berihu Assefa

• “Does Saving Constraint Matter in Enter-prise Development? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia” Dr. Girum Abebe

• “Learning to be Efficient: The Effect of Kaizen ICT in Workplace Practices and Enterprise Performance” Dr. Girum Abebe

Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) P.o.box 2479Tel. 251115506066Fax 251115505588Email: info@edri-et.org/edri@ethionet.et

The Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) is a semi-autonomous research think-tank engaged in:• Economicresearchandpolicyanalysis• Bridgingresearchandpolicymaking• Capacitybuilding• Knowledgedisseminationandexchange• Consultancy

EsTablIshmEnT anD mIssIonEstablishedinAugust1999bytheEthiopianGovernmentwihthemissionto:

Conductrigorousresearchandpolicyanalysesthatprovideknowledge-basedinputstopolicymakingandpolicyimple-mentation

Disseminateitsresearchoutputsandfind-ingstothepolicyandresearchcommunityandotherstakeholders

souRcE of funDIngEDRIisfundedbytheEthiopiangovern-ment,theAfricanCapacityBuildingFoun-dation(ACBF),UNDP,IFPRI/ESSP-2andTTI/IDRC.

PrinciPles

Research engagement is need-based and responsive

Research is undertaken with a scientific and independent mindset

Research is carried out in partnership with diverse national and international part-ners and stakeholders to ensure quality and relevance and to strengthen national capacity

EDRI and its partners strive to work in close collaboration with stakeholders at national and regional levels in identifying research areas and disseminating re-search results Technical Advisory Committee of

ACBF/EDRI Project

• ExecutiveDirector,EDRI

• Minister,MinistryofIndustry

• StateMinister,MinistryofFinanceandEconomicDevelopment

• StateMinister,MinistryofAgriculture

• DirectorGeneral,CentralStatisticalAgency

• ExecutiveDirector,AssociationofEthiopianMicro-financeInstitutions

• President,EthiopianChamberofCom-merce

• Director,EconomicResearchandMon-etaryPolicyDirectorate,NationalBankofEthiopia

• DirectorofPrograms,EDRI

goals anD objEcTIvEsThegoalsandobjectivesofEDRIinclude:

• Disseminateresultsofpolicyresearch• Buildprofessionalexcellenceandcapacity

insocio-economicpolicyanalysis• Conductpolicyresearchrootedinrigorous

analysisthatisresponsivetoknowledgeandpolicyneeds.

• Createaresearchagendathatexaminesshort,mediumandlongtermissues

• Serveasaneffectiveforumfordis-cussingdevelopmentissuesamongkeystakeholders.

Departments anD areas of research

• Macro-EconomyandModeling• AgricultureandRuralDevelopment• PovertyandSectoralDevelopment• EconomicPolicyAnalysisUnit

(EPAU)

National Linkages with:EthiopianInstituteofAgriculturalResearch,Ethi-opianEconomicAssociation,CentralStatisticsAgency(CSA),EthiopianAgriculturalEconomicsAssociation,MinistryofTrade,MinistryofIndus-try,MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelop-ment,MinistryofFinanceandEconomicDevel-opment,theNationalBankofEthiopiaSavetheChildrenU.K,EthiopiaOfficeandNationalandRegionalUniversities:Mekelle,Aksum,BahirDar,Jimma,Haramaya,DireDawa,ArbaMinch,AwassaandAddisAbaba.

nETwoRkIngEDRIhasestablishedstronglinkageswithnation-alandinternationalpartners.International Linkages with:ACBF,IFPRI,AfricanCenterforEconomicTransformation(ACET,Ghana),GhanianInsti-tuteofManagementandPublicAdministration(GIMPA),LondonSchoolofHygienneandTrop-icalMedicine,UniversityofOxford,IDRC/TTI,GotenborgUniversity,IDS/SussexUniversity,LondonSchoolofEconomics,FASID/GRIPSofJapan,UNDP,IGC(U.K),JICAandMannheimUniversity