The Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program is a cross-sectoral national program of Ethiopia covering the period of 2002-2005. Its main objective is to reduce poverty and at the same time maintain macroeconomic stability.With regard to food security, the strategy’s overall…

Desertification is nowhere more serious than in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), stretching from Pakistan in the east to Morocco in the west, and from Ethiopia and Sudan in the south to Turkey in the north. Yet, many MENA countries have successfully rehabilitated large areas. Concerted…

This Proclamation provides establishes the Geological Survey of Ethiopia ("Survey") as an autonomous federal government organ having its own juridical personality. The Survey shall be accountable to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The objective of the Survey shall be to undertake…

This Proclamation defines the proper organization, power and functions of incorporated cities in Oromia Regional State. Municipal Service" includes water and sewerage service. A community of residents which meets the requirements for incorporation through its representatives apply to the…

This Act provides rules for the micro-financing business in Ethiopia and for the licensing of institutions providing micro-financing. The main purpose of a micro-financing institutions shall be to collect deposits and extend credit to rural and urban farmers and people engaged in other similar…

This Proclamation of the Afar National Regional State establishes a rural land administration system that is suitable for natural resource management and protection and that incentivizes investment within the traditional clan-based communal land tenure system. Laws that pertain to lands…

The National Action Plan for Gender Equality (NAP-GE) is a sectoral national action plan in force for the period of 2006-2010. Its main goal is to contribute towards the attainment of equality between men and women, in social, political and economic development.The Action Plan aims to enhance…

A Proclamation to provide for the utilization of urban land. Urban land is defined as all land within the boundaries of a town (sect. 2). The Proclamation shall not apply to land previously utilized for the construction of dwellings (sect. 3). Section 4 provides for applications of persons who…

This basic piece of legislation sets out principles and lays the foundations for laws relative to land tenure and administration of rural land are to be enacted by Regional Councils in respect of each Region of Ethiopia and in accordance with the present Proclamation, laws on environmental…

These Regulations issued under article 14(1) of the Expropriation of Landholdings for Public Purposes and Payment of Compensation Proclamation No. 455/2005 concerns not only payment of compensation to but also aims at assisting in other ways persons displaced by expropriation under the…

This Proclamation of the Council of the Amhara National Region provides for the organization, powers and duties of the executive organs of the Amhara National Region. It, among other things: defines powers and duties of the Head of Government, the Deputy Head of Government, and the membership of…

This Regulation, made under the Afar National Regional State Rural Land Use and Administration Proclamation, concerns equal land use rights on communal holdings of the pastoralist communities and separation of communal holdings for use of the pastoralist community. Any pastoralist shall be…