Ethiopia

The Development Assistance Group (DAG) comprises 26 bilateral and multilateral donor agencies providing assistance to Ethiopia. The main objective of the DAG is to ensure a more effective delivery and utilization of development assistance to Ethiopia. As well as providing a place for heads of agencies to coordinate , the DAG houses ten thematic working groups. Among these is Thematic Working Group on Private Sector Development and Trade (PSD&T TWG). Click on the link, above, for their website; selected documents are also posted below.

• Overview of the PSD and Trade Thematic Working Group (working paper, August 2010)
• Mapping of Donor funded Programmes Supporting Private Sector Development and Trade in Ethiopia, (USAID and Ethiopia DAG PSD and Trade Working Group, May 2010)
• Matrix of Core Indicators Reflecting Trends in Private Sector Development, to be measured in relation to Ethiopia's second national Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP II, 2011-2015).
• DAG 'Roadmap to a More Effective Donor Support for PSD in Ethiopia'. (Dec. 2007)

• Private sector to get regular meeting with PM, Addis Online, 13 July 2010
• First dialogue between businesses, government, Capital Ethiopia News, 21 February 2011
• Ethiopia: Engaging the private sector in development, Behiru Assefa, 25 February 2011

• A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP) (2005/06-2009/10) Volume II: Policy Matrix Sept 2006)
• A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP) Annual Progress Report 2005/06
• A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP)(2005/06-2009/10) Volume I: Main Text (Sept 2006)
• Documents related to value chains, linkages and service market development in Ethiopia
• Survey of firm-level support for cluster development (UNIDO, 2009) with Annexes