Report Number 4
Pastoral Economic Growth and Development Policy Assessment, Ethiopia

By Peter D. Little, John McPeak, Getachew Gebru, and Solomon Desta

This report addresses policy options for improving pastoral economies and development in Ethiopia. We draw on the findings of our three previous reports (Report 1, a retrospective assessment of policies completed in January 2002; Report 2, outlining future scenarios for pastoral development completed in March 2010; Report 3, identifying policy options for pastoral development also completed in March 2010). We incorporate in this final report reactions to the findings of the Reports 2 and 3 that were elicited in a series of regional meetings conducted in Afar, Somali, Oromiya, and SNNP Regions in August-September 2010. These meetings included regional government and a few federal officials, NGO workers, herders, and traders. In the report we have used quotation marks (?) to indicate direct responses from participants. The size of the meetings averaged about 16-20 participants and at all meetings participants were broken up into discussion groups of 5-6 members to encourage more conversation.