Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status

Over the past decade, Ethiopia has achieved high economic growth, averaging 10.7 percent per year. In 2012, Ethiopia was the 12th fastest growing economy in the World. If the country can continue its historically impressive growth performance, it c...

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Format: Economic Updates and Modeling
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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M2
TAX
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spelling okr-10986-167402017-12-14T08:55:47Z Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status World Bank AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ASSETS BANK BRANCH BANK BRANCH NETWORKS BANK BRANCHES BANK DEBT BANK FINANCING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SECTOR ASSETS BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BASE YEAR BID BLACK MARKET BOND BOND INVESTMENTS BONDS BRANCH NETWORKS BROAD MONEY BUDGETING CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL OUTLAYS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL TERMS COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVE BIDDING COMPETITIVE TENDERS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS CREDIT GROWTH CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENCY APPRECIATION CURRENCY DEPRECIATION CURRENCY DEVALUATIONS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT DEBT DEBT BURDEN DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT RATIOS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEPOSITS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DISPOSABLE INCOME DOMESTIC BANKING DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC LIQUIDITY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SECTORS EXCESS LIQUIDITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL DEBT FINANCES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FISCAL POLICY FIXED CAPITAL FIXED INVESTMENT FORECASTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FREE TRADE GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT BONDS GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SAVING GOVERNMENT SAVINGS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL SAVINGS GROWTH OPPORTUNITY GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORT COSTS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFLATION RATES INFLATIONARY PRESSURE INFORMAL SAVINGS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVENTORIES INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT FINANCING INVESTMENT PROCEEDS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT PROPOSALS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES INVESTMENT STRATEGY KEY CHALLENGE LABOR MARKET LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY POSITION LOAN LOAN CONTRACT LOAN TERM LOANABLE FUNDS LOCAL CURRENCY M2 MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET PRICE MATURITY MICRO FINANCE MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICRO FINANCING MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICY MONEY MULTIPLIER MONEY SUPPLY NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL SAVING NET EXPORTS NOMINAL INTEREST RATE NON-PERFORMING LOAN NON-PERFORMING LOANS OPEN MARKET OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS OUTPUT PER CAPITA PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA INCOME PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT PUBLIC BANKS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SAVING PUBLIC SAVINGS PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL GDP REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE REAL INTEREST RATES RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REMITTANCES RESERVE RESERVE REQUIREMENT RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RESERVES RETURN SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SAVINGS RATES SAVINGS SCHEMES STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPLY CHAIN T-BILLS TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TERMS OF CREDIT TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE BALANCE TRADE DEFICIT TRADING TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY BILL TREASURY BILL RATE UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VALUE ADDED VELOCITY OF MONEY WAREHOUSES WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Over the past decade, Ethiopia has achieved high economic growth, averaging 10.7 percent per year. In 2012, Ethiopia was the 12th fastest growing economy in the World. If the country can continue its historically impressive growth performance, it could potentially reach middle income status by 2025. This, in turn, may require an adjustment in economic policy to phase in the private sector as an additional engine of growth. Moreover, Ethiopia needs to make progress on two related important fronts: enhancing domestic savings, and, resolving the bottlenecks of the trade logistics system. This Second Ethiopia economic update, prepared in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia, offers policy guidance on how to move forward. Chapter one discusses Ethiopia's growth strategy, which emphasizes a strong expansion of public investment. This model has delivered impressive results, although the underlying macro policy mix highlights important challenges going forward suggesting that an adjustment to strategy may be warranted. One policy challenge relates to raising sufficient domestic savings to finance one of the highest public investment rates in the world, as discussed in chapter two. Another challenge relates to strengthening the competitiveness of the economy, to boost the lagging export performance, and attract foreign direct investment. Ethiopia's trade logistics system is a key constraint in this regard, as highlighted in chapter three. 2014-01-30T19:26:41Z 2014-01-30T19:26:41Z 2013-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16740 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Ethiopia
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topic AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK ASSETS
BANK BRANCH
BANK BRANCH NETWORKS
BANK BRANCHES
BANK DEBT
BANK FINANCING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SECTOR ASSETS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BASE YEAR
BID
BLACK MARKET
BOND
BOND INVESTMENTS
BONDS
BRANCH NETWORKS
BROAD MONEY
BUDGETING
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL OUTLAYS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL TERMS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
COMPETITIVE TENDERS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER GOODS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDITORS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEVALUATIONS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
DEBT
DEBT BURDEN
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT RATIOS
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SERVICE
DEPOSITS
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DISBURSEMENT
DISBURSEMENTS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC LIQUIDITY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED CAPITAL
FIXED INVESTMENT
FORECASTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SAVING
GOVERNMENT SAVINGS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL SAVINGS
GROWTH OPPORTUNITY
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORT COSTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATIONARY PRESSURE
INFORMAL SAVINGS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTRUMENT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT FINANCING
INVESTMENT PROCEEDS
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
KEY CHALLENGE
LABOR MARKET
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY POSITION
LOAN
LOAN CONTRACT
LOAN TERM
LOANABLE FUNDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
M2
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET PRICE
MATURITY
MICRO FINANCE
MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICRO FINANCING
MICRO-FINANCE
MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY MULTIPLIER
MONEY SUPPLY
NATIONAL BANK
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SAVING
NET EXPORTS
NOMINAL INTEREST RATE
NON-PERFORMING LOAN
NON-PERFORMING LOANS
OPEN MARKET
OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEM
PER CAPITA INCOME
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT
PUBLIC BANKS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SAVING
PUBLIC SAVINGS
PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT
QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
REMITTANCES
RESERVE
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RESERVES
RETURN
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATE
SAVINGS RATES
SAVINGS SCHEMES
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUPPLY CHAIN
T-BILLS
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUES
TAXATION
TERMS OF CREDIT
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADING
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILL RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
VALUE ADDED
VELOCITY OF MONEY
WAREHOUSES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle AGGREGATE DEMAND
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK ASSETS
BANK BRANCH
BANK BRANCH NETWORKS
BANK BRANCHES
BANK DEBT
BANK FINANCING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SECTOR ASSETS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKING SYSTEMS
BASE YEAR
BID
BLACK MARKET
BOND
BOND INVESTMENTS
BONDS
BRANCH NETWORKS
BROAD MONEY
BUDGETING
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL OUTLAYS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL TERMS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
COMPETITIVE TENDERS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER GOODS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDITORS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEVALUATIONS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
DEBT
DEBT BURDEN
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT RATIOS
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SERVICE
DEPOSITS
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DISBURSEMENT
DISBURSEMENTS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC LIQUIDITY
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EXCESS LIQUIDITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED CAPITAL
FIXED INVESTMENT
FORECASTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FREE TRADE
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SAVING
GOVERNMENT SAVINGS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS NATIONAL SAVINGS
GROWTH OPPORTUNITY
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORT COSTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATIONARY PRESSURE
INFORMAL SAVINGS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTRUMENT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVENTORIES
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT FINANCING
INVESTMENT PROCEEDS
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
KEY CHALLENGE
LABOR MARKET
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY POSITION
LOAN
LOAN CONTRACT
LOAN TERM
LOANABLE FUNDS
LOCAL CURRENCY
M2
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET PRICE
MATURITY
MICRO FINANCE
MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MICRO FINANCING
MICRO-FINANCE
MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY MULTIPLIER
MONEY SUPPLY
NATIONAL BANK
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SAVING
NET EXPORTS
NOMINAL INTEREST RATE
NON-PERFORMING LOAN
NON-PERFORMING LOANS
OPEN MARKET
OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
OUTPUT PER CAPITA
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEM
PER CAPITA INCOME
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT
PUBLIC BANKS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SAVING
PUBLIC SAVINGS
PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT
QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
REMITTANCES
RESERVE
RESERVE REQUIREMENT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RESERVES
RETURN
SAVINGS
SAVINGS RATE
SAVINGS RATES
SAVINGS SCHEMES
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUPPLY CHAIN
T-BILLS
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUES
TAXATION
TERMS OF CREDIT
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADING
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILL RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
VALUE ADDED
VELOCITY OF MONEY
WAREHOUSES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
World Bank
Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
description Over the past decade, Ethiopia has achieved high economic growth, averaging 10.7 percent per year. In 2012, Ethiopia was the 12th fastest growing economy in the World. If the country can continue its historically impressive growth performance, it could potentially reach middle income status by 2025. This, in turn, may require an adjustment in economic policy to phase in the private sector as an additional engine of growth. Moreover, Ethiopia needs to make progress on two related important fronts: enhancing domestic savings, and, resolving the bottlenecks of the trade logistics system. This Second Ethiopia economic update, prepared in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia, offers policy guidance on how to move forward. Chapter one discusses Ethiopia's growth strategy, which emphasizes a strong expansion of public investment. This model has delivered impressive results, although the underlying macro policy mix highlights important challenges going forward suggesting that an adjustment to strategy may be warranted. One policy challenge relates to raising sufficient domestic savings to finance one of the highest public investment rates in the world, as discussed in chapter two. Another challenge relates to strengthening the competitiveness of the economy, to boost the lagging export performance, and attract foreign direct investment. Ethiopia's trade logistics system is a key constraint in this regard, as highlighted in chapter three.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
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title Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
title_short Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
title_full Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
title_fullStr Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
title_full_unstemmed Second Ethiopia Economic Update : Laying the Foundation for Achieving Middle Income Status
title_sort second ethiopia economic update : laying the foundation for achieving middle income status
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16740
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