Fastest-growing non oil-dependent Africaneconomy in 2007
2008
Lowest GDP per capita in the world
Economy faces structural problems
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Efforts to reform since 1991 (have not worked)
Agricultural productivity low
Frequent droughts
Urban and rural poverty
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water tower
14 rivers
Greatest water reserves
HOWEVER, few irrigation systems
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the states and the people
People are unable to mortgage or sell land
Renting of land for a mx of 20 years is allowed
This is expected to ensure that land goes tothe most PRODUCER
user
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Drought
Predictable event in the Horn of Africa
Semi-arid , arid climate
Pastoral groups have tried methods forpreventing great losses
(such as: avoidingovergrazing or setting aside land only for
young
or ill animals ) Nevertheless, the population growth has made
it
hard to maintain
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Measures
Pastoralist Livelihoods Initiative (PLI), a two-year programme
funded by USAID
Enhanced Livelihoods in the ManderaTriangle/Southern Ethiopia
(ELMT/ELSE)programme, a crossborder initiative funded byUSAID and a
consortium of NGOs includingCARE International
