Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Phase II

The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program - Phase II (ESSP-II) is a collaborative program of capacity building, research, policy analysis and knowledge dissemination by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).

In order to respond to Ethiopia’s growing development challenges, IFPRI
ESSP-II and its advisory committee identified four key activities:

• Collaborative research with the Ethiopia Development Research Institute (EDRI), the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), and the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) with a focus on promoting poverty reduction and economic development in Ethiopia

• Robust knowledge-management to contribute to policy dialogue, strategic priority setting, and evidence-based policy analysis.

• Capacity strengthening and increased knowledge dissemination within the academic and policy research community.

• Enhancing communications and institutional linkages between policy makers, policy analysts, civil society, and other policy and research actors through joint seminars and other dissemination events.