The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the GRIPS Development Forum have been continuously conducting the third phase of “Policy Dialogue on Industrial Development in Ethiopia” for the period of 2017 to 2022. The industrial policy dialogue (phase III) is part of JICA’s larger “Industrial Promotion Project,” which includes two additional components, .i.e., ”Investment Promotion & Industrial Park Development” and “Export Promotion through Champion Products Approach”.

More specifically, Japan-Ethiopia industrial policy dialogue (phase III) aims to contribute to the effective implementation of the Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP2: 2015/16-2019/20) and the formulation of next five-year development plan (esp. industrial objectives), by sharing Asian perspectives and providing the policy learning process with the Ethiopian authorities. Special emphasis is given to Quality, Productivity & Competitiveness (QPC)-related issues, where Japanese industrial cooperation has a comparative advantage.

Similar to the phase I & II, we conduct bi-annual policy dialogues with the Ethiopian authorities through the three channels: (i) dialogue with Prime Minister; (ii) High Level Forum at minister & state minister level; and (iii) individual discussions with ministers/state ministers & policymakers, as well as various stakeholders (e.g., private sector, researchers, donors). In addition, the phase III includes new activities such as joint policy research (with the Ethiopian researchers/research institutes) and handholding pilots (comprehensive support to a small number of high-potential companies for domestic private sector transformation).

We are combining policy discussions with Japan’s concrete industrial (or related) projects--which has been expanded in the GTP2 period--and monitor the progress of all cooperation projects by Japan.

◆Policy Dialogue on Industrial Development

Dec. 2022	Mission in Ethiopia Open Policy Workshop @Skylight Hotel (2022/12/15 AM) (hosted by MOI, and supported by JICA, PSI, and GRIPS) ・Policy Inconsistencies in Ethiopian Manufacturing Industry Growth ・Resolving Policy Trade-offs and Inconsistencies: Ethiopia's Mechanisms and Asian Experiences  FDI Linkage Workshop @MOI (2022/12/19)  (hosted by MOI and supported by JICA and GRIPS) ・FDI-local Firm Linkage Development -East Asian Experiences and Suggestions for Ethiopia ・Business Linkage Promotion between Domestic Enterprises and FDI Firms -JICA's Approach- Knowledge Sharing Workshop @MOI (2022/12/15 PM) (hosted by MIDI)  ・Summary of Ethiopia-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue under JICA's Industrial Promotion Project	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Program Presentation1 Presentation2 Program Presentation3 Presentation4 Presentation5
Sep. 2022	Mission in Ethiopia Automotive Policy Seminar @MOI (co-hosted by MOI, JICA and GRIPS) (2022/09/16) ・Ethiopian Automotive Policy in the African Automotive Market ・Global and African Automotive Industry -Emerging Trends and Strategies Related documents   Policy Note: Ethiopian Automotive Policy in the African Automotive Market   Slides presented at the Automotive Seminar on 2019/02/20 (revised Aug.2022)   Automotive Industry Promotion in Ethiopia (revised Mar. 2022)	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Program Presentation1 Presentation2
Apr. 2022	Mission in Ethiopia -Reconnection with new Ethiopian key persons The Second JICA Chair Seminar in Ethiopia @Addis Ababa University (2022/04/19)  Topics & Events (JICA HP) FDI policy report mini seminar @ Ethiopian Investment Commission (2022/04/26)  Twitter (EIC)	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Lecture Slides
Jan. 2022	FDI Policy Report Launch Work Shop (online)  co-organized by PSI and GRIPS Development Forum, supported by JICA  (2022/01/27)   Press release   FDI Policy Report   Related documents	Program Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3 Presentation 4
Feb. 2020	Mission in Ethiopia Report Launch Workshop on Ethiopia Productivity Report, co-organized by PSI and GRIPS Development Forum (2020/02/17) @ Intercontinental Hotel, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia Productivity Report Automotive Seminar, co-organized by MOTI, JICA and GRIPS (2020/02/18) @ MOTI builiding -Evolution and current status of Myanmar's automotive Industry -Key findings in Myanmar's automotive policy and lessons for Ethiopia	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Program Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Program Presentation 3 Presentation 4
Oct. 2019	Small Mission in Ethiopia - Discussion with economic policy team (PM office, MOF, EIC) (2019/10/30) - Informal meeting with donors (2019/11/01)	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Document 1 Document 2
Aug. 2019	Mission in Ethiopia Development Policy Forum (Ethiopia Productivity Report), co-organized by PSI and GRIPS @ Elilly International Hotel, Addis Ababa ・Lavor productivity data analysis ・Summary of field survey on apparel industry ・Policy measures to enhance productivity	Mission Report (Japanese text only) Program Presentation1 Presentation2 Presentation3
May 2019	Small Mission in Ethiopia	Mission Report (Japanese text only) (revised on June 21)
Feb. 2019	Mission in Ethiopia Automotive Seminar co-organized by MOTI, JICA, GRIPS and UNIDO @ MOTI building (2019/02/20) ・The Prospects of Japanese Automotive Assembly in Ethiopia: Policy Issues and Concrete Problems Development Policy Forum (about Ethiopia Productivity Research), co-organized by PSI and GRIPS @ Capital Hotel ・Introduction, Concepts and Importance of Productivity, Ethiopia's Productivity in International Comparison (Macro Level) ・Preliminary Analysis of Firm and Worker Survey Lecture at Djibouti Diplomatic Institute ・Industrial Policy Quality and Policy Learning	Mission Report   (Japanese text only) Agenda Presentation1 Agenda Presentation2 Presentation3 Presentation4
Dec. 2018	Small Mission in Ethiopia	Mission Report   (Japanese text only)
Aug. 2018	Mission in Ethiopia ・Lecture on the Asian Development Policy Think Tanks @PSRC ・Seminar on the Textile and Garment Industry by collaborating with ITOCHU Corporation @MOI	Mission Report Presentation
	Kenya Mission for the Automotive Industry Policy (2018/8/20-23)	Mission Report   (Revised on Oct. 5)
Jun. 2018	Small Mission in Ethiopia	Mission Report   (Japanese text only)
Feb. 2018	Small Mission in Ethiopia	Mission Report   (Japanese text only)
Nov. 2017	The Second High Level Forum for the Phase III of Policy Dialogue of Industrial Development in Ethiopia (jointly hosted by JICA and EDRI) ・Productivity enhancing measures in Sri Lanka and Ethiopia ・Productivity trend surveys of manufacturing sector and metalworking industry sector ・Literature review of wage-labor productivity nexus in Ethiopia ・Economic performance and labor productivity in Vietnam Knowledge Sharing Forum @PSRC	Agenda Presentation1 Presentation2 Presentation3 Agenda
Aug. 2017	Follow-up Mission - Kaizen City Movement Survey Report Sharing @EKI - QPC Study Meeting @MOI	Mission Report
Jun. 2017	Small Mission in Ethiopia	Mission Report   (Japanese text only)
Feb. 2017	The First High Level Forum for the Phase III of Policy Dialogue of Industrial Development in Ethiopia (jointly hosted by JICA and EDRI) ・Japan's Contribution to GTP2 for Industrialization with Quality ・Anti-Export Bias and Effectiveness of Export Incentives in the Ethiopian Manufacturing ・Income Equalization vs. Polarization ・Ethiopian Youth Development and Growth Strategy ・Empirical Analysis of Effect on job search assistance in Urban Africa	Agenda Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Report of Hawassa Industrial Park

◆Asia Mission Reports (Phase 3)
　

Myanmar Mission Report (2019/11/26-29)	Mission Report (translated from Japanese text)
Sri Lanka Mission Report (2017/10/9-13)	Mission Report

◆Related Project

◆Documents/Slides
　

(28) "Ethiopia-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue under JICA's Industrial Promotion Project SUMMARY" presented by Izumi Ohno at the Knowledge Sharing Workshop on 15th December, 2022.	English
(27) "Business linkage promotion between domestic enterprises and FDI firms -JICA's Approach-" presented by Toru Homma (JICA) at the Linkage Workshop on 19th December, 2022.	English
(26) "FDI-local Firm Linkage Development -East Asian Experiences and Suggestions for Ethiopia " presented by Kenichi Ohno at the Linkage Workshop on 19th December, 2022.	English
(25) "Resolving Policy Trade-offs and Inconsistencies -Ethiopia's Mechanisms and Asian Experiences" presented by Kenichi Ohno at the Policy Workshop on 15th December, 2022.	English
(24) "Policy Inconsistencies in Ethiopian Manufacturing Industry Growth" presented by Amare Matebu Kassa (PSI) at the Policy Workshop on 15th December, 2022.	English
(23) "Global and African automotive industry -emerging trends and strategies-" presented by Toru Homma (JICA) at the Automotive Policy Seminar on 16th September, 2022.	English
(22) "Ethiopian Automotive Policy in the African Automotive Market" presented by Kenichi Ohno at the Automotive Policy Seminar on 16th September, 2022.	English
(21) "Japan's Postwar Recovery and High Growth 1946-1970 -Extracting Lessons for Ethiopia" presented by Kenichi Ohno at the second JICA Chair on 19th April, 2022.	English
(20) FDI Policy for Enhanced Value Creation in Ethiopia -Situation Analysis and Policy Proposals- by GRIPS Development Forum in October 2021. Related document >>> slide presented at Zoom meeting on 10th Nov. 2021.	Proposal Paper Slide
(19) "Key Findings in Myanmar's Automotive Policy and Lessons for Ethiopia" Kenichi Ohno, presented at the Automotive seminar on 18th Feb. 2020.	English
(18) "The evolution and current status of Myanmar's automotive industry" Toru Homma, presented at the Automotive seminar on 18th Feb. 2020.	English
(17) "Selected highlights of the Report" Kidanemariam Berhe Hailue, presented at the Report Launch Workshop on Ethiopia Productivity Report on 17th Feb. 2020.	English
(16) "Introducing the major contents of the Report" Kenichi Ohno, presented at the Report Launch Workshop on Ethiopia Productivity Report on 17th Feb. 2020.	English
(15) "Preliminary Assessment of HERA" Kenichi Ohno, presented at informal meeting with donors on 1st Nov. 2019.	English
(14) "Ethiopia Productivity Report near-final presentation" Kenichi Ohno, presented at joint meeting with PMO, MOF, EIC on 30th Oct. 2019.	English
(13) "Ethiopia Productivity Report -Policy Measures to Enhance Productivity" Kenichi Ohno, presented at 2nd Policy Development Forum on 8th Aug. 2019.	English
(12) "Ethiopia Productivity Report: Summary of the field survey on the apparel industry" Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus, presented at 2nd Policy Development Forum on 8th Aug. 2019.	English
(11) "Ethiopia Productivity Report: Data analysis" Dr. Kidanemariam Berhe Hailu, presented at 2nd Policy Development Forum on 8th Aug. 2019.	English
(10) "Industrial Policy Quality and Policy Learning -A Comparative Study in Asia and Africa" Kenichi Ohno, presented at Djibouti Diplomatic Institute on 25th Feb. 2019.	English
(9) "Ethiopia Productivity Report: Summary of the field survey on the apparel industry" Dr. Mulu Gebreeyesus, presented at Policy Development Forum on 22nd Feb. 2019.	English
(8) "Ethiopia Productivity Report" Dr. Kidanemariam Berhe Hailu, presented at Policy Development Forum on 22nd Feb. 2019.	English
(7) "International Comparison of Automotive Assembly Policies" Kenichi Ohno, presented at Automotive seminar on 20th Feb. 2019.	English
(6) "Development Policy Think Tanks -Selected Case Studies from Asia-," Kenichi Ohno presented at the work shop at PSRC on 17th Aug. 2017.	English
(5) "Labor Productivity in Vietnam: Data Analysis and Policy Recommendation," Nguyen Duc Thanh (VEPR) presented at he 2nd HLF on 7th Nov. 2017.	English
(4) "A Literature Review: Wage-Labor Productivity Nexus on the Ethiopian Manufacturing," Kidanemariam Berhe Hailu (PSRC) presented at the 2nd HLF on 7th Nov. 2017.	English
(3) "Productivity Enhancing Measures in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka: A Bilateral Comparison," Kenichi Ohno presented at the 2nd HLF on 7th Nov. 2017.	English
(2) "Income Equalization vs. Polarization -Alternative Paths for High-Growth Economies," Kenichi Ohno presented at the 1st HLF on 2nd Feb. 2017.	English
(1) "Japan's Contribution to GTP2 for Industrialization with Quality -Overview of major cooperation components and issues to be tackled by the Ethiopian side," Izumi Ohno and Keiji Katai (JICA) presented at the 1st HLF on 2nd Feb. 2017.	English

◆Policy Dialogue with H.E. Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
　　

May. 2018	・ Letters sent from Kenichi Ohno to new P.M. Mr. Abiy (7 pages) and to former P.M. Mr.   Hailemariam (3 pages)
Nov. 2017	・ 17th direct dialogue with P.M. Mr. Hailemariam at the office of Prime Minister. (more than 1 hour)
Aug. 2017	・ A letter sent from Kenichi Ohno to P.M. Mr. Hailemariam. (4 pages)
Mar. 2017	・ A letter sent from Kenichi Ohno to P.M. Mr. Hailemariam. (9 pages)