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LOCATION:Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia
SUMMARY:Validation of the results of the national productive capacities gap
  assessment of Ethiopia
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DESCRIPTION:Ethiopia is one of the countries benefiting from UNCTAD’s pro
 gramme on fostering domestic productive capacities to advance structural t
 ransformation\, economic diversification and sustainable development as pa
 rt of the project titled\, “Developing Integrated Programmes to Alleviat
 e Binding Constraints to Development by Fostering Structural Transformatio
 n\, Building Productive Capacities and Enhancing Investment Opportunities 
 and Linkages with China.”Within the programme\, a National Policy-level 
 Workshop on Fostering Productive Capacities in Ethiopia for Industrializat
 ion\, Export Diversification\, and Inclusive Growth was held from 3 to 4 
  March 2022 in Addis Ababa. The conclusions of this workshop urged the pre
 paration of a National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment (NPCGA) of Eth
 iopia\, which would identify gaps and limitations in the country’s domes
 tic productive capacities and recommend holistic\, economy-wide policy int
 erventions to address the development challenges. To ensure that the Produ
 ctive Capacities Index (PCI) becomes an integral tool for Ethiopia’s dom
 estic policy formulation\, a training for expert statisticians to utilise 
 the PCI was also held from 31 May to 1 June 2022 in Addis Ababa.The worksh
 ops were followed by the drafting of the NPCGA for Ethiopia\, which has no
 w been completed. Ethiopia’s NPCGA applied the Productive Capacities Ind
 ex (PCI)\, together with policy and empirical evidence from the country to
  identify and estimate the sectoral gaps. The document has identified and 
 analysed the gaps and limitations in policy formulation and the institutio
 nal architecture for the critical policy sectors requiring support to faci
 litate the process of national development and to enable the building of a
  robust national economy\, one which is well integrated regionally and glo
 bally. It has also put forward concrete recommendations for policy actions
  and interventions to address the gaps\, limitations and systemic challeng
 es that are facing the country. This workshop is\, thus\, intended to vali
 date the NPCGA and policy interventions outlined therein. Considering the
  imperative of the national ownership of the process of the NPCGA and the 
 subsequent formulation and implementation of the economy-wide\, holistic l
 ong-term development policies\, which are aligned with national developmen
 t visions and strategies\, this workshop aims at discussing the outcome of
  Ethiopia’s NPCGA and seeking agreement on necessary policy and institut
 ional interventions\, as well as the next steps in addressing the country
 ’s gaps in domestic productive capacities.&lt\;p class=&quot\;text-align
 -justify\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/validat
 ion-results-national-productive-capacities-gap-assessment-ethiopia
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