Economic Sectors Policy Study Sector
Study Centers
Agricultural Modernization &Rural Development Policy Study Centre

Centre Coordinator
Lead researcher
amrdpsc@psi.gov.et
+251115506066
Industry Policy Study Centre

Centre Coordinator
Lead researcher
ipsc@psi.gov.et
+251115506066
Objectives:
- Assess the existing gaps in Ethiopian industrial development policies/strategies and generate new policy/strategy ideas for the sustainable industrial development.
- Identify Industrial policy/strategy implementation gaps and propose solutions to minimize or avoid the gaps/problems through scientific study.
- Deliver a consultancy services to the stakeholders and actors in Ethiopian industrial development policy /strategy.
Completed Policy Research Projects are:
- Study of Agro-Food Processing Industries in Ethiopia: Policy and Strategy Options for its Development (2015-2025)
- Study of Non-Food Agro-Processing Industries in Ethiopia: Policy Options to Strengthen and Expand the Subsector (2015-2025)
- Study of development of iron ore and metallurgy industries: challenges, prospects and policy/strategy options (2015 –2025)
- Development of Ethiopian Steel Industries: Challenges, Prospects, and Policy Options (2015 –2025)
- የሀገር ውስጥ የግል ባለሀብት በአምራች ኢንዱስትሪው ውስጥ የሞተርነት ሚናውን ከመጫዎት አኳያ ያሉት ተግዳሮቶች፣ ዕድሎችና የመፍትሄ አቅጣጫዎች
- Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options for Effective Use to Stimulate Industrialization.
Policy Research Projects which are in progress are::
- በአምራች ኢንዱስትሪ የቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግርና ልማት ተግዳሮቶች፣ ዕድሎችና የፖሊሲ አማራጮች
- በኢትዮጵያ የአነስተኛና መካከለኛ ኢንዱስትሪዎች ልማት የፖሊሲና ስትራቴጂ አቅጣጫዎች
- SME Finance in Ethiopia: Project Impact Evaluation
- The impact, outreach and sustainability of BDS to MSMEs: Evidence from a large qualitative and quantitative survey in Ethiopia.
- Industrial relations, job quality and productivity in the Ethiopia labor intensive manufacturing industry.
- Using differentiated export tax (DET) to upgrade in value chains: is it efficient?
- Occupational choice and structural transformation in ethiopia.
- Exchange rate and export dynamics: Firm level evidence.
- Chinese Enterprises involvement in and contribution to Ethiopia’s industrialization: challenges, opportunities and policy suggestions.
- Female Manufacturing Employment and Empowerment in Ethiopia.
- Employment, Productivity, Wage Structure and Competitiveness in the Manufacturing Sector: An Empirical Assessment from Ethiopia.
- The Triple Challenges of Industrial Jobs and its impact on Employees welfare and Enterprise Productivity.
- Manufacturing Enterprises Contributions towards Urbanization and Urban Development.
- Understanding Industrial Parks.
- Group Entrepreneurship: Can Worker Cooperatives provide Viable Paths to Create Successful Enterprises?
- Improving Industrial Relations in Garment Industry.
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Ethiopia.
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development: Determinants of Labor Turnover in Micro and Small Enterprise.
Urban & Infrastructure Development Policy Study Centre

Centre Coordinator
Lead researcher
uidpsc@psi.gov.et
+251115506066
Objectives:
- Assess the existing gaps in Ethiopian urban and infrastructure development policies/strategies and generate new policy/strategy ideas for the sustainable industrial development.
- Identify urban and infrastructure development policy/strategy implementation gaps and propose solutions to minimize or avoid the gaps/problems through scientific study.
- Deliver a consultancy services to the stakeholders and actors in Ethiopian industrial development policy /strategy.