Ethiopia 2030: The Pathway to Prosperity Ten Years Perspective Development Plan (2021 – 2030).

The Ethiopia 2030: The Pathway to Prosperity Ten Years Perspective Development Plan (2021 – 2030) is a ten-year development Plan that lays a long-term vision of making Ethiopia an “African Beacon of Prosperity”. Prosperity in the Plan is defined in terms of the overall human and institutional capability that is created over the long-term whose development outcomes can be expressed as follows: 1) Improvement in income levels and wealth accumulations so that every citizen would be able to satisfy their basic needs and aspirations; 2) Basic economic and social services such as food, clean water, shelter, health, education, and other basic services should be accessible to every citizen regardless of their economic status; 3) Creating an enabling and just environment where citizens would be able to utilize their potentials and resources so that they lead quality life; 4) Improvement in social dignity, equality, and freedom where citizens can freely participate in every social, economic, and political affairs of their country regardless of their social background.
The development vision will be achieved through the following key strategic pillars which are primarily focused on addressing the deep-rooted macroeconomic, sectoral, and structural bottlenecks of economic, social, administrative, and institutional development of the country. The key strategic pillars are: 1) Quality Economic Growth and Shared Prosperity, 2) Economic Productivity and Competitiveness, 3) Technological Capability and Digital Economy, 4) Sustainable Development Financing, 5) Private Sector-led Economic Growth, 6) Resilient Green Economy, 7) Institutional Transformation, 8) Gender and Social Inclusion, 9) Access to Justice and Efficient Civil Services, and 10) Regional Peace Building and Economic Integration.
Chapter 4 contains the Macroeconomic Plan that aims at creating a stable macroeconomic environment, by reducing poverty rates, ensuring availability of sustainable development finance, guaranteeing high, stable and sustainable economic growth, and bringing about substantial structural transformation of the economy. Chapter 5 Economic Sectors Development Plan is subdivided into: Agricultural Development; Manufacturing Industry Development; Construction Industry Development; Mining and Petroleum Development; Trade Development; Tourism Development; Urban Development. In particular The major focus areas of Agricultural Development Plan are reducing the reliance on rain-fed agriculture by developing irrigation capacity; expanding agricultural mechanization services; enabling highly productive smallholder farmers to become investors by assisting them to have access to additional land; improving animal husbandry, fodder development and animal health; expanding horticulture development; expanding the participation of private investors in agriculture; building institutional implementation capacity within the sector; creating job opportunities; and rendering agriculture more resilient to climate change by reducing the impacts of environmental and climatological changes affecting it. The main objectives of the Agricultural Development Plan are to raise the incomes and livelihoods of farmers and pastoralists and end poverty by making agriculture more productive and competitive; to play a major role in the structural transformation of the economy, especially to satisfy the food and nutritional needs of the nation by modernizing agriculture; to supply raw material inputs for the industrial sector; to provide adequate quantities of exportable agricultural products that have added value; to create sufficient job opportunities in rural areas; and to reduce the impact of climate change on the sector.
Chapter 6, Infrastructure Development Plan, is further divided into: Transport Development; Water Resources Development; Energy Development; Innovation and Technology Development. The principal objectives of the Water Resources Development Plan are to ensure equitable provision and accessibility of potable water, sanitation and hygiene services that meet quality standards; and to enhance the development and utilization of the river basin and irrigation resources of the country. Chapter 7, Demography and Human Resource Development, aims to develop an all rounded human resource capacity; this will be achieved through the provision of equitable access to health and education services as well as ensuring quality and relevance. Chapter 8, Gender and Social Inclusion Plan mainly focus on empowering various sections of the society and enabling them to benefit from economic development through skills development, capacity building and equitable participation in particular attention will be given to strengthening the overall system of social welfare and social protection in favour of women, children, the youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable citizen. Chapter 9 is the Justice and Public Services Plan. Chapter 10 contains the Peace Building and Regional Development Cooperation Plan. 69
Chapter 11 contains the Environment and Climate Change Plan; the main focus is ensuring sustainable development by developing, enriching, maintaining and protecting the country’s natural environment, forests, wild life and other biodiversity resources, and also through ensuring sustainable utilization as well as maintenance of healthy ecosystem interactions. The principal objectives of the environment and climate change plan are to identify invasive foreign species and, through research, substantially mitigate the damage they cause; collect and preserve biodiversity and genetic resources; reduce the amount of sectoral greenhouse gas emissions; and strengthen the development and protection of forests, the ecosystem as well as the wild life.