The PRSP process in Ethiopia

Abstract

This report provides an assessment of Ethiopia’s SDPRP from five inter-related perspectives: the processes, its content, public finance aspects, capacity building issues, and donor involvement. The following conclusions could be reached from which important lessons could be drawn. When it comes to the PRSP process, clearly government’s commitment to a participatory policy process was the key element to the success of the PRSP process as was a broad-based public interest and commitment to generate policy ideas to improve the PRSP. A strong coalition of the civil society, despite capacity limitations of individual institutions, and the donor community helped in the formulation of a broad-based PRSP.