Ethiopia’s economy has grown rapidly over the last two decades, leading to significant national poverty reduction, but … there were significant differences in the pace and nature of poverty reduction across Ethiopia’s eleven regions. Based on … the national poverty line, poverty decreased from 46 percent in 1996 to 24 percent in 2016 nationwide. Poverty decreased …

That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that growth can be more or less effective in doing so, is well known … - that poverty may, in fact, be part of the reason for a country`s poor growth performance. This report is about the … poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. …