Ethiopia - Diversifying the Rural Economy : An Assessment of the Investment Climate for Small and Informal Enterprises

advisory services agricultural commodities agricultural development agricultural growth agricultural income agricultural land agricultural production agricultural productivity agricultural products agricultural sector agriculture arbitrage banks cash transfers consumers cooperatives credit cooperatives development policies development strategy diversification drought economic activities economic development economic growth entrepreneurs equal rights ethnic groups exchange rate expenditure exports families farmers financial institutions food aid food insecurity food prices food processing food security food shortages gender gross domestic product growth rate household consumption household income households income distribution industrialization information systems insurance land degradation land management land ownership microfinance nonfarm income operating costs outreach poverty reduction production functions profitability public works regression analysis remittances rural areas rural development rural finance rural population rural poverty sanitation savings small enterprises small farmers small farms smallholders start-up supply chains targeting transaction costs unions urban areas value added wages