Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Country Resources Development and Poverty Strategies Ethiopia 1 April 1993 Policy document

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This population policy aims at pursuing the following general objectives:
a) Closing the gap between high population growth and low economic productivity through planned reduction of population growth and increasing economic returns;
b) Expediting economic and social development processes through holistic integrated development programmes designed to expedite the structural differentiation of the economy and employment;
c) Reducing the rate to urban migration;
d) Maintaining/improving the carrying capacity of the environment by taking appropriate environmental protection/conservation measures;
e) Raising the economic and social status of women by freeing them from the restrictions and drudgeries of traditional life and making it possible for them to participate productively in the larger community;
f) Significantly improving the social and economic status of vulnerable groups (women, youth, children and the elderly).

Specific objectives of this policy are:
a) Reducing the current total fertility rate of 7.7 children per woman to approximately 4.0 by the year 2015;
b) Reducing maternal, infant child morbidity and mortality rates as well as promoting the level of general welfare of the population;
d) Significantly increasing female participation at all levels of the educational system;
e) Removing all legal customary practices militating against the full enjoyment of economic and social rights by women including the full enjoyment of property rights and access to gainful employment;
f) Ensuring spatially balanced population distribution patterns with a view to maintaining environmental security and extending the scope of development activities;
g) Improving productivity in agriculture and introducing off-farm non agricultural activities for the purpose of employment diversification;
h) Mounting an effective country wide population information and education programme addressing issues pertaining to small family size and its relationship with human welfare and environmental security.

Sixteen strategies to achieve the above objectives are outlined.

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