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HESPI NEWSLETTER, Volume XII/No.1/2022, December 2022 ----------------------------------------- The Horn of Africa (HoA) has experienced slow recovery from the challenges of Covid-19, climate change and conflicts impacts, as well as the global effects of the Ukraine war on food and energy prices in 2022. These severe challenges contributed to slower economic growth in most countries, and by more than 2 percentage points decline for the larger economies of the HoA (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda). The prevalent…

HESPI NEWSLETTER, Volume XI/No.1/2021, December 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The HoA region is faced by food insecurity and adverse climate change impact, which are interconnected and mutually reinforcing negative conditions, and are compounded by institutional capacity constraints, insecurity, and scarce financial resources. These challenges contribute to vulnerability to systemic shocks and lead to prevalent hunger, malnutrition and rising incidence of absolute poverty. In this context, there is urgent need for radical transformation of food production into more…

HESPI NEWSLETTER, Volume IX/No.1/2019, December 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The urgency of Climate change and building human resilience is the defining issue of our time and now is the time to address it to attain the first and second Sustainable Development Goals: 'to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, and to end hunger and achieve food security and improved nutrition, respectively, by 2030.” In the Horn of Africa countries (comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South…

HESPI NEWSLETTER, Volume VIII/No.2/2018, December 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The macro-economic performance of IGAD countries has varied over the past decade.  In particular the growth performance of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda was higher than the sub Saharan African countries annual average of 3-4 percent during 2012-16. But the progress recorded in some of the other IGAD countries was less impressive as demonstrated by lower annual growth rates, poverty prevalence, and limited progress in socio-economic development. Unemployment…