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The Ethiopia Country Launch of the Africa Capacity Report 2017 on Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation March 28, 2017, Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) launched  its flagship publication, the 2017 Africa Capacity Report (ACR2017) which was on the theme: Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation. The Report was launched in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Department of…

HESPI Policy Forum on Illicit Migration from the IGAD Region and its Implications Friday, March 10, 2017 at Golden Tulip Hotel, Addis Ababa ------------------------------------- The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional Think Tank, head quartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, primarily engaged in Socio-economic policy research institutional capacity building with focus on the IGAD region.  One of HESPI’s ultimate objectives is to influence policy through policy dialogue by organizing  public forums and…

                                                                                                        HESPI Conference on IGAD Economies 2016                                                                                   “Imperatives for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals” The Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) Regional Economic Community comprises 8 member states with combined GDP of USD 218 billion and population of 250 million (World Bank, 2015). The region has been characterized by low socio-economic performance for many years, but has experienced a turnaround in the last two decades when most countries recorded impressive economic performance. Since the year…

HESPI Policy forum organized on "Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization in the IGAD member countries"was held on the 26th of September, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) has been organizing Policy Forums to create an avenue for cross-learning and to disseminate research findings to influence policy formulation and implementation processes.On 26 September 2016, the Institute held a policy forum on Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization based on a commissioned study conducted…

HESPI organized Training Session and Experience sharing visit for Bank supervision officials from the Central Banks of Somaliland and South Sudan in Collaboration with the National Bank of Ethiopia, 18-23 July 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia