Addis Ababa: January 2, 2014 (FBC) Close to four million jobs were created across the country during the first three years of the Growth and Transformation Plan period, the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction said.
In an exclusive interview with ENA on Tuesday, the Minister Mekuria Haile said the performance exceeded the target set to achieve at the end of the GTP period by over a million.
He attributed the success to the expansion of micro and small enterprises and a number of ongoing huge projects.
Some one million of the jobs created during the reported period were temporary, he said, adding, the Ministry is striving to make the jobs sustainable.
Town administrations have been facilitating loan service, land for manufacturing and marketing and technical and vocational training for members of micro and small enterprises, the Minister said.
The government has decided that construction of infrastructure facilities to be labor intensive in a bid to create more jobs.
Related articles on the web
Ethiopia: Famous Market to Go As Ring Road Enters Final Stretch
Famous Market to Go As Ring Road Enters Final Stretch
Ethiopian Diaspora’s Most Lucrative Business of Renting Construction Machinery Slows Down
Ethiopia will submit an offer to the World Trade Organization on access to services such as banking and telecommunications
IBM develops plan to streamline governance in Ethiopia
Foreign firms to get a piece of Ethiopia’s financial sector
Construction of 40/60 Condos in Addis Ababa 33% completed
Ethiopia receives World Bank loan to create jobs
Addis Abeba to Erect New Market places with 128m Br
2015 DV Program Registration Begins Today
World Bank approved US $380 Million Credit to Ethiopia
Three railway projects haven’t yet started due to lack of finance: Ministry of Transport
Join Conversations