REAP country case studies: Ethiopia

This is an in depth analysis of the policy enabling environment for early action in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is exposed to numerous hazards including droughts, floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes desert locust, and intercommunal and now large-scale conflict. The country has a long history of recurring climatic vulnerability and droughts, which have increased in magnitude, frequency, and impact since the 1970s.

The paper finds that there is growing evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of early action through local, pre-financed preparedness instead of reactive humanitarian response and the GoE has put in place the key building blocks to support this, notably through the DRM policy and strategy being mainstreamed in flagship programmes like the PSNP.