Ethiopia Gambella Region Villagization Case Study

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Ethiopian Gambella Region "Villagization" Project

Gambella region is located in Eastern Ethiopia also known as "Gambella People's Region, is one of the previously known Region 12, capital is Gambella. The region is situated between those two top 10 Ethiopian rivers Baro and Akobo Rivers. One of the most known parks in Ethiopia "Gambella national park" also located in the region covers approximately 5,061 square kilometers or 17% of the region. The region is also believed to have major oil resources, this region caught investor's eye and the government of Ethiopia to turn the region's fertile virgin land into the bread basket of the country.

The region has seen the most changes of administrative subdivision of local and regional, zoning and
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World Bank stated on its website, economic growth brought with it positive trends improving or reducing poverty in both urban and rural areas. The country is the fastest growing country, in the world to date. As of this growth has been a record of success to the Ethiopian government, more than 850 international global companies or investors have projects in Ethiopia, which is a country with a population of nearly 100 million people, the second populist country in Africa.

World bank Project Strategy: " Fostering competitiveness and employment aims to support Ethiopia in achieving a stable macroeconomic environment, increasing agricultural productivity and marketing in selected areas, increasing competitiveness in manufacturing and services, and Medium and Small Enterprises' access to financial services; improving access to and quality of infrastructure—electricity, roads, and water and sanitation; and improving regional integration, by enhancing involvement in regional agriculture technology generation and
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If the government land policy keeps the indigenous and communities ownership of land as it have been for centuries. But the newly government land policy greatly reserves the right of the government to take any land as needed for development or any other purpose. The new law "government owns land" announced before the land was distributed to foreign investors, contributed to creating a negative impact the Gambella region people and others. The international financial intuition didn't help the local small farmer or the region in fact assisted global companies to come to the region. I believe the region small farmers deserve to be part of the fund. Without any negotiation with the Gambella region people to relocate hundreds of villages and millions of people from their ancestor land, all parties are responsible for all violation have been made in the region, this can be solved ones and for all with the Gambella region people choice and direct agreement with the foreign or local investors than the government deciding power. Overall the international institution's assistance depends on the principle and strategy of the project to be beneficiary for

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