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This report presents a background study of the state of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Ethiopia. Krishnan and Shaorshadze discuss the state of TVET in Ethiopia, as well as the contextual information on education system and economic indicators in Ethiopia as they relate to the TVET implementation and policy.

In the first decade of the new millennium, Tanzania's gross domestic product doubled in real terms, making it one of the handful of sub-Saharan economies that have shown strong and sustained growth in recent years. This growth was, moreover, broad based, with manufacturing output growing slightly faster than the economy as a whole. To maintain this rate of growth over the next decade, Tanzania's industrial capabilities will need to advance in a quite substantial way. The foundations for this advance lie in the current capabilities of Tanzania's industrial companies.

Amid historically high food prices agriculture has made a comeback to the centre stage supported by donor resources in the backdrop of national governments’ renewed emphasis on achieving food security for their populations. While this reinvigorated approach to agricultural development is attractive as a majority of poor people still rely on farm activities for their livelihoods with poverty reduction remaining the most important policy objective, there are concerns about low productivity of the sector along with its role in the process of development.