Ethiopia is a low-income country with ambitious plans to become Sub-Saharan Africa’s leader in light manufacturing. The government of Ethiopia has embarked on an industrialization strategy based on the creation of special economic zones as centers of export-oriented light manufacturing. The flagship industrial park of this strategy is located in Hawassa, a city with around 300,000 inhabitants in southern Ethiopia. This impact evaluation (IE) seeks to study the impact of employment at the Hawassa Industrial Park on the economic, physical, and social well-being of workers, and the broader impact on the largely rural, agricultural communities from which these workers are recruited. More generally, the evaluation will shed light on the implications of large-scale, location-specific development projects on individuals and local communities.
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