Investment Policy Review Ethiopia - Unctad

Report on the Implementation of the Investment Policy Review Ethiopia
Table IV. Summary of implementation achievements
Leather and Leather Products Sector
Sector/area
IPR
recommendation
Result Comment
Leather Implement incentive
The Government
measures to
instituted the option of
promote investment
funding 70% of equity in
taking into account
loans through the
the value chain development bank
across priority sectors.
Particular emphasis has
been put on the support
of the footwear industry.
Leather Implement policy
Emphasis has been put
instruments and
on the environment
incentives to
through the
stimulate investment
enforcement of
in effluent treatment standards by the EPA. It
plants and induce
has encouraged many
tanneries to meet
tanneries to invest in
required standards
effluent treatment
plants.
Leather Collaboration
The Government
between the
prepared an upgrading
Government and
system for tanneries
private sector
and footwear industries;
operators is needed
LLTPI provides
to deal with skills
shortage
extensive training.
Leather Implement specific
Pilot programmes are
regulations, incentive
underway to attempt to
measures to reduce
control the ekek
the disease
disease. Quality
incidences and
standards have been
improve animal
introduced and a
husbandry
procurement systems is
being developed to
create monetary
incentive for producing
better quality but there
has been no specific
regulation or incentive
introduced related to
disease reduction and
animal husbandry.
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