Advancing Decent Work and inclusive industrialization in Ethiopia

With an initial focus on the garment and textile industries, the ILO has launched a comprehensive and coordinated programme involving ILO’s key components (BetterWork, Vision Zero Fund, SCORE, LABADMIN and INWORK) to promote decent work and inclusive industrialization in Ethiopia. The textile and garment industry is one of the priorities of the Ethiopian Government under the Growth and Transformation plan (GTPII) in the move of lifting Ethiopia to a middle-income country by 2025. However, poor working conditions resulting in low productivity, high turnover and absentee as well as weak regulatory institutions, coupled with the limited capacity of the workers’ and employers’ organisations, creates a poorly functioning labour market and uncompetitive businesses. More