Managing Urban Institutions for Development (Employment and Housing) in Addis Ababa City
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2015-02
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Addis Ababa city is experiencing rapid expansion and population growth. Following the
population growth the demand for employment opportunities is getting much higher than the
supply of jobs. In addition to this the expansion of the city could not significantly respond to the
demand for shelter. These key problems of employment opportunity and housing shortage are
becoming a challenge to urban citizens in Addis Ababa. Unless these evils are tackled, the desired
fruits of development i.e. improved quality of urban citizen’s life will not be realized. None of
urban institutions could resolve these problems individually but individual actions need to be
coordinated, road blocks cleared and challenges tackled by different institutions having different in
some cases overlapping roles. This thesis aims at exploring the government institutions’ role of
enabling the private sector and NGO’s & Private Company’s contribution in tackling
unemployment and housing shortages. The role of one NGO, WISE, and one private company,
Sunshine construction PLC, were taken in this thesis to see their individual and coordinated action
in tackling unemployment and housing shortage in Addis Ababa. This resulted in-depth
understanding of the problem and recommending possible solutions. The thesis has revealed that
the level of unemployment in Addis Ababa is significantly high, the absence of employment policy
and coordinated action caste its shadow on the efforts of government in tackling unemployment.
Similarly, there has been no coordinating organ of the housing sector that synergizes individual
efforts and clear obstacles. Moreover the supply of land is a bit of a challenge that negatively
affecting the supply of housing. Strong collaboration and partnership among the NGOs, private
firms and the government organs responsible for housing and employment believed to bring about
a positive change in the labour market and housing development
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Employment, Housing