Public Policy making in Post-1991 Ethiopia: the Case of Urban Land Lease Policy
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2014-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
There is a w idespread belief that one of the critical and recurring shortcomings of the post-1991
policymaking pr ocesses happens t o b e t his imbalance between po licymaking institutions a nd
societal act ors. The main focus o f t he study was t o u ndertake an a ssessment o n p ublic
policymaking in post-1991 Ethiopia with particular reference to the Urban Land Lease Policy. A
qualitative r esearch methodology has been followed in t he s tudy. A nd a ca se s tudy d esign has
been ut ilized. P urposive sampling t echnique has been e mployed t o identify t he p otential study
participants from t he s tudy’s t arget po pulation. Key informant interview has been u sed a s t he
primary da ta ga thering t ool. S econdary da ta has been acquired by r eviewing pu blished o r
unpublished w ritten do cuments including a rchives. F inally, it w as found o ut that the r uling
party’s policy elites have been the most common actors in the policymaking process. The nature
of r elationship a mong t he po licy makers a nd po licy r eceivers w ithin t he po licymaking system
has been unbalanced. This is specifically true in the case of the Urban Land Lease Policy where a
committee es tablished b y t he M UDC has been the f oremost ac tor i n t he p olicy formulation
process
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Ethiopia, Urban land lease Policy