The National Population Policy of Ethiopia: Achievements, Challenges and Gaps in Implementation in Amhara Region
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2010-06
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The purpose of this study is to assess the National Population Policy of Ethiopia:
Achievements, Challenges and Gaps in Implementation in Amhara Region,
Methodologically, the study adopts a descriptive method, collecting data from 9 regional
Bureau Heads of the Organizations and 1 representative on behalf of the regional president
for one to one interview and 6 experts on the various aspects of the topic for group interview
to form the basis of the study, Interview and focus group discussions were used to collect
primary information as the data collection instruments, Secondary information was
collected from any sources such as CSA, MoFED, BoFED etc
Regarding findings, the study found that the achievements of the National population policy
of Ethiopia in the Amhara region were reduction in total fertility rate 6, 7, 5,9 and 5,1 in the
year 1994, 1998 and 2005 respectively, Contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 4,0
in 1993 to 16 percent in 2005. Annual population growth decreased from 2 ,86 in the year
1994 to 1,7 percent in the year 2007,
The challenges and constraints in implementation of the National population policy of
Ethiopia in Amhara region are: rapidly growing population and high youthful dependency
population; inadequate resources such as qualified personnel, budget, office equipment and
vehicles; low commitment of political leadership; inadequate capacity of planners
integrating population variables into development planning; early marriage; donor
dependent reproductive commodities; low contraceptive prevalence rate and huge unmet
need for family planning,
The impacts in using contraceptive methods are: inadequate supply in to clients preference,
cultural beliefs, high illiteracy and low status of women, side effects, inconvenient to use
and husband partner disapproval; low socioeconomic status and decision making power of
women and low level of literacy among women; heavy work load of women existence of
gender based violence, contribution of mass media was very limited, patriarchal set up of
society,
Major gaps of the population policy implementation were weak institutional arrangements,
the regional population council was not established, and no population program and
coordination between stakeholders responsible for the implementation of the population
policy is weak.
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Challenges and Gaps in Implementation, In Amhara Region