Economics Report - Training Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

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VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in English. The Ethiopian government and the United Nations Development , or UNDP, have launched a three-year program. They plan train more than 200,000 entrepreneurs. Government and UNDP officials the businesses set up by these men and women create more than 1 million jobs in Ethiopia. The minister of urban development and construction, Mekuria Haile, says need to change their way of thinking. He says instead of looking for jobs, people need to become and economic entrepreneurs who create jobs. The Ethiopian government the UNDP are interested in people wanting to set small-- and medium-sized companies. The development program is expected cost $26 million dollars. So far, the UNDP has $6 million. The program is based on four main : institutional development, entrepreneurship training, business development services, and partnerships. Owusu works in Ethiopia for the UNDP. He says needs to be done to reduce bureaucratic rules and access to credit in the country. Ethiopia has one the world's fastest-growing economies. But it is 174th on UNDP's Human Development Index. Human development has improved in during the past 20 years. But almost one third the people live in poverty. And the need for and economic growth is urgent. In Africa, Ethiopia's population second only to Nigeria. And Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn a majority of the country is under the age 25.For VOA Learning English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from radio program broadcast 22Feb2013)

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