Ethiopia embarks on significant water policy reforms, guided by options from WLE and IWMI

Ethiopia’s development trajectory is placing water resources under extraordinary pressure. To have any chance of continuing on this trajectory – not to mention achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, water and sanitation for all – the country needs new approaches to managing water use and trade-offs. In 2020, the Government took the initiative with a water policy review that will form the foundation for far-reaching reform, and they wrote to the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for help.