Rapid urban expansion and the challenge of propoor housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Edmond

J. Keller & Edith Mukudi-Omwami To cite this article: Edmond J. Keller & Edith Mukudi-
Omwami (2017) Rapid urban expansion and the challenge of pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, Africa Review, 9:2, 173-185, DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2017.1329809 To link to this
article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2017.1329809 Published online: 26 May 2017.

Rapid urban expansion and the challenge of pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Introduction
The research title called Made in Ethiopia- the article titled named “Rapid urban expansion and
the challenge of propoor housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” will be reviewed in this article
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the focal phenomenon, as well as insights on key dilemmas and conflicting findings that suggest
future research directions.
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Brief summary of the text part of the reviewed material
Author's rationale a common challenge in developing countries is to provide public goods such
as housing, clean water and sanitation to the rapidly growing poor in rural and urban areas. In
cities, government processes involve unplanned population growth, rural-to-urban migration, and
forced displacement of the urban poor, while market-oriented economic growth is stymied
without adequate safety nets for the poor. This is a particularly acute problem when pursuing a
development strategy. The rapid growth of cities in this context is generally associated with
unemployment, inadequate healthcare, deteriorating and poor infrastructure in the housing
sector, environmental degradation, and the responsibility of cities to provide such public goods
in a predictable manner. It brings many problems, such as government incompetence. In Africa,
where urban poverty is prevalent, governments in their efforts to reduce poverty may introduce
what are called "poverty measures" to improve the living conditions of the poor.

Author finding a solution to this problem has plagued those interested in identifying appropriate
developments. In Ethiopia's capital, the issue of service delivery, such as shelter for the poor and
access to safe urban water and sanitation, is a major concern. Ethiopia currently has 96 million
inhabitants. Addis has a population of about 3.5 million. His fifth of the city's population (17
million) is classified as poor. At the same time, Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in
Africa, with urban populations accounting for about 20% of the total population. However, since
1991, the city has been characterized by rapid economic and population growth, partly thanks to
the government's market-oriented development strategy. Sustained economic growth is believed
to reduce poverty. This article shows that housing policies for the poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
have increased dramatically over the past 15 years from about 2 million to 3.5 million. Rapid
population growth, with economic growth averaging over 10% per year, is driven by agricultural
transformation that began around the turn of the 20th century. As a result, many poor and even
non-poor people tend to become homeless or live in squatters and slums. Over the next 15 years,
the program failed to address the problem of urban poverty, and escalating rural-to-urban
migration only exacerbated the problem of providing adequate and affordable housing for the
poor. Providing adequate shelter for the poor was considered central to ensuring environmental
sustainability and therefore key to the poverty reduction process.
The authors say that in the process of adopting the Plan for Growth and Transformation,
Ethiopia's role as a strong developing country has been redefined, and that it has become more
committed than ever to central planning and more state intervention in the economy and society.
At the same time, the federal government wanted to strengthen efforts to combat poverty at the
national level. Across the country he was planning to build new condominiums consisting of
400,000 residential units, 175,000 of which would be located in greater Addis Ababa. The
project was expected to contribute significantly to poverty reduction by creating, 200,000 new
jobs, many of which would go to unskilled laborers, reducing urban un employment by half. At
the same time, the programme was designed to expand the capacity of the domestic construction
industry by training and employing additional contractors, engineers, and foremen who would be
needed to build these housing units.

The programme was also expected to provide more opportunities for micro enterprises. The total
effect of the programme was supposed to improve wealth creation and wealth distribution
throughout the country. It was envisioned that being gainfully employed, for example, as they
became more secure and able to save some of their income, the poor would be able to have
resources that could be used buy housing on their own. Pro-poor housing construction and
management is entirely funded with public resources.

Write the wstrengness of the reviewed material

 The strength of the article is that it is short and precise. From the beginning of the article, the
author writes about the issue.

 This article focused on an important topic within Rapid urban expansion and the challenge of
pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia need to find solutions to for the problem of
housing.
 The paper had provided the study reported here is part of a larger investigation, in line with
the established practice of study.
 An important conclusion can be drawn from researcher results are that they show empirical
evidence for the effectiveness of impact of savings on economic growth.
Write the weakness of the reviewed material
 Unengaging content and boring the readers However, the author did not provide key
information about the orientation program they used in their study.
 Odd flow /structure study did not adequately describe this pro-poor housing so that future
researchers can replicate this program in other samples.
 Lack of diversity among participants from different neighbor regional city limits the
generalizability of these findings.
 The author unable to show effects of either of the impact of Rapid urban expansion and the
challenge of pro-poor housing.
 The Objective of the research paper is not clearly identified.
 The article was not well structured, articulate and easy to understand.

Conclusion
 The article made in Ethiopia- the article titled name rapid urban expansion and the
challenge of pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa Ethiopia will be reviewed in this article
review as my view expected outcome if one read and study the review material if some
scholars are new to the field or domain in question so review papers also need to help
them gain foundational knowledge key constructs definitions assumptions and theories
should be laid out clearly for which purpose summary tables are extremely helpful.
Author describes that in cities, this is particularly acute problem when the process of
governing is accompanied by unplanned population growth, rural to urban migration and
the displacement of the urban poor while pursuing market-oriented development
strategies without proper safety nets for the poor.
 Authors justified A common challenge faced by countries in the developing world is the
provision of public goods such as housing and safe water and sanitation to rapidly
expanding and poor populations in both rural and urban areas. Authors identify Finding
solutions to this issue has consumed those interested in identifying appropriate
development.
 My review paper helps reader to understand the issues of rapid urban expansion and
challenge of pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and articulated by using
systematic review system to summarize and Identify strength and weakness of the
article in short, precise and understandable manner.