{"id":353177,"date":"2012-11-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMihQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb3YudWsvcmVzZWFyY2gtZm9yLWRldmVsb3BtZW50LW91dHB1dHMvdGhlLXJvbGUtb2YtZm9yZWlnbi1pbnZlc3RtZW50LWluLWV0aGlvcGlhcy1sZWF0aGVyLXZhbHVlLWNoYWluLWxlc3NvbnMtZm9yLWdoYW5h0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:40:03","slug":"foreign-investment-in-ethiopias-leather-value-chain-lessons-from-a-uk-development-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/353177","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investment in Ethiopia\u2019s leather value chain: lessons from a UK development study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia\u2019s large livestock herd has long underpinned ambitions to move from raw hides to finished leather goods. A UK Department for International Development\u2013linked research output, <em>The Role of Foreign Investment in Ethiopia\u2019s Leather Value Chain: Lessons for Ghana<\/em>, examined how foreign capital, local tanneries, and export policy interact.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-356500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ethiopian-coffee.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Foreign investment in Ethiopia\u2019s leather value chain: lessons from a UK development study\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The study highlighted classic industrial-policy questions still relevant today: how to capture more value domestically, upgrade skills and environmental standards in tanning, and avoid a race to the bottom on wages and pollution while competing for FDI.<\/p>\n<p>For business and policy readers, the leather chain remains a useful case study in agro-industrial upgrading\u2014alongside coffee, textiles, and horticulture\u2014as Ethiopia courts manufacturers and manages foreign exchange pressures.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/research-for-development-outputs\/the-role-of-foreign-investment-in-ethiopias-leather-value-chain-lessons-for-ghana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOV.UK \u2013 Research for Development Outputs: Ethiopia leather value chain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unido.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNIDO \/ leather sector background<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Role of Foreign Investment in Ethiopia&#8217;s Leather Value Chain: Lessons for Ghana&nbsp;&nbsp;GOV.UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":356500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ethiopian-coffee.jpg?fit=301%2C167&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1tSp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599626,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353177\/revisions\/599626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}