Ethiopia is a country that has shown incredible resilience in the face of harsh climate shocks. The country was able to reduce poverty by half in the past 20 years. Our Chief Executive Officer, Kristalina Georgieva shares why aid to fragile states is a duty not an option: http://wrld.bg/qiz830cQ6Ir
Forgotten No More: Aid to Fragile States Is a Duty Not an Option
In Ethiopia, where poverty was reduced by half in the past 20 years—economists often speak of the Ethiopian miracle— I met women farmers who had managed to turn a dry hill into productive land. I talked to a group of landless youth who had used climate-smart agriculture to restore degraded fields an…