Young people’s development and well-being in Dire Dawa City Administration: GAGE endline evidence
publication
Young people’s development and well-being in Dire Dawa City Administration: GAGE endline evidence
08.12.2025 | Ethiopia
Country
Ethiopia
Capability domains
Across GAGE capabilities
Audience type
Policy maker or donor, Programme designer or implementer, Researcher
Data collection round
Endline
Year of publication
2025
Study methodology
Mixed-methods, Longitudinal
Authors
Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Prabha Raghavan, Kefyalew Endale, Workneh Yadete, Nicola Jones, Joan Hamory, Sarah Baird, Mishalle Kayani, Abreham Alemu, Mazengia Birra, Nardos Chuta, Asham Assazinew, Fitsum Workneh, Kassahun Tilahun, Bilisa Abate
As laid out in the Ten Years Development Plan (Ministry of Planning and Development, 2020), as well as sectoral policies and commitments to international objectives (including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Pact for the Future), the Ethiopian government is intent on ensuring that its large and growing population of adolescents and youth have access to the services, rights and work that they need to secure their own futures – and transform the country into an economic and social ‘Beacon of Prosperity’ for Africa (ibid.). Recent events, however, have put these objectives at risk. Political and ethnic conflict have become intractable; climate change is accelerating; the government’s budget is stressed by highinflation and debt load; and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is projecting that official development assistance (ODA) will decline by up to 17% in 2025, due to cuts by major donors (OECD, 2025; UNDP Ethiopia, 2025; World Bank, 2025a).
Suggested citation
Presler-Marshall, E., Raghavan, P., Workneh, Y., Jones, N., Hamory, J., Baird, S. … and Abate, B. (2025) Young people’s development and well-being in Dire Dawa City Administration: GAGE endline evidence. Report. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (https://gage.odi.org/young-people-s-development-and-well-being-in-dire-dawa-city-administration-gage-endline-evidence/)
