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Ethiopia is to conduct the first national Inter-censal Population Survey announced the the Central Statistics Agency.

The Inter-censal survey is usually conducted between major population censuses explained Samia Zekaria, Director General of the CSA. Developing countries like Ethiopia, which carries out population and housing surveys every ten years, conduct inter-censal surveys in the middle to acquire population sample data to fill the information gap she said.

The Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS) has announced plans to launch a nationwide Economic Establishment Census in September. The census aims to provide updated information on the country’s business landscape, covering both formal and informal sectors across micro, small, medium, and large enterprises.

The Addis Ababa Housing Development Project Office unveiled its plan to construct 250,000 condominium houses in the 20/80 housing scheme in the GTP II period.

Ethiopia will start the construction of 4 industrial parks late this month. The announcement was made by Board Chairman of Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Arkebe Equbay (Dr.).

Ethiopia is planning to construct 5 dry ports at an outlay of 1.5 billion Birr. This was disclosed by Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE) as part of its effort to handle the growing Ethiopia’s import-export market.