Internal Migration in Ethiopia (original) (raw)

Abstract

Knowledge about the processes and trends of internal mobility in the country and its contribution to urbanisation processes is very limited. The main factor contributing to the limitations is mainly the non-availability of systematically collected statistical information. However, the 1994 Population and Housing Census provided an updated picture (though, with the well-known limitations in quality and being representative) of a specific situation in which the dynamics of the urbanisation processes and mobility are shown, prudently using some retrospective information. After the census, as mentioned in Chapter 1, in 1999, the Labor Force Survey (henceforth referred to as LFS), was conducted (CSA, 1999). This survey allowed the updating of census information, above all, it enabled an improved analysis of internal mobility. This survey especially focused on knowledge of the migration routes developed within Ethiopia, which in the census were examined only on a general basis. First of a...

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