Relationship dossier
Ethiopia
Ireland
Relationship assessment
Development cooperation is a concrete feature of Ethiopia–Ireland relations.
Ethiopia toward Ireland
+20Ethiopian government counterparts have engaged with Irish development cooperation programmes in Ethiopia, providing a basis for bilateral cooperation.
Ireland toward Ethiopia
+20Ireland has provided development cooperation in Ethiopia through Irish Aid programmes, working with Ethiopian government counterparts.
Overall relationship
+20Irish development cooperation with Ethiopian government counterparts is a substantive cooperative feature of the relationship. The breadth and continuity of cooperation beyond this area are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Ireland has provided development cooperation in Ethiopia through Irish Aid programmes, with Ethiopian government counterparts involved in their implementation. This provides a concrete basis for a cooperative relationship, although the scope and continuity of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Irish Aid development cooperation programmes operated in Ethiopia with Ethiopian government counterparts.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Irish development cooperation with Ethiopian government counterparts are unclear.
- Details of other bilateral cooperation and any significant disagreements are limited.