The report tries to look into some of the problems of rapid population growth in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti) and explores how this influences prospects for economic development.
Analysis indicates that initial conditions in the Horn of Africa have made adjustment to rapid population growth difficult because of the poverty and its associated low levels of education and health, weak infrastructure, and a weak human resource base for agricultural research, extension and entrepreneurship. The analysis in the report also indicates how rapid population growth, in combination with a poor initial position and subsequent policy failings, has led to an absolute decline in per capita income in all the countries of the Horn of Afric