ETMOD (SOUTHMOD)

ETMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia, has been developed in cooperation with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), the EUROMOD team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and KU Leuven. The model is part of the SOUTHMOD family, a project funded by UNU-WIDER.

History:

ETMOD was launched in Addis Ababa in July 2017 when the first training course took place with over 30 government officials and researchers from Ethiopia.

Current team members:

Ethiopian Development Research Institute together with the EUROMOD team at Essex, KU Leuven and SASPRI

Status:

Not maintained

Content accessibility:

• Private, access restricted
Notes: The model is currently not available but this is supposed to change in the future.

Data accessibility:

• Private
Notes: Only parts of the input data are openly accessible.

Input data sources:

• Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS)

Model outputs:

• ET Country report
• Feasibility study
• The distributional impact of tax and benefit systems in six African countries

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