For the research programme ‘New Roles of CSOs for Inclusive Development’, six research groups are conducting research (a literature review and field work) on three core themes: CSOs and civic engagement; CSOs and the aid chain; and CSOs in an enabling environment. The literature reviews will inform the next phase of the research programme, the empirical part.

The INCLUDE Secretariat together with the research groups turned the (comprehensive) literature reviews into two-pager summaries, which capture the core of the literature reviews. This is the summary of the literature review of the project ‘CSOs in sustainable development in Ethiopia’ within the theme ‘CSOs in an enabling environment’ led by Dr Jonathan Verschuuren.