General Policy Documents (page 3)

Kenya-Ethiopia MoU on cross-border animal health

The “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on cross-border cooperation on animal health and sanitary measures” (2016, 8pp) was designed to enhance bilateral cooperation and joint coordination on cross-border animal health issues and sanitary measures to improve the livelihoods of […]

MoU on cross-border animal health in Karamoja

The main beneficiaries of the “Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of Uganda on cross-border animal health coordination” (2016, 16pp) are transhumant pastoralists and other livestock farmers in the areas of the “Karamoja cluster”: the Karamojong […]

Pastoral land policies in Ethiopia, Kenya & Uganda

The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) produced a review report on “Policies and proclamations relevant to pastoral areas land management for Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” (2017, 52pp) as an output from the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report is based on a desk study […]

Analysis of cross-border trade policies & implementation

The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) review report “Gap analysis of cross-border trade policies, bilateral agreements and implementation challenges of IGAD Minimum Integration Plan” (2017, 54pp) was produced by the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report examines the regulations, challenges and performance of pastoral […]

Policy framework for informal cross-border trade

IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) Member States have produced a draft “Policy framework on the nexus between informal cross-border trade & cross-border security governance” (2018, 40pp) for enhancing cross-border cooperation and economic exchanges in the IGAD region. Exchanges and interactions between pastoralist, agropastoralist and crop-farming communities in dryland parts of the IGAD region play a […]

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