The Ethiopian Economic Association/EEA/ is a not for profit, non partisan and independent professional association legally registered with the Ministry of Justice and operational since 1991. EEA has been actively engaged in Economic research, training, organization of International and National conferences and round table discussions on the Ethiopian economy and the dissemination of the results of these activities through its professional journals and various publications over the last 17 years, and most particularly since the establishment of its research wing the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEPRI) in 2000.