Study on Rural -Urban Migration in Ethiopia

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program

Request for Expression of Interest

ETHIOPIA

URBAN INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UIIDP)

Project No. P163452

Grant No.: D277-ET  

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services to Conduct a Study on Internal Migration and Its Impact on Sustainable Urban Development in Ethiopia

 Reference No.: ET-MUDH-102535-CS-QCBS

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

General Objective:

The assignment is to understand the nature, type, scale, extent, pattern and direction of internal migration and other factors that influence urbanization in Ethiopia. Thus the findings will enable and guide the urban development actors to give an informed decision and proactively manage internal migration in the country.

Specific objectives:

• Examine the factors that influence individuals/households to migrate and their status, flow and map of the migrants; Examine the factors that influences the push & pull factors of migrants; Discuss the economic, social and political situation of migrants in the place of origin and destination (pre, during and post migration),
• Assess the nature, type scale, extent, pattern, trend and direction of internal migration in the country and contribution of migrants to urban population growth,
• Assess how internal migration and other factors impacts urbanization process in Ethiopia,
• Examine the Causes, challenges, opportunities and impacts of internal migration in cities with respect to economic, social, political and environmental; Assess thoroughly the positive and negative contributions of migrants to urban,
• Explore how Urban Local Governments in Ethiopia are managing the current inflow of internal migrants, system they have and assess their capacity to manage proactively and how they are planning for the upcoming massive increased internal migration,
• Assess the policy/strategy gap at federal, regional and local government level,
• Examine the degree of internal migration as contributing factor to shortages in the provision of adequate housing and other basic infrastructure and services (education, employment, health, transportation, utilities, sanitation, safety and security, etc…), besides to labor market pressure, aggravating informal business and polluting urban environment, etc…
• Examine the factors that influence individuals decision to use migration as an adaptation strategy to economic, social, political and environmental challenges of livelihood they face in all types of internal migration,
• To understand what has been underpinned on urbanization in the past and present and how this is changing and might change in the future to be able to consider its implication for agriculture and food reduction.
• Recommend policy/strategy options including immediate actions to be taken based on international experiences that can promote the contribution of internal migration to sustainable urban development in particular and urban prosperity at large.

Scope of the Study

• The study will focus on the internal migration of large, medium, small towns in all regional states including regional capitals, city administrations and towns. All towns more than100, 000 population should also be included.
• The focus of the study will include the nature, type, scale, spatial and temporal pattern of rural- urban migration, Urban –rural migration and urban-urban migration. How internal migration and other factors impacts urbanization process in Ethiopia should be taken in to consideration.
• There will be a need to have first hand information about migrants, from direct interview/survey of the concerned federal and regional bureaus, urban administrations and other relevant agencies/stakeholders. Some indicative research questions are presented in Annex 1.
• It should also thoroughly examine the positive and negative contributions of internal migrants in urban areas,

• Assess thoroughly the existing situation and status of the internal migration representing geographical areas that includes all 12 clusters and move sequentially to secondary and tertiary selected sample urban areas, (the consultant should be very critical to use scientific sampling techniques that will help to deduce about all migrants from all geographical area of the country)

The study team arrangements proposed in detail will be included in the Consultant’s Technical Proposal. Clearly the size and complexity of different Urban Local Governments; regional language usages and familiarity with different regions; as well as the logistical arrangements are among the factors the Consultant will need to take into account in selecting and directing their study teams. Each Team is likely to consist of at least 6 team members as follows:- Team Leader (a proven leader chosen from the 6 team members below and specialist in any of the main disciplines i.e. (i) Economics or Developmental Economics specialist; (ii) Social development specialist; (iii) Demography or population trend analyst; (iv) Statistics and information database specialist (v) Urban Planning Specialist (vi) Local Economic Development Specialist.  The table below summarizes the experiences and educational requirements:

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained through e-mail when you request at the address given below.

The Ministry of Urban Development and Construction now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information, including firm profile and brochures, demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services. The short-listing criteria are:    

1. Core Business (Areas of Expertise)
2. Years in Business
3. Experience in Similar Assignments
4. Technical and Managerial Capability

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the short-listing stage and, accordingly, CVs should not be submitted.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs,3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016 and revised November 2017) (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a Joint Venture and/or a Sub-Consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

 Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours: - 8.30 AM-12.30 PM and 1.30 PM-5.30 PM from Monday to Thursday and office hours on Fridays are 8.30 AM-11.30 AM and 1.30 PM-5.30 PM.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by not later than not later than Wednesday 18th March, 2020 at 5.30 PM.

Attn: Ato Hailu Kebede; Senior Project Procurement Expert;

Urban Revenue Enhancement, Fund Mobilization and Finance Bureau;

Ministry of Urban Development and Construction;

Email: urefmf@gmail.com: Telephone: 251-115- 54-12-77

 Physical address: 2nd Floor, Room No. 201, Ministry of Urban Development and Construction Building, Opposite National Bank of Ethiopia, Sudan St./Ras Abebe Aregay St., Leghare Area, P. O. Box 3040, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.