Policy Studies Institute (PSI) was established in November 2018 by the Ethiopian government merging two state-owned think tanks, The Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) and The Policy Study and Research Center (PSRC) with the mission to: Conduct rigorous research and policy analysis that provide knowledge-based inputs to policy making and policy implementations, and Disseminate its research outputs and findings to the policy and research community, academia, the development community and other stakeholders.