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Economic Commentary
OP:ED: Ethiopia’s reform fairy tale leaves its ailing economy behind. How it should transit
Getachew T. Alemu, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 23/2018 – The new government of Ethiopia, although still from the ruling EPRDF, has stirred debates in spaces as varying as diplomacy and entertainment. Its economic policy-making, being one of the main tasks of a government, has similarly been a hotbed …
Commentary: What is happening to EPRDF’s developmental state?
Construction of banks in the heart of Addis Abeba dubbed as the future “financial district” Ayele Gelan, (PhD), special to Addis Standard Addis Abeba, October 29/2018 – It would prove useful to re-iterate the fundamental reasons that caused popular uprisings in Ethiopia during the last few years, forcing the …
Economic Commentary: The quest for privatization in Ethiopia’s new political landscape
Kefyalew Gemeda & Hussien Berisso , for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, August 29/2018 – As recently as March 2018, the discussion of neither political reforms nor economic liberalization was conceivable in the Ethiopian political context. The changes both may have been an internal party decision particularly after EPRDF’s 17 days …
