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Ethiopia: The ideology of a developmental state

March 17, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Jonas Tameru The concept of a developmental state by itself has no predefined rules and procedures that can guide leaders in making decisions about a country’s economic future. Even so the EPRDF by the blind arrogance of its leaders … read more »

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Beyond Derailment and Canonization: Assessing Meles’s Rule

October 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Messay Kebede Scholars loyal to the Woyanne regime, often for the sake of ethnic solidarity, but with some scruples left for the objectivity of scholarly studies engage in a risky project when they undertake the assessment of Meles’s rule … read more »

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Meles’s Development Paradigm and Its Impacts on Economic Transformation in Ethiopia

October 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

“We are making progress on the economic front though not necessarily according to the standard orthodox prescription, so some people think there must be something wrong…”Late Prime Minster Meles Zenawi 1. Introduction n August 20, 2012, Ethiopia lost its brave … read more »

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Meles Zenawi and the unfinished project of Ethiopian modernity

September 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Teodros Kiros The recent death of Meles Zenawi, the architect of Ethiopian modernity has sent tremors of moral shock to the Ethiopian state and other African states, engaged in the murky business of capitalist modernity. I too am deeply … read more »

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The policy of sustaining poverty and corruption to robe a nation

January 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Teshome Debalke All the hoopla about development is a smoke screen; wasting time and resources from tackling the core problem of governance. The self-serving policy of the ruling regime is to commoditize poverty and institutionalized corruption. It has noting … read more »

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