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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Tue Aug 24 2010 - 12:44:24 EDT
Zenawi's Myth of Economic Transformation & Double Digit Growth in Ethiopia
24/08/2010
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On its August 9, 2010 issue, the Financial Times, a prestigious
international newspaper, run an article authored by Mr. William Willis, the
newspaper's Africa Editor.
In his article entitled "Perfidious Donors Betray African Democrats", Mr.
Willis wrote ".in Ethiopia, the same is almost true but with a disturbing
caveat. It is an open secret that the double-digit growth of recent years is
supported by dubious statistics. Yet the same figures are bandied around by
development experts arguing that a trade-off between growth and civil
liberties is inevitable.". Another study, which was released by Oxford
University and the UN on multi-poverty index (MPI) around the same time, has
ranked Ethiopia as the second poorest among the poorest 10 countries in
Africa, only preceding Niger as the poorest of the poor.
What then are the basis to claims about a "double digit growth" in Ethiopia
and all the pop and fanfare surrounding the so-called "economic
transformation" and "Development" of Ethiopia under Meles Zenawi's regime?
Such persistent and glaring contradictions between the regime's claims of
economic growth and development on one hand and study of other international
organizations on the other have prompted a Council of Ethiopian economists
and experts to look into the matter even deeper. It is expected that they
will make their finding public with regard to Meles Zenawi' claims to an
unparalleled "Double digit economic growth".
The Voice of America (VOA) has a two part interview with Dr. Getachew
Begashaw, professor of economics and head of the economics department at
William Ray Harper College in Chicago, IL and Dr. Aklog Birara, a person who
has served at the World Bank as a senior advisor for over thirty years.
VOA
Radio-Interview: http://www.abugidainfo.com/?p=15506#more-15506
German Radio has a similar discussion with Professors Seid Hassan and Minga
Negash. Click below to listen:
DW
Radio-Interview: http://www.abugidainfo.com/?p=15506#more-15506
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