The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy

The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy
Author: Fantu Cheru
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1017
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192546457

From a war-torn and famine-plagued country at the beginning of the 1990s, Ethiopia is today emerging as one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. Growth in Ethiopia has surpassed that of every other sub-Saharan country over the past decade and is forecast by the International Monetary Fund to exceed 8 percent over the next two years. The government has set its eyes on transforming the country into a middle-income country by 2025, and into a leading manufacturing hub in Africa. The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy studies this country's unique model of development, where the state plays a central role, and where a successful industrialization drive has challenged the long-held erroneous assumption that industrial policy will never work in poor African countries. While much of the volume is focused on post-1991 economic development policy and strategy, the analysis is set against the background of the long history of Ethiopia, and more specifically on the Imperial period that ended in 1974, the socialist development experiment of the Derg regime between 1974 and 1991, and the policies and strategies of the current EPRDF government that assumed power in 1991. Including a range of contributions from both academic and professional standpoints, this volume is a key reference work on the economy of Ethiopia.

Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia

Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia
Author: Almas Heshmati
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811081263

This volume is a collection of selected empirical studies on determinants of economic growth and development in Ethiopia.The core argument for editing this book is to provide an up-to-date picture of the state and patterns of growth and development in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has been under focus in the past due to draughts, war, famine, development changes and the effects of global economic crisis in the country. A main contribution of this volume is that it helps identify selected important determinants of growth and development in Ethiopia and provides an estimation of their effects using up-to-date data, modelling and methods. Taken together the studies provide a comprehensive picture of the state of growth and development, their measurements, causal relationships and evaluation of efficient policies and practices in achieving progress in Ethiopia. The issues covered represent major challenges to the government and development organizations who are aiming at achieving higher growth and alleviating poverty in the country. The studies cover transition from rural agriculture to urban industry and the development of services.

Africa’s manufacturing puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian firms

Africa’s manufacturing puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian firms
Author: Diao, Xinshen
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by increasing productivity in agriculture, a declining share of the labor force employed in agriculture and declining productivity in modern sectors such as manufacturing. To shed light on this puzzle, we disaggregate firms in the manufacturing sector by size using two newly created panels of manufacturing firms, one for Tanzania covering 2008-2016 and one for Ethiopia covering 1996-2017. Our analysis reveals a dichotomy between larger firms that exhibit superior productivity performance but do not expand employment much, and small firms that absorb employment but do not experience any productivity growth. We suggest the poor employment performance of large firms is related to use of capital-intensive techniques associated with global trends in technology.

Made in Africa

Made in Africa
Author: Arkebe Oqubay
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198739893

This study presents the findings of original field research into the design, practice, and varied outcomes of industrial policy in three sectors in Ethiopia: cement, leather and leather products, and floriculture. Given that there is a single industrial strategy, why do its outcomes vary across sectors? To what extent is this a function of the specific market and political economy features of each sector? The book examines industrial structures and associated global value chains to demonstrate the challenges faced by African firms in international markets.

Rural Development Strategy Review of Ethiopia

Rural Development Strategy Review of Ethiopia
Author: OECD
Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9789264895027

Addressing rural development is key for Ethiopia's growth process. A series of government-led structural reforms have contributed to sustained growth in the country over the last two decades as well as to considerable poverty reduction in rural areas. However, Ethiopia faces critical challenges it will need to overcome to meet the needs of a growing rural population. In practice, this will require updating the existing rural development strategy in order to better integrate the interaction of rural and urban areas. Policy approaches that account for the fast urbanisation process experienced in the country will therefore be key to improving the well-being of rural populations and promoting national growth. This report takes a spatial approach to study Ethiopia's rural development strategies. It highlights the need to develop stronger and more functional linkages between rural and urban areas. As such, the development of intermediary cities and small urban centres provides large scope for inclusive rural transformation. The report is the result of rigorous analysis, and extensive consultations with national and international stakeholders. It identifies some of the key challenges faced by rural areas and provides a series of recommendations to enhance Ethiopia's rural development strategies.

China in Ethiopia

China in Ethiopia
Author: Aaron Tesfaye
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2020-04-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1438478356

Examines China’s involvement in Ethiopia as the latter embarks on modernization and economic development. This comprehensive study of China-Ethiopia relations examines why China—an economic and emerging global power—has built relations with Ethiopia and why Ethiopia has responded by singling out China as a partner in its quest for economic development. Using middle-range theory and field research, Aaron Tesfaye focuses on three sets of phenomena: political, economic, and strategic. He explores the following questions: Why are China and Ethiopia building relations at this juncture of globalization? What motivates China’s role in helping build Ethiopia’s infrastructure, and is Ethiopia’s debt to China sustainable? What can Ethiopia offer China in terms of strategic interest in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea littoral, which is now the most sought out area for military bases by regional and international forces? Tesfaye argues that China’s ability to meet Africa’s tremendous demand for capital and technology is a reflection of its economic and military rise and evidence that the Asian Century has arrived, ushering in a new global reality. “This is an excellent contribution to South-South relations in general, and China-Africa scholarship in particular.” — Edson Ziso, author of A Post State-Centric Analysis of China-Africa Relations: Internationalisation of Chinese Capital and State-Society Relations in Ethiopia

Democracy and Economic Development in Ethiopia

Democracy and Economic Development in Ethiopia
Author: Addis Alem Balema
Publisher: Red Sea Press Incorporated
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2013
Genre: Democracy
ISBN: 9781569023907

For anyone interested in the recent economic and political development of Ethiopia since the Mengistu-regime backed by the Soviet Union was overthrown in 1991, this book is a clear must read. But the question guiding the study is indeed much broader. The author asks how can the amazing rapid economic development in a poor country such as Ethiopia, with its long and independent history and culture, be reconciled with democracy, taking into account the African context under the existing global conditions after the end of the Cold War.

The Importance of Conglomerates in Ethiopia's Economy

The Importance of Conglomerates in Ethiopia's Economy
Author: Abey Zewde
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781731433985

Abstract The paper in order to discover, the importance of conglomerates in the Ethiopian economy, it primarily examines the significance of conglomerates in the global economy, from historical perspectives and existing reality. Then, specifically, the author studies the role and the contribution of domestic conglomerate in Ethiopia. Next, based on the findings, the paper analyzes the importance of public and private domestic conglomerates in building a crisis protected, a sustainable and robust Ethiopian economy. Furthermore, it exams, the capacity of conglomerates to diversify, to assist, to leverage, to work with government policymakers and private partnership and realizes that conglomerates could have productive relationships with a different sector of the economy like Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the agricultural sector. Plus the author learns conglomerates could have the capacity to generate a joint venture, sale minority stocks in the global market for financial strength. As the study continues the author, finds the importance of big companies for research and development and technology transfer, talent search and start-ups. Hence, with all these possibilities the government of Ethiopia and others have to have a creative way to bring together all forces to work and assist the countries development in unison to compete amicably and coordinate their activities recognizing conglomerates as a pillar of the economy. At the end achieving the nation's economic capacity, improve its global competitiveness; its rank in global market share and prevent economic crises from external factors, contributing to Ethiopia's' sustainable development goal (SDG).

Globalization and Poverty

Globalization and Poverty
Author: Ann Harrison
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226318001

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.