Job creation: Priority on the agenda

BY HIZKEL HAILU  The Ethiopian government is putting a lot of effort to support the development of micro and small enterprises by adopting MSE-strategy. The support scheme aims at providing training and... Read more »

Integrated effort to tackle money laundering

BY BACHA ZEWDIE Curbing money laundering and financing of terrorism needs an integrated effort as such crimes are very complex in their nature and a network of people participate in it, Mulugeta... Read more »

Context-specific approach to development in pastoral areas

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS The pastoral community inhabits 60 percent of Ethiopia’s territory. Regions such as Somali, Afar, Oromia, Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP), Gambella and Beneshangul Gumuz host a significant number... Read more »

Right measure to improve agricultural productivity

BY MENGESHA AMARE  Needless to state, agriculture in Ethiopia has always been the mainstay of the economy. However, as the sector has not yet been received the right form of policy and... Read more »

Micro-insurance in mitigating uncertainty in agricultural production

BY HIZKEL HAILU To fight poverty and improve productivity, small-scale farmers who are facing financial constraints and trapped in a subsistence way of living should be integrated into the market. To realize... Read more »

Ethiopia’s economic development aspiration for the coming 10 years

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS For the last three decades, various economic development plans were implemented by the government including the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program as well as the first and second... Read more »

Dealing with the rising inflation

BY ABEBE WELEDEGIORIGIES During the times when Ethiopia claimed it was registering a double-digit economic growth, the inflation witnessed in food and non-food items critically affected the lower-income group’s livelihood. Among other... Read more »

Ethiopia, Turkey should enhance relations: Officials

Countries can further bolster bilateral ties through various forms of people to people engagement. Ethiopia and Turkey should further strengthen bilateral relations through sports and other people-to-people engagements, officials with the office... Read more »

Government’s incentives to lure investment

BY MUSSA MUHAMMED Both local and foreign investors need encouragement and incentives to engage in investment in Ethiopia and the government has come up with various schemes to support them, Ethiopian Investment... Read more »

What is the difference between stakeholder capitalism, shareholder capitalism and state capitalism?

• Shareholder capitalism and state capitalism have been the prevailing economic systems, but stakeholder capitalism offers a new, better system. • Klaus Schwab explains the difference in this excerpt from the book... Read more »