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Apr 5 , 2025 . By Mahmoud Mohieldin and Paolo Gentiloni

Rising Debt Chokes Growth as Poor Countries Pay More, Get Less

Economic development requires financing that is affordable, accessible, and has maturities matched to development outcomes. Yet, for most developing countries, none of the above apply. Instead, an escalating "debt distress" is unfolding across much o...

Apr 6 , 2025 . By William Moore

Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid

Philanthropy will never replace public aid, but it can be a powerhouse if we use it right. With global development funding under strain, European aid budgets being redirected toward defense and rearmament, and the United States (US) rethinking foreign assistance altogether, the aid community has been left scrambling. So far, the reactions have b...


Sep 8 , 2024 . By Geoffrey Heal

The Right Not to Be Lied to by the Powerful

Hardly a week goes by without a new piece of misinformation circulating online, from the freshet of conspiracy theories unleashed by the attempt on former President Donald Trump's life to Elon Musk tweeting the far right's false claim that the United Kingdom (UK) has a two-tier policing policy. Truth is under attack, and people know it. According t...


Sep 8 , 2024 . By Yuen Yuen Ang

China's Economic Paradox

Western observers often view China as either a rising superpower on the cusp of global dominance or a fragile country on the brink of collapse. These contradictory takes amplify only one side of China's economic trajectory: a tech boom alongside a growth slump. This paradox can be attributed largely to the directives issued by President Xi Jinping...




Commentary

Policymakers Should Be Cautious While Banking on Franco Valuta Scheme

Sep 1 , 2024      |      By Tesfaye B Lelissa (PhD)      |      3726 Views

The federal government's recent introduction of the Franco Valuta (FV) scheme clearly acknowledges the country's acute foreign currency shortage. While this measure may provide some immediate relief, it risks e...

Kenya's Lesson on Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets

Aug 25 , 2024      |      By Vera Songwe and Ishac Diwan      |      3612 Views

The effects of recent contractionary monetary policy in the United States (US) are still playing out. It has often been said that the world catches a cold when the US sneezes. More broadly, advanced economies c...

Powering the Forgotten, the Urgent Race to Electrify a Warming World

Although we are fast approaching five years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are still far from achieving SDG7, which calls for universal access to clean, affordable energy. Worse, we are in the middle of yet another year that will shatter heat...

Aug 18 , 2024      |      By Woochung Um      |      3664 Views

Energy Management Systems to Counter Rising Costs, Tightening Regulations

In today's fiercely competitive business world, where environmental regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, implementing energy management systems has emerged as a tool for achieving rapid and sustained financial gains. Modern industries need to recognise that ene...

Aug 10 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      3905 Views

A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

Last week, the United Nations (UN) convened world leaders and development experts in Addis Abeba to try to focus minds on the need for more development finance. In the face of tight government budgets, a looming debt crisis, and the chronic challenge of attracting private investm...

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New Central Bank Strategy to Tame Inflation's Wild Ride

Two weeks ago, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) introduced a new monetary policy framework, marking a notable shift from a decades-old monetary targeting strategy to an "inflation targeting lite" policy strategy. Spearheaded by the newly appointed governor, it is underpinned b...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4237 Views

Powering the Forgotten, the Urgent Race to Electrify a Warming World

Although we are fast approaching five years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are still far from achieving SDG7, which calls for universal access to clean, affordable energy. Worse, we are in the middle of yet another year that will shatter heat...

Aug 18 , 2024      |      By Woochung Um      |      3664 Views

Energy Management Systems to Counter Rising Costs, Tightening Regulations

In today's fiercely competitive business world, where environmental regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, implementing energy management systems has emerged as a tool for achieving rapid and sustained financial gains. Modern industries need to recognise that ene...

Aug 10 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      3905 Views

A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

Last week, the United Nations (UN) convened world leaders and development experts in Addis Abeba to try to focus minds on the need for more development finance. In the face of tight government budgets, a looming debt crisis, and the chronic challenge of attracting private investm...

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New Central Bank Strategy to Tame Inflation's Wild Ride

Two weeks ago, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) introduced a new monetary policy framework, marking a notable shift from a decades-old monetary targeting strategy to an "inflation targeting lite" policy strategy. Spearheaded by the newly appointed governor, it is underpinned b...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4237 Views

Can Currency Swap Change the Game in Regional Economic Dynamics?

The central banks of Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have recently established a groundbreaking currency swap agreement, promising to reshape the economic relationships between East Africa and the Middle East. The deal prescribes a nominal value cap of up to three bil...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Tesfaye B Lelissa (PhD)      |      4677 Views

Can NBE Turn the Tide in New Framework, Old Problems Trap?

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced a "new" monetary policy framework with much publicity. The central bank described it as "a historic step that will better align its policy tools with modern central bank practices and address some long-standing weaknesses in the macro...

Jul 20 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4643 Views

A Heated Solution to Industrial Emissions, Energy Woes

Committed to international climate change initiatives, Ethiopia faces problems in reducing energy consumption and emissions. Its leaders' ambitious goals, articulated through the Clean & Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) initiative and nationally determined contributions (NDCs)...

Jul 13 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      4488 Views

The False Distinction Between Industrial, Economic Policy

After decades of disparagement and disdain, industrial policy is back on the global economic agenda. Perhaps the strongest evidence of this rehabilitation is a recent international conference on rethinking structural transformation, cosponsored by the International Monetary Fund...

Jul 13 , 2024      |      By Celestin Monga      |      3661 Views

Post-Harvest Losses Remain Ethiopia's Billion-Dollar Food Dilemma

Ethiopia faces a pressing challenge in feeding a population projected to reach 205 million in the next 25 years. While increasing food production is necessary, the country can enormously boost its crop output and ensure food security by enhancing post-harvest management practices...

Jul 7 , 2024      |      By Sofia Ahmed and Teklemariam Awoke      |      6192 Views

How South Korea Broke the Development Mold

South Korea is one of the few countries to transform itself from a low- to high-income economy, and the only country to go from a recipient of aid from the OECD's Development Assitance Committee to a DAC donor. It achieved this not by blindly following a pre-designed development...

Jul 7 , 2024      |      By Keun Lee      |      3756 Views


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Commentaries | Apr 05,2025

Rising Debt Chokes Growth as Poor Countries Pay More, Get Less

Life Matters | Apr 06, 2025

Showers Are Optional, Guilt Is Not

My Opinion | Apr 06, 2025

The Youth Chase Riches That Never Come

Sunday with Eden | Apr 06, 2025

Breaking Bread, Sharing Hearts

Agenda | Apr 06, 2025

FLUSHED WITH TROUBLE

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Editorial

Cheap Power Lures Bitcoin Miners. But Millions Wait for a Lightbulb Moment

Apr 6 , 2025

Last week, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group...

Media Council's Edging to Accreditation a Deceitful Drift

Mar 30 , 2025

When the private satellite channel, Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS), aired an em...

Preventing War Far Cheaper Than Paying Its Deadly Price

Mar 23 , 2025

Getachew Redda, head of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA), at least u...

A Country Governed by Guesswork, While Millions Lost in the Shadows

Mar 16 , 2025

Ask anyone about the population of Addis Abeba, and a straightforward answer proves e...

Sunday With Eden

Breaking Bread, Sharing Hearts

Almost a year ago, my husband and I sat in the living room of a dear friend who had just suffered an unimaginable loss. She had lost a very...

The Cycle of Generosity Coming Full Circle

In a world that often prioritizes individual success, it's easy to overlook the profound impact of genero...

Life Matters

Showers Are Optional, Guilt Is Not

It's funny how life throws your pre-baby notions right out the window. I vividly remember joking with a friend, back in my carefree days, ab...

Natural, Enhanced, or Just Exhausted?

As a woman, navigating the world of beauty and attraction often feels like confronting a maze of contradi...

Agenda

FLUSHED WITH TROUBLE

Apr 6 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Residents gathered anxiously two weeks ago in a parking lot nestled within Noah Real Estate's community, in the rapidly expanding Bole Besha...

CHASED FOR A LIVING

Mar 30 , 2025 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

At dusk, Haile Garment Square in the southern outskirts of Addis Abeba transforms from a quiet street into a lively market. Vendors quickly...

"No Child Should Die Waiting"

Mar 23 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Five neatly arranged children's beds lie in a small, dimly lit room inside Tikur Anbesa Teaching Hospital, on Yared St. Each was occupied by...

Coffee Bean's Rebellious Price Surge Leaves Local Market Parched

Mar 16 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Addis Abeba's coffee culture is under siege as soaring prices ripple through every level of the market, f...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Commentaries

Rising Debt Chokes Growth as Poor Countries Pay More, Get Less

Economic development requires financing that is affordable, accessible, and has matur...

Philanthropy in an Era of Declining Development Aid

Philanthropy will never replace public aid, but it can be a powerhouse if we use it r...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Fortune news

Wheat Shortage Strains Market as Soaring Prices Hit Millers

Apr 6 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Key Takeaways: Wheat prices have surged by 50pc in two months, impacting the f...

Grading Mandate Roils Addis Abeba Schools

Apr 6 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Key Takeaways: Over 2,000 schools and 1.2 million students in Addis Abeba are...

SEWAGE SOARS WHILE PLANNING SINKS

Apr 6 , 2025

Under gloomy skies in Addis Abeba's rapidly expanding Lemi Kura District, residents gathered anxiously in a Noah Real Estate compound parkin...

Barley Supply Chains Sway Under Regional Strains

Mar 30 , 2025

The brewing industry faces a storm, with barley shortages leading to a substantial spike in prices, a sce...