Ayele Gelan (PhD) is a research economist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and author of a recently published book Chronicles on Political Economy of Plunder in Ethiopia, 1991–2018 (AAU and Amazon).
Ayele Gelan (PhD) is a research economist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and author of a recently published book Chronicles on Political Economy of Plunder in Ethiopia, 1991–2018 (AAU and Amazon). He can be reached at augelana@gmail.com and @AyeleGelan.
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