Yonas Biru (PhD)
Yonas Biru (PhD) (biruyonas@yahoo.com), former deputy global manager of the International Comparison Programme at the World Bank and founder and chair of the Nile Club.
Sep 6 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
The global protest that was sparked by the inhumane murder of George Floyd was displa...
Aug 22 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
The Ethiopian business community has contributed its fair share of funds to the const...
Aug 16 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
In substance, the difference between Ethiopia's and Egypt's positions on the Nile Riv...
Jul 18 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
Nearly 60 years after the majority of Black African nations won their independence fr...
Jun 13 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD) and Yohannes Gedamu (PhD)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile that Egypt and Ethiopia a...
Apr 4 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
In the commentary piece headlined, “Marshall Plan for Africa Now or Doom by 2050,...
Jan 4 , 2020 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
This is a follow up to the “Marshall Plan for Africa Now or Doom by 2050” column...
Dec 28 , 2019 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
There are two ominous things about Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). First, its population is...
Dec 21 , 2019 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
Africa's economic reform track record is replete with high expectations and shattered...
Nov 30 , 2019 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
If I were Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, I would publish something similar to this in The...
Oct 5 , 2019 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
The author of The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz, has many quotable quotes...
Dec 25 , 2018 . By Yonas Biru (PhD)
Preferential treatment in foreign aid is common. Favoured developing countries get mo...
Jul 12 , 2025
Political leaders and their policy advisors often promise great leaps forward, yet th...
Jul 5 , 2025
Six years ago, Ethiopia was the darling of international liberal commentators. A year...
Jun 28 , 2025
Meseret Damtie, the assertive auditor general, has never been shy about naming names...
Jun 21 , 2025
A well-worn adage says, “Budget is not destiny, but it is direction.” Examining t...
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