POLITICAL TRANSITION: NO WALK IN THE PARK (LESSON I)

In Banking, Technology Paces Ahead of Policy, Laws

In Banking, Technology Paces Ahead of Policy, Laws

July 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Commercial banks are caught in a dilemma as they cannot issue payment cards customers with forex accounts can use to make international retail payments due to the absence of l...

Anxiety, Pallidness Consume Voters Ahead of Polls

Anxiety, Pallidness Consume Voters Ahead of Polls

June 19 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

In the runup to the sixth national elections, the voting date has seen its fair share of controversies. From the year-long debacle in multiple postponements to the incapabilit...

RULE OF LAW: WHERE A STATE CAN NEVER FAIL (LESSON X)

RULE OF LAW: WHERE A STATE CAN NEVER FAIL (LESSON X)

January 5 , 2020

A developing country like Ethiopia inevitably has many challenges. But nothing poses the greatest risk like the breakdown of order and the rule of law. And not by the law. The...

TAXES: A SMALL PIE CAN ONLY GIVE SO MUCH (LESSON IX)

TAXES: A SMALL PIE CAN ONLY GIVE SO MUCH (LESSON IX)

January 5 , 2020

Ethiopia’s policymakers, international financial institutions and the public agree that it is far better to mobilise one's resources than borrow money from international creditors and development pa...

Ethiopia’s policymakers, international financial institutions and th...

EDUCATION POLICY: SO MANY DEGREES, SO LITTLE SKILLED (LESSON VIII)

EDUCATION POLICY: SO MANY DEGREES, SO LITTLE SKILLED (LESSON VIII)

January 5 , 2020

The crucial role education plays in supporting a competitive economy was not lost on policymakers. With a strong emphasis on the natural sciences, efforts were made to improve primary and secondary-le...

The crucial role education plays in supporting a competitive economy w...

DEVALUATION OF BIRR: THE BITTER PILL THAT NEVER WORKED (LESSON VII)

DEVALUATION OF BIRR: THE BITTER PILL THAT NEVER WORKED (LESSON VII)

January 5 , 2020

The Birr was devalued against a basket of major currencies twice over the last almost three decades. The first one was in 1992, when a new government under the late Meles Zenawi devalued the Birr from...

The Birr was devalued against a basket of major currencies twice over...

MANUFACTURING SECTOR: RIDDLE WRAPPED IN AN ENIGMA (LESSON VI)

MANUFACTURING SECTOR: RIDDLE WRAPPED IN AN ENIGMA (LESSON VI)

January 5 , 2020

It should have been easy. The manufacturing sector's contribution to GDP is insignificant, although it is a high productivity area that can boost Ethiopia’s foreign currency earnings. But the sector...

It should have been easy. The manufacturing sector's contribution to G...

MEGA PROJECTS: IT’S ALL ABOUT FOLLOW THROUGH (LESSON V)

MEGA PROJECTS: IT’S ALL ABOUT FOLLOW THROUGH (LESSON V)

January 5 , 2020

Successive editions of plans for growth, dubbed Growth & Transformation Plans (GTPs), were launched 10 years ago, putting an emphasis on public infrastructure financing both to stimulate the econo...

Successive editions of plans for growth, dubbed Growth & Transform...