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CSR's More than Philanthropy, Tool for Socio-economic Advancement

February 26 , 2022      |      By Million Wondmagegneu      |      1089 Views

Many of us have heard the word Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) thrown around. The issue of how clearly we understand its exact meaning is questionable, nonetheless. Low levels of awareness by the society...

The Challenge of Convergent Crises

February 26 , 2022      |      By Muhammad Hamid Zaman      |      521 Views

Climate change is not the only slow-moving crisis to reach a tipping point thanks to corporate greed, individual bad beh...

Rural, Young, Female: Too Likely to be Out of School

One of the fundamental rights of children is education, whatever the socio-economic status involved. Beyond the moral reasons for this the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child also obliges all member States to provide education to all children regardless of sex, r...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Tigist Solomon      |      1273 Views

Measuring Poverty Properly

The 2019 Oscar-winning film "Parasite" attracted a global audience for its arresting portrayal of South Korea’s stark income inequality. The movie’s rendering of a low-income household’s acute sense of alienation resonated widely, no doubt because similar sentiments are pal...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Nurul Izzah Anwar      |      611 Views

European Union Presents Deceptive Treaty with Africa. Beware.

The European Union and Africa are at the cusp of signing a new 20-year binding treaty as discussions advance between heads of states and negotiators. It is no small document especially because it contains the hidden, harmful and imperialistic sexual rights agenda embedded in the...

February 12 , 2022      |           |      1372 Views

Righting the Injustice of Africa's Water Crisis

Imagine that a crisis emerges in one's home, workplace, or community. The person neither created it nor benefited from it. And yet, they are bearing the brunt of the consequences, while those who did create and benefit from it continue to make the problem worse. For Africa, such...

February 12 , 2022      |      By Alex Simalabwi      |      1158 Views

Rural, Young, Female: Too Likely to be Out of School

One of the fundamental rights of children is education, whatever the socio-economic status involved. Beyond the moral reasons for this the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child also obliges all member States to provide education to all children regardless of sex, r...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Tigist Solomon      |      1273 Views

Measuring Poverty Properly

The 2019 Oscar-winning film "Parasite" attracted a global audience for its arresting portrayal of South Korea’s stark income inequality. The movie’s rendering of a low-income household’s acute sense of alienation resonated widely, no doubt because similar sentiments are pal...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Nurul Izzah Anwar      |      611 Views

European Union Presents Deceptive Treaty with Africa. Beware.

The European Union and Africa are at the cusp of signing a new 20-year binding treaty as discussions advance between heads of states and negotiators. It is no small document especially because it contains the hidden, harmful and imperialistic sexual rights agenda embedded in the...

February 12 , 2022      |           |      1372 Views

Righting the Injustice of Africa's Water Crisis

Imagine that a crisis emerges in one's home, workplace, or community. The person neither created it nor benefited from it. And yet, they are bearing the brunt of the consequences, while those who did create and benefit from it continue to make the problem worse. For Africa, such...

February 12 , 2022      |      By Alex Simalabwi      |      1158 Views

The Herculean Task of Recovering SOE Debt

One of India's oldest public sector companies, the national flag carrier was recently privatised. Air India, wholly owned by the government, was sold to Tata Group, an Indian industrial conglomerate that initially set up Air India in 1932. The airline was nationalised in 1953 and...

February 5 , 2022      |      By Austine Sequeira      |      1168 Views

The End of Free-Lunch Economics

Smart economic policymaking invariably requires trading off some pain today for greater future gains. But this is a difficult proposition politically, especially in democracies. It is always easier for elected leaders to indulge their constituents immediately, on the hope that th...

February 5 , 2022      |      By Raghuram G Rajan      |      1229 Views

The Futility of Unconditional Debt Support

Although the pandemic has caused upheavals and hardship around the world, it has fallen particularly hard on low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine availability has been far more limited in LMICs than in rich countries, and the refrigeration facilities needed to store the most...

January 29 , 2022      |      By Anne O Krueger      |      1063 Views

A Whiff of Munich

The Cold War ended 30 years ago. But since the 2007-08 financial crisis, it has not only returned but mutated into a hybrid lukewarm war. And with the United States and its European allies now struggling to manage the threat of a Russian attack on Ukraine, the specter of a hot wa...

January 29 , 2022      |      By Harold James      |      908 Views

SMEs Financing Needs More Dynamic Approach

Bank lending is the most common source of external finance for many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs, which are often heavily reliant on traditional debt to fulfil their start-up, cash flow and investment needs. While small businesses commonly use it,...

January 22 , 2022      |      By Asseged G Medhin      |      1135 Views

Regime Change in the Global Economy

In 1979, W. Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of growth dynamics in developing countries. Deservedly so: His conceptual framework has proved invaluable in understanding and guiding structural change across a range of emerging economies. The ba...

January 22 , 2022      |      By Michael Spence      |      1474 Views


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Few initiatives by the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) have been pu...

What Do New Banks Offer Their Older Cousins Don't?

July 30 , 2022

Ethiopia’s banking industry is not merely underdeveloped. It has historically regre...

Tweaking Tax Policies No Silver Bullet to Fund Budget Deficit

July 23 , 2022

The flip side of a government spending plan is financing. Behind the campaign promise...

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Messrs Ahmed Shide and Eyob Tekalegn (PhD), minister and state minister for Finance,...

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Before tying the knot, my husband and I spent over a year in premarital counselling w...

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Face the Rain Like Men

As the rainy season gets wetter, accompanied by heavier rain showers, it is not unusual to see folks with umbrellas. Little do they know tha...

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I was getting off the taxi a week ago when I saw two law-enforcement officers holding what appeared to be a small box for charger cables and...

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Deluge & Disaster

August 6 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

It is one of the seven rivers that flow across Addis Ababa, snaking its way down from the hills of Yeka to a new neighbourhood on the outski...

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The seats and ambience inside are expectedly comfortable, with typically clean minimalist touches. The ca...

The Eternal Public Housing Saga

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The Bole Bulbula area depicted a typical rural scene not so long ago. It was flush with open swathes of farmland dotted with a few modest ho...

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It barely resembles a conventional bank that clients in Ethiopia are accustomed to. The place is as plush...

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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...

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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 tw...

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A PIECE OF THE PIE

August 6 , 2022

Champagne popped and poured; and a cake was cut to celebrate another milestone for Ethio telecom, still the only active operator in the coun...

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The hospitality industry has entered the list of economic sectors that enjoy tax exemptions and incentive...

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Federal authorities are contemplating the reversal of a decade-long ban on maize export. A team of expert...

Fed to Scale Up $200m National ID Programme

August 6 , 2022 . By RUTH TAYE

Yodahe Zemichael seems determined to push the national ID project past the pilot stage, onboarding up to...