July 2012 – Page 5 – Addis Standard

How bad developmental state ruins good governance

The economy of a developmental state may grow at unprecedented pace but it often ruins democracy and good governance

Taye Negussie (PhD)

Ordinarily, we think of a developmental state merely as a state that intervenes in the working of the market at instances of ‘market malfunctioning’. But, is that all what is meant by the term ‘developmental state’? Most importantly, what is the relationship like between the working of a developmental state and the realization of the purpose and objective of good governance?

July 17, 2012

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Africa

Valuing the ABCs of value chain

A farmer can produce a bounty and still be a poor farmer

Hone Mandefro

Alebel Andiye is a farmer living in the outskirt of Seqota, a small town in Wag Hemra Zone of northern Ethiopia. Sekota is a town recently connected by a 675 kms of asphalt road to Alem Ketema, another city in the north that provides market outlets to farmers in Seqota and its surrounding.

Currently Alebel and thousands of other farmers in the area are busy doing the mandatory soil conservation works to rehabilitate and preserve what is left of neglected and aggressive erosion that has washed the soil and left monumental gullies until two years ago. But that didn’t keep Alebel from increasing his agricultural produces all the more.

July 17, 2012

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Africa

Buzz off far, far away

A local company brought good news to a story that is getting better

Tsedale Lemma

On May 19, 2012 The Economist published a story that was hugely welcomed by development partners working with African countries. ‘African Child mortality: the best story in development,’ read the headline and detailed some of the remarkable declines in child mortality rates in selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) counties including Ethiopia.

According to the story, 16 of the 20 countries which provided detailed surveys of their health status and living conditions since 2005 have reported dramatic falls in child-mortality, measured in the number of children under five per 1000 live births. 12 of these countries reported falls of over 4.4% a year.

July 17, 2012

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Valuing the ABCs of value chain

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