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Ethiopia’s “Odious Debt” to the Odious World Bank
Posted on February 8, 2015, 11:11 pm By

In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in passing, “… The USD$600 million is money the World Bank loaned to the Thugtatorship of…

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The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”
Posted on February 2, 2015, 12:47 am By

The World Bank lies, Ethiopia dies… from onerous “odious debt” I had completely forgotten about the so-called “Growth and Transformation Plan” (GTP) of 2010, until the World Bank reminded me…

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Why is Ethiopia the second poorest country on the planet?
Posted on June 29, 2014, 11:30 pm By

Recently, a well-known correspondent for one of the major American media outlets stationed in Ethiopia sent me an email grousing about my article urging boycott of Coca Cola in Ethiopia….

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Why is Ethiopia Poor?
Posted on November 28, 2011, 1:21 am By

First, Why is Africa Poor? George Ayittey, the renowned Ghanaian economist and president of the Free Africa Foundation swears that “Africa is poor because she is not free”. Like Ayittey,…

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