Ethiopia's market reforms stall.(Country overview)

From: Market Africa Mid-East | Date: April 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Ethiopia is, by far, the biggest country in East Africa in terms of population, and the biggest, but not by a wide margin, in land area. Since the mid-1990s the country has pursued a reform agenda with the goal not only of improving the lives of its desperately poor citizens, but as well becoming a factor in the global economy.

Ethiopia is among the bottom 10 in the world in terms of per capital income. The country ranks between Niger and the Democratic Republic of the C...

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