http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Supported by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and undaunted by the decline of the export trade, the government is reaching ever higher in its expectations for its export earnings; namely flowers, skins and hides? However, HILINA ALEMU and SELAM KIDANE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITERS report that political opposition parties beg to differ as they share their views on the economic realities as they perceive them. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300There is a standard law regarding sound, which puts a restriction on the level of sound in Addis Abeba. Noise usually goes for unwanted sound, and the problem with noise is not only that it is unwanted but also that it negatively affects human health and well-being. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300There is little doubt that green will be the metaphorical colour of choice for world leaders when they gather at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Attention will focus on turning the “green shoots” of recovery into sustainable “green growth,” leading to “green economies” consistent with the goal of protecting the world’s climate. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The neo-classical economic model, which tolerates inequality in order to compensate individual effort and initiative, may have worked for the 19th and 20th centuries. However, it is no longer suitable for the challenges of the 21st Century, where corporate chiefs can no longer relate their bonus bonanza to any of their efforts, argues Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University and winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize, in this commentary provided to Fortune by Project Syndicate. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Neither the real estate market nor the high end business community, at the top of the income distribution ladder, appear to feel the economic slowdown. Rather these high ticket items mount not only in demand but in price. Daniel Zerfu shares his concern that as the haves get richer the masses decline to yet lower depths of poverty while the lowly paid public technocrats are tempted to loot public funds or trade favours with suppliers and service providers. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Revolutionary Democrats have celebrated 'Flag Day' on Monday, October 5, 2009, with great pomp and circumstance. It was an event that has kept a smile on my face and tickled me pink for the last few days. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300If the essence of time is acutely stressed by most western nations, Brussels should be considered as the quintessential clockwork city. Even the transport system can be relied on to the minute. The superior traits of the city, from its education and health care systems to its tranquillity, are noted as the centrality of this quaint yet avant-garde metropolis is confirmed. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Constitution, signed into a sovereign expression by none other than Negasso Gidada (PhD) while he was once president of the young Republic, declares that Ethiopia is a political community that belongs to its Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples. For better or worse, federal institutions and agencies aspire to reflect equitable and balanced representations of these collective groups, according to proponents of the current national order. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300