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, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Endowed with cool weather, high altitude, an organic though cheap diet and an unrelenting motivation, the Arsi Zone in Southeast Ethiopia is any long-distance running coach’s dreamland for nurturing talents of tomorrow. Nevertheless, upcoming runners are finding extra barriers placed in front of them on the way to fame and fortune, all attributed to climate change. ELSHADAI NEGASH reports on a battle Arsi’s dreamers might very well lose. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Technical and Vocation Education Training (TVET) had been given in various disciplines as per the National Educational Policy the government enacted in 1994, followed by several regulations. That is in the past. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The distinguished German born American philosopher, Hannah Arendt, may have once said, "Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no condition can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence". But, for a poor country like Ethiopia, which has been bogged down to the quandary of centrally planned and command economy for nearly two decades, economic growth, contrary to Hannah's quote, does have a strong proof for its existence. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300This fiscal year will certainly be a trying time for the federal tax collectors. The global economic meltdown of the past year has caused a foreign currency crunch and decline in imports. Yet, this is a time when the federal tax collection agency was charged, by Parliament a most ambitious goal of collecting close to 40 billion Br. The Authority in charge has now introduced its collectors to a contractual agreement that ties their performance in collecting tax to their own fate with the Authority. This smells like trouble for the business community, argues Yohannes Woldegebriel, a legal expert with a background of working for revenues agency. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300In any market economy the common cycles of inflation, recession, deflation and stagflation take turns buffeting nations unless prudent and preventive measures are taken to control them. Chief among his many responsibilities, Temesgen Zewdie, an elected member of the federal Parliament considers the social, political and economic rights of his constituents to include articulating their views and concerns as well as conveying their inquires. Something he tried to do … to no avail. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300There is no place more telling to find the state and condition of the loss when it comes to Ethiopian culture and traditions than the Ethiopian family. The new face of the Ethiopian nuclear family is the ultimate symbol of the new form of Ethiopian-ness; it is being practiced by those that feel they are doing better by going against everything that they were taught growing up.http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300As the time for the Ethiopian election draws near, it wreaks havoc not only on the political landscape of the country but in the hearts and minds of the Diaspora. How far apart do their views and comments lie in contrast to their native counterparts? However, while Ethiopians question the guiding principles and inherent ideals of the government, there are those who envy elections held every four years. A Somali, in Diaspora, bemoans the sad state of the political situation in his country as a lost cause. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300A few weeks ago, the country director of the World Bank for Ethiopia and Sudan, Ken Ohashi, ran a commentary in this paper advising leaders of the ruling party to really look to the east so that they could emulate a developmentalist growth model in the real sense of the word. It may sound like an advice worth their attention, should they strive to come out of the twin challenges the macro economic management has been confronted with at the moment: High inflation and foreign exchange crunch. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300