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, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Upon his homecoming from the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi held a press conference at his office on Friday afternoon, December 25, 2009. During the two hour and twenty minute press conference, the Prime Minister covered three major topics. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300Addis Abeba is witnessing the augmentation of a public and governmental movement to make urban transport more efficient. With the introduction of new transport options including Higer midi-buses, road upgrades such as Nations and Nationalities Square (Gotera Interchange), expansion of the roads network with projects like the Ring Road, and reaching the final stage for the introduction of taxi-zoning, it seems like positive change should be imminent. But such is not the case. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300The long-awaited Conference of the Parties (COP) 15, the global talk on how to contain carbon emissions held in Copenhagen, Denmark, has come and gone without sealing the intended binding deals but with its own insight into the climate change negotiation process. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300The private sector in economies under reform requires credible and capable administration in order to prosper in a world of post-crises, writes Justin Yifu Lin (PhD), the World Bank's chief economist and senior vice president for development economics. In this commentary provided to Fortune by Project Syndicate, Lin argues that it is too late for developed and developing countries to turn back the tide of globalisation. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300This has been an exciting and nerve-wracking week given the enactment of our newest set of laws focusing on the traffic aspects of our existence. I bring in the new wave of legislation with mixed emotions, to be perfectly honest, as there are some aspects that I am in complete agreement with, while there are, at the same time, other aspects that strike the fear of God into the very core of my being. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300Rather than grappling with complex issues, President Barack Obama decided instead to declare victory with a vague statement of principles agreed with four other countries. The remaining 187 were handed a fait accompli, which some accepted and others denounced. After the fact, the United Nations has argued that the document was generally accepted, though for most on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300Back in Brussels to visit family for the Christmas season, Girma Feyissa reports on the snowy weather, unfamiliar to most people in Ethiopia and the effects it has on society. No matter the outcome of the climate change conference, the weather, in all its variations, always speaks for itself. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300Many indulge in drawing forth a parallel between the recent national elections and the forthcoming one. Depending on perspectives, there are those who fear the rerun of electoral violence subsequent to the elections, while the Revolutionary Democrats claim they are determined not to let that happen, at any cost. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0300