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, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300 The market for day labourers, in Addis Abeba, has matched the construction industry’s growth trajectory fuelled by expanding entrepreneurial, industrial and civic needs of the nation. From the rising and falling of daily wages bartered in the morning to the uncertainty of a daily labourer’s next wage, HALETA YIRGA, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER, takes a deeper look and uncovers the hand that providence plays and the injustices that plight these labourers who have a story to tell.http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Correction does much, but encouragement does more, goes a saying by the German author Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. The last few years of education policy making include perplexing hits and lamentable misses. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300We are at a moment when the range of uncertainties facing the global economy is unusually wide. We have just passed through the worst financial crisis since World War II. The only relevant comparisons are with the Japanese real-estate bubble, which burst in 1991 (and from which Japan has not recovered), and the Great Depression of the 1930s - except that this crisis has been quantitatively much larger and qualitatively different. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300In the aftermath of the much talked about deal on global warming, in Copenhagen, Denmark, proponents and critics alike are taking stock of the results. Despite its modest gains, particularly in bringing on board a rebel country such as the United States, and pledges for financing mitigation, the summit missed its main target - big time. It failed to reach a legally binding carbon emissions target, argues Negusu Aklilu, an Interim Coordinator of the African Climate Appeal (ffe@ethionet.et). He wonders why negotiators from the Group of 77 (G77) countries ignored the ambitious demand made on their behalf by Sudanese Ambassador Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Pretty speeches can only take us so far. A month after the Copenhagen climate conference, it is clear that the world's leaders were unable to translate rhetoric about global warming into action. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Pretty speeches can only take us so far. A month after the Copenhagen climate conference, it is clear that the world's leaders were unable to translate rhetoric about global warming into action. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia is poised to become the largest producer of electricity in Africa. With this newfound power comes the responsibility to use it wisely. From saving foreign exchange through the electrification of transportation to earning it through the export of electricity , Ethiopia has the ability to become an economic "powerhouse" http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Well, here it comes again, that season of the year when merrymaking is in abundance all around town. Addis Abebans soon find themselves busy attending wedding ceremonies, as engagements sometimes overlap and invitations are held on the same day. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300