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, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Obliged to wait since the time Arkebe Oqubay was city mayor of the provisional administration, the ruling party finally observed the laying of the cornerstone at the Lideta District redevelopment site by Mayor Kuma. Throughout compensation and relocation due to ousted residents, the local development plan has been busy demolishing some of the cramped and plumbing deficient quarters in the city, reports WUDINEH ZENEBE, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Exporting products free of duty is music to the ears of exporters. But not taking full advantage of the bountiful situation – now that is something to talk about. The issues are of such great magnitude that it is almost cumbersome trying to point them out. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300The current economic crisis could push 90 million people more into extreme poverty worldwide by end of 2010. Close to two million children could die in the next five years if the crisis persists. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the global economic crisis could undermine recent progress through declines in commodity prices, tourism earnings, exports, remittances, and private capital flows. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Policymakers in the federal government are determined to see a single digit inflation rate in the current fiscal year, without necessarily slowing down growth in the gross domestic product (GDP). Analysing recent data from the consumer price index (CPI), Alemseged Assefa, former vice governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), for 12 years and now director general of the Financial Intelligence Centre, projects that Ethiopia has ahead of it a year to celebrate and rejoice. The target of containing inflation to single digits would surely be achieved as targeted by the government through steady interest rates and other measures, he argues. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300I never pass up the opportunity to complain about the nightlife in this city, and the resulting looseness that it has created in the segments of society that have become a regular part of it. I talk bad about the women and, of course, the men, and I often go on and on about the amount of alcohol they consume. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300While the government has been blamed by some for the ineffectiveness of associations in Ethiopia, Getachew T. Alemu argues that main culprit is not the government but some negative cultural norms that have evolved over time. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300The city is changing and improving at a faster rate with the arrival of abundant clean electricity. Construction of roads and housing continues at a faster pace now. However, Girma Feyissa has a bone to pick with cobblestone sidewalks or worse, piles of debris and construction materials blocking them. He also notes the lack of adequate parking and green parks, a need which will only increase with rising incomes and wages. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300It has been a while, perhaps more than four decades, since Ethiopians were exposed to news stories revealing that their leaders take leave from their busy and stressful business of minding the nation’s business to go on vacations. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300