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, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Addis Abeba’s parks are in peril. From indefinite closures and lagging development plans to the fees that make their use prohibitive to lower incomes, the parks are in need of a new beginning. Just such a renewal and more is on the horizon reports, WUDINEH ZENEBE, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300To their credit, the two opposition parties among those bidding for political power, Lidetu Ayalew’s Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) and Ayele Chamiso’s Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) have taken the exception of putting their thoughts out in the form of electoral manifestos. Although it is customary for political parties in parliamentary democracies to issue electoral manifestos come national elections, not all do that in Ethiopia, including the incumbent. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Last week’s Fortune reported a story headlined, “Liberal Democrats Promise Series of Tax Cuts as Electoral Pledge” (Volume 10, Number 514, March 7, 2010) it was about the Ethiopian Democratic Party’s (EDP) electoral manifesto that elaborates on its fiscal plans. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Over the past 19 years, ever since Ethiopia's Birr against the dollar was adjusted from 2.07 Br to five Birr, the national currency has had a slow upward movement. This trend was dramatically changed over the past two years, where it is now being exchanged for close to 14 Br per dollar. Alemseged Assefa, former vice governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), now director general for the newly established Financial Intelligence Centre, explains why that is the case and offers some insight into the nation's currency business. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300I have come up with a plan that I think is going to solve a little problem in our fair capital that has managed to turn itself into the big white elephant in the room. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300In a policy U-turn, the International Monetary Fund has decided that appropriately designed controls on inflows of capital into individual countries can help attain other beneficial monetary policy goals. This represents a new era in global finance. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ring Road has faced and overcome many challenges on its journey to its present state. From the relocation of residents in its path to its integration with the rest of the city’s road network, Girma Feyissa takes a look at all the ups and downs of Addis Abeba’s iconic road. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300A few months ahead of the national election in May 2010, the foreign office is seeing some significant movement (in terms of volume) during the past couple of days, gossip disclosed. At least 60 midlevel officers will be dispatched in the second week of April 2010 to very significant posts such as Brussels, London and Washington D.C., claims gossip. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300