Traditional Leather Sector Inflicting High Opportunity Cost

Leather products abound the shops in modern fashions and find their way into the airplanes destined for international market. However, great volumes of hides and skins are still utilised in the traditional sector and create a huge loss in terms of business development and foreign currency earnings. This commentator argues the incentive structures created by the government must be changed with an eye to shifting raw materials to modern production.

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H. R. 2003 Imposing Neo-Colonialist Agenda

After the "Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007" unanimously passed through the US House of Representatives into the Senate, a slew of opinions have been covering op-ed pages internationally and domestically. Teferi Melesse, acting director general of public diplomacy and public relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) believes the legislation represents an ill-conceived attempt of a superpower to meddle in Ethiopia's internal politics.

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