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, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Just as every cloud has a silver lining, so to do beautiful roses come with thorns. The latter analogy could be used to explain the current negative impacts of the road constructions taking place across the city on its residents, as Hilina Alemu, Fortune staff writer, reports. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300Successful implementation of road construction projects in major parts of the city will result in the ease of access to the existing residential, business, industrial or, if there are any, agricultural corners of the metropolis. Such projects will also improve access to the highways that lead to other parts of the country. The projects can further have a major positive impact on the road network, providing safe routes for both pedestrians and local traffic. Most importantly, this would mean much improved linkages to existing commercial units, residences and other buildings, therefore benefiting economic development with the improvement of the transport network. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300For 15 years, I have attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. Typically, the leaders gathered there share their optimism about how globalization, technology, and markets are transforming the world for the better. Even during the recession of 2001, those assembled in Davos believed that the downturn would be short-lived. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300The process of policymaking in Ethiopia focuses more on the quantitative value than its qualitative advantage, says Tesfay Kidan (PhD), in his response to the editorial on quality of education run by this newspaper a few weeks ago. The challenges the education sector face in its bid to expand enrollments in higher learning institutions is one good illustration of the warped policy processes, he argues. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300What is disconcerting is the way the media is counting down the first one hundred days in office for the President. The furious workload has since become almost a law in its own right, something that all Presidents will have to abide by. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300This beautiful and seductive world we live in, and the profound existence that is the reality of being a member of the community in Addis Abeba, makes us question our very convictions. This is despite having gone through a lifetime of self-examination to have reached them. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300Chat chewing is a habit that has become second nature to most Ethiopians, despite evidence that suggests that its consumption has deleterious effects on those who take it. The leaf is fraught with ferocious controversy as banning its use is seen by many not only as interference in a well established though innocuous custom, but also cruel amputation of a source of livelihood for many in Ethiopia. The question is: to ban or not to ban? http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300Now is a world abuzz with talk about either corporate "bailouts" or fat economic "stimulus packages". The process has also become a way to see the wealth of nations; compare America's close to 787 billion dollars (150 times the Ethiopian federal budget for the current fiscal year) in an economic stimulus programme approved by its congress on Friday, February 10, 2009, to Australia's 41.5 billion dollars approved by its parliament last week to Britain's 29.8 billion dollars and Germany's 65 billion dollars. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300