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, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300 Government officials in charge of clearing the mess in the land regime of the country are on the retreat, at least after admitting flawed procedures in the legislative process of the revised law on urban land lease. In substance though, they leave a rather baffled public into more confusion, unable to answer questions directed at them during town hall meetings held across the city two weeks ago, reports Eden Sahle, Fortune Staff Writer. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Sitting at the helm of a sprinting economy is not always blissful. As far as the fundamentals are true, officials, such as Sufian Ahmed, minister of Finance & Economic Development (MoFED), a member of the nation's macroeconomic team who steer the country’s wheel, might have seen more joyful days. Their ecstasies were short-lived, as gaps in nutrition are inherent in nourishing an untamed beast - the market. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300No one would chose to be born and raised amid poverty and hopelessness, but fate has the final say in natural selection. Living a life surrounded with illiteracy, disability, disease, and destitution is indeed as agonising as standing unarmed on enemy lines. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Rushed privatisation of big public enterprises is unwise, current economic realities in Ethiopia rightly show, argues Tsehai Alemayehu - dralem3@gmail.com - professor of economics and finance at Savannah State University, US. Maintaining the enterprises under public ownership will be vital for facilitating economic transformation, he states. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300The problems with the euro are the same problems that the world economy used to have with gold. Ironically, the weak economies of Europe are working under a kind of “gold standard.” http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Despite hosting the most intelligent medical personnel in the country, Menellik II Hospital caters in the most traditional way. It is puzzling why such an inefficient operational system is maintained even amid the economic transformation experienced across different sectors of the country. Could it be for heritage purposes? http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Indeed, almost all leaders have ambitions to conquer not only the people they are elected to serve or have imposed themselves upon, many have regional ambitions, which come from individual ego or nationalistic fervour. http://www.addisfortune.com/fine_line.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Out and Abouthttp://www.addisfortune.com/Out_and_About.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0300