Economic Development in Ethiopia: The politics of aid and the independant development of a nation

Purup, Anders Bundgaard

4. term

Development and International Relations, Master

2009

106

Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan Etiopiens økonomiske landskab har udviklet sig siden Dergue-regimets fald i 1991, og hvilken rolle donorhjælp (økonomisk støtte og fødevarehjælp fra andre lande og organisationer) har spillet i denne udvikling. Østafrika forbindes ofte med tørke, sult, krig og pirateri, men betydeligt potentiale bliver ofte overskygget af disse begivenheder. På trods af at Etiopien har den niende største husdyrbestand i verden og store mængder overfladevand, er landet stadig den største modtager af fødevarehjælp globalt og den næststørste modtager af bistand i det subsahariske Afrika i dag. Specialet analyserer, hvordan det internationale samfund—særligt europæiske stater—og den nationale regering har engageret sig i disse udviklinger, og hvorfor politikker og indsatser ikke når deres mål.

This thesis examines how Ethiopia’s economic landscape has changed since the fall of the Dergue regime in 1991 and how donor aid (financial support and food assistance from other countries and organizations) is involved in this development. East Africa is often associated with droughts, famine, war, and piracy, yet important potential is frequently overshadowed by these events. Despite having the ninth-largest livestock population worldwide and substantial surface water, Ethiopia remains the world’s largest recipient of food aid and the second-largest recipient of aid in sub-Saharan Africa today. The thesis explores how the international community—especially European states—and the national government have engaged in these developments, and why policies and efforts are not achieving their goals.

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Ethiopia ; economic development ; aid ; development theory

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