Authors :
Sibuh Gebeyaw Tareke
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 6 - June
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Abstract :
The developmental state approach has been
emerging in the South East Asian countries as a state-led
macro-economic policy, which resulted in dramatic
economic development. This achievement was the result
of the unity of the public sector and civil society,
business, and labour that works in a partnership. In
Ethiopia, it came into realization under Ethiopian People
Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in 1991,
together with democratic federalism, unlike the South
East Asian states. Then EPRDF’s government uses state
resources and state influence to eradicate poverty and
expand economic opportunities. Thus, Ethiopia
witnessed economic progress, which is unusual from the
past. But, currently, over one-fourth of its population is
still below poverty. Hence, this study hammers to
investigate the efficiency of Ethiopia’s developmental
state. Assess its socioeconomic development and statesociety relationships. It also provides challenges. In the
end, conclusions and recommendations are forwarded.
Keywords :
Developmental-state; State-society; Democracy; Poverty; Development; EPRDF and Ethiopia
The developmental state approach has been
emerging in the South East Asian countries as a state-led
macro-economic policy, which resulted in dramatic
economic development. This achievement was the result
of the unity of the public sector and civil society,
business, and labour that works in a partnership. In
Ethiopia, it came into realization under Ethiopian People
Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in 1991,
together with democratic federalism, unlike the South
East Asian states. Then EPRDF’s government uses state
resources and state influence to eradicate poverty and
expand economic opportunities. Thus, Ethiopia
witnessed economic progress, which is unusual from the
past. But, currently, over one-fourth of its population is
still below poverty. Hence, this study hammers to
investigate the efficiency of Ethiopia’s developmental
state. Assess its socioeconomic development and statesociety relationships. It also provides challenges. In the
end, conclusions and recommendations are forwarded.
Keywords :
Developmental-state; State-society; Democracy; Poverty; Development; EPRDF and Ethiopia
