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Title: | Underdevelopment and economic growth in Ethiopia |
Author: | Bondestam, Lars |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | Kroniek van Afrika |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 20-35 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | demographic change economic development |
Abstract: | In the introduction is sketched how Ethiopia under Italian occupation was hardly opened up to foreign interests. In 1953 USAID started activities in Ethiopia which ment the emergence of the neo-colonial era in that country. In a chapter 'The dependent economy' Ethiopia's neo-colonial status as manifested in its economy is examined. The country's dependence on external capital is demonstrated. After a description of agriculture follows a chapter on 'Ethiopian demography in economic development'. Finally the question is raised 'Is Ethiopia underdeveloped?'. In the context of Ethiopia's development strategy the eventual contribution of a reduction in the fertility and in the rate of population growth to the eradication of underdevelopment is discussed. Ref., table. |