Ethiopia
Very thin, but unusual in one respect: an Ethiopian policymaker wrote a serious book about his own industrial policy, which is worth more than any outside account.
7 books
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- The Dragon's GiftDeborah Brautigam, 2009
- Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in EthiopiaArkebe Oqubay, 2015
- African Economic DevelopmentChristopher Cramer, John Sender, Arkebe Oqubay, 2020
Books 7
Deborah Brautigam · 2009 · What Chinese finance and contractors actually do in Africa; Ethiopia recurring.
Christopher Cramer, John Sender, Arkebe Oqubay · 2020 · Attacks the standard development orthodoxies using Ethiopian evidence throughout.
Arkebe Oqubay · 2015 · Insider account of the cement, floriculture and leather sectors by the official who ran the policy.
Alex de Waal · 2015 · The 'political marketplace' framework: how loyalty is priced and paid for in the region.
Tobias Hagmann, Filip Reyntjens · 2016 · How donor money underwrote the EPRDF developmental state.
Arkebe Oqubay, Kenichi Ohno · 2019 · Technological learning and catch-up; the theory behind Ethiopia's industrial parks.
Fantu Cheru, Christopher Cramer, Arkebe Oqubay · 2019 · Reference volume rather than a read; the only place much of this data exists in English.