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Chapters: Derg, People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, List of Heads of Government of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Mapping Authority, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office, Central Statistical Agency, House of Federation, Crown Council of Ethiopia, Federal Parliamentary Assembly, 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives, Ethiopian Passport, Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Constitutions of Ethiopia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Derg (Amharic:) or Dergue was a communist military junta that came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I. Derg, which means "committee" or "council" in Ge'ez, is the short name of the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army, a committee of military officers which ruled the country from 1974 until 1987. Between 1975 and 1987, the Derg executed and imprisoned tens of thousands of its opponents without trial. The Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army, or the Derg (Committee), was formed in June 1974 by military officers following widespread mutiny in the armed forces of Ethiopia in early 1974. The number of committee members was originally about 120. No new members were ever admitted, and the number decreased, especially in the first few years, as some members were expelled or killed. The committee elected Major Mengistu Haile Mariam as its chairman and Major Atnafu Abate as its vice-chairman. The Derg was initially supposed to study the grievances of various military units, and investigate abuses by senior officers and staff, and to root out corruption in the military. In the months following its founding, the power of the Derg steadily increased. In July the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=948638 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from WWP-Report on Engineering Construct & Plant Operations in the Developing World, published by Worldwide Projects, Inc. on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 764 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR PROPOSED $4,900,000,000 INVESTMENT IN ROADS, POWER AND THE HEALTH SECTOR, MINISTRY OF WORKS [ETHIOPIA] - Order #: 011301.
Publication: WWP-Report on Engineering Construct & Plant Operations in the Developing World (Newsletter)
Date: January 1, 2001
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This digital document is an article from WWP-Business Opportunities in Africa & the Middle East, published by Worldwide Projects, Inc. on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 764 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR PROPOSED $4,900,000,000 INVESTMENT IN ROADS, POWER AND THE HEALTH SECTOR, MINISTRY OF WORKS [ETHIOPIA] - Order #: 011301.
Publication: WWP-Business Opportunities in Africa & the Middle East (Newsletter)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: Worldwide Projects, Inc.
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Chapters: Aklilu Habte-Wold, Abebe Aregai, Endelkachew Makonnen, List of Heads of Government of Ethiopia, Mikael Imru, Tesfaye Dinka, Makonnen Endelkachew, Tamirat Layne, Hailu Yimenu, Fikre Selassie Wogderess. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tsehafi Taezaz ("Minister of the Pen") Aklilu Habte-Wold (1912 - 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian politician under Emperor Haile Selassie. He was foreign minister of Ethiopia from 1947 to 1958 and Prime minister from 1961 until shortly before his death. Aklilu Habte-Wold was the son of a rural Ethiopian Orthodox priest from the Bulga district of Shewa province. He and his brothers, Makonnen Habte-Wold and Akalework Habte-Wold benefited from the patronage of Emperor Haile Selassie, who had them educated in the country and abroad in his efforts to create a new western educated intelligentia and professional class in his country. Aklilu Habte-Wold acquired his education in France. He was a protege of the powerful Tsehafi Taezaz Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes, another man of humble birth, who became a powerful figure in Ethiopian government, and close advisor to the Emperor, with his appointment as Tsehafi Taezaz. Wolde Giyorgis recommended the Habte-Wold brothers to the Emperor, who promoted them through the ranks so that the two eldest, Makonnen and Aklilu, became particularly influential with the monarch. Their humble origins, and the fact that they owed their education and advancement solely to the Emperor, allowed Emperor Haile Selassie to trust them implicitly and to favor them and other commoners of humble origin in government appointments and high positions at the expense of the aristocracy, whose loyalty to his person, rather than to the institution of Emperor he suspected. The Emperor's preference ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1196276 ... Read more

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Recently, there is a growing interest in the principles of fiscal federalism in a number of countries to improve their ability to serve their people more efficiently and effectively.However, very little academic literature exists particularly on how to best utilize and ensure accountability with regard to federal budget grant to sub-national governments in federations. The study tries to assess the degree to which regional governments are accountable to and properly utilize the federal government budget subsidy. It also discusses the challenges of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI's) in Ethiopia. The study reveals that federal budget subsidy is neither monitored nor subject to any meaningful sanctions. This is largely due to the executive dominance over the legislature and lack of appropriate legal framework to ensure accountability. Besides,Supreme Audit Institutions have been facing enormous internal and external challenges which seriously curtailed its effectiveness and development. The study, therefore, helps shed some light on fiscal federalism, and should be especially useful to professionals in federations and decentralized unitary states. ... Read more

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This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ehiopia. In the context of Ethiopia's rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed about their problems in gaining access to basic health care, reproductive-health services, and primary education; front-line service providers were also interviewed. Representatives of central and regional government and international donors were consulted, and policy documents reviewed. The reports ends with recommendations addressed to the government of Ethiopia, NGOs, and major donors and creditors, arguing human-development targets by 2015. ... Read more

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Images of war, narratives of suffering and notions of ethnicity are intrinsically linked to Western perceptions of Africa. Filtered through a mostly international media the information of African wars is confined to narrow categories of explanation emerging from and adapted to a Western history and political culture. This book aims at reversing this process; to look at war and suffering from the point of view of those who fight it and suffer through it. In doing so it reveals that the simplistic models explaining contemporary wars in Africa which are reproduced in a Western discourse are basically false.
This book examines the understanding of war and the impact of warfare on the formation and conceptualisation of identities in Ethiopia. Building on historical trajectories of enemy images, the recent Eritean-Ethiopian war (1998-2000) is used as an empirical backdrop to explore war's formative impact, by analysing politics of identity and shifting perceptions of enemies and allies. ... Read more

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Ras Alula was one of the big men or Telek Saw who played aprominent role in the making of modern Ethiopia. He was famous enoughto be lamented by a British historian as, "the greatest leader thatabyssinia has produced since the death of the emperor Theodore in1868." As remembered by the Ethiopians and reflected in theirliterature, "The famous and brave Ras Alula." ... Read more

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This is unique, interesting and well documented book
I read with great interest Haggai's latest book: "Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography: Ethiopia & Eritrea 1875-1897"

As most people agree this is unique, interesting and well documented book. Only I wish, for historical reason, the title was different. For instance Abyssinia rather than "Eritrea & Ethiopia" because these names were given by colonial powers that divided and ruled the country with disastrous consequence that we all know.

He should be applauded for his effort and great interest in Abyssinian unique history.

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"Ethiopia" celebrates the rich cultures of an ancient society, and describes its people's efforts to revive their land. Times are hard: soils are exhausted, schools and hospitals are derelict, and AIDS and urbanization pose new challenges. But the sense of community is strong, and the country's new constitution gives grounds for hope that there is a better future for Ethiopia.

This second edition features an eight-page supplement with updated information about the war with Eritrea and its social and economic consequences; together with reports on the food-security situation, the redistribution of land, relations with theWorld Bank and IMF, and national strategies to combat the problem of AIDS. ... Read more

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Good Book...
I think this is a good book. It has some interesting, novel photographs, concise information, and I just like it! I'd say its fit for teenagers but if someone has desire of a younger age I don't think it is too difficult for them either. ... Read more

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After the collapse of the military regime in 1991, Ethiopia's successor state, which is led by the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has been faced with the task of putting democratic ideals into practice under conditions of great economic scarcity. ... Read more

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Examines the case of the United States military assistance to Ethiopia and its consequences. Among the issues explored are: origins, motivations and dynamics of US assistance; use of the forces for internal security; and effects of the assistance on Ethiopia's foreign policy. ... Read more

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Excellent insight into Ethiopian society
There have been few books on Ethiopia written by insiders; prominent members; ministers in various Ethiopian regimes. So this book is a valuableresource for those who wish to gain a better understanding of Ethiopian society and politics. It's an honest and detailed account, giving the reader plenty of material to interpret and with which to form hypotheses about Ethiopian society.

I agree with the reviewer Andrea Arslan, it's a must read for those interested in Ethiopia.

Waiting for his book about today's politics
As a foreigner living in Ethiopia, I could understand many things I have been wondering about just after reading this book. Ethiopian culture, the way people behave in government institutions and the feeling Ethiopians have about their past and about politics were big issues in which I couldn't see any sense. Now, after reading Ato Gaitachew's book Ethiopia's development or rather non-development seems to be a really logical consequence of its history.
I also had the pleasure to meet the author personally and I am hoping that he might write a second volume.
I strongly recommend this book to everybody who is interested in Ethiopia.

A Must Read for Any Elected or Appointed Officails
I found the Emperor's Clothes to be very insightful, well-written and controversial book.Particularly, I like how the events are laid out in a very concise and logical manner.I appreciate the authors direct and no-nonsense approach; I hope the Emperor's Clothes will serve the current and future officials (in Ethiopia) as a reference material.I recommend this book for any Ethiopian government official as a must read book.

A No-nonsense Personal Account of Ethiopian Politics
A moving personal account of politics and administration of Emperor Haile Selassie's government by an Ethiopian that was "there" during key defining times. This book may be difficult to swallow for people thatblindly worship Emperor Haile Selassie the legend as the authordemonstrates his respect and love for Ethiopia and it's traditionsincluding the monarchy as an institution, but not necessarily the monarchwho did not live up to the author's expectation of someone holding thishigh position.

One of the themes of this book is that the erosion ofthe value and respect for the great Ethiopian tradition in lieu of foreigntraditions, contributed the downfall of Imperial Ethiopia. The author backsthis up with numerous tangible examples, but chooses as the basis for thetitle of the book one symbolic example of how the emperor who was oncerepresented in Ethiopian traditional clothes was later decked out in aBritish military uniform at a wax museum. The title is quite fitting as thebook also focuses on the people surrounding the emperor - an interestinganalogy with Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor 's Newclothes" for those familiar with this book.

SHAMEFUL CARELESS ETHIOPIAN
I made the terrible mistake of buying this book. The author writes as if he were more worthy of ruling Ethiopia than His Imperial Majesty his self. Throughout this book the author makes it a point to insult His Majesty whohe personally benefited from. He questions His Majesty choice of clotheshence his title which I find sad but amusing. Its the worst literature I'veever read about Ithiopia. I which judement upon this careless Ethiopian. ... Read more