“I know that the developmental state theory has no problem by itself. Accordingly, today many Ethiopians don’t have positive attitude towards the developmental state path. The typical example of authoritarian developmental states in Africa are Rwanda and Ethiopia, while ANC of South Africa and Botswana are also mentioned as one party dominated developmental states. “I think developmental state is important for countries like Ethiopia because the private sector is weak in both capacity and structure. The difference is the EPRDF has put it in clear strategy as developmental state,” says Tsedeke Yihune (Eng.

Source: News Business Ethiopia June 07, 2019 18:45 UTC