The latest push for industrialization in Ethiopia has attracted much academic and public interest. This paper assesses … Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing domestic productivity and input costs …, the labor cost advantage of Ethiopian firms is more than offset by low productivity. However, Ethiopia appears competitive …

Africa. Using establishment-level data from Ethiopia, this paper finds that the incidence of high-growth firms stands at an … Ethiopia will repeat a high-growth event in the subsequent three-year period. This likelihood is not greater than that of … location. Plants located in Ethiopia's capital city or agglomerations have a higher probability of high growth. And high growth …

"An AIDS epidemic threatens Ethiopia with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback … possible in view of Ethiopia's poverty and high background adult mortality, it does cause a permanent, downward displacement of …

Ethiopia has achieved sustained high growth for more than a decade. At the same time, the country has been facing … the appreciation of the dollar, thereby making Ethiopia's competitiveness and industrialization drive more difficult. In … analysis suggests that Ethiopia needs a more flexible exchange rate policy. A competitive or undervalued exchange rate is …

In the past 10 years, Ethiopia experienced high and consistent growth, invested in public goods provision to poor …