Unraveling Meles Zenawi’s Concept of Developmental State
The developmental state (DS) literature puts competent and autonomous public institutions at the kernel of developmental success and effective state…
Monday, July 3, 2017 @ 5:37 am
Merkeb Negash
Merkeb Negash, is a Lecturer of Political Science and International Relations at Jimma University. He is a blogger on HornAffairs and can be reached at elroenegash(at)gmail.com
Ethiopia’s Developmental Statism: Cynic Diagnosis, Naive Prescriptions
Almost any discussion on the Ethiopian developmental state start with what the Ethiopian developmental state fails to be. It is…
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
Ethiopia’s Developmental Statism: dotted by pitfalls but functional
Much of the debate on Ethiopia’s developmental statism focuses on what a developmental policy oriented Ethiopia can’t perform – that…
Sunday, March 9, 2014 @ 4:17 am
Eritrea: The unraveling of Isaias authored identity
(Merkeb Negash) Exactly a year ago, in an article titled “The Politics of Writing an Eritrean Identity”, I argued against…
Monday, December 16, 2013 @ 1:20 am
Nile| Irresponsible Yet Demanding Egypt
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of being rigid for rejecting Egypt’s new proposal of another round of IPoE – this sounds ridiculous…
Thursday, November 28, 2013 @ 7:31 pm
IMF’s pills for Ethiopia: It Ain’t the Economy, it Is the Lab!
(Merkeb Negash) One of the grave, yet common, mistakes in the discussion of the Ethiopian developmentaliism is that analysts and…
Saturday, November 23, 2013 @ 8:32 pm
Nile| Renaissance dam's unnoticed impact on Ethiopian psyche
(Merkeb Negash)“The humiliation of a thing is sufficient to stimulate it; the humiliation of a country is sufficient to rejuvenate…
Saturday, May 18, 2013 @ 8:26 pm
Is Meles’ developmentalism winning in Ethiopia?
The active politician is a creator, an initiator; but he neither creates from nothing nor does he move in the…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 @ 7:19 pm
Analysis| Eritrea: Ali Abdu's absence and Asmara's silence
Irrespective of his whereabouts, however, Ali Abdu’s disappearance from public view in the last five months by itself points to…
Friday, January 18, 2013 @ 5:04 pm
In Defence Of Meles Zenawi: No Direct Relation Between Democracy and Development
(By Merkeb Negash) “[i]f all comparative studies are viewed together, the hypothesis that there is no clear relationship between economic…
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 3:57 pm