The Ethiopian government’s recent decision to slap a 30 percent tax (15 percent VAT + 15 percent excise tax) on fuel ...

Addis Abbaba, June, 22, 2025 (ENA) -- Ethiopia is in the midst of a historic economic transformation—shaped by bold policy choices, strategic investments, and a firm commitment to sustainable, ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Pictures of emaciated children dying in their mothers' arms during Ethiopia's famine in 1985 cemented the country's image as a barren land where nothing grows. But just 30 ...

ONE OF THE most extraordinary growth records over the past two decades was to be found, perhaps surprisingly, in the horn of Africa. Real GDP per person in Ethiopia, the second-most-populous country ...

The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 44, No. 1/2 (Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019), pp. 129-142 (14 pages) In this paper, the author investigated the effect of energy use on economic growth using ...

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