Publisher's Synopsis
This is a study of the economic changes in Ethiopia that accompanied the social revolution of 1974. This book documents and analyzes the attempt to introduce a socialist pattern of development and underlines the serious weaknesses in Ethiopia's development strategy. There are chapters on land reform, collectivization and agricultural development, on state enterprises and the potential for small scale production, on essential public services and education, on income distribution and prostitution and on population policy. Numerous policy suggestions are made to promote accumulation, employment and equity within a more democratic socialist framework.
