Ethiopia: It's About Time for the Private Sector to Shine!

For long, the incumbent's position has been for the state to have a vital role in promoting economic growth. Though the private sector is given a lot of room, the state opted into playing a key role in the economy than leaving everything to be decided by the market. The state-interventionist policies, particularly in infrastructural development, have then resulted in successive economic growth and reduction in poverty for more than a decade now.

Practically, it is the traditional responsibility of the state to invest in infrastructural development (because of huge cost of investment and long term returns), but what makes the Ethiopian case different is that it has been the priority of the government and its public sector-led development strategy. This strategy, with its focus on heavy investment in infrastructure, has underpinned the country's rapid economic growth, according to the African Development Bank Group, country strategic paper 2016-2020.

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