Is Ethiopia precipitating to collapse ? or could Fano knock the gates of Addis before things turn for the worse?
Posted: 01 May 2024, 18:43
State collapse occurs when a state is completely disintegrated, leaving an authority vacuum. Based on this understanding, we could safely assume that Ethiopia is currently in a fragile condition and has started the process of descent into state failure.
Some countries fail spectacularly, with a total collapse of all state institutions, as in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal and the hanging of President Mohammad Najibullah from a lamppost, or during the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone, where the government ceased to exist altogether.
Most countries that fall apart, however, do so not with a bang but with a whimper. They fail not in an explosion of war and violence but by being utterly unable to take advantage of their society’s huge potential for growth, condemning their citizens to a lifetime of poverty. This type of slow, grinding failure leaves many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America with living standards far, far below those in the West.
What are the reasons why Ethiopia is collapsing?
1-Lack of property rights
2-Forced labor
3-A tilted playing field
4-The big men get greedy
5-Elites block new technologies
6- No law and order
7-A weak central government
8-Bad public services
9-Political exploitation
10-Fighting over the spoils
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/06/18/10 ... all-apart/
Some countries fail spectacularly, with a total collapse of all state institutions, as in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal and the hanging of President Mohammad Najibullah from a lamppost, or during the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone, where the government ceased to exist altogether.
Most countries that fall apart, however, do so not with a bang but with a whimper. They fail not in an explosion of war and violence but by being utterly unable to take advantage of their society’s huge potential for growth, condemning their citizens to a lifetime of poverty. This type of slow, grinding failure leaves many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America with living standards far, far below those in the West.
What are the reasons why Ethiopia is collapsing?
1-Lack of property rights
2-Forced labor
3-A tilted playing field
4-The big men get greedy
5-Elites block new technologies
6- No law and order
7-A weak central government
8-Bad public services
9-Political exploitation
10-Fighting over the spoils
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/06/18/10 ... all-apart/