Ethiopia: The Voodoo Economics of Meles Zenawi AllAfrica.com
For the past several years, Zenawi has been making hyperbolic claims of economic growth in Ethiopia based on fabricated and massaged GDP (gross domestic product) numbers, implying that the country is in a state of runaway economic development and the people's standard of living is fast outstripping those living in the middle-income countries. In March 2009, for instance, Zenawi bragged that he expected the Ethiopian economy to grow by 12.8 per cent. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disagreed in the same month, stating that given the global economic crisis Ethiopia could expect only about 6 per cent economic growth. Zenawi dismissively countered those who pointed out the discrepancies: 'We have differences with the international financial institutions when we predict our economic growth, but we usually agree on the economic growth statistics at the end of each year.' The questions remain: Did the Ethiopian economy grow by 12.8 per cent in 2009-10? Could it be expected to grow by 10.1 per cent in 2010-11? Who is keeping track of the economic statistics?
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