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In Assault on Rural Poverty, Haileleul Getahun analyzes the various causes of rural poverty and constraints impeding increased agricultural productivity during the last four decades in Ethiopia, under three different regimes. Getahun examines the feudalistic system under Emperor Haile Selassie, the command economic system of the military junta led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, and the current capitalist system of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi. Getahun discusses the lessons drawn from Ethiopian experience during these three regimes, as well as from other African and Asian countries. These provide the basis for recommending a small farmer-led agricultural and rural development strategy that, if implemented, would alleviate rural poverty in Ethiopia. The author maintains that the keys for successful development are the provision of institutional savings and credit for small-scale farmers and small business owners; the deep involvement of the community in project planning, implementation, evaluation and sharing of the benefits; and the use of development support communication for motivation, information dissemination, and training. Getahun argues strongly that ethnic politics in Ethiopia are destructive to Ethiopian society and militates against sustainable development. Rather, the path to peace and sustainable development requires that ethnic politics be scrapped and replaced by a genuinely democratic and widely acceptable system of governance.
Contents
Chapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 List of Tables and Figures Chapter 3 List of Abbreviations Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 Acknowledgments Chapter 6 Maps of Ethiopia Chapter 7 Introduction Chapter 8 Historical Background Chapter 9 Rural Poverty Chapter 10 The 1960 Attempted Coup and its Aftermath Chapter 11 Post-Imperial Development Crises; The Derg Era: 1974-1991 Chapter 12 Post Derg Development Crises - The EPRDF Era: 1991-1999 Chapter 13 The African/Regional Development Context Chapter 14 Agricultural Credit in the Rural Subsistence Sector Chapter 15 Participatory Development Chapter 16 Development Support Communication Chapter 17 Conclusion: A Strategy and Interventions to Alleviate Rural Poverty Chapter 18 Glossary Chapter 19 Index
