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Ethiopia's economy benefiting from emigrants returning home

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:40:00 -0600

Ethiopia saw a number of its people leave the country decades ago, when a communist government took power. Now, with the country having achieved stability, and the country trending upward, many emigrants are returning home. And they're bringing business and economic success with them.

Alem

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:50:16 -0600

Hello PRI: on your next assignment please make sure to cover why there is so much corruption and why the rule of law does not apply equally to all. Your current report on returning diaspora seemed short on facts. How many did you say returned in so many years?

Ebssa

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:43:35 -0600

Hello PRI... Please ignore the message by Alem. There are Diaspora who used to work for the old government (Derg) and when they see Ethiopian is growing with the help of the current government policy, then they complain. Alem..please look for some where else to release your anger. This is a professional website unlike your smear campaign websites. Thank you PRI for giving us this story...This is the kind of motivation that we need for us also to build our country.

enset

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:37:48 -0600

"Now, with democracy firmly in hand..." Come on PRI...this is way off the mark. Whatever fledgling democracy there was in Ethiopia in the early 2000s is now a distant memory.

Ras Mitat

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:40:43 -0600

Psychotic opposition Diaspora always upset with every good news about Ethiopia...Excellent!

digafe

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:50:30 -0600

I thought PRI/NPR was the most trusted source for news. When I see your reporting on what I know. You guys do not know what you are talking about. "Now, with democracy firmly in hand" Now, I understand why republicans want to get ride of you. This is just ridiculous reporting with no enough information, the writer of this report should be fired.

Jonathan

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:05:06 -0600

All--

While I think you could debate the country's democratic credentials, I can understand it might be too much to say democracy is firmly in hand. I've adjusted the wording.

Jonathan Kealing
Senior Editor, PRI.org

Mikael

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:20:26 -0600

Democracy and Ethiopia should never be mentioned in a same sentence at all. There hundreds of political prisoners been tourcherd in a so called kaliti prison.

Alemu

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:37:12 -0600

Eventhoug there is a little better Democracy in than 20-30 years ago, still Ethiopia is a one party state where peoples’ constitutional rights ignored. In Ethioiopia there is NO free speech, free media, freedom of religion, or freedom to assmeble to mention few. There are thousends of jouranlists and opposition leaders thrown in prison and tourtured for excersising their constitutioinal rights.
Mcuh love and respect to PRI's edtior for correcting the wording. Thank you!!!

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:25:24 -0600

I think you should understand the content of the article before splitting words and make unfair judgment. As any other developing country Ethiopia is far from achieving firm democracy. Democracy doesn’t come over night, so we should appreciate how far we have come and what we accomplished. Why most Ethiopians who live abroad focus on the negatives? Why do not you go back and contribute to build better governance? Please let’s focus on the good things.

johni menati

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:10:28 -0600

PRI - First of all I don't like the word you used to describe the title of this article. In my opinion the word emigrants should have been Ethiopians.

In any way looking at the substance of the Article, personally there is nothing new that I am reading apart from the same music that the current government has been singing for the past 10 years. In actual fact your so called "news" because to me its more like hear say news rather than detailed analysis of "Ethio Diaspora investment". Frankly I don't need to go on about what you should and shouldn't have done. But next time try to come up with an article That would reflect and challenge one's intelligence. For your information right now in Ethiopia, there is no middle class.

enset

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:01:55 -0600

Jonathan: Thanks for making the change. Ethiopia's current stability is highly suspect since it is not built on a firm foundation such as consent of the governed and the rule of law. But there is no question that Ethiopia is more stable than most of its Horn of Africa neighbors. Ethiopians deserve better than that! I have no quarrel with the rest of the article.