This volume brings together a select number of studies which give a
broader picture of the country's development program, examining not just
the progress that has been made so far but also the challenges and
pitfalls that are evident. This, we believe, makes the volume all the
more topical and hence of interest to many readers. The book provides a
good starting point for a balanced assessment of economic development in
the last two decades with the primary purpose of stimulating informed
debate on the Ethiopia's economy and development endeavor in this
period. The authors of the collection are based in academia, civil
society organizations, and independent research institutions, and the
contributions have come from economists as well as researchers in
several other disciplines. As the diversity of the subject matter in the
collection indicates, the work is not meant to be for economists only
but is intended to attract a wider readership. We believe the book will
be of interest to experts in government departments, development
practitioners in civil society, academics, independent researchers, and
people who have a special interest on Ethiopia and its future.