| Show TABLE OF CONTENTS iv ABSTRACT viii LIST OF TABLES xii LIST OF FIGURES GLOSSARY xiii ACROYNMS xiv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi Chapter 1. 1.1 1.2 2. 1 INTRODUCTION 6 Literature Review 1.1.1 Economics of Decentralization and Fiscal Federalism 1.1.2 Distribution and Decentralization Ethnicityas a Basis for Federalism 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Birth of the Modem Ethiopia Empire: 1855-1907 Under Emperor Haile Selassie: 1941-1974 Emergence of Absolutism Development Strategies Ethiopia Under Mengistu Hailemariam: 1974-1991 2.3.1 Revolutionary Transformation in Ethiopia 2.3.2 Economic Centralization and Agrarian Socialism Post-1991 Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism 2.2.1 The 2.2.2 Economic 14 18 24 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2.1 7 30 35 37 .42 .46 .47 51 56 |