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Show CHAPTER! INTRODUCTION My dissertation analyzes the economic dimension of "ethnic federalism" in Ethiopia economic development. Although the decentralization focuses on three stability, and redistribution, system. There literature most off. implication for equitable and evaluates the federal program in terms of its on are a growth grew faster during the on a an the distributional aspect of the federal First, from addressing the absence of growth the poverty necessary initial condition for Second, from countries is federalism. problem primarily a policy perspective, motivated Although growth of poverty, it is to reduce line). Moreover, only benefits theoretical perspective, the distribution of income "egalitarian" growth (and to take possible poverty (assuming that a the poor at the growth process margin, but to a is use are a equal the decentralization not the of driving condition for reducing forces for effectively income redistribution in the portion of the population accompanied by also will a more by the objective inequality and poverty. Efficiency gains, though important, and a last quarter of the twentieth century have started from developing decentralization macroeconomic cross-country growth differences has shown that countries that distribution of income and assets. process in for this. argues that is considered importantly, assets) Empirical analysis reasons on federalism and on conceptual issues, namely efficiency, my focus will be number of economic traditional economic literature is above income redistribution not provide the condition for sustained |
