Interdisciplinary Research Paper: Ambiguities and Inconsistencies in the ?Prescriptions' toward Development'

AuthorElias N. Stebek
PositionDean School of Graduate Studies, St. Mary's University College
Pages311-323
This column publishes interdisciplinary (law in context) research papers.
(N.B.
Peer review is waived for research papers published in this column if
the submission is a revised section of an unpublished PhD dissertation.)
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MBIGUITIES AND
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EVELOPMENT
Elias N. Stebek
Abstract
Ethiopia’s Investment Proclamation states that accelerated economic
development and improved living standards of the Ethiopian people are the
objectives of investment promotion. Moreover, the 1995 Ethiopian Constitution
guarantees “the right to improved living standards and to sustainable
development.” This paper deals with the ambiguities and inconsistencies in the
path towards achieving one of the expectations enshrined in these laws, i.e., the
aspiration to bring about development. It discusses the various notions of
development that have influenced Ethiopia’s policies and further examines the
challenges thereof in clarity, consistency and effectiveness.
Key words:
Development, investment promotion, development theories, institutional
capabilities, Ethiopia
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mlr.v6i2.5
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Introduction
The Preamble of Ethiopia’s Investment Proclamation (Proclamation No.
769/2012) states the need to encourage and promote investment “so as to
strengthen the domestic production capacity and thereby accelerate the
economic development of the country and to improve the living standards of its
peoples.” Article 5 of the Proclamation further states that “the objectives of the
investment policy of Ethiopia are designed to improve the living standards of
the peoples of Ethiopia through the realization of sustainable economic and
social development”. Sub-Articles 1 to 8 of this provision state the specific
Dean School of Graduate Studies, St. Mary’s University College; This paper includes
some of the themes in the first chapter of the author’s unpublished PhD thesis
(University of Warwick Law School, June 2012, Final version 9 December 2012). The
paper is simultaneously submitted to the Proceedings of SMUC’s Fourth Multi-
Disciplinary Seminar and to the Inter-disciplinary Research Papers column of Mizan
Law Review.
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