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Ethiopia - an agrarian economy in transition

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  • Yared Seid
  • Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse
  • Seid Nuru Ali

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Ethiopia has experienced rapid economic growth since 2005. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average rate of 10.5 per cent per annum for the period between 2004-05 and 2013-14. Public investment in key infrastructure and interventions in the agriculture sector have made important contributions to GDP growth. This growth has been accompanied by a process of capital deepening and signs of structural shift away from traditional and primary sectors towards secondary and tertiary sectors.

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  • Yared Seid & Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse & Seid Nuru Ali, 2015. "Ethiopia - an agrarian economy in transition," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-154, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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