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   MIRACLE OR MIRAGE? MANUFACTURING HUNGER AND POVERTY IN ETHIOPIA

   Reports & Research

   January, 2016

   Ethiopia

   poverty

   food security

   land use

   conflicts

   land dispute

   local communities

   extractive industries

   As months of protest and civil unrest hurl Ethiopia into a severe political crisis, a new report from the Oakland Institute debunks the myth that the country is the new “African Lion.” Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia exposes how authoritarian development schemes have perpetuated cycles of poverty, food insecurity, and marginalized the country’s most vulnerable citizens.