Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on the Ethiopian Economy

MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS

1. A Review of Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Ethiopian
Economy in the 1980s and Recent Years (Getachew Minas)

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF STRUCTURAL
ADJUSTMENT AND THE ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY

2. Structural Adjustment Programs: An Overview of the Conceptual Framework
   (Getachew Yoseph)
3. Stabilisation, Rehabilitation and Structural Adjustment in
   Ethiopia’s Economy: A Look at Linkages Between Reform Measures (Taye Mengistae)
4. Perspectives on the Sequencing and Speed of Economic Reform in Ethiopia
   (Mekonnen Manyazewal)

EXCHANGE RATE AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN ETHIOPIA

5. Post-devaluation Ethiopian Economy: From Stagflation to Stagflation
   (Befekadu Degefe and Kebre Moges)
6. Methodological Issues in the Construction of Effective Exchange Rates
   (Asmerom Kidane)
7. Is the Ethiopian Birr Overvalued? A Preliminary Assessment and Policy Implications
   (Haile Kibret)

FISCAL AHO FINANCIAL REFORMS

8. Fiscal Deficits and the Monetary Sector in Ethiopia:
   Implications for Reform (Shibeshi Ghebre)
9. Trends in Government Expenditure Finance (Teshome Mulat)
10. Financial Reforms, Domestic Resource Mobitizarion and Credit Policy in Ethiopia
    (Itana Ayana)

PRIVATIZATION

11. A Glimpse of Privatization and the Private Sector in Ethiopia
    (Solomon Wole)
12. The Impact and Policy Implications of Privatization in Ethiopia
    (Eshete Tadesse)
13. Privatization and Deregulation in Ethiopian Industry:
    Problems, Prospects and Impact on the Economy (Eshetu Chole)
14. The New Investment Law: Basic Features and Limitations with
    Reference to the Industrial Sector (Gulilat Kebede)

SECTORAL ISSUES

15. Agricultural Supply Kesponse to Structural Adjustment Policies:
    The Pricist versus Structuralist Views in the Ethiopian Context (Dejene Aredo)
16. Possible Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programme on the
    Health Care Service System (Abdulhamid Bedri Kello)