09:00 - 10:30
Efforts and Potentials for Structural Transformation in Ethiopia and the Horn: Examining State, Business and Labour Relations.
Room: Aston Webb – C-Block Lecture Theatre
Stream: The Political Economy of Development in Africa: The Politics of Economic and Social Transformation
Chair/s:
Eyob Balcha Gebremariam, Samuel Andreas Admasie
09:00 - 09:15
We-A49 Politics of Transformation 11-P-001
‘One-dimensionality’ in contemporary developmentalist literature on Ethiopia: a critique
Samuel Andreas Admasie
University of Basel & University of Pavia, Basel, Switzerland
09:15 - 09:30
We-A49 Politics of Transformation 11-P-002
The Dynamics of Chinese Private Investment in Ethiopia: Realities and Its Political Economic Implications towards Ethiopia’s Structural Transformation.
Weiwei Chen
Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London; Ethiopia Investment Commission, London, United Kingdom
09:30 - 09:45
We-A49 Politics of Transformation 11-P-003
Industrial Parks and their implications on Young Peoples’ Aspirations: a preliminary observation
Eyob Balcha Gebremariam
LSE, Manchester, United Kingdom