Opening statement by H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi prime minister of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia

Opening Statement delivered by H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance and Ministers Responsible for Economic Development and Planning. Ato Meles, on his remarks highlighted that, There are concrete signs of rising economic growth rates, of increasingly strong commitment to economic reforms, of consolidation of democratic governance in many countries and of growing dynamism of the private sector. There is an enormous amount of word that needs to be carried out by Governments to create the proper context for development, including the building of infrastructures, the development of human resources and skill base and other tasks relevant to encouraging domestic investment. There is an amazing proclivity to double standards as if the contempt to the rule of law and to principles of international low is something that Africa has to leave with' regardless of the consequences. there is a great and critical need for a more transparent and a more predicable partnership between us and our development partners on the basis of a clearly understood rules of the game. Partnership requires confidence and trust to be effective. It requires predictability and transparency on the part of all those involved.

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Format: Speech biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 1999-05
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47436
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