Aiding a country one region at a time
Ecotourism in Ethiopia
As the latest humanitarian crisis deepens, how does the rest of the world help one of its poorest countries without endorsing its undemocratic government? And how can that aid be directed and channelled to change a region permanently towards self-sufficiency?
by David Martin
Ethiopia will always be associated with food aid and the efforts of pop stars since the 1980s to combat the starvation the world ignored. And sadly, Ethiopia is once again in the news with images of dying children back on breakfast TV. Food insecurity, as the donors call it, is endemic in much (...)
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