The Post-1991 Ethio-China Partnership with Particular Reference to the Relevance of Chinese Development Model to Ethiopia
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study aims at exploring the relevance of Chinese Development model to Ethiopia by
considering the post-1991 Ethio-China partnership. Field data were collected through key informant interviews. The findings of the study are the following; 1) the post-1991 Ethio-China partnership is one of the non-natural resource relations flourishing in Africa underpinned by economic and political motives, and the political interest become visible through time in the Ethio-China Partnership following the Chinese interest for Ethiopia’s diplomatic relevance in Africa and Ethiopian Government’s aspiration for Chinese leadership style 2) Beyond material supports the need for the non-material supports such as ideas and policy lessons became among
the major interests of the Ethiopian government contributing for the development of Ethio- China partnership 3) The Chinese development model is found to be a source of lessons for Ethiopia in economic terms by considering both the bounded and rational theories of lesson drawing, even though, the Ethiopian government is found to be drawing political lessons from China as a result of its emphasis to some elements of cognitive theory of learning. However, the Chinese development model cannot adjust to Ethiopia due to the incompatibility its political aspect with the Ethiopian context and other reasons. The findings of this study imply that the Ethiopian Government needs to be selective in drawing lessons from Chinese development model particularly political experience which could lead to constrain the legitimacy of its power and sustainability of the economic growth
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