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Feb 2021
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Ethiopian Renaissance-የኢትዮጵያ ተሃድሶ!

Fekadu Bekele-Negussie
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If a given country is confronted with complex problems, such as political, economic, social, cultural, and psychological crises there is only one possible remedy for such kinds of multifaceted crises, that is to introduce a holistic model of economic and social policy. Economic and social policies that benefit the masses and can be the foundation of a Nation-state will be materialized if the state and the political structures of a given country are being reformed. 

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