Development and Change in Post-Revolutionary Tigray

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Title:	Development and Change in Post-Revolutionary Tigray
Author:	Young, John
Year:	1997
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	35
Issue:	1
Period:	March
Pages:	81-99
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front economic policy Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Politics and Government Urbanization and Migration
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/162055
Abstract:	The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) took control of the province of Tigray (Ethiopia) in 1989, but it was not until two years later, when the TPLF-led Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured power in Addis Ababa, that plans to rehabilitate and develop the badly weakened provincial economy could proceed in an environment of peace. The postrevolutionary regime has attempted to stabilize the rural economy, repair and strengthen the province's infrastructure, create a climate in which private investment can flourish, and begin the process of establishing an industrial base. This article contrasts conditions observed in Tigray during the first half of 1993 and those existing in December 1995 and 1996. It discusses transitional problems, urban development and the emerging middle class, rural development and economic differentiation, political reform, and the relationship between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the TPLF. Notes, ref.