Re:It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban in...
by boeingUH60 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:13PM
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Of course a country’s capital will always be relatively developed. But Addis Ababa contains less than 5% of Ethiopia’s population…the majority live in horrible conditions.
Re:It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban in...
by pavlov on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:23PM
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Ethiopia has a population of 120 million people.
Six million of them living in a relatively developed environment seems like pretty clear evidence against the claim that it’s “barely a country” and “without a shred of infrastructure.”
Look up some pictures of Addis Ababa. It’s probably not what you expect.
The regional differences within Ethiopia are very large. One way to grasp the scale is to look at UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) rankings.
The poorest Ethiopian regions have an HDI score around 0.44 [1] while Addis Ababa reaches 0.74. That’s higher than many Mexican states.
For comparison, Mississippi has a HDI rating of 0.866. By this metric, life in the Ethiopian capital is much closer to living in the poorest American state than to living in other parts of Ethiopia. They have stable power, cars, highways, office towers, malls, and the rest of developed infrastructure.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ethiopian_regions_by_H...