The Economic Crisis in Ethiopia

Keith Griffin
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Keith Griffin: Magdalen College

Chapter 7 in World Hunger and the World Economy, 1987, pp 183-202 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract On the eve of the revolution of 1974 the economy of Ethiopia was perhaps the most backward in the world. Life was short; indeed a life expectancy at birth of 37.5 years for males and 40.6 for females was the lowest in the world. This short life expectancy was accompanied by a high infant mortality rate (178 per 1000 live births) and a high maternal death rate (20 per 1000 births). Ethiopia had the least favourable ratio of doctors to population (one physician per 75 320 people) and the lowest rate of calorie consumption per capita (1754) of any country on earth.

Keywords: World Economy; State Farm; Agricultural Output; Military Expenditure; Domestic Saving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18739-3_7

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