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Awra Amba RJ 300612 EN - Contacter un comité local d'Attac

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<strong>Awra</strong> <strong>Amba</strong>, a current experiment of utopian socialism<br />

subsistence agriculture. However, Ethiopia experiences a strong economic growth for over a decade,<br />

close to 10 % a year, one of the highest even the highest among the African non-oil-producing<br />

co<strong>un</strong>tries.<br />

Figure 4:<br />

Ethiopia in Africa and <strong>Awra</strong> <strong>Amba</strong> position in Ethiopia.<br />

Figure 5:<br />

Human development index HDI (horizontal axis) and ecological footprint EF (vertical<br />

axis) in 2003 for Ethiopia among world co<strong>un</strong>tries (WWF, ZSL & GFN, 2006).<br />

The Amhara Region, whose official name is Amhara National Regional State, is situated north west<br />

of the co<strong>un</strong>try. It had 17.2 millions of inhabitants in 2007 (CSA, 2007) for a surface of 159 000 km 2 ,<br />

the capital city being Bahar Dar along Tana Lake. Amharas form the greater part of the population<br />

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