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The progress after 2000 does not really look too different from the time before. GDP per capita is a bit of an exception though. GDP per capita: https://ourwor

The progress after 2000 does not really look too different from the time before. GDP per capita is a bit of an exception though. GDP per capita: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-real-gdp-per-capita-across-countries-and-regions?time=1950..2016&country=Africa+ETH https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-real-gdp-per-capi... Literacy rate: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-rates?time=1994..2015&country=ETH https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-ra... Life expectancy: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1950..2015&country=ETH https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1950... Hunger and undernourishment: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernourishment?tab=chart&country=ETH https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernouris... (I removed the HDI as there was only data from 2000 on.)

oefrha 7y ago
Not sure how your links support your argument. Literacy rate data is from 1994 onwards, steadily up except one hiccup (by the way I can’t imagine how literacy rate could drop 6% in a year; short of mass extinction of a literate group it must be a change of methodology); life expectancy growth accelerated from ~2000 and is slowing down a bit again; hunger data is from 2000 onwards, same for HDI which you already removed. So, how is GDP per capita, an important metric, “a bit of a exception” among two other random stats (one of which even accelerated)? Meanwhile, annual GDP growth rate does seem a lot more steady since 2004: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=ET https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locat...
- yorwba 7y ago
  > Literacy rate data is from 1994 onwards, steadily up Supporting the argument, since progress keeps following the trend. > life expectancy growth accelerated from ~2000 and is slowing down a bit again Slight waviness superimposed on the overall trend. > how is GDP per capita, an important metric, “a bit of a exception” GDP per capita had a trend reversal in 2000, unlike the other metrics. > annual GDP growth rate does seem a lot more steady since 2004 Most likely a change in methodology that gives less noisy estimates.
  - oefrha 7y ago
    > GDP per capita had a trend reversal in 2000, unlike the other metrics Two other less important and less immediate metrics. The “exception” easily outweigh them both.
    - yorwba 7y ago
      I spent some time browsing the World Bank's data portal and found another metric that shows similar exceptional growth: number of pupils in primary education https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRL?locations=ET https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRL?locations=E... That one takes off in 1993, about a decade before GDP exploded. Maybe the secret to Ethiopia's growth is just that the population became educated enough to do something useful with the money invested by foreign entities?
      - oefrha 7y ago
        Certainly could be.

oefrha 7y ago

Not sure how your links support your argument. Literacy rate data is from 1994 onwards, steadily up except one hiccup (by the way I can’t imagine how literacy rate could drop 6% in a year; short of mass extinction of a literate group it must be a change of methodology); life expectancy growth accelerated from ~2000 and is slowing down a bit again; hunger data is from 2000 onwards, same for HDI which you already removed. So, how is GDP per capita, an important metric, “a bit of a exception” among two other random stats (one of which even accelerated)? Meanwhile, annual GDP growth rate does seem a lot more steady since 2004: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=ET https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locat...

yorwba 7y ago
> Literacy rate data is from 1994 onwards, steadily up Supporting the argument, since progress keeps following the trend. > life expectancy growth accelerated from ~2000 and is slowing down a bit again Slight waviness superimposed on the overall trend. > how is GDP per capita, an important metric, “a bit of a exception” GDP per capita had a trend reversal in 2000, unlike the other metrics. > annual GDP growth rate does seem a lot more steady since 2004 Most likely a change in methodology that gives less noisy estimates.
- oefrha 7y ago
  > GDP per capita had a trend reversal in 2000, unlike the other metrics Two other less important and less immediate metrics. The “exception” easily outweigh them both.
  - yorwba 7y ago
    I spent some time browsing the World Bank's data portal and found another metric that shows similar exceptional growth: number of pupils in primary education https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRL?locations=ET https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRL?locations=E... That one takes off in 1993, about a decade before GDP exploded. Maybe the secret to Ethiopia's growth is just that the population became educated enough to do something useful with the money invested by foreign entities?
    - oefrha 7y ago
      Certainly could be.