The Contribution of Export Diversification for Economic Reform in Ethiopia. Lessons from Chinas Economic Reform

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, , course: International Business, language: English, abstract: Export diversification on financial boom has been a controversial problem in the empirical literature for a long time. The motive behind this paper is to analyze, why Ethiopia battles to promote and diversify its exports and what are the engines of impressive boom of China's foreign trade, assuming any; lessons can Ethiopia take from Chinas foreign exchange journey, since it has been the most profitable developing nation in this contemporary generation of globalization. The issue of accelerated financial increase has been the principal agenda in economic coverage formula for most of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and different developing nations of the world. The records of the financial overall performance of most SSA counties show off that they had been performing higher earlier than their colonial independence than today. The economic boom of existing day developed countries like the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is mostly attributed to international exchange. International exchange has been given a great deal significance in the policy formulation of many LDC. Maddison (2007) and Mkandawire & Unies (2004) contended that International exchange has additionally performed a vital position in the historical development of the third world countries. South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore have been generally attributed to the overall performance of the exterior sector. Ethiopia has actively pursued the import- substitution industrialization approach in the course of the Imperial and Derg regimes. After the fall of the Dergue regime, however, the contemporary regime initiated trade liberalization. An empirical investigation to discover out the contribution of exports to economic growth is very integral part. Export diversification has been the concern of most developing nations such as Ethiopia. Despite such a concern, few developing nations in East and South East Asia have managed to attain a diversified export shape with increased extent of manufactures. Diversification and structural transformation play vital roles in influencing the macroeconomic overall Performance of low-income countries (LICs) Diversification in exports and in domestic manufacturing has been conducive to faster economic boom in LICs. Accelerated diversification is additionally associated with decrease output volatility and larger macroeconomic stability.