, phone, small tools, notebooks, spice bottles, and other personal clutter are still on her desk, right where she left them a month ago, and it’s probably going to be some time before I have the heart to put any of it away, because that will be my final admission to myself that...
The only requirement for admission is that the household head lives in the hamlet; thus, it is a democratic organization that does not discriminate against the members by religion, gender, economic status, etc. The drawbacks of informal organizations can be modified by integrating hamlets into the...
The socialist regime (1974–1991) that overthrew the Imperial government in 1974 prohibited private land ownership, confiscating land from landlords and distributing it to tenants. The socialist regime established an administration body, i.e., a peasant association (PA), in every village (kebele)...