Photo Gallery Addicted to Aid
For years, Ethiopia has been a major recipient of food aid from the rest of the world. Now, much of its economy is dependent on a continuation of that help.
A family near the Ethiopian village of Debre Zeit, about 60 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, makes one of its two daily trips to fetch water.
Foto: AP
Most fields in Ethiopia are too small to support a family. The country urgently needs a land reform.
Foto: AP
International aid has become a major industry in Ethiopia. Here, an elderly man carries off his rations from a food distribution point.
Foto: DPA
Karlheinz Böhm, an Austrian aid worker, has spent years investing in wells, schools and other infrastructure in Ethiopia.
Foto: DPA
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the rest of the government do not seem interested in stemming the aid and making Ethiopia self-sufficient.
Foto: AFP
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