Hooked on Aid:Ethiopia

The BBC reports on Ethiopia's addiction to Aid.
"...For most of the past three decades, it has survived on millions tonnes of donated food and millions of dollars in cash.It has received more emergency support than any other African nation in that time.Its population is increasing by 2m every year, yet over the past 10 years, its net agricultural production has steadily declined.Even in good years, some 5m people need food aid just to survive...Why, with so much international support, have things gotten worse and not better?...Woldu Menameno, a farmer in the Tigre region of northern Ethiopia, believes he knows at least part of the answer."For years things were very bad. There was plenty of aid, but people were lazy. They just had the food and sat in their places," he says."They didn't participate in anything, but just counted the days. They sat in their houses, dreaming of how to get more food..."