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Eleni Gabre-Madhin sobre la economía etíope

La economista Eleni Gabre-Madhin esboza su visión ambiciosa de fundar el primer mercado de materias primas en Etiopía. Su plan generaría riqueza, minimizaría riesgos para granjeros y cambiaría el receptor más grande de ayuda alimentaria en el mundo en una fuente de comida para la región.

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La economista Eleni Gabre-Madhin esboza su visión ambiciosa de fundar el primer mercado de materias primas en Etiopía. Su plan generaría riqueza, minimizaría riesgos para granjeros y cambiaría el receptor más grande de ayuda alimentaria en el mundo en una fuente de comida para la región.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Eleni Gabre-Madhin

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Eleni Gabre-Madhin is working to build Ethiopia's first commodities market. Re-establishing the profit motive for farmers, she believes, could help turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket.