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Many policymakers perceive public parks as
being too luxurious to be considered as developmental priorities. Not only can
parks be self-sustaining, they can be revenue generating public goods. For that
to happen, however, policymakers must understand the holistic nature of
development, and how parks indirectly generate money to public coffers.
The obligation to advocate and create awareness
about the positive effect parks and recreation sites have on society, however,
falls on citizens. Citizens should collectively demand their leaders to prioritise
parks and recreation sites.
Read the full version of my Op-Ed column on Addis Fortune here published on Mar 8,
2015. Or simply click the following http://addisfortune.net/columns/in-favour-of-public-parks/
Article #2, Clash of Cultures
Increasing cross-border movement of people
comes with cultural collisions. It is clearly evident here in Addis Ababa, as
is in other major cities around the world. These cultural collisions at times
create confusion, misunderstanding and resentment between the locals and
foreign expatriates or even the locals and the Diasporas returnees.
Read the full version of my Op-Ed column on Addis Fortune here published on Mar 1,
2015. Or simply click the following http://addisfortune.net/columns/clash-of-cultures/
Cheers,
Daniel
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