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Ethiopia's innovative power plant that turns waste to energy

Geoff Riley

16th September 2019

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I love using short videos like this in my economics classroom - they seem to capture the essence of how new technology and appropriate capital investment can make a real difference to the lives of millions of people and act as a catalyst for further positive externalities downstream. For many students, Ethiopia is one of their go-to countries when deepening their knowledge and understanding of growth and development economics.

Ethiopia's innovative power plant that turns waste to energy
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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