Public awareness and Love for Change

Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University, and author of the End of Poverty, upholds that all great social transformations that have occurred in our world; from the end of formal slavery to the birth of present day environmentalism, were results of public awareness.
When we try to deduce from a broad study such as the one referred above and drive the issue home, we can say that the present transformation obtaining in Ethiopia is the result of public awareness and engagement. All that mattered in this country is a commitment to sustainable development. When the present Government came up with the bright idea of "a new economic order," it was soon captured by all including diaspora Ethiopians, to lift-up the poor national economy. Then, many endeavors that required the fusion of minds of agronomists, water engineers, economists, health professionals, entrepreneurs, farmers, peoples in uniform, factory workers, women and the youth, etc., have taken shape in a serious and determined manner.
The delitful aspect of changes that are taking shape in Ethiopia is the marriage of public and state interests. Changes in the rural Ethiopia, or in the urban and industrial sectors, or in the construction businesses, or in road making, in the educational or the health areas, etc., were not results prevailing due to public pressure, but, due to the intermarriage of public and state interests. People were interested in involving themselves in the processes of change after languishing for long, so was the leadership.
However, this does not insinuate that the Ethiopian way of life or the new change is a bed of roses. This is unlikely, and it cannot happen in a short span of time.
Sustainable growth has to go through a thoroughfare of difficulties. Nonetheless, sustainable growth is quicker attained with public awareness and engagement.
One thing is true though. Sustainable development requires full public commitment, and answerability of a government to rational public demands, and for fater mutual resolutions of bottlenecks that appear to obstruct smooth development. The present move of the Government in tackling public problems as fast as possible is commendable. Nonetheless such spontaneous solutions should not frustrate the nation's strategic choices, if anything, implementation paths may be assessed for better outcome.
It is true that sustainable growth still requires serious engagement, commitment and work both on the part of the public and the Government. Work ethics, family planning, broadening the base for faster public awareness of the essential elements of sustainable development, openness to and common understanding of the underlying factors of development, sensitiveness to national identity, and understanding one another across party-lines for the good of Ethiopia's and the Ethiopians' overall development, pride, prosperity and total peace. One thing must be underlined though. Family planning is absolutely crucial as the rise in food prices has become a global concern. Besides, to augment the level of food production, application of appropriate technology should be given absolute priority from the plowing stage to harvesting, collecting, storing, and distribution.
And for all that, change will come faster with public awareness, commitment and serious work and when the government works closely with the people as it presently does. Then, a new confident generation is sure to emerge doing away with despondency, dejection and hopelessness.