Book Chapter Distributional concerns, the ‘developmental state’ and the agrarian origins of social assistance in Ethiopia This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access. Actions Copy Citation Author Tom Lavers Part of Book The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa Details November 2019 Oxford University Press, © UNU-WIDER 2019 / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Country Ethiopia Region Sub-Saharan Africa