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Ethiopian Prosperity Party
formerly EPRDF · 1988– · Ethiopia · Developmental Authoritarian · Held state power · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
A developmental state that opened politically in 2018, then fought a civil war against the region that had previously dominated it.
Economic model
State-led infrastructure, telecoms partially liberalised in 2021, a large agricultural sector, debt restructuring.
Organisation of powers
Ethnic federalism written into the constitution; elections in 2021 held without the main opposition regions.
Reading note
The Tigray war of 2020–22 is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands. Coded at low confidence because the political settlement is unresolved.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −01
Coded −1: state-led development with partial telecoms liberalisation.
- Documented act or statuteA second telecoms licence was issued in 2021 after decades of state monopoly.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +05
Coded +5: a religiously plural society with a conservative legal order.
- Documented act or statuteSame-sex relations remain criminalised; religious pluralism is constitutionally protected.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +08
Coded +8: a political opening in 2018 followed by war and an election the main opposition regions did not contest.
- Documented act or statuteThousands of political prisoners were released and exiled parties legalised in 2018.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2021 election was not held in Tigray and was postponed in several other constituencies.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +07
Coded +7: ethnic federalism in the constitution and centralisation in practice.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1995 constitution grants regions a right of secession; the federal government replaced regional administrations by force in 2020–21.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +05
Coded +5: ethnic federalism defining membership by regional nationality.
- Documented act or statuteIdentity cards and regional citizenship follow the ethnic federal structure.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +04
Coded +4: a civil war estimated among the deadliest of the century.
- ScholarshipThe Tigray war of 2020–22 produced hundreds of thousands of deaths and a negotiated cessation at Pretoria in November 2022.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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- Frelimo and MPLA3.2
- Estado Novo Brasileiro3.3
- FLN and the Algerian System3.6
- ZANU-PF4.2
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