Emperor Haile Selassie I and Nation of Islam leader, Elijah Muhammad, were in agreement on using the Five Year Economic Plan to develop and grow their nation systematically.
Notes from Ethiopia's First Five Year Development Plan (1957-1961).
"It is evident that prior to the First Five-Year Economic Plan Ethiopia was engaged in the execution of numerous development undertakings. Long term projects were carried out in the respective fields of telecommunications, public health, road transport, air lines and other similar phases of development. Satisfactory results have likewise been attained. Nevertheless, a plan, embracing Ethiopia's socio-economic growth, was prepared from a wide and detailed study of such undertakings as were previously carried out through experience and also for the rational utilization of labor and capital. The advantages of a plan are by no means limited to the government; a plan shows the respective goals of our country in each sector, the required funds and their sources, as well as the success and failures of each year's endeavor."
Selected Speeches of HIS Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Page 501
Mr. Muhammad mentioned the five year
plans of Pakistan and Russia on two occasions in his timeless book Message to the Black Man in America.
“Russia
did it and became independent. Pakistan did it and became independent and you
can also do it and become independent.”
Message to the Black Man in America, page 201
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