I am for Chinese-Ethiopia model that has lifted many out of poverty. We cannot use trickle-down. At our stage of under development - we need BIG GOV - once we have bridged the infrastructure deficit - gov can go small.
In fact If I was PORK i would float 100B dollar century Eurobond - and fix everything.
And then leave the economy to pay for it in 100yrs.
Once we have fixed the hardware - we can start thinking about HK software issues.
Ethiopia's command and control development model fell flat on its face. EPRDF offloaded their economic mess on Abiy after it became clear shit was going to hit the fan. They are going through a hard currency crisis, their begging for loans from the IMF. Why emulate such a failed model?
Even China's vaunted model is built on smoke and mirrors, their massage their GDP figures, build ghost towns, subsidize inefficient state run enterprises, steal land from peasants, build highways to nowhere. It is unsustainable, China is in trouble.
Read this article, pundit.
https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2018/06/23/a-question-of-power-why-ethiopias-economic-transformation-is-a-cautionary-african-tale/