Ethiopia' s dam project weighs down on economy

Al Jazeera.  Backers of Great Renaissance project insist Africa' s biggest dam construction will have benefits beyond Ethiopia .

Ethiopia ' s plans to build Africa' s biggest dam may threaten economic growth .

The country has one of the continent' s fastest growing non- oil producing economies.

But analysts believe the Great Renaissance Dam project could stifle it .

The Ethiopian government , however, insists that project will have benefits beyond Ethiopia .

Al Jazeera' s Mohammed Adow reports from the capital Addis Ababa .