Live Press briefing by both leaders

Ethiopia continues to advance one of Africa’s most ambitious economic reform agendas, despite recent critical remarks from ‘The Economist,’ which likened the country’s liberalization to the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse. However, grassroots economic data indicates that the portrayal in the article is misleading, failing to acknowledge Ethiopia’s deliberate and strategic reform efforts supported…

                                -IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva Addis Ababa, 2 February 2017 In her final remark today, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hailed Ethiopia’s homegrown macroeconomic reform program as a significant catalyst for prosperity across Africa. The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva and Ethiopian Finance Minister Mr. Ahmed Shide held a media…