Economics

Reformist Ethiopia Premier Poised for $5 Billion Assistance

  • IMF deal would be a major ideological shift: RenCap economist
  • Money to help implement plan dubbed Homegrown Economic Reform

Abiy Ahmed

Photographer: Zacharias Abubeker/AFP via Getty Images

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Ethiopia is set to receive $2.9 billion from the International Monetary Fund, adding much-needed impetus to Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed’s economic reform agenda.