[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- When Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed unveiled his ambitious Homegrown Economic Reform (HGER) agenda--backed by a $3.4 billion extended credit facility (ECF) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and additional funding from the World Bank--it was presented as a transformative vision for Ethiopia's economic landscape. The aim was to stabilize the macroeconomy, resolve foreign exchange shortages, and alleviate unsustainable debt through market liberalization and fiscal discipline. In theory, these reforms were
