The government of Ethiopia has planned to boost its export trade in order to reduce the current debt burden that the country faces, Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation said.

Ethiopia’s risk of external debt distress remains moderate since 2015/2016 although the burden has reached 26 billion USD, which indicates high risk in debt distress.

For more information, please see https://www.ena.et/en/2018/08/14/ethiopia-eyes-export-trade-to-avert-debt-burden-corrected-version/