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  "title": "IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Ethiopia",
  "publication": "IMF News, April 7, 2023",
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  "summary": "An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Alvaro Piris visited Addis Ababa from March 27 to April 7, 2023, to hold discussions on the authorities’ request for IMF support for their reform program.",
  "publishDate": "2023-04-07",
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      "heading": "Mission overview",
      "content": "- Press Release No. 23/111\n- Date: April 7, 2023\n- Mission leader: Mr. Alvaro Piris\n- Mission location and dates: Addis Ababa; visited from March 27 to April 7, 2023\n- Purpose: To hold discussions on the authorities’ request for IMF support for their reform program"
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      "heading": "Key statements and findings",
      "content": "- \"The IMF team welcomes the authorities’ Homegrown Economic Reform Agenda (HGER II), an ambitious reform program that aims to address key macroeconomic vulnerabilities and unleash Ethiopia’s considerable economic potential.\"\n- \"We made progress in discussing the scope for IMF support for this reform program.\"\n- The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board.\n- \"This mission will not result in a Board discussion.\""
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      "heading": "Next steps",
      "content": "- \"Discussions will continue in Washington, DC, next week, in the context of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, and in coming weeks.\""
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      "heading": "Media contact",
      "content": "- IMF Communications Department\n- MEDIA RELATIONS\n- PRESS OFFICER: Nico Mombrial\n- Phone: +1 202 623-7100\n- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org\n- @IMFSpokesperson\n\nSource: IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Ethiopia (Press Release No. 23/111), April 7, 2023.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the IMF\n- Press Releases\n- PRESS CENTER\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2023/04/07/pr23111-ethiopia-imf-staff-concludes-visit"
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    "Date: April 7, 2023",
    "Mission leader: Mr. Alvaro Piris",
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    "Purpose: To hold discussions on the authorities’ request for IMF support for their reform program",
    "\"The IMF team welcomes the authorities’ Homegrown Economic Reform Agenda (HGER II), an ambitious reform program that aims to address key macroeconomic vulnerabilities and unleash Ethiopia’s considerable economic potential.\"",
    "\"We made progress in discussing the scope for IMF support for this reform program.\"",
    "The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF’s Executive Board.",
    "\"This mission will not result in a Board discussion.\"",
    "\"Discussions will continue in Washington, DC, next week, in the context of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, and in coming weeks.\"",
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    "PRESS OFFICER: Nico Mombrial",
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    "Email: MEDIA@IMF.org",
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