Prudence pays off in Ethiopia

BBC - October 4, 2008

Ayele shrugged and mimed holding the bread up to the light, the way Ethiopian shopkeepers do with eggs, to check that they are fresh. Not just small, you can also see right through them.

This year Ethiopians have been left in no doubt, that their economy, once sealed in communist isolation, is now part of the world system.

The huge rise in world food prices was felt here straight away, just as it was across the whole of Africa. Read More.