COMMENDABLE PRACTICES 1 Ethiopia’s Role in Africa 57 2 Ethiopia’s Road Development Programme 63 3 Strong Ethiopia Macroeconomic Management 126 4 The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange: A Mechanism tailored to the Needs of Small Producers 193 5 Ethiopia’s Ownership of its Development Planning Process 220 6 Ethiopia’s pro-poor Expenditure Pattern 227 7 Ethiopia’s Approach to Microfinance and Access to Markets 251