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Bekele said helped narrow the previously significant gap between the official and parallel exchange rates of the birr, which had caused economic disruptions in the market.
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Samuel Getachew, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Every Ethiopian birr or Kenyan shilling spent servicing expensive debt is money that is not available to build and staff health clinics, train teachers and equip schools, and improve agricultural productivity as the region adapts to harsher weather.
—Mark Suzman, Foreign Affairs, 11 July 2024
His oldest brother, Hailu, gave her a $10 Ethiopian birr, with which Ibssa was able to start his journey toward education.
—Acsah Lemma, Sacramento Bee, 13 June 2024
After many arguments and beatings, each migrant agreed to pay the ninety thousand birr.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
The birr trades at about 99 per dollar, compared with the official rate of 53.5.
—Karl Lester M Yap, Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2023
In the past four years the value of birr has dwindled by 126% against the dollar.
—Hawi Dadhi, Quartz, 5 July 2022
Ethiopia’s Bankers Association noting that over 113 billion Ethiopian birr lives outside of the formal banking system exacerbating the liquidity problems commercial banks have faced this year.
—Samuel Getachew, Quartz Africa, 14 Sep. 2020
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Samuel Getachew, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Every Ethiopian birr or Kenyan shilling spent servicing expensive debt is money that is not available to build and staff health clinics, train teachers and equip schools, and improve agricultural productivity as the region adapts to harsher weather.
—Mark Suzman, Foreign Affairs, 11 July 2024
His oldest brother, Hailu, gave her a $10 Ethiopian birr, with which Ibssa was able to start his journey toward education.
—Acsah Lemma, Sacramento Bee, 13 June 2024
After many arguments and beatings, each migrant agreed to pay the ninety thousand birr.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
The birr trades at about 99 per dollar, compared with the official rate of 53.5.
—Karl Lester M Yap, Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2023
In the past four years the value of birr has dwindled by 126% against the dollar.
—Hawi Dadhi, Quartz, 5 July 2022
Ethiopia’s Bankers Association noting that over 113 billion Ethiopian birr lives outside of the formal banking system exacerbating the liquidity problems commercial banks have faced this year.
—Samuel Getachew, Quartz Africa, 14 Sep. 2020
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“Birr.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birr. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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