Ethiopia has achieved substantial progress in economic, social and human development over thepast decade. The country partnership framework (CPF) drawson the findings of the World Bank Group (WBG's) 2016systematic country diagnostic (SCD) for Ethiopia.Following a decade of strong economic growth in Ethiopia, the CPF addresses the challenges of forging a growth path that is more broadly inclusive and sustainable. This CPF adopts a spatial lens through which this five-year program will seek to deliver boldresults and to tackle two of the greatest spatial challenges to Ethiopia’s quest to achieve lower middle-income status by 2025.