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www.worldbank.org/ethiopia The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve the living standards for the people of Ethiopia. This country is one of the largest beneficiaries of the World Bank’s concessional lending program, the International Development Association (IDA),with a portfolio of 24 active projects as of December 30, 2007 worth over US$2.3 billion of which US$1.5 billion is provided as Credit and the remaining 800 million is provided as Grant. Active projects support initiatives across a number of areas including:  Governance and Public Sector Development
Agriculture and Rural Development
Private Sector Development
Protection of Basic Services (PBS)
Health and HIV/AIDS
Transport
Education
Water Sector Development Programme
For more information on World Bank support in Ethiopia, visit the Country Brief. Projects Highlight
| Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project Phase II: a US$130 million project which aims to bring grid, mini-grid and off-grid electricity access to 295 towns and villages and provide such services as lighting for schools and clinics, benefiting a total population of about 1.8 million. By providing reliable and affordable electricity to rural communities, the project potentially will enhance income-generating opportunities, improve health care and education, and boost agricultural productivity. Better and cleaner lighting will also have a positive impact on the operating hours of the schools and on the hours available for children to study at night. Public street lighting will improve the quality of life and the safety of the population living in the communities. Read more... | | |
| Irrigation and Drainage Project: a US$ 100 million project that aims to promote a more equitable distribution of the returns on investments in irrigated agriculture between direct and indirect beneficiaries. It will help accelerate the existing land certification program, encourage private investors in agro-processing, marketing, input supply and service provision. The project will establish accountable and transparent irrigation management and develop a value chain for produce originating in the irrigation area. The project represents an important milestone in the Nile Basin Initiative, demonstrating the benefits of political dialogue, institutions building and technical work among 10 countries that have moved from dispute to cooperative development of a shared river system. Read more... | | |
| Road Sector Development (stage 3) Project: US$ 225 million. The main objectives of this project are to assist the Government of Ethiopia in strengthening and increasing its road transport infrastructure and improving the reliability thereof; and strengthening the institutional capacity in quality and efficiency of road construction, management and maintenance; and creating conditions conducive for the domestic construction industry to develop in the road transport sector. Read more... | | |
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