Social Accountability Project In Ethiopia

Social Protection Program in Ethiopia Helps Citizens Monitor Services and Budgets

Source: World Bank

* Ethiopia's Protection of Basic Services (PBS) project gets additional IDA funding of $420 million

* PBS program has helped Ethiopia make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals

* Social accountability measures have worked well in 86 districts in Ethiopia

Washington D.C., February 22, 2011—Ethiopia's Protection of Basic Services (PBS) program, which is supported by eleven donors, is to receive additional financing of $420 million from IDA, the World Bank's fund that assists low-income countries with interest-free credits and grants.

Launched in 2006, the nationwide PBS program has helped improve public service delivery in education, health, agriculture, water and sanitation, and rural roads. The new funds will continue this work as well as support the government's anti-malaria efforts with the procurement of insecticide-treated bed nets.

In order to achieve improved results in local service delivery, the program works to increase transparency, especially of financial information, and help citizens hold service providers accountable for basic services.

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