The World Bank in Ethiopia

The World Bank is following a people-centric approach that focuses on delivery of basic services, food security, and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations, while retaining a long-term development focus.

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Overcoming Drought, Nurturing Growth

Farmers’ cooperatives bear fruit in dry areas of eastern Ethiopia.
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Helping Women Entrepreneurs Succeed, One Challenge at a Time

Nearly 24,000 women across Ethiopia have secured a business loan from the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project.
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Transforming Education Across Eastern and Southern Africa

The World Bank is working with countries to transform education systems and lay the foundation for a brighter future for Africa’s citizens.

Ethiopia At-A-Glance

Ethiopia’s location gives it a strategic position as a jumping off point in the Horn of Africa, close to the Middle East and its markets. Ethiopia is landlocked, bordering Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan, and has been using neighboring Djibouti's main port for the last two decades for its international trade.

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Response - Recovery - Resilience for Conflict-Affected Communities

To (i) rebuild and improve access to basic services and climate-resilient community infrastructure and (ii) improve access to multi- sectoral response services for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors; in selected conflict-affected communities in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia Socioeconomic Dashboard

The Ethiopia Socioeconomic Dashboards allow users to access official household survey data at the regional level to analyze socio-economic outcomes across the country in a nuanced way to inform program design and monitoring.

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Ousmane Dione

Country Director, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan

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