Achieving Better Service Delivery through Decentralization in Ethiopia

This report seeks to identify changes in human development outcomes in a period of deepening decentralization and to suggest how the country's decentralized governance structure will be improved to increase access to, as well as the quality of, relevant services. The report states decentralized governance structure helped facilitate improvements in service delivery and human development outcomes. The report argues that while policymakers, providers, and citizens must work together to strengthen accountability mechanisms, there is a particular need to strengthen local government and enhance the role of service. The report focuses on key actors and their roles in accelerating progress toward achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in Ethiopia. The report provides feedback from users of public services on access to, quality of, and adequacy of services. Improvements in health and education outcomes in the past 15 years occurred at a time of massive decentralization in Ethiopia.

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Main Authors:	Garcia, Marito, Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DATA, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, ADULT EDUCATION, ASSETS, AUTONOMY, AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES, BASIC SERVICE, BASIC SERVICES, BLOCK GRANTS, BOARDING, BOARDING SCHOOLS, BUDGET DEFICITS, BUDGET FOR EDUCATION, CAPITAL BUDGETS, CITIES, CIVIL SERVICE, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COSTS OF EDUCATION, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS, DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, DEVOLUTION, DIPHTHERIA, DRAINAGE SERVICES, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION EXPENDITURES, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION SPENDING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL RADIO, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLMENT RATES, EQUALIZATION, ETHNIC DIVERSITY, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXAMINATION PASS RATES, EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENTS, EXTENSION ACTIVITIES, EXTENSION WORKERS, FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION, GER, GIRLS, GRANT ALLOCATION, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS, HIGHER ENROLLMENT, HOSPITALS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INCOME TAXES, INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, INSTRUCTION, INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS, INTERVENTIONS, LAND USE, LEARNING, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATION, LEVIES, LIBRARIES, LITERACY, LITERACY RATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MEASLES, MEDICINES, MORTALITY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, NATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS, NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NURSERY SCHOOLS, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION, PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, PATIENTS, PERSONAL INCOME TAXES, POLIO, POOR PEOPLE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION OUTCOMES, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY STUDENT, PRIMARY STUDENTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS, REGIONAL EDUCATION, REGIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, REPETITION RATES, REPORT CARDS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RETURN TO EDUCATION, REVENUE SOURCES, RURAL AREAS, SAFETY NETS, SALES TAXES, SANITATION, SCHOOL ACTIVITY, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CALENDAR, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL CURRICULA, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL HEADS, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SKILLED PERSONNEL, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, SUBSIDIARY, TEACHER, TEACHER DEPLOYMENT, TEACHER HIRING, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING AIDS, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING INSTITUTES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSPORT, UNTRAINED PERSONNEL, URBAN GOVERNMENTS, URBAN SCHOOLS, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, WASTE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER USE, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9017112/achieving-better-service-delivery-through-decentralization-ethiopia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6362
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