Achieving Better Service Delivery through Decentralization in Ethiopia

Garcia, Marito; Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil

Achieving Better Service Delivery through Decentralization in Ethiopia

2008

Garcia, Marito | Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil

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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accountability adult education assets basic education basic services cities civil service communicable diseases community participation curriculum debt decentralization devolution ethnic groups extension activities extension workers health care health services hospitals immunization immunodeficiency land use learning legislation levies libraries literacy local government medicines mortality natural resources nongovernmental organizations nutrition patients primary education productivity public expenditure public health public services resource allocation rural areas sanitation secondary education social services teacher training teachers teaching transport violence vocational education water supply water use workers

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Washington, DC : World Bank

Other Subjects

Urban schools; Primary schools; School management; Number of schools; Public service provision; Parent-teacher association; Nursery schools; Curriculum development; Regional education policy; Education system; Subnational governments; Educational materials; Education sector; Fiscal decentralization; Secondary schools; School participation; Clinics; Health policy; School construction; Budget for education; Teacher hiring; Education expenditures; Educational outcomes; Primary school; Training opportunities; Sales taxes; Public expenditures; Elementary school; Equalization; Pupil-teacher ratio; Special schools; Drainage services; Enrollment rate; Primary students; Educational radio; School infrastructure; Curricula; Intergovernmental transfers; Primary student; Access to education; Teacher; Boarding schools; Secondary school; Waste; Enrolment rates; Revenue sources; Primary school textbooks; Health expenditures; Basic service; National education policy; Ger; Repetition rates; Ethnic diversity; Primary enrollment; Girls; Skilled personnel; High pupil-teacher ratios; Income taxes; Examination pass rates; Primary education outcomes; Teaching aids; Legal framework; Diphtheria; Information campaigns; Decentralization process; Capital budgets; Nursing; National examinations; Federal governments; Costs of education; Poor people; Subsidiary; Interventions; Instruction; Personal income taxes; Textbooks; Human development; School heads; Grant allocation; Autonomy; Pupil-teacher ratios; Higher enrollment; School fees; Education development; Block grants; Local governments; Safety nets; Urban governments; Primary school enrollment; School attendance; Regional education; Report cards; Vocational schools; School activity; Gross enrollment rates; Boarding; School calendar; Education spending; Untrained personnel; Primary school teachers; Health outcomes; Financial management; Parent-teacher associations; Primary level; Access to data; Nurses; Measles; Gross enrollment ratio; Teacher deployment; Literacy rate; Municipal; Polio; Training institutes; Basic education services; Number of teachers; Gross enrollment rate; School performance; Education services; Primary school completion; National education standards; Expenditure assignments; Return to education; Average teacher salary; School curricula; Elementary school teachers; Municipalities; Demand for education; Gross enrollment; Budget deficits; National education; Health education; Community school

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World Bank working paper; No. 131. Africa human development serieshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0

ISSN

8213-7382

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World Bank working paper; No. 131. Africa human development series

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