The Development Assistance Group (DAG) comprises 26 bilateral and multilateral development agencies providing assistance to Ethiopia. The DAG was established in 2001 initially as a forum for donors to share and exchange information. The main objective of the DAG is to ensure a more effective delivery and utilization of development assistance to Ethiopia.
DAG actively works within the Paris Declaration framework of Aid Effectiveness and Harmonisation to foster and catalyze police dialogue and co-ordinate support in the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty) and the universal Millennium Development Goals.
The day to day coordination of DAG is managed by a secretariat based within UNDP Ethiopia.
News and Highlights
Ethiopia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have signed a loan agreement for USD 234.56 million, with USD 168 million allocated for the third phase of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa road corridor project, which will include a one-stop border control. 5000 trees will also be planted to ...
The 2011 African MDG Report under the theme “Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” was co-written by UNDP, The African Development Bank, The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission.
Launching the report in New York, United Na...
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published the results of the 2011 Survey on monitoring the 2005 Paris Declaration principles and targets on aid effectiveness. Ethiopia was among the 78 countries that participated in the 2011 survey, and the country also participated i...With the launch of the Aid Management Platform(AMP), Ethiopia and its Development Partners have taken a step in meeting the principles enshrined in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action.
The AMP, officially launched by the Ministry of Finance and Economic...
Thematic Areas Update
Thematic Area/Education
DFID has been exploring opportunities for increasing the results focus in its education portfolio in Ethiopia and has recently launched a programme piloting results-based aid in the education sector. Results based approaches (RBA) are a new form of aid that make payments contingent on the achievement and independent verification of results. RBA is intended to transform aid relationships by reducing transaction costs and conditionality and freeing aid recipients to innovate and use aid resources in ways they see fit to achieve better results.The aim of the project in Ethiopia is to provide an incentive for improvements in grade 10 examination results (increases in the number of exam sitters and passers) in line with Government of Ethiopia’s strategies to enhance lower secondary participation especially for girls and students in the emerging regions.
Results will be independently verified for accuracy. If the verified number of sitters and passers of the examination is above the agreed baseline, then payments are made to the Government of Ethiopia on a per student basis. The baseline is re-evaluated each year in line with previous performance and to create a baseline for the following year. As shown in the table below the incentive payment is two-fold – a payment for each additional student sitting the exam and a payment for each additional student passing the exam with higher payments for girls and students in the emerging regions of Ethiopia.
Per additional exam sitter
Per additional exam passer
In emerging regions
In non-emerging regions
In emerging regions
In non-emerging regions
Boys
£75
£50
£75
£50
Girls
£100
£85
£100
£85
A memorandum of understanding which defines the terms of this arrangement has been signed between DFID and the Government of Ethiopia. Depending on results the pilot will secure the education sector funding of up to £30 million between 2012 and 2014. The funding for this project would be in addition...
Thematic Area/Education
This Policy Brief is based on the Ethiopia Education Public Expenditure Review (EPER, December 2010), sponsored by the UK DfID, supported by UNDP, produced by a consultant team and overseen by a Technical Committee housed in the Ministry of Education. It summarizes the main findings and key issues identified in that report, to inform and feed into the policy making and planning process for achieving Ethiopia’s ambitious education goals.
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Education Public Expenditure Review 2010 (1.83 MB)
Policy Brief_Education Public Spending in Ethiopia 2010 (409.12 kB)
The past decade has witnessed a very major expansion of the public education system, with primary enrollment rising from less than 5 million to over 15 million. Initial success has been achieved in bringing primary schools closer to where people live, thereby overcoming an important barrier to families’ willingness to send their children to school. There has been a simultaneous attempt to expand all sub-sectors, with the rate of expansion being most rapid in higher education, albeit from a low base.
