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Decentralization And Service Delivery In Ethiopia
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Book Synopsis Decentralization in Ethiopia by : Taye Assefa
Download or read book Decentralization in Ethiopia written by Taye Assefa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1991 government change in Ethiopia ushered in a centralised system of governance, aimed to bring about harmony and cooperation between different groups and to promote local self-rule. It has proceeded in two phases: 1991-2001 centred on creating and powering National/Regional Governments, termed mid-level decentralisation. Further powers were devolved in 2001 through the District Level Decentralization Program and Urban Management Profram. This volume brings together studies by the Forum for Social Studies and others, with the aim of identifying knowledge gaps for further research and to generate debate on the issues in Ethiopia. The study is in two parts: a literature review seeking to document existing studies and highlight research gaps; and field work which involved a rapid assessment of eight weredas and two kifle ketemas in Addis Ababa. The other three studies are synopses of master theses submitted to the Institute of Regional and Local Development Studies of Addis Ababa University.
Book Synopsis Decentralization and Service Delivery in Ethiopia by : Bongwa A.
Download or read book Decentralization and Service Delivery in Ethiopia written by Bongwa A. and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia by : Marito Garcia
Download or read book Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia written by Marito Garcia and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia examines the role decentralization has played in the improvement of human development indicators in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has made major strides in improving its human development indicators in the past 15 years, achieving significant increases in the coverage of basic education and health services in a short period of time. Improvements took place during a period of massive decentralization of fiscal resources, to the regions in 1994 and to woredas in 2002-03. The devolution of power and resources from the federal and regional governments to woredas appears to have improved the delivery of basic services. Surveys of beneficiaries reveal that they perceive that service coverage and quality have improved. Beneficiary satisfaction has increased markedly in education, and less conspicuously in water and health services. In the south, the decentralization to woredas in 2002-03 tended to narrow differences in per capita expenditures on education and health across woredas. Decentralization disproportionately favored woredas that are remote (more than 50 kilometers from a zonal capital), food-insecure, and pastoral, suggesting that decentralization has been pro-poor. Decentralization also narrowed the gap in educational outcomes between disadvantage and better-off woredas, especially in the south. Pastoral, food-insecure, and remote woredas gained in terms of the educational outcomes examined (gross enrollment rates, grade 8 examination pass rates, repetition rates, pupil-teacher ratios, and teacher-section ratios).
Download or read book Ethiopia written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report on enhancing human development outcomes through decentralized service delivery in Ethiopia seeks to identify changes in human development outcomes in a period of deepening decentralization and to suggest how the country's decentralized governance structure could be improved to increase access to, as well as the quality of, relevant services. A key message of the report is that the decentralized governance structure helped facilitate improvements in service delivery and human development outcomes, but also, that weaknesses in that structure can derail these gains. 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 beneficiaries. The report focuses on key actors and their roles in accelerating progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia. It complements rather than duplicates other recent studies. The report is organized as follows. The first chapter reports on trends in human development indicators and government social expenditures in Ethiopia over the past 15 years. Chapter 2 describes the phasing in of Ethiopia's decentralization plan and presents a framework of mechanisms of accountability for providing services. Chapter 3 examines the scope of decentralization in Ethiopia and the use of intergovernmental transfers. Chapter 4 presents some of the data collected for this report on changes in budget allocation behavior at the woreda level before and after decentralization and the effects on allocations for the social sectors. It also examines changes in key service delivery outcomes at the woreda level. Chapter 5 examines some of the constraints to improved service delivery and proposes ways of increasing resources at decentralized levels, of improving the capacity of local governments and service providers, and of involving citizens in service delivery in a more robust and effective way.
Book Synopsis Decentralization and Health Care Service Delivery in Gozamin, Ethiopia by : Agegnehu Alene
Download or read book Decentralization and Health Care Service Delivery in Gozamin, Ethiopia written by Agegnehu Alene and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, decentralization becomes a fashion policy choice across the world regardless of the level of economic advancement. Both developed and developing countries institutionalized decentralization so as to deliver efficient and quality social services such as education, and health, to encourage citizen participation at the grass root level, to enhance economic development and to meet local preferences. Ethiopia, one of the fastest growing country, has officially launched decentralized form of administration since 1990s. Hence, this book is very helpful for administrators and practitioners to widen their understanding about the emerging debate regarding the basic concepts, the rational for, the merits and demerits of decentralization. It also important to envisage the practical relation existed between decentralization and health care service delivery.
Book Synopsis Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent by : Qaiser M Khan
Download or read book Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent written by Qaiser M Khan and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethiopia’s model for delivering basic services appears to be succeeding and to confirm that services improve when service providers are more accountable to citizens. The approach chosen in Ethiopia is pro-poor with the bottom 40 percent benefiting relatively more. The approach is also reducing other disparities including gender and historic.
Book Synopsis Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent by : Qaiser M Khan
Download or read book Improving Basic Services for the Bottom Forty Percent written by Qaiser M Khan and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethiopia’s model for delivering basic services appears to be succeeding and to confirm that services improve when service providers are more accountable to citizens. As discussed in the World Development Report 2004, accountability for delivering basic services can take an indirect, long route, in which citizens influence service providers through government, or a more direct, short route between service providers and citizens. When the long, indirect route of accountability is ineffective, service delivery can suffer, especially among poor or marginalized citizens who find it challenging to express their views to policymakers. In Ethiopia, the indirect route of accountability works well precisely because of decentralization. Service providers are strictly accountable to local governments for producing results, but in turn, the local authorities are held accountable by the regional and federal governments. A degree of local competition for power and influence helps to induce local authorities and service provides to remain open to feedback from citizens and take responsibility for results. The direct route of accountability has been reinforced by measures to strengthen financial transparency and accountability (educating citizens on local budgets and publicly providing information on budgets and service delivery goals), social accountability (improving citizens’ opportunities to provide feedback directly to local administrators and service providers), and impartial procedures to redress grievances. Woreda-level (district) spending has been a very effective strategy for Ethiopia to attain its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Woreda health and education goes to pay for health extension workers (HEWs) and teachers. This study finds evidence that woreda-level spending in health and education is effective. Owing to the intervention of HEWs, the use of health services has increased, especially among the poorest quintiles. Finally, the effect of woreda-level spending on agricultural extension workers is associated with higher yields for major crops. Spending on agricultural extension workers increases the probability that farmers, regardless of the size of their plots, will use improved farming techniques. Education, health, and agriculture account for 97 percent of woreda spending. This is complemented by support for capacity building and citizen voice. Clearly, spending efficiency is improved through better capacity, more transparency, and greater accountability to citizens.
Book Synopsis Fiscal Decentralization for Effective Municipal Service Delivery by : Dejen Abera
Download or read book Fiscal Decentralization for Effective Municipal Service Delivery written by Dejen Abera and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last two decades many developing countries have adopted decentralization so as to improve service delivery.Fiscal decentralization is one of the dimension of decentralization which give power to local governments to mobilize their revenue sources. But urban government's revenue generating capacity is too weak but their expenditure assignment responsibility is too high. As a result, local governments capacity in providing service to the resident is limited. Accordingly, some of the questions which raised in this book include but not limited in the following, Is the revenue collected by the municipality adequate enough to cover the expenditure responsibilities of the service?, To what extent the municipality is authorized to mobilize revenues?, What are the main constraints of the municipality to provide service to the residents? This book examined fiscal decentralization and service delivery the case of Ethiopia. This book would help for college and university students, professionals and policy makers in the area.
Download or read book Ethiopia written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Democratic Decentralization and Its Implication on Service Delivery by : Alemayehu Fanta
Download or read book Democratic Decentralization and Its Implication on Service Delivery written by Alemayehu Fanta and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important initial step in highlighting the significance of democratic decentralization in Ethiopia local administration. The book highlights the significance of good governance at local level. It is expected to contribute to the on hand literature on significance of democratic decentralization in Ethiopian local governor's structure. It also encourages other to do more action research on significance of democratic decentralization in Ethiopia. Therefore, this book will be a likely resource for local governors, academicians, learners, practitioners as well as researchers in the area of democratic decentralization.
Book Synopsis Local Democracy and Decentralization in East and Southern Africa by :
Download or read book Local Democracy and Decentralization in East and Southern Africa written by and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2002 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Decentralization and Popular Democracy by : Jean-Paul Faguet
Download or read book Decentralization and Popular Democracy written by Jean-Paul Faguet and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faguet identifies the factors that determine the outcomes of national decentralization on the local level
Book Synopsis Decentralization and the Delivery of Basic Services in a Developing Country: Institutional Challenges of Providing Water and Sanitation to Urban Consumers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by : Eshita Erica Anjum
Download or read book Decentralization and the Delivery of Basic Services in a Developing Country: Institutional Challenges of Providing Water and Sanitation to Urban Consumers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia written by Eshita Erica Anjum and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through data derived from primary public documents and a critical analysis of secondary sources, this paper investigates the connection between Ethiopia's adoption of decentralization and the ability of the municipal government of Addis Ababa to provide access to basic services such as water and sanitation to its residents. It finds that while the administrative devolution framework centered on the idea of ethnic federalism pursued in Ethiopia has brought government closer to the people, it has also placed heavy burdens on municipal institutions to provide services that they are ill-equipped to shoulder. This thesis argues that the inability of local administrations to efficiently and equitably provide services to urban consumers is as much a problem emerging from weak institutional capacity as it is a product of limited fiscal capacity and concludes by providing recommendations for Addis that may also be relevant to other similar metropolises in the developing world.
Download or read book Ethiopia written by Sameh El-Saharty and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study aims to identify how Ethiopia has adopted and implemented strategies to improve health services, including the factors that enabled and inhibited success across a meaningful range of health services for the period 1996-2006. Particular emphasis has been given to the impact of utilized strategies on the poor. This case study reviewed one 'primary strategy', decentralization in the form of devolution of authority to the regional level in 1996 and to the district (woreda) level in 2002, and seven 'corollary strategies' in the context of decentralization implemented at the subnational level. The study concludes that decentralization in the health sector is likely to be more effective when it is implemented as part of a broader government decentralization policy across sectors. Sequencing in implementing Ethiopia's decentralization strategy made decentralization more manageable, although decentralization was rolled out prematurely. Moreover, the effectiveness of implementation was found to be driven largely by the institutional and management capacity at the subnational level. At the subnational level, decentralization was found to be more effective in those regions that increasingly strengthened their management and institutional capacity and where regional governments set priorities and adapted the strategies to local needs. However, decentralization was often influenced by the 'clientelistic' center, region power relationship, a problem compounded by the lack of community voice, making the available resources at risk of political capture by the local elite. Overall, the key lesson for implementing improvements in health service delivery (HSD) is that the lack of any critical inputs (facilities, health workers, and drugs) inevitably limits the overall impact of the strategy, and that the implementation of such key inputs should be carefully coordinated and properly synchronized.
Book Synopsis A Critical Assessment of Decentralization as a Tool for Development by : Mentesnot Elias Teteji
Download or read book A Critical Assessment of Decentralization as a Tool for Development written by Mentesnot Elias Teteji and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethiopia is exercising decentralisation of the health system and thus this study assesses lessons learned about the experiences of the decentralization of institutions in theoretical terms. The problem investigated in this study concerns the lack of institutional capacity to effectively provide services, lack of transparency, responsibility and accountability. Decision making is also very remote from the people with regard to resource allocation and public health service delivery. The scope of this study covers the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State of Ethiopia and its relationship with the Cheha District in the area of health service decentralization. The objective of this study was to identify fundamental elements of decentralization of health institutions and the impact on the performance of the health system at local government level in the Cheha District in Ethiopia. The specific objective of this study was to find out how the provision and delivery of health services are related to decentralization policies, analyze and discuss the federal, national and local policies for health service decentralization and their significance for health service delivery. An additional aspect of this study is to provide some insights into intergovernmental relations as far as health service decentralization is concerned and, to this effect, this study applied the principal agent approach. In this study health service decentralization policies in Ethiopia at national and local levels were analyzed to gather information relating to the service delivery process. Most of the data for the study was collected during field research conducted between August and November 2005. During the field research, interviews were conducted with experts, community members and government officials both at the local and national level. The field research also focused on collecting data which is relevant to explain the relationship of the principal, in this case the Federal Ministry of Health and the SNNPRS Health Bureau at the regional government level and its agent, the Cheha District Health Office. The field research also identified the different mechanisms, tools, and institutional arrangements that exist in SNNPRS and the Cheha District to achieve the broader objective of the health system.
Book Synopsis Decentralization and Service Delivery by :
Download or read book Decentralization and Service Delivery written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dissatisfied with centralized approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralizing responsibility for these services to lower-level, locally elected governments. The results have been mixed. The paper provides a framework for evaluating the benefits and costs, in terms of service delivery, of different approaches to decentralization, based on relationships of accountability between different actors in the delivery chain. Moving from a model of central provision to that of decentralization to local governments introduces a new relationship of accountability-between national and local policymakers-while altering existing relationships, such as that between citizens and elected politicians. Only by examining how these relationships change can we understand why decentralization can, and sometimes cannot, lead to better service delivery. In particular, the various instruments of decentralization-fiscal, administrative, regulatory, market, and financial-can affect the incentives facing service providers, even though they relate only to local policymakers. Likewise, and perhaps more significantly, the incentives facing local and national politicians can have a profound effect on the provision of local services. Finally, the process of implementing decentralization can be as important as the design of the system in influencing service delivery outcomes.
Book Synopsis Public Administration, Governance and Ethics in Ethiopia. Assessment and Recommendations by : Emebet Hailemichael
Download or read book Public Administration, Governance and Ethics in Ethiopia. Assessment and Recommendations written by Emebet Hailemichael and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: Afrika, Note: A-, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ethiopia is a multi-national country and follows a decentralized governance structure. The country has launched a decentralized governance structure with the hope of enhancing democratic system and public participation; improving the living standard of the population due to the conviction that decentralization can bring development., and accommodating diversity with a view to maintain a lasting peace. The details about the structure of the country governance, the characteristics of the governance structure and opportunities offered, and challenges faced by the existing governing structure is presented in the following discussion paper.
