Improving basic services for the bottom forty percent : lessons from Ethiopia

Qaiser M. Khan, Jean-Paul Faguet, Christopher Gaukler, and Wendmsyamregne Mekasha

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 e

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Khan, Qaiser M. ; Faguet, Jean-Paul ; Gaukler, Christopher ; Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne
Institutions:	Weltbank (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, DC : World Bank
Subject:	Äthiopien \| Ethiopia \| Armut \| Poverty \| Öffentliche Sozialleistungen \| Social security benefits \| Armutsbekämpfung \| Poverty reduction \| Öffentliche Dienstleistung \| Public services
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (136 pages)
Series:	World Bank Studies
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Introduction and Background; Context and Structure of This Book; The Promoting Basic Services Program; Figures; Figure I.1 The Triangle of Accountability in Service Delivery; Boxes; Box I.1 The Indirect Route of Accountability Through Policy Makers to Service Providers; Tables; Table I.1 Federal Block Grants and PBS Program Disbursements; Table I.2 Total Woreda Recurrent Expenditures by Region; Notes; Chapter 1Conceptual Framework and Methodology Figure 1.1 Conceptual Model of the Results Chain of PBS SpendingBox 1.1 Some Caveats on Interpreting the Results of This Study; Figure 1.2 Woreda-Level Expenditure in the Five PBS Sectors, 2011; Notes; Chapter 2Citizen Direct Voice and Accountability; Box 2.1 The Direct Route of Accountability-Citizen Direct Voice and Accountability Models in Ethiopia; Decentralization and the Quality and Appropriateness of Local Services; Financial Transparency and Accountability; Social Accountability; Grievance Redress Mechanisms; Notes Chapter 3Effectiveness of Woreda Block Grant Spending on Education, Health, and AgricultureA Positive Association between Woreda Block Spending and Results in Education; A Positive Association between Woreda Block Grant Spending and Results in Health; Box 3.1 Ethiopia's Health Extension Program and Health Extension Workers; Table 3.1 Association of Log of Per Capita Education Expenditure with Log of Education Outcomes; Table 3.2 Association of Log of Per Capita Health Expenditure with Health Outcomes; A Positive Association between Woreda Block Grant Spending and Results in Agriculture Figure 3.1 Growth in Extension Services and Woredas' Expenditure on Agriculture, 2008-11Table 3.3 Effect on Farmers' Use of Extension Services of ETB 1 Per Capita Spending on Agricultural Extension Workers; Figure 3.2 Production by Crop, 2011; Notes; Table 3.4 Association of Log of Per Capita Spending on Agricultural Extension Workers with Log of Yield; Chapter 4How Equitable Is Decentralized Spending at the Woreda Level?; Woreda Block Grant Spending on Health Improves Outcomes, Especially for the Rural Poor Figure 4.1 Percent Improvement in Selected Health Indicators Among Rural People Between 2005 and 2011, by Wealth QuintileTable 4.1 Predicted Probabilities for "Successful" Health Outcomes by Place of Residence and Wealth Quintile if an HEW Visited the Household in the Past Year; Incidence Analysis of Woreda Block Grant Spending on Health and Education; Table 4.2 Incidence of Woreda-Level Spending by Wealth Quintile; Catalytic Effect of Spending on Extension Services by Plot Size; Gender Equity Analysis for Woreda Block Grant Spending Table 4.3 Effect of ETB 1 Spending on Agricultural Extension Workers on Probability of Using Improved Farming Techniques, by Plot-Size Quintile, 2011
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0331-4 ; 978-1-4648-0333-8 ; 978-1-4648-0331-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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