Ethiopia and the World Bank clash over a 600 million dollar credit funding

Ethiopia and the World Bank clash over a 600 million dollar credit funding

የዓለም ባንክ 600 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ለኢትዮጵያ በብድር አበድሪያለሁ ቢልም የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ስለ ጉዳዩ የማውቀው ነገር የለኝም ብሏል፡፡

የዓለም ባንክ 600 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ለኢትዮጵያ በብድር አበድሪያለሁ ቢልም የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ስለ ጉዳዩ የማውቀው ነገር የለኝም ብሏል የዓለም ባንክ 600 ሚሊዮን ዶላሩ አበድሪያለሁ ሲል የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በበኩሉ ስለ ጉዳዩ የሰማሁት ከሀገር ውስጥ እና ከውጭ የመገናኛ ብዙሃን ነው እያለ ነው፡፡

ድሬቲዩብ ከዓለም ባንክ የደረሰው መግለጫ እንደሚያመለክተው ገንዘቡ ለአራተኛው ዙር ሴፍቲ ኔት ፕሮግራም የሚውል ነው፡፡ ከዚህ በተጨማሪም ለአደጋ መከላከል ተግባር እና በምግብ እጥረት ለተጎዱ አካላት የሚውልም ነው፡፡
የገንዘብ እና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስቴር ቃል አቀባይ በበኩላቸው ስለጉዳዩ ከመገናኛ ብዙሃን ከመስማታችን በቀር የምናውቀው ነገር የለም ብለዋል፡፡
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By Elias Meseret

The Ethiopian government and the World Bank are at odds over a 600 million dollar credit the Bank said has provided on a credit basis to the government. Though the Bank said the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved a 600 million dollar International Development Association credit to Ethiopia on September 30, the government said it is not aware of any such funding the Bank gave to the government on credit.

A statement that Dire Tube received from the Bank on October 1 said the money will be used for Productive Safety Nets Project 4. It added the funds will be also used to expand access to safety net and disaster risk management systems, as well as provide nutrition services and income support to food insecure families living in rural Ethiopia.

However, a Spokesman at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) said the Ministry is not aware of any such credit facility. He said the news about the 600 million dollar credit is both carried by local and international media outlets though the Ministry doesn’t know anything about it.

Since it was launched, the Productive Safety Nets Program has made notable contributions to reduce household vulnerability and food insecurity, improve resilience to shocks and promote sustainable community development in rural areas of Ethiopia.

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