Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Ethiopia

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Dec 12, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Ethiopia - Ministry of Finance

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Technical Cooperation
Water and Sanitation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 29.24 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 7, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project is based on the Ethiopian government's new National WASH Implementation Framework (WIF), which aims to contribute to the government's efforts to improve access to sustainable and climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water and sanitation in urban and rural areas for Ethiopia by 2030.

The project development objective is to increase access to sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services and to prepare water supply and sanitation investment projects in selected urban cities and rural settlements in Ethiopia. This will address the acute water scarcity and inadequate sanitation services, and contribute to climate resilience and WASH services in the project areas.

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Cecil Dulu NUNDWE
Water Resourc. Managt. Officer, AWTF
African Development Bank
c.nundwe@afdb.org
www.afdb.org