Ethiopia Sustainable WASH Access Program (WB-P516998)

Countries
  • Ethiopia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
C
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
Feb 23, 2027
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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 350.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 250.00 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.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 1,160.80 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 @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 26, 2026

Disclosed by Bank May 13, 2026

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Project Description
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According to bank's website, the proposed project aims to support the scale-up of improved water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia, building on the OWNP Consolidated WASH Account (CWA) platform -- a sector-wide pooled financing mechanism involving the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE), Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education (MoE), and Ministry of Finance (MoF), alongside multiple DPs. The project is planned to be structured as a hybrid Program-for-Results (PforR) and Investment Project Financing (IPF) instrument with total expected IDA financing of US$250 million and US$60 million from the Government. Discussions are ongoing with various DPs and it is anticipated that various DPs may finance a further approximately US$200 million, to be confirmed at a later date. ESWAP will be organized around three result areas. Result Area 1 covers sector program, strategy and institution development -- including sector policy and regulatory reform, WaSH data management, and institutional systems for sustainable service delivery. Result Area 2 covers sustainable and climate-resilient WaSH development, including provision of access to basic rural and urban WSS services, enhancement of the sustainability of rural water supply systems, institutional WaSH for schools and health facilities. Result Area 3 will focus on operational efficiency, including sanitation service expansion in urban WSS utilities (Addis Ababa and secondary cities). 

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environmental and Social Risk: L

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 1160.80 million

Commitment Amount: US$ 545.00 million 

IBRD + IDA Commitment: US$ 350.00 million

IDA Credit: US$ 250.00 million 

IDA Grant: US$ 100.00 million 


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Task Team Leader: Fook Chuan Eng 

Title: Lead Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist 

Email: feng@worldbank.org 

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