IDA Targets to Commit U.S.$4.6 Billion to Ethiopia
The International Development Association (IDA), a wing of the World Bank, has allocated a 4.6 billion dollar loan to Ethiopia for 2018. The Association's priority areas will be water supply, sanitation, education, trade, logistics and development of woman entrepreneurship.
Ethiopia has active IDA commitments of 7.8 billion dollars as of August 2017, with a record lending of 1.78 billion dollars two years ago and 900 million dollars last year. IDA's envelope for Ethiopia is 3.8 billion dollars for the year 2017.