{"id":277381,"date":"2019-05-29T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiSGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmpvdXJuYWxkdWNhbWVyb3VuLmNvbS9lbi9ldGhpb3BpYS1nZXRzLTU1MG0td29ybGQtYmFuay1sb2FuL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:27:59","slug":"the-world-bank-approved-about-550-million-for-ethiopian-pastoralists-and-power-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277381","title":{"rendered":"The World Bank approved about $550 million for Ethiopian pastoralists and power reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 reporting said the World Bank\u2019s board approved a package totaling about $550 million for Ethiopia, combining support for lowland livelihoods with energy-sector guarantees.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-434588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The World Bank approved about $550 million for Ethiopian pastoralists and power reform\" \/>\n<p>About $350 million from IDA\u2014$70 million grant and $280 million credit\u2014was aimed at improving livelihoods and resilience for roughly 2.5 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, while a separate $200 million REGREP envelope backed private solar and wind investment.<\/p>\n<p>The twin approvals showed how donors tied rural resilience money to power-sector reform in the same week of board decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as economy and development archive, the $550 million package is a dated World Bank checkpoint for Abiy Ahmed\u2019s early reform years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicalanalysis.co.za\/ethiopia-secures-loan-for-agriculture-and-power-reforms\/\">Political Analysis South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2019\/05\/23\/world-bank-supports-ethiopias-efforts-to-improve-the-livelihoods-and-resilience-of-25-million-pastoralists-and-agro-pastoralists\">World Bank<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia gets $550m World Bank loan&nbsp;&nbsp;Journalducameroun.com &#8211; EnglishPublished on 29.05.2019 at 12h21 by APA News. Share. The World Bank&#8217;s Board of Executive Directors approved a total of $550 million for Ethiopa in bid to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":434588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ethiopia-to-export-wheat-while-there-is-domestic-shortage-Fowg4A1aIAE9vyk.jpg?fit=1080%2C809&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a9T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754959,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277381\/revisions\/754959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}