Khan, Qaiser M.Faguet, Jean-PaulGaukler, ChristopherMekasha, Wendmsyamregne2014-09-092014-09-092014-09-02978-1-4648-0331-4https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20001Ethiopia, like most developing countries, has opted to deliver services such as basic education, primary health care, agricultural extension advice, water, and rural roads through a highly decentralized system (Manor 1999; Treisman 2007). That choice is based on several decades of theoretical analysis examining how a decentralized government might respond better to diverse local needs and provide public goods more efficiently than a highly centralized government. Ethiopia primarily manages the delivery of basic services at the woreda (district) level. Those services are financed predominantly through intergovernmental fiscal transfers (IGFTs) from the federal to the regional and then the woreda administrations, although some woredas raise a small amount of revenue to support local services. Since 2006, development partners and the government have cofinanced block grants for decentralized services through the Promoting Basic Services (PBS) Program. Aside from funding the delivery of services, the program supports measures to improve the quality of services and local governments capacity to deliver them by strengthening accountability and citizen voice.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSENCE FROM SCHOOLACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCOUNTABILITYADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICESAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERSAGRICULTUREANTENATAL CAREBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SERVICEBASIC SERVICESBIRTH ATTENDANTBIRTH ATTENDANTSCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD HEALTHCHILD MORTALITYCITIZENCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLASSROOMCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE ACCEPTANCECONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USECROPSDEATH RATESDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVESDEVELOPMENT OF POLICIESDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGDISASTERSDISCRETIONDRUGSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTENROLLMENT RATESETHNIC COMPOSITIONETHNIC GROUPSEXTENSION AGENTSEXTENSION SERVICESEXTENSION WORKERSFAMILIESFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY PLANNING INFORMATIONFARMERSFEDERAL GOVERNMENTFEDERAL GOVERNMENTSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFIRST AIDGENDERGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER ISSUESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH WORKERSHIVHOSPITALSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUNGERHYGIENEIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNIZATIONSIMMUNODEFICIENCYINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFORMATION SYSTEMSINITIATIVEINTEGRITYINTERVENTIONLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING MATERIALSLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACYLITERACY TRAININGLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRYMALARIAMANDATESMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICINESMIDWIFEMIDWIVESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORTALITYNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENET ENROLLMENT RATIONET INTAKENET INTAKE RATENUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF PEOPLENUMBER OF TEACHERSNURSESNUTRITIONOFFICEHOLDERSPATIENTSPERSONAL HYGIENEPHYSICIANSPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL LEADERSPOLITICIANSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPREGNANCIESPREGNANT WOMENPREVENTION STRATEGIESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTSPRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERSPROCUREMENTPROGRESSPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY OF SERVICESQUALITY SERVICESRADIOREDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITYREGIONAL POPULATIONREPORT CARDSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESOURCE FLOWSRESOURCE USERESPECTSAFETY MEASURESSANITATIONSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSKILLED ATTENDANTSKILLED ATTENDANTSSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTSSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL WELFARESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER COSTSTEACHERSTEACHINGTELEVISIONTRANSPARENCYTRIALTUBERCULOSISUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONURBAN CENTERSUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONVACCINATIONVACCINESVITAL STATISTICSWASTEWASTE DISPOSALWATER MANAGEMENTWORKERS10.1596/978-1-4648-0331-4