Evaluation of the World Bank's Assistance in Responding to the AIDS Epidemic: Ethiopia Case Study

The objective of this case study is to evaluate the impact of the World Bank’s assistance – policy dialogue, analytic work, and lending – on Ethiopia’s national response to HIV/AIDS, and to derive lessons from that experience. It is one of four country case studies conducted as part of OED’s Evaluation of the Development Effectiveness of World bank Assistance for Fighting the AIDS Epidemic. This case study is based on a review of published and unpublished documents on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia; structured interviews with various stakeholders representing the government, civil society, World Bank, donors, and nongovernmental, community-based, and faith-based organizations; field visits to selected regions of Ethiopia in August 2003; and analysis of epidemiological and behavioral data. The current document was finalized as of early 2004 and covers events up to that date.