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Viewing cable 08ADDISABABA2254, GOVERNMENT DIVERTS WORLD BANK PROJECT FUNDING TO

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08ADDISABABA2254 2008-08-15 11:03 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Addis Ababa
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADDIS ABABA 002254 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO WORLD BANK AND 
U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
TREASURY ALSO FOR REBECCA KLEIN 
AF/EPS FOR ELLIOT REPKO 
EEB/IFD/ODF FOR BROOKE WALKER 
USAID FOR COO/PAC KERRI DIZOGLIO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ET
SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT DIVERTS WORLD BANK PROJECT FUNDING TO 
BUDGET SUPPORT 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00002254  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
SUMMARY 
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1. (SBU) The Ethiopian Council of Ministers on August 1 
approved the transfer of U.S. $301 million from on-going 
World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) projects to 
provide subsidized fertilizer to the agricultural sector. 
The funding -- U.S. $237 million from World Bank projects and 
U.S. $64 million from African Development Bank projects -- 
represents a diversion of 10 percent of the total portfolio 
value of both development banks.  According to a press 
statement issued August 1 from the Office of the Prime 
Minister, and confirmed by the World Bank, the purpose of the 
diverted funding "is to transfer funds being secured for the 
execution of ongoing development projects to the purchase of 
agricultural inputs, particularly fertilizer."  World 
Bank/Ethiopia's Communications Officer Gelila Woodeneh 
confirmed that the funds were diverted under the Bank's 
Global Food Crisis Response Facility (GFRP) program. 
Providing hard currency for a down payment on Ethiopian 
Government (GoE) procured fertilizer that will only be 
received in summer 2009, this transfer represents de facto 
budget support by the World Bank and AfDB to the GoE, 
circumventing standard reviews by these institutions' Boards 
of Directors to perpetuate the state dominance of, and 
control over, the agricultural sector without addressing 
Ethiopia's current food shortfall or relief distribution 
challenges. 
 
2. (SBU) World Bank Communications Officer Gelila Woodeneh 
confirmed to Post on August 13 that funds were diverted from 
projects across a variety of sectors including 
agriculture/rural development, transport, trade, water 
supply, energy, etc.  She explained that low performing 
projects were canceled to divert some funds, while funds from 
projects with slow implementation timelines were diverted 
with repayment to reimburse those projects later in the life 
of the projects.  Additionally, an $85 million "gain" from 
exchange rate fluctuations since projects funded through 
Special Drawing Rights were approved, was allocated to the 
diversion.  The World Bank confirmed that the GoE, in 
consultation with World Bank/Ethiopia, selected which 
projects would experience cuts.  They could not confirm if 
the decision was reviewed or approved by the Bank's Board of 
Executive Directors. 
 
3. (SBU) The World Bank confirmed to Post on August 15, that 
funding was not/not diverted from the contentious Protecting 
Basic Services (PBS) project established in 2006 to provide 
block grants to regional governments as an alternative to 
budget support.  Nevertheless, World Bank Resident 
Representative Kenicha Ohashi told Bloomberg on August 14 
"this is like budget support; it is helping the government 
with hard currency." 
 
4. (SBU) The GFRP program was intended to provide rapid 
assistance to governments to address the immediate term 
burdens of high world food prices.  While the World Bank 
justified the diverted funds to Post by arguing that the 
purchase of fertilizer would "boost agricultural production 
in the short term," Ms. Woodeneh later confirmed that the 
fertilizer purchased with the diverted funds would not reach 
Ethiopia until summer 2009.  The scheme is not combined with 
any form of heightened engagement to develop improved 
government policies to address persistent market 
inefficiencies. 
 
COMMENT 
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5. (SBU) While Ethiopia is in the midst of an acute food 
crisis and rising world fuel and fertilizer prices affect 
domestic prices, Ethiopia's food price dynamics are 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00002254  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
overwhelmingly insular and bear little relation to world food 
prices.  Increases in Ethiopia's agricultural productivity in 
recent years, in fact, stem from the expansion of land under 
cultivation rather than improvements in yield per acre.  The 
diversion of development bank funds to purchase fertilizer 
will counter world fertilizer price increases to maintain 
existing fertilizer supply levels domestically, but 
fundamentally does little if anything to remedy the 
inefficiencies in Ethiopia's agricultural sector or to 
enhance food security.  The Bank's endorsement of this move 
-- which will have no impact for at least one year -- under 
the auspices of an expedited, limited-review mechanism to 
address the immediate term impacts of the food crisis, is 
concerning.  As the GoE continues to renege on its promise to 
permit social monitoring safeguards to ensure transparency in 
the World Bank's budget support alternative PBS project, the 
Bank should now be looking to move further away from budget 
support, not closer to it.  End Comment. 
MALAC