Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia

The Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP) seeks to empower citizens, strengthen civil society, promote citizen engagement in public venues, modify how public officials engage citizens, and improve service delivery. This paper assesses the i...

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Main Authors:	Campbell, Laura, Mulugeta, Fitsum Zewdu, Tsegay, Asmelash Haile, Wampler, Brian
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CIVIL SOCIETY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/432251611739812449/Building-the-Foundation-for-Accountability-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35081

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spelling	okr-10986-350812021-04-23T14:02:15Z Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia Campbell, Laura Mulugeta, Fitsum Zewdu Tsegay, Asmelash Haile Wampler, Brian SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CIVIL SOCIETY The Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP) seeks to empower citizens, strengthen civil society, promote citizen engagement in public venues, modify how public officials engage citizens, and improve service delivery. This paper assesses the impact of the second phase of the ESAP intervention and contributes to the emerging literature on the effectiveness of social accountability interventions. A survey was administered to 3,411 households in two time periods (2013 and 2017). Difference-in-difference with matching was used to compare similar households in ESAP (treatment) and control woredas. Although conditions to generate meaningful social and policy change were not favorable because of the national state of emergency, drought and economic slowdown, the survey finds preliminary evidence that the presence of ESAP helped to establish the foundations of social accountability at local levels across Ethiopia. Several noteworthy findings include: increases in citizen participation in local committees and other policymaking venues; improvements in citizen satisfaction with the more immediate delivery of basic services; increases of more critical attitudes regarding more structural problems; and a more modest decline in access to information and use of specific social accountability tools (e.g. community scorecards) in comparison to steeper declines in non-ESAP woredas in the context of a national state of emergency. 2021-02-01T15:21:41Z 2021-02-01T15:21:41Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/432251611739812449/Building-the-Foundation-for-Accountability-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35081 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2011 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia
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spellingShingle	SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CIVIL SOCIETY Campbell, Laura Mulugeta, Fitsum Zewdu Tsegay, Asmelash Haile Wampler, Brian Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
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description	The Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP) seeks to empower citizens, strengthen civil society, promote citizen engagement in public venues, modify how public officials engage citizens, and improve service delivery. This paper assesses the impact of the second phase of the ESAP intervention and contributes to the emerging literature on the effectiveness of social accountability interventions. A survey was administered to 3,411 households in two time periods (2013 and 2017). Difference-in-difference with matching was used to compare similar households in ESAP (treatment) and control woredas. Although conditions to generate meaningful social and policy change were not favorable because of the national state of emergency, drought and economic slowdown, the survey finds preliminary evidence that the presence of ESAP helped to establish the foundations of social accountability at local levels across Ethiopia. Several noteworthy findings include: increases in citizen participation in local committees and other policymaking venues; improvements in citizen satisfaction with the more immediate delivery of basic services; increases of more critical attitudes regarding more structural problems; and a more modest decline in access to information and use of specific social accountability tools (e.g. community scorecards) in comparison to steeper declines in non-ESAP woredas in the context of a national state of emergency.
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author	Campbell, Laura Mulugeta, Fitsum Zewdu Tsegay, Asmelash Haile Wampler, Brian
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title	Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
title_short	Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
title_full	Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Building the Foundation for Accountability in Ethiopia
title_sort	building the foundation for accountability in ethiopia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/432251611739812449/Building-the-Foundation-for-Accountability-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35081
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