Ethiopia making strong MDG progress

African Business, Jan, 2007

Ethiopia is making steady progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and has achieved remarkable results in key areas, says the World Bank's Africa Development Indicators 2006. Detailing a collection of data on 53 African countries using material from 1965 to 2004, it singles Ethiopia out for praise in key areas and gave the country a high overall rating, especially in education.

In 1991 only 27% of Ethiopian children attended school, while the gross enrolment rate was up to 77% in 2004, before reaching 85% in October 2006. Ethiopia was also given high scores in improved public sector management, civil service reform, decentralisation and capacity development programmes.