Funding for Ethiopia rural road development

The EU will provide funding worth US$613.37 million to the Ethiopian Government for rural road development. The financing will be provided between 2016 and 2020, as part of a road funding programme in place since 1997. Around 65% of Ethiopia’s local districts have road access at present. The country’s investment in road infrastructure has seen a halving of average journey times in Ethiopia. Meanwhile the road network had grown to nearly 100,000km at the end of 2014 compared to just 26,000km in 1997. The con
October 14, 2015 Read time: 1 min
The EU will provide funding worth US$613.37 million to the Ethiopian Government for rural road development. The financing will be provided between 2016 and 2020, as part of a road funding programme in place since 1997. Around 65% of Ethiopia’s local districts have road access at present. The country’s investment in road infrastructure has seen a halving of average journey times in Ethiopia. Meanwhile the road network had grown to nearly 100,000km at the end of 2014 compared to just 26,000km in 1997. The condition of the country’s road network has also improved over this period.
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