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                            Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
                 Health Millennium Development Goals Program-for-Results

                                SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION∗

                               Meeting of the Executive Directors

                                           February 28, 2013


       The Executive Directors considered the President’s Memorandum and Recommendation
and approved the Credit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for a Health Millennium
Development Goals Program-for-Results operation in the amount of SDR65.1 million
(US$100 million equivalent) (IDA/R2013-0017).

        Directors welcomed the program development objective to improve the delivery and use
of a comprehensive package of maternal and child health services and its alignment to the
country’s Health Sector Development Program. They appreciated the use of the PforR
instrument with its focus on achievement of results through the Disbursement Linked Indicators.
Directors encouraged strengthening the country systems in coordination with other development
partners as well as strong engagement with Government on minority and vulnerable groups to
address social issues. Finally Directors called for strong monitoring during implementation of the
project.




∗
 This summary is not an approved record.