World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a US$ 200 Million loan to Ethiopia on Thursday, May 29, 2014. The loan is extended to develop Ethiopia’s potential geothermal sites at Aluto and Alaloband sites, in the rift valley of the Afar State.Two of World Bank’s trust funds, International Developmental Association (IDA) and Scaling Up Renewal Energy Program (SREP), are expected to finance the loan.
the World Bank’s Board of Executives has approved a US$380 Million loan to Ethiopia. The loan will be used for improving the capacity and performance of local urban governments to expand sustainable urban infrastructure and services in cities across the nation, according to a press release on the Bank's website.
The Board of Executives of the World Bank approved 200 million US dollars in credit from the International Development 
Association to invest in the electric power projects in Ethiopia.
The funds will be used by the government to enhance electric coverage in rural areas and to supply modern, affordable and cost effective electricity services in Ethiopia.
The Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project is designed to support the efforts to upgrade and extend the national grid and to enhance the overall quality of delivery as well as to increase the level of connection in areas already on the grid and to extend connection to areas outside of the gird.
World Bank has approved a $250-million supplemental financing to Ethiopia on Wednesday. The financing, approved by the Bank's Board of Executive Directors, is part of Ethiopia's second and ongoing Growth and Competitiveness Programmatic Development Policy Financing. Half of the amount, $125 million, is in grants, while the remaining half is a loan.
The World Bank approved USD 1.2 billion in grants and loans to Ethiopia. According to a statement posted on the bank’s website, the funds, a USD 600 million grant and a USD 600 million loan, will be used to assist reforms in the financial sector including improving the investment climate.
