95573 THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

ContentsUsers Guide ................................................................................................................................... 3The Global Environment Facility (GEF) ......................................................................................... 4New Projects Added In This Issue ................................................................................................. 5Projects Deleted from This Issue ................................................................................................... 8Africa .............................................................................................................................................. 11East Asia And Pacific .................................................................................................................... 70Europe And Central Asia .............................................................................................................103Latin America And Caribbean .................................................................................................... 137Middle East And North Africa .................................................................................................... 156South Asia ................................................................................................................................... 165Guarantee Operations ..................................................................................................................189

Sector CategorizationsAgriculture, Fishing, and ForestryEducationEnergy and MiningFinanceHealth and Other Social ServicesIndustry and TradeInformation and CommunicationsPublic Administration, Law, and JusticeTransportationWater, Sanitation, and Flood Protection MARCH 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 2

LIST OF ACRONYMSAUSAID Australian Agency for InternationalIDB IIiiIIDB Inter-American Development Bank Development IFAD International Fund for AgriculturalADB Asian Development Bank DevelopmentADF African Development Fund IsDB Islamic Development BankAfDB African Development Bank JBIC Japan Bank for International CooperationAPL Adaptable Program Loan ITF Interim Trust FundBADEA Banque Arabe de Dveloppement KfW Kreditanstalt fr Wiederaufbau conomique en Afrique (Germany)BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine LIL Learning and Innovation Loan de Dveloppement NCB National Competitive BiddingCDB Caribbean Development Bank NGO Nongovernmental OrganizationCFD Caisse Franaise de Dveloppement NORAD Norwegian Agency for DevelopmentCIDA Canadian International Development Cooperation Agency OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation FundDANIDA Danish International Development Agency (Japan)DFID Department for International OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Development (UK) CountriesEBRD European Bank for Reconstruction PAD Project Appraisal Document and Development PCD Project Concept DocumentEDF European Development Fund PCF Prototype Carbon FundEIB European Investment Bank PCN Project Concept NoteEU European Union PHRD Policy and Human ResourcesFAC Fonds dAide et de Coopration (France) Development (Japan)FAO Food and Agricultural Organization PID Project Identification (Number) of the United Nations PPF Project Preparation FacilityFAO/CP FAO Cooperative Program (with the World Bank) QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection

FINNIDA Finland International Development SDC Swiss Agency for Development Agency CooperationGEF Global Environment Facility SIDA Swedish International Development

GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Authority

Zusammenarbeit UNDP United Nations Development Programme

IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund and Development USAID United States Agency for InternationalICB International Competitive Bidding DevelopmentIDA International Development Association WHO World Health Organization PAGE 3 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARYThe World Bank Monthly Operational Summary written into the loan documents. Upon completion of(MOS) reports on the status of projects in the World negotiations, the project is presented to the BanksBanks pipeline from the time the operation is identi- Board of Executive Directors for approval. After ap-fied to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant Agree- proval, the financing agreement is signed.ment. It is a detailed accountings of the projects in-cluded in the country lending programs that are ac- Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts withintively being prepared for implementation. The lending a few months after the project financing agreement isprograms reflect the Banks strategy for each member signed. Countries, through their implementing agen-country as set out in the Country Partnership Frame- cies, have full responsibility for executing of Worldwork (CPF) presented to the Board of Executive Direc- Bank-financed projects, including procuring goods andtors of the World Bank. On average, it takes about 13 works and hiring consultants. Contractors and suppli-months for the Bank to process a project from concept ers, therefore, should contact appropriate officials ofto approval. After a financing agreement is signed or a the implementing agency to express their interest inproject is dropped from the program, the project entry specific projects and obtain information on what goodsis deleted from this summary. Each issue of the sum- and services will be needed and when and how to sub-mary contains a list of projects reported for the first mit bids and proposals.time and the list of projects deleted from the currentissue. program. Familiarity with the Banks project cy- Consultants are often used during project implementa-cle, summarized in the following paragraphs, can help tion to provide technical assistance and other projectpotential bidders identify business opportunities with implementation support. Consultants in particularBank borrowers. Each entry in the MOS indicates at should contact the responsible implementing agencywhat point the operation is in the project cycle. early in the project preparation period to express their interest.Project Cycle Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for goods and works, may also be procured prior toDuring IDENTIFICATION, the client government loan/credit/grant approval. This is known as advanceand the Bank identify a specific operation as being contracting.likely to support the countrys development strategyand the Banks CPF. The information contained in (MOS) is intended to en- able companies to assess their interest in supplyingDuring PREPARATION, the client government iden- Bank-financed projects. Further information should betifies and discusses the technical and institutional al- requested from the countrys project implementingternatives for achieving the objectives of a project. agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater ifPreparation usually requires feasibility studies fol- the queries are brief and to the point. When possible,lowed by more detailed studies of the alternatives that travel to the country; direct contact with relevantpromise to yield the most satisfactory results. An envi- agency officials is recommended.ronmental assessment is usually carried out during thisphase. (See below for more information on environ- Firms should contact the World Bank only if they aremental assessment.) In the preparation stage of the unable to obtain a response to their queries from theproject cycle, clients often supplement their own efforts implementing agency. General information about busi-by hiring consultants to carry out a major part of the ness opportunities under Bank loans, credits, andwork. Contractors and suppliers of equipment and grants may be obtained from the World Banks Pro-goods need to start making contacts with country offi- curement Policy and Services Groups website atcials during this stage. http://www.worldbank.org/procure (click on Bid- ding/Consulting Opportunities on the left navigationDuring APPRAISAL, the Bank conducts a compre- bar). Business opportunities under World Bank-fi-hensive review of all aspects of the project (technical, nanced appear twice a month in UN Development Busi-institutional, economic, and financial), laying the foun- ness and are available via the internet atdation for implementing the project and evaluating it . The website also includeswhen completed.Project appraisal is conducted by invitations to bid and submit proposals, notices of con-Bank staff and may be supplemented by individual ex- tract awards, and General Procurement Notices.perts. The preparation of the Project Appraisal Docu-ment concludes this stage.

During NEGOTIATIONS, discussions are held withthe client government, and the agreements reached are MARCH 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 4

Environmental Categories Category FI: Involves investment of Bank funds through a financial intermediary, in subprojects thatThe type, timing, and scope of environmental analysis have adverse environmental impacts. An environmen-to be performed by Bank clients are confirmed when a tal framework may be required.given project is identified. Projects are assigned one ofthe following categories, depending on the nature, Category U: No category given.magnitude, and sensitivity of environmental issues: The World Bank has three basic lending instruments:Category A: The project may have adverse and signif- (ii) Investment Project Finance which provides finan-icant environmental impacts. Full environmental as- cial support for goods, works and services for a pre-de-sessment is normally required. fined specific project; (ii) Development Policy Finance (DPF) which supports countries policy and institu-Category B: The project may have specific environ- tional reforms in a sector or the economy as a wholemental issues. Partial environmental assessment is and provides quick-disbursing budget support; and (iii)normally required. Program-for-Results (PforR) which finances a small part of a large government program, with disburse-Category C: Likely to have minimal or no adverse en- ments linked to results or performance indicators. DPFvironmental impacts. Beyond screening, no further EA and PforR operations are not included in the (MOS) be-action is required. cause these instruments are not designed to provide procurement opportunities since the funds are dis- bursed directly to government accounts.

A typical summary entry looks like this:

The Global Environment Facility (GEF)In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the sustainable forest management (SFM)/REDD+ , andWorld Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) andon projects financed by the Global Environment Facil- the Special Climate Change Fundadaptation to cli-ity (GEF). mate change.The GEF consists of an Assembly of 183 participating countries, a Council, a Secretariat a Scien-The GEFwas established in 1991 by a Resolution of the tific and Technical Advisory Panel, and 14 Implement-World Bank Executive Directors as a pilot program to ing Agencies ADB, AfDB, CI, DBSA, EBRD, FAO,assist in the protection of the global environment and IaDB, IFAD, IUCN, UNDP, UNIDO, World Bank, andto promote environmentally sound and sustainable WWF.economic development. The GEF operates as a mecha-nism for providing new and additional grant and con- As one of the Implementing Agencies of the GEF, thecessional funding to meet the agreed incremental costs World Bank assists its member countries conserve andof measures to achieve agreed global environmental sustainably use their biological diversity, reduce theirbenefits in the focal areas of climate change, biodiver- emissions of greenhouse gases and adapt to climatesity, international waters, land degradation chemicals, change, manage shared water bodies and reduce their PAGE 5 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

emissions of ozone-depleting substances by accessing For additional information on the GEF, contact theGEF resources to cover the incremental costs of addi- GEF secretariat or visit its website: www.thegef.org/geftional actions on these global issues. The GEF Secretariat 1818 H St. NWTo be eligible for GEF co-financing, projects must be Washington DC 20433, USAconsistent with at least one of the GEF's 'Operational Tel: (1-202) 473-0508Programs' and meet the GEF project eligibility criteria. Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 E-mail: Secretariat@TheGEF.org

New Projects Added In This Issue Africa Region Nigeria Africa Health and other social services: NG-Polio Erad- Health and other social services: SWEDD AF for ication Support - Additional Financing Burkina Faso Health and other social services: Disease Sur- Senegal veillance and Respone in West Africa Transportation: Olwiyo Nebbi Goli road Energy and mining: SN -Solar Energy Develop- Road Project ment thru IPPs Water, sanitation and flood protection: Zimba- bwe National Water Project Sierra Leone

Burundi Energy and mining: SL:AF for Energy Sector Utility Reform Project Industry and trade: City Competitiveness for Job Creation Somalia

Ghana Industry and trade: Somalia Core Economic In- stitutions SCORE Health and other social services: Ghana Produc- Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Soma- tive Jobs for Youth lia Recurrent Cost & Reform Financing Facility - Phase 2 Malawi Tanzania Agriculture, fishing, and forestry: Malawi Flood Emergency Recovery Energy and mining: Rural Electrification Expan- Education: Malawi GPE II sion Project Water, sanitation and flood protection: Lilongwe Water Project Zambia

Mozambique Energy and mining: Zambia Environmental Re- mediation and Improvement Project Agriculture, fishing, and forestry: Mozambique - Transportation: Eastern Region Inclusive Aquaculture and Climate Change Growth Project

Niger East Asia And Pacific Region

Finance: Niger Investment Climate Support ChinaFEBRUARY 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 6

Agriculture, fishing, and forestry: Kazakhstan Education: China: Guangdong Compulsory Edu- Third Irrigation and Drainage Improvement cation Project Project Education: China: Gansu Technical and Voca- Finance: SME Line of Credit tional Education and Training Project Health and other social services: Anhui Aged Kyrgyz Republic Care Project Water, sanitation and flood protection: Third Indonesia Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Finance: Regional Infrastructure Development Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Fund Health and other social services: Indonesia Na- Water, sanitation and flood protection: Second tional Urban Slum Upgrading Program Municipal Services Improvement Project Industry and trade: National Affordable Housing Program Tajikistan Transportation: Indonesia Infrastructure Fi- nance Facility - Additional Financing Health and other social services: Tajikistan: Mi- Water, sanitation and flood protection: The Na- grant crisis support tional Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Pro- Public Administration, Law, and Justice: TJ: ject (PAMSIMAS AF) CASA-1000 Community Support Program Water, sanitation and flood protection: Tajiki- Papua New Guinea stan Second Dushanbe Water Supply Project - Additional Financing Water, sanitation and flood protection: Water Uzbekistan Supply and Sanitation Development Project Agriculture, fishing, and forestry: Karshi Pump- Samoa ing Cascade Rehabilitation Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Water, sanitation and flood protection: Pacific Strengthening Administration of Labor and So- Resilience Program cial Protection Services

Tonga Latin America And Caribbean Region

Water, sanitation and flood protection: Pacific Bolivia Resilience Program Health and other social services: BO Community Europe And Central Asia Region Investment in Rural Areas Project Additional Fi- nancing Azerbaijan Ecuador Health and other social services: Additional Fi- nancing to IDP Living Standards and Liveli- Water, sanitation and flood protection: EC Sup- hoods Project port to Subnationals for Improved WSS Public Administration, Law, and Justice: SO- Industry and trade: EC Economic Diversification CIAL PROTECTION MODERNIZATION PRO- & Industrial Services JECT Kazakhstan Mexico PAGE 7 Monthly Operational Summary FEBRUARY 2015

Water, sanitation and flood protection: MX - Na- Gaza Cash Transfer Project Second Additionaltional Integrated Solid Waste Management Financing Public Administration, Law, and Justice: GZ-OECS Countries Second Municipal Development Project-AF

Health and other social services: OECS Social South Asia RegionResilience and Human Development Project IndiaPanama Energy and mining: Andhra Pradesh DisasterHealth and other social services: Strengthening Recovery ProjectSocial Protection and Inclusion System Transportation: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Recovery ProjectMiddle East And North Africa Region NepalTunisia Health and other social services: StrengtheningAgriculture, fishing, and forestry: TUNISIA: For- Systems for Social Protection Projectest and Rangeland Ecosystems Co-Management Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Nepalproject Strengthening PFM Additional FinancingWater, sanitation and flood protection: Tunisia - PakistanNorthern Tunis Wastewater Project AdditionalFinance Energy and mining: Pakistan Electric Power Transmission Reinforcement ProjectWest Bank and Gaza Water, sanitation and flood protection: PK: Ad- ditional Financing & Restructuring for FATAHealth and other social services: West Bank and RLCIPMARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 8

Projects Deleted from This Issue

Africa Region Sierra Leone: DROPPED-SL-Statistics Develop- ment Africa: Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Tanzania: DROPPED-TZ-Ruhudji Hydropower Research and Development for Southern Africa Proj SIL (CCARDESA) Tanzania: Renewable Energy for Rural Electrifi- Africa: SAPP-Program for Accelerating Transfor- cation (RERE) mational Energy Projects(Cr. H9890-3A) Uganda: UGANDA North Eastern Road-corridor Africa: Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project(Cr. Asset Management Project (NERAMP)(Cr. 55630-ZM) 54340-UG) Africa: Ebola Emergency Response Project - Ad- Uganda: Second Kampala Institutional and In- ditional Financing frastructure Development Project(Cr. 53840- Botswana: Additional Financing-BNAPS Project UG) Cameroon: Agriculture Investment and Market Zambia: Health Services Improvement Pro- Development Project(Cr. 55340-CM) ject(Cr. 53940-ZM) Cameroon: Kribi Gas Power - Additional Financ- Zambia: Public Financial Management Reform ing Program Phase I Congo, Democratic Republic of: DRC Catalytic Project to Strengthen the INS East Asia And Pacific Region Ethiopia: Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resili- ence China: China Partnership for Market Readiness Ethiopia: ET Productive Safety Nets Project 4 China: Zhengzhou Urban Rail Project( Ln. (PSNP 4)(Cr. 55400-ET) 84570-CN) Ghana: Sustainable Land and Water Manage- China: CH GEF Municipal Solid Waste Manage- ment ment Project Ghana: Ghana Youth Employment Project China: Zhejiang Rural Water Supply and Sanita- Ghana: Ghana - Maternal, Child Health and Nu- tion Project( Ln. 84240-CN) trition Project(Cr. 54630-GH) China: China-Qinghai Xining Water Environ- Madagascar: Integrated Growth Poles and Corri- ment Management Project( Ln. 84230-CN) dor Project 2(Cr. 55640-MG) Indonesia: ID - Partnership for Market Readi- Mauritania: MR-Skills Development Project-AF ness Mozambique: Mozambique Conservation Areas Indonesia: AF to the Local Government and De- for Biodiversity and Development Project(Cr. centralization Project /LGDP Phase II H9960-MZ) Indonesia: National Urban Development Pro- Mozambique: Enhancing Spatial Data for Flood gram Risk Management Project Indonesia: Indonesia Water and Sanitation In- Niger: Niger Additional Financing to the Agro- vestment Facility Project sylvo-pastoral Exports and Markets Develop- Kiribati: Kiribati Road Rehabilitation Project - ment Project Additional Financing Nigeria: Nigeria Power Sector Guarantees Pro- Lao People's Democratic Republic: Second Laos ject - Additional Financing Environment and Social Project Nigeria: State and Local Governance Reform Mongolia: Third Sustainable Livelihoods Pro- Project ject(Cr. 54870-MN) Nigeria: Ibadan Urban Flood Management Pro- Myanmar: Essential Health Services Access Pro- ject(Cr. 55100-NG) ject(Cr. 55420-MM) Pacific Islands: Pacific Islands Regional PAGE 9 Monthly Operational Summary FEBRUARY 2015

Oceanscape Program - Pacific Islands Forum Colombia: COLOMBIA CTF URBANFisheries Agency TRANSPORTPhilippines: Philippine Rural Development Pro- Nicaragua: NI Caribbean Coast Food Securityject ProjectPhilippines: Philippines NCFC Phaseout Project Uruguay: Drought Events Impact Mitigating In-Philippines: Philippines: Manila Bay Integrated vestment Project Financing( Ln. 84530-UY)Water Quality Management ProjectSolomon Islands: Tina River Hydropower Devel- Middle East And North Africa Regionopment ProjectSolomon Islands: Solomon Islands Rural Devel- Algeria: DZ-Improved Desert Ecosystems andopment Program II(Cr. D0220-SB, Cr. 55740- Climate Resilient OasesSB) Jordan: Jordan Financial Sustainability PolicyVietnam: Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP)( Based Guarantee (PBG)Ln. 84170-VN) Jordan: NATIONAL UNIFIED REGISTRY AND OUTREACH WORKER PROGRAMEurope And Central Asia Region Jordan: Regional and Local Development II Lebanon: GEF-SCCF-Sustainable Agric. Liveli-Belarus: Transit Corridor Improvement Project( hoods in Marginal Areas (SALMA)Ln. 84590-BY) Lebanon: Emergency Nat'l Poverty TargetingCroatia: Social Protection System Modernization ProjProject( Ln. 84260-HR) Lebanon: Lebanon-Water Supply AugmentationGeorgia: Supporting Sustainable Wastewater Project( Ln. 84430-LB)Management Lebanon: Lebanon Municipal Services Emer-Kosovo: Kosovo Health Project(Cr. 54420-XK) gency ProjectMacedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of: ADDI- Morocco: MA- Noor Ouarzazate ConcentratedTIONAL FINANCING - MSIP (EU-IPA) Solar Power Project( Ln. 84400-MA)Serbia: Deposit Insurance Strengthening Pro- West Bank and Gaza: Health System Resiliencyject( Ln. 83400-YF) StrengtheningSerbia: Finance and Private Results Based IPF Yemen, Republic of: RY Higher Education Qual-Serbia: Second Serbia Health Project( Ln. ity Improvement Project - Additional Financing83380-YF) Yemen, Republic of: Yemen Accountability En-Ukraine: Second Power Transmission Project( hancement ProjectLn. 84620-UA) Yemen, Republic of: Emergency Support to So-Uzbekistan: Improving Pre-primary and General cial Protection Project(Cr. D0120-RY)Secondary Education ProjectUzbekistan: Pap-Angren Railway( Ln. 84650-UZ) South Asia RegionLatin America And Caribbean Region Afghanistan: Physical and Institutional Infra-Belize: Climate Resilient Infrastructure( Ln. structure for Strategic Grain Reserves in Afghan-84160-BZ) istanBolivia: Bolivia Climate Resilience - Integrated Afghanistan: Non-Formal Approach to TrainingBasin Management Education and Jobs in Afghanistan ProjectColombia: Forest Conservation and Sustainabil- Afghanistan: Additional Financing of the Floodity in the Heart of the Colombian Amazon DistasterColombia: ACCESS WITH QUALITY TO Afghanistan: Kabul Urban Transport EfficiencyHIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT-ACCES II - Improvement ProjectSOP PHASE 2( Ln. 83540-CO) Bangladesh: Income Support Program for theMARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 10

Poorest(Cr. 55530-BD) G2250-MV) Bangladesh: Community Climate Change Project Nepal: SREP-Supported Extended Biogas Pro- Bangladesh: Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Pro- ject ject(Cr. 55610-BD) Nepal: Nepal: Grid Solar and Energy Effi- India: Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation ciency(Cr. 55660-NP) to Climate Change Sri Lanka: Skills Development Project(Cr. Maldives: Accelerating Sustainable Private In- 55160-LK, Cr. 55170-LK) vestment in Renewable Energy Project(Cr. PAGE 11 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

for example seed and fertilizer, through strengthen-Africa ing research and extension capacity. The third area of support relates to policies. There isAngola a need to invest in an improved policy making process that will create an enabling environment for a moreAgriculture, fishing, and forestry competitive agricultural sector that provides jobs and food security. Support can be aimed at the develop-Angola Agriculture and Agribusiness Devel- ment of a sector investment plan, with input from theopment Program: The project development objec-tive is to increase farmer incomes, agricultural African Unions Comprehensive African Agriculturalproductivity, and value addition. Development Program (CAADP) and sector stake-Background:While Angola has achieved middle in- holders in Angola. The policy making process can alsocome status, its Human Development Index is ex- be supported by strengthening the analytical capac-tremely low and 50% of the population lives below the ity, as well as the policy dialogue process to ensurepoverty line. With the economys reliance on oil, a that policy and investment decisions are based on em-strong Kwanza puts limits on international competi- pirical evidence, and represent the sectors needs. Intiveness in key sectors, namely manufacturing andagriculture. However, with strategic public invest- the short term, a number of joint studies will be con-ments, agriculture sector development has the poten- ducted to inform the joint program design. Identifica-tial to contribute to economic diversification, and to tion completed on 7 July 2014. Environmental As-the reduction of poverty that persists mainly in rural sessment Category B. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Con-areas. National and sector policies and programs have sulting services to be determined. Implementingidentified agriculture as a priority sector: The Na- agency(ies) to be determined.tional Development Plan 2013-17 (NDP) has identi- Smallholder Agriculture Development and Commer-fied agriculture as an engine for food security, povertyand inequality reduction, and calls for increasing the cialization Project: The Project Development Objec-sectors competitiveness. The medium term agricul- tive is to increase smallholder agricultural productionture sector development plan (PDMPSA) promotes and marketing in the project area Identification com-the transformation from subsistence to commercial pleted on 26 January 2015. Environmental Assess-and market oriented agriculture. ment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) toProposed approach: The first area of support is re-lated to rural infrastructure, service delivery, and pri- be determined.vate sector participation necessary to unleash the po-tential of smallholder farmers. Public investments are Water, sanitation and flood protectionrequired to expand rural infrastructure (e.g. irriga-tion, roads, bridges, storage facilities) for small and Provincial Capital Cities Water Supply Project: A.large farmers, and support the provision of services to Proposedsmallholders (e.g. extension, inputs, linkages with the Development Objective(s):market). In addition, public-private partnerships canbe identified to provide commercial opportunities for (i) Increase water service coverage in key cities; andagribusiness firms and smallholders, creating market (ii) Strengthen institutional capacity and regulatoryopportunities for the smallholder sector, including frameworks for water supply services in the Provin-the development of rural finance mechanisms. cial Water and Saniataion Utilities (PWSUs) servingThe second area of support relates to capacity build- the key cities. Identification completed on 12 Augusting. There is a need to invest to strengthen agricul- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A.tural statistics to improve the quality and availability US$374.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter-of data and information, and create a basis for evi-dence-based decision making. In addition, human ca- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.pacity building is required at all levels, for examplethrough the strengthening of agricultural education, Beninboth at higher and vocational levels, while the deliv-ery of entrepreneurship development training would Industry and tradecontribute to an enhanced management capacityamong small and medium size enterprises. Public andprivate investments are required to accelerate the de- Bj-Ng Cross-Border Invest Opportunities: Thevelopment and adoption of agricultural technologies, objective of the project is to spur cross-border invest- ments between Benin and Nigeria in dedicated value MARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 12

chains or industries where Benin detain a clear com- Botswana government, this new IBRD lending projectpetitive advantage. The ambition would be to allow will support the government to increase access, im-beninesse companies to serve not only the domestic prove quality and develop practical skills at the sec-market but more importantly the Nigerian market. ondary level of education and training. Activities un-Identification completed on 5 December 2013. Envi- der this project are envisaged to cover three broad ar-ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA eas: school construction and rehabilitation, qualityCredit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- improvement, and skills development. The projectmenting agency (ies) to be determined. will build upon the government's new education sec- tor strategy which will be launched in July 2014. ThePublic Administration, Law, and Justice lending volume, sector coverage and TA components will be further adjusted accordingly. Everything inBenin Decentralized Community Driven Ser- this initiation is purely rough estimation. Identifica-vices Project - Addl Financing: To improve ac- tion completed on 25 September 2014. Environmen-cess to decentralized basic social services and to tal Assessment Category B. US$80.0 (IBRD). Con-mainstream the CDD approach for such services. Ap- sulting services to be determined. Implementingproval completed on 27 February 2014. Environmen- agency(ies) to be determined.tal Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit).Consultants will be required. Secretariat for Decen- Health and other social servicestralized Community Driven Services Tel: (229) 9003-3601, E-mail: sepsdcc@yahoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Ger- Social Assistance System Modernization: Ob-main Ouin Ouro jective to be Determined. Identification completed on 27 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category Public Investment Management and Govern- C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to beance Support Project: The project development determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter-objective is to strengthen public investment manage- mined.ment effectiveness and enhance public sector ac-countability in Benin. Concept completed on 9 De- Water, sanitation and flood protectioncember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C.Project: P147014. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Botswana Water Security and Efficiency Pro-services to be determined. Unite de Gestion des Re- ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification com-formes Tel: 229-21-31-09-00, E-mail: zodajo@ya- pleted on 4 June 2014.hoo.fr, Contact: Joel Zodjihoue, Coordonnateur. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple-Water, sanitation and flood protection menting agency(ies) to be determined.

Benin Emergency Urban Env. 2nd Add. Fin.: Burkina Fasosaa Identification completed on 2 February 2015. En-vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Industry and tradeCredit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- Burkina Faso Sahel Growth Pole: Per the coun-menting agency (ies) to be determined. trys poverty reduction strategy, Burkina Faso seeks to maximize social and economic benefits derivedBotswana from the sector. In September 2012, the Minister of Economy and Finances of Burkina Faso contacted theEducation World Bank to help develop a mining growth pole in the North/Sahel region as a way to improve signifi- Botswana Secondary Education and Skills cantly the quality of life in mining communities. ThisDevelopment: The changing demongraphy, the in- activity responds to the fundamental problem re-creased attainment of primary education, and the flected in the governments inquiry: economic bene-pressure of youth employment have raised demand fits from the mining sector are not sufficiently accru-for access, quality and relevance of education and ing to North/Sahel mining communities.training at the secondary level. At the request of the PAGE 13 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

This project will develop and enhance local economic help to provide clean water to 527,000 additionalactivities in Burkina Faso's North/Sahel mining com- people and to provide improved sanitation services tomunities. It will be composed of the following four el- 246,000 additional people." Approval completed onements: 12 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. Project: P149556. US$ 80.0 (IDA Grant). Con- 1. Helping potential suppliers so they can increas- sultants will be required. Office National de l'Eau etingly sell to mines, de l'Assainissement (ONEA) Tel: (226) 5043-1900, 2. Building local industries by enhancing other in- Contact: ..come-generating activities, 3. Improving delivery of basic services in mining Burundicommunities, and 4. Encouraging construction of regional, shared in- Agriculture, fishing, and forestryfrastructure. Identification completed on 17 October2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Burundi Coffee Sector Competitiveness113.2 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- Support Project: 17.The project development ob-mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. jective (PDO) is to increase sustainable coffee produc- tion and enhance coffee quality, for the benefit ofTransportation smallholders. This will contribute to: (a) improving the sector productivity and competitiveness; and (b) BF Infrastructure, Urban Development and the countrys strategic goals of poverty reduction andMobility Project: The Project Development Objec- enhanced exports revenues. Concept completed on 13tive is to contribute in removing infrastructure, con- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B.nectivity and mobility constraints for urban and rural Project: P151869. US$ 55.0 (IDA Grant). Consultingcommunities and promote regional capitals and their services to be determined. INTERCAFE Tel:rural hinterlands economic functions development. 25779923317, E-mail: nkurunzizafra@yahoo.fr, Con- Teh project will finance infrastructure, urban devel- tact: Mr. Francois Nkurunziza, Intercafe Executiveopment and mobility activities to support the imple- Committee President.mentation of the transport sector strategy of BurkinaFaso for the period 2011-2015 and the national policy Health and other social servicesof housing and urban development as well as the pri-ority actions of the Schmas Directeurs dAm- BI- Social Safety Nets: Objective to be Deter-nagement et dUrbanisme (SDAU) of the 13 regional mined. Identification completed on 30 June 2014.capitals. Identification completed on 31 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined.(IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Imple- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.menting agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and tradeWater, sanitation and flood protection (N) City Competitiveness for Job Creation: The Urban Water Sector Project - Additional Fi- proposed PDO is to enhance competitiveness and in-nancing: The overall objective of the project is to in- crease job creation in the agribusiness, tourism andcrease access to sustainable water and sanitation ser- related sectors in Bujumbura. Identification com-vices in selected urban areas. This will contribute to pleted on 11 March 2015. Environmental Assessmentachievement of the water and sanitation MDGs. The Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser-project will achieve the objective through: (a) facili- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) totatingaccess to services through programs for con- be determined.structing social water service connections, publicstandpipes, and on-site sanitation facilities; and (b) Public Administration, Law, and Justiceconsolidating the achievements of the urban watersupply sub-sector reforms and strengthening capaci- (R) Strengthening Institutional Capacity forties to deliver and manage services. The project will Government Effectiveness Project: The Project MARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 14

Development Objective (PDO) is: to strengthen gov-ernment institutional capacity to improve fiscal man- CV Public Sector Governance Project: The effi-agement. cient provision of infrastructure and other public goods in small economies is challenging given theirThis objective will be achieved by supporting govern- large fixed costs, indivisibilities in production andment efforts to mobilize domestic revenue, improve limited economies of scale. In this context, attractingpublic expenditure management and controls, pro- private partners can be difficult. In Cape Verde thisduce timely statistics for policy making, and improve has resulted in the purely public provision of key in-mining sector regulatory capacity and practices. Ne- frastructure, with important implications both for thegotiations authorized on 19 February 2015. Environ- governments fiscal accounts and the efficiency of ser-mental Assessment Category C. Project: P149176. vice delivery, which significantly affects the countrysUS$ 22.0/6.0 (IDA Grant/GBEL). Consulting ser- competitiveness. Cape Verdes five major SOEs, havevices to be determined. MINISTRY OF FINANCE Tel: long been a source of contingent liabilities for the gov-25779988725, E-mail: mushdes@yahoo.fr, Contact: ernment and the quality of the service delivery thatDesire Musharitze, Coordinator of the cellule. they provide is poor due to their generally weak com- mercial and financial performance.Transportation The reform of SOEs is at the core of the governments(R) Burundi- Infrastructure Resilience Emer- reform agenda. Monitoring both the financial perfor-gency Project: The Projects objective is to enhance mance of SOEs and the quality of their service deliv-the climate resilience of key transport and drainage ery is imperative to ensure continued fiscal sustaina-infrastructure in Greater Bujumbura while strength- bility and create the infrastructure conditions neces-ening the countrys capacity to manage and prevent sary to achieve the countrys development objectives.natural disasters. Negotiations authorized on 4 In pursuit of the first objective, fiscal sustainability,March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. over the last three years the government has beenProject: P150929. US$ 25.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting working to strengthen SOE management and over-services to be determined. Road Agency (OdR) Tel: sight. However, the effectiveness of state oversight25722253695, E-mail: nibayubahev@gmail.com, and ownership is hampered by institutional settingsContact: Vincent NIBAYUBAHE, Directeur General. and capacities. State ownership and oversight of SOEs is ensured by the Ministry of Finance and Plan-Cabo Verde ning (MFP), legally responsible for this function, through the Directorate of State Participations (DSPEIndustry and trade - Direo de Servio de Participaes do Estado) at the General Directorate of Treasury. The effectiveness Competitiveness for Tourism Development: of this institutional framework is limited by the ca-The development objective of the proposed project is pacity of the SOE Unit and its institutional authority.to increase investment and improve the competitive- This project will provide technical support the Min-ness of Cabo Verde. This will be achieved by (i) istry of Finance and Planning and the DSPE tostrengthening the institutional capacity and regula- strenghten the institutional design governing thetory framework to increase investment, (ii) support- rlelations between the SOEs and their controller, anding the establishment of a National Tourism Destina- imporve the supervisory and ownership functions oftion to diversify the tourism product, and (iii) the DSPE. Identification completed on 1 Auguststrengthening the capacity of entrepreneurs to imple- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ment business ideas and generate employment. Iden- 4.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter-tification completed on 17 December 2013. Environ- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.mental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDACredit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- Cameroonmenting agency(ies) to be determined. Agriculture, fishing, and forestryPublic Administration, Law, and Justice Community Development Program Support PAGE 15 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

Project-Phase III: 12. The development objective Objective to be Determined. Identification completedof phase III (PNDPIII) is to enhance the capacity of on 6 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate-communes for the implementation of the commu- gory B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to benaldevelopment plans, and extend the ongoing pro- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter-cess in support to decentralization in new district mined.communes. The main beneficiaries will be the 329communes that have been supported during phase I Central African Republicand phase II and that already have communal devel-opment plans, plus 31 additional district communes. Energy and miningAt the end of this phase, the program will achieve na-tional geographic coverage. Indeed, all the 360 dis- CAR Rehabilitation and Reinforcement of thetrict communes of Cameroon will be covered by the Electricity Sector: Objective to be Determined.program (100% national coverage). Concept com- Identification completed on 18 October 2012. Envi-pleted on 11 December 2014. Environmental Assess- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 17.0 (IDAment Category B. Project: P144637. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple-Credit). Consulting services to be determined. PNDP menting agency(ies) to be determined.Tel: 237 793 49 04, E-mail: pndp@pndp.org. Health and other social servicesEnergy and mining CF - LONDO ('Stand-Up') Project: The proposed CM-Electricity Transmission and Reform P: PDO is to provide temporary employment to vulnera-The proposed Cameroon - Electricity Transmission ble people for local reconstruction purposes through-and Reform project will support electricity transmis- out the entire territory of the country.sion network investments which are unlikely to be fi-nanced under private financing. The project will also The higher-level objective is to promote social cohe-support the ongoing electricity sector reform which sion while improving local governance and support-aims at creating a state owned Transmission Com- ing economic recovery, through the provision of wagepany. Identification completed on 9 October 2014. jobs, community engagement and rehabilitation ofEnvironmental Assessment Category A. US$400.0 infrastructure.(IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple-menting agency(ies) to be determined. The proposed project also provides an innovative al- ternative to traditional disarmament, demobilization,Public Administration, Law, and Justice and reintegration (DDR) programs, which have a poor track-record in the Central African Republic. PFM Reform Project: The proposed project will Identification completed on 3 September 2014. Envi-finance the following technical assistance to: (i) con- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDAsolidate the existing efforts in the implementation of Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Imple-performance management tools in support of pro- menting agency(ies) to be determined.gram budgeting approach, (ii) reinforce capacity ofthe national players of the public procurement in or- (R) Health System Support Project Additionalder to implement the new procurement strategy and Financing: The revised project development objec-(iii) prepare the various feasibility studies for the de- tives are to: (a) increase utilization and improve theployment of an integrated financial management sys- quality of maternal and child health services in tar-tem. Identification completed on 6 October 2014. En- geted rural areas the Recipients territory; and (b)vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA provide emergency health services to the general pop-Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- ulation. Appraisal completed on 10 March 2015. En-menting agency(ies) to be determined. vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P153030. US$ 6.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants areTransportation required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined.Cameroon Transport Sector Support Project: MARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 16

has probably increased since then . Poverty incidencePublic Administration, Law, and Justice varies considerably across regions and is typically higher in rural areas and on the island of Anjouan.(R) Emergency Public Services Response Pro- The primary sector of the economy (mainly subsist-ject: The project development objective is to re-es- ence agriculture, a few cash crops, and fisheries) andtablish an operational government payroll and re- retail services dominate the economy, representinglated financial management systems. Appraisal com- about one-half and one-fifth of the country's GDP, re-pleted on 13 March 2015. Environmental Assessment spectively. Cash crops comprise mainly three high-Category C. Project: P154304. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). value export crops-vanilla, cloves and ylang-ylang -Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance / and constitute most of the export earnings in goods,CS REF Tel: (236) 746-105, E-mail: equivalent to a mere 4 percent of GDP. The third larg-gm_doungoupou@yahoo.fr, Contact: Remy Yakoro, est sector is government services, representing aboutMinister of Finance. 10 percent of GDP. Despite the potential in tourism, the country has failed so far to tap into the growingChad role of this sector in the region. With longstanding outmigration, the country benefits from large and TD-Public Financial Mgmt CB AF: The addi- growing remittances-at close to 20 percent of GDP-tional finacing will scale up some existing activities from the Comorian diaspora, mainly in France. The(technical assistance to the computerisation of the diaspora also represents the main source of visitorspublic financial management system) while support- from abroad. 2. Confirming a new commitment toing new ones (implementation of the organic finance reform, the Union of the Comoros adopted a Povertylaw, debt management). Approval completed on 12 Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the periodMay 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. 2010-2014, which was endorsed by partners, includ-US$ 10.2 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. ing the World Bank.5 The strategy has the followingMinistry of Economy and Finance Tel: (235-22) 520- core objectives: (i) stabilize the economy and lay the452, E-mail: pamfip@intnet.td, Contact: Chandanie groundwork for strong and equitable growth; (ii)Wijayawardene, Director General. strengthen key sectors by focusing on institution- building and ensuring a broader role for the privateComoros sector; (iii) strengthen governance and social cohe- sion; (iv) improve the health status of the generalHealth and other social services public; (iv) promote education and vocational train- ing with the aim of developing human capital; and (v) Comoros Social Safety Net Project: The Project promote environmental sustainability and civilian se-Development Objective is to increase poor communi- curity. 3. In support of its PRSP, the government hasties access to safety net and nutrition services. Nego- finalized a comprehensive Public Financial Manage-tiations authorized on 21 January 2015. Environmen- ment strategy for the coming decade (2010-19) andtal Assessment Category B. Project: P150754. US$ 6.0 adopted a detailed Action Plan for 2010-12. The pro-(IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. FADC Tel: posed strategy is organized around four pillars6: (i)2697732882, E-mail: fadc@comorestelecom.km, modernizing the legislative and regulatory frameworkContact: Mme Doulfat Dhilkamal, Executive Director. and strengthening institutional capacity; (ii) rational- izing budget preparation; (iii) strengthening budgetPublic Administration, Law, and Justice execution; and (iv) increasing transparency through improved internal and external controls. The action Economic Governance Technical Assistance - plan (the first in a series of rolling triennial plans)AF: 1. Comoros' three islands form one of the small- provides a detailed, sequenced and budgeted list ofest African countries. With an estimated 760,000 in- actions mapped to specific lead institutions within thehabitants, spread among three islands, the country administration. Its implementation relies on tworemains mired in poverty. Gross Domestic Product committees that include Union and island represent-(GDP) per capita is estimated at US$785 and, based atives: The CREF (which acts as a secretariat of theon 2004 estimates, about 45 percent of the popula- Comit Budgtaire) that is responsible for the imple-tion lived below the poverty line, an incidence that mentation as well as monitoring and evaluation of the PAGE 17 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

national PFM reform strategy, and the HASC that is wage bill calculation and external debt management.in charge of leading the civil service reform, including 7. Comoros' civil service absorbs an inordinate sharemanagement of personnel rosters, new recruitments of the Government's resources, while delivering poorinto the civil service and implementation of the or- quality services to the population. During the periodganic frameworks. 4. Notwithstanding this new dy- of decentralization, most central administrativenamism for PFM reforms, important challenges re- structures were simply duplicated in each autono-main. The 2007 Public Expenditure and Financial As- mous island (without regard for administrative effi-sessment (PEFA) review rated Comoros at the lowest ciency or financial sustainability). Correspondinglypossible score, on 22 out of 28 key indicators. This the civil service roster increased from less than 6,000evaluation emphasized weaknesses at all levels of in 1999 to some 12,000 in 2008, with a concomitantpublic financial management (from formal institu- rise of wage and salaries expenditures from 6.2 to 9tions and procedures to actual implementation and percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a loss ofprocesses), and puts Comoros squarely in the 'lower institutional memory and a dilution of already scareperformance league' of African countries. 5. Major human resources. Moreover, the often discretionaryweaknesses contribute to reduce the Government's nature of these appointments has weakened the sig-efficiency in terms of budget preparation, execution, nificance of positions and job descriptions withinand reporting. Despite recent improvements and ef- each public institution. 8. The government has takenforts to enhance cooperation via the Comit steps to improve the effectiveness of public admin-Budgtaire, budget preparation remains nonpartici- istration and gradually reduce the wage bill, but muchpatory with consultations between Union and Islands remains to be done. The HASC has supervised the es-fragmentary and unstructured. As a result, the budget tablishment of a unified computerized civil serviceis established mainly on the basis of economic and fi- roster (for the Union and Islands) and contracted thenancial constraints, and is largely disconnected from development of an integrated civil service and wagepolicy priorities. With revenues barely covering wages management software. It has also carried out a vastand recurrent expenditures, there is limited scope for review of the existing organizational structures ofusing the budget as a tool for resource allocations. In each administration (cadres organiques) an updatedaddition, the budgetary nomenclature is still based on version of which has been adopted by Parliament inadministrative classifications and does not permit es- 2010 and will be gradually implemented. Neverthe-tablishing a direct link between the budget (prepara- less, there are numerous remaining challenges. Fortion and monitoring) and the government's policy example, the civil service roster will only become apriorities or tracking priority expenditures through useful management tool once a physical census of allthe budget cycle. With respect to execution, the legal civil servants has been completed to clean up and val-and procedural framework is outdated and moreover idate the data. Also, much work is needed to developpoorly understood even by those in charge of the ad- feasible strategies for implementing the new organi-ministrative phase of execution (credit managers). As zational structures over time and with due considera-a result normal procedures are often circumvented tion for social consequences. 9. In January 31 2011,through a proliferation of exceptional procedures and the Bank approved a grant in the amount of SDR 1.2significant gaps appear between budgeted and actual million (USD 1.8 million equivalent) to support theamounts. Thus the informational and authorization country's PFM and civil service reform programs. Thefunctions of the budget are severely undermined. At original project development objectives are (i) to in-the Treasury level, serious structural weaknesses crease the efficiency, accountability and transparencywere again compounded during the reconciliation pe- of public financial management and (ii) to improveriod, which saw a breakdown in communication and the management of civil service human resources andsystems across levels of Government. As a result key wages. The disbursement percentage as of Decemberpublic accounts documents are simply never pro- 18, 2012 is about 67%. 10. A midterm performanceduced. 6. PFM information systems and financial review was conducted in March 2012 and followed bycontrol mechanisms are generally rudimentary and s supervision mission in October 2012. Overall, pro-obsolete, and lack an integrated financial manage- gress towards achieving the PDOs and implementa-ment information system. Except for the recently im- tion progress of the activities were found satisfactory.plemented ASYCUDA++ for customs operations, the However, the team noted a financing gap of aboutonly systems in place are software applications for $1.5 million to implement the remaining activities of MARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 18

the project, including the PFM information system 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro-and the implementation of the recommendations of ject: P149049. US$ 6.0 (CSCF). No consultants arethe HR assessments and reviews (physical census of required. National Steering Committee Tel: 243-the civil servants, wages paid by checks, organic 0998668497, E-mail: cpndgmrdc@gmail.com, Con-frameworks). In addition, the policy dialogue with the tact: Kapupu Diwa Mutimanwa, Prsident du CNP.Ministry of Finance highlighted the weak macroeco-nomic management capacities which undermine the Educationcountry's ability to formulate expenditure policy deci-sions based on sound assumptions and data. To ad- Quality and Relevance of Secondary and Ter-dress this challenge, the authorities have requested tiary Education Project: The proposed PDO is tothe Bank's support to conduct economic management improve the quality and relevance of Junior Second-studies to inform budget preparation processes and ary Education, formal TVET and corresponding areassectoral analysis. 12. The purpose of the additional of Tertiary Education. Project interventions in Juniorfinancing is to support the implementation of those Secondary and Tertiary Education will prioritizeactivities. More specifically, the additional activities STEM education, while in formal TVET are limited toare following: (i) Acquire and roll out a system cover- selected priority sectors and targeted geographic ar-ing budget preparation, budget execution, and ac- eas. Concept completed on 25 August 2014. Environ-counting and reporting; (ii) design and build the re- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P149233.quired network (LAN and WAN) so that the module US$ 200.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be de-could be used by the Treasury services throughout the termined. Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Voca-territory (iii) support the implementation of the HR tional Education Tel: 243811762786, E-mail: mak-assessments and reviews (physical census of the civil eryvet@hotmail.com, Contact: Maker Mwanguservants, wages paid by checks, organic frameworks) Famba, Minister.(iv) economic management studies to inform budgetpreparation processes and sectoral analysis. 13. Health and other social servicesMoreover, the original date closing date is set for De-cember 31, 2013. According to the IT master plan, the Health System Strengthening for Better Ma-acquisition and roll out of the budget and accounting ternal and Child Health Results Projectsystem would take up to 18 months. Therefore an ex- (PDSS): The proposed project development objec-tension of the closing date of the parent project is pro- tive is to improve utilization and quality of maternalposed until December 31, 2015. 14. No other changes and child health services in targeted areas within theare proposed to the project's development objectives Recipient's Territory. Approval completed on 18 De-as the additional activities fit within the originally cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B.conceived objectives. Approval completed on 12 No- Project: P147555. US$ 130.0/90.0/6.5 (IDAvember 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Credit/IDA Grant/HRBF).US$ 3.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Consultants will be required. Democratic Republic ofEconomic and Governance Project (ABGE) Tel: (263) Congo Tel: 243818000006, E-mail: fe-773-9900, E-mail: moinacharani@yahoo.fr, Contact: lixkabange@yahoo.fr, Contact: Dr. Felix Kabange,Moinafatima Charani, Coordinator, ABGE. Minister of Health.

DRC Reinsertion and Reintegration Project:Congo, Democratic Republic of The Project will support the third phase of national Disarmament, Demobilization and ReintegrationAgriculture, fishing, and forestry Program (DDRIII) which aim at contributing to the stabilization of eastern DRC through the demobiliza- Forest Dependent Communities Support Pro- tion and reintegration of the remaining disarmedject: The objective of the project is to empower tar- armed groups in Eastern DRC. Identification com-geted Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities pleted on 28 October 2014. Environmental Assess-(IPLC) to benefit from and engage in REDD+ policies ment Category B. US$ 15.0/6.5 (IDA Grant/TDRP).and FIP activities. Concept completed on 14 February Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 19 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

(RVA) Tel: 243-811-681-123, E-mail: rva.dg@rva.cdPublic Administration, Law, and Justice andregiedesvoiesaeriennes@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdala Bilenge, Directeur General a.i.. Governance II: This is additional financing for theongoing GCEP operation P104041, as per the recom- DRC High Prirority Roads Reopening andmendation of the MTR, conducted in November Maintenance - 2nd Additional Fin: Objective to2010, and as per the detailed request from the Minis- be Determined. Identification completed on 3 Febru-ter of Finance, received in January 2011. Additional ary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A.financing will fund activities in a 4th provinces (Kasai US$ 120.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be de-Occidental) additional activity on supporting pro- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter-curement reform additional activity on public service mined.identification process additional cost for IT invest-ments due to price increases and expansion of the in-itially planned activities Approval completed on 9 Congo, Republic ofMay 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C.Project: P126115. US$ 67.0 (IDA Grant). No consult- Educationants are required. Ministry of Interior Tel: (243-99)290-5743, E-mail: prcgrdc@gmail.com, Contact: Education Sector Support Project: The pro-Popaul Kizungu Chihiza, Project Coordinator. posed project would support access, quality and rele- vance of basic, secondary and tertiary education in DRC-Statistics Development Project: 1. The the Republic of Congo. Identification completed on 6development objectives of this project are threefold: October 2014. Environmental Assessment Category1) to improve the quality and the timeliness of statis- B. US$ 30.0/10.7 (IDA Credit/EFAF). Consulting ser-tical information; 2) to make data accessible to users; vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) toand 3) to promote the demand for statistics. 2. The be determined.project will ensure sustainability of reliable andtimely statistics service delivery through: human re- Public Administration, Law, and Justicesources capacity development; the improvement ofthe capacity of the National Statistical System to at- Statistics Capacity Building Project: The objec-tract and retain qualified and motivated staff; the im- tives of the project are to (i) strengthen the Nationalprovement of the institutional organization; and the Statistical System in the production and, dissemina-development of adequate infrastructures including tion of timely and robust statistics relevant for poli-ICT solutions for statistical information production cies and decision making, and (ii) promote the de-and dissemination. Identification completed on 10 mand for statistical information. Approval completedApril 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. on 9 June 2014. Environmental Assessment CategoryUS$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- C. Project: P133731. US$ 4.8 (IDA Credit). No con-termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- sultants are required. National Institute of Statisticsmined. Tel: (242-05) 521-9264, E-mail: dkimpouni@hot- mail.com, Contact: Dominique Kimpouni, Coordina-Transportation tor. Urban Development and Poor Neighborhood(R) DRC - Goma Airport Safety Improvement Upgrading Project: The project will be based onProject: The Project Development Objective is to im- two approaches: (i) to intervene urgently in the prior-prove the safety, security, and operations of Goma In- ity neighborhoods (ii) to develop a strategy and an ac-ternational Airport. Approval completed on 13 tion plan to avoid the recurrence of such problems inMarch 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. the future. Identification completed on 12 SeptemberProject: P153085. US$ 52.0 (IDA Grant). 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B.Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport US$80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Im-Tel: 243-813-331-291, E-mail: ptmrdct@yahoo.com, plementing agency(ies) to be determined.Contact: Lazare Dakahudyno Wakale Minada, Coor-donnateur du Projet; Rgie des Voies Ariennes MARCH 2015 Africa Region PAGE 20

CI- Productive Social Safety Net: 24.The projectCote d'Ivoire development objectives (PDO) are to (i) provide in- come support to poor households in selected re-Agriculture, fishing, and forestry gions/areas, and (ii) support the country build key el- ements of a national safety net system. Concept com- Obsolete Pesticides Management Project: The pleted on 14 March 2014. Environmental Assessmentprojects Project Development Objective (PDO) is the Category C. Project: P143332. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit).same as the Global Environmental Objective as re- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry ofquired for a GEF project. The PDO is to reduce ad- Employment, Social Affairs and Vocational Trainingverse health and environmental impacts in Cte (MEMEASFP) Tel: 22507806444, E-mail: kkip-dIvoire of POPs pesticides by reducing or eliminating eya@yahoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Kon Kipya Brahima,their ongoing use and managing existing stockpiles. Director, Cabinet.The PDO will be achieved by strengthening capacity Health Systems Strengthening and Ebola Pre-and the regulatory framework for themanagement of paredness Project: To strengthen the health sys-pesticides, reducing farmers' dependence on the most tem and improve the utilization and quality of healthproblematic pesticides, safeguarding contaminated and nutrition services in selected regions. Approvalsites, and managing stockpiles consistent with the completed on 25 November 2014. Environmental As-countrys obligation under the Stockholm Conven- sessment Category B. Project: P147740. US$tion. Although the project primarily focuses on POPs 35.0/35.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants willpesticides, many activities will have a wider applica- be required. Ministry of Public Health, E-mail:bility for other classes of pesticides. Concept com- konemadu@me.com, Contact: Dr. Mamadou Kone,pleted on 12 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Assistant Director of the Cabinet.Category A. Project: P131778. US$ 7.0 (GEFU). Con-sulting services to be determined. The World Bank. Youth Employment (2nd Generation): This second generation employment operation will consol-Education idate lessons from ongoing operations (including PE- JEDEC, PAPC, PRISE) and other similar interven-(R) Youth Employment and Skills Develop- tions supported by other partners (C2D, BAD,...) thatment - Additional Financing: The proposed Pro- were designed as emergency operations following theject Development Objective (PDO) is to improve ac- 2011 crisis. The operation will build on lessonscess to temporary employment and skills develop- learned through impact evaluation of the various in-ment opportunities for young men and women struments being used (in particular under the PE- in Cote d'Ivoire' s territory. Negotiations authorized JEDEC) as well as lessons from national employmenton 19 February 2015. Environmental Assessment surveys and job assessments. Taken together, this an-Category B. Project: P151844. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). alytical work provides us with valuable informationConsulting services to be determined. Implementing not only on profiles and job opportunities but alsoagency(ies) to be determined. what works and what does not work in terms of in- struments. Furthermore, the country is in the processEnergy and mining of stabilizing its political and socio-economic context and gradually moving away from emergency opera- Gazelle Gas Field Development Project: This tions to more developmental and transformationalPRG will cover the obligations of the ivorian power types of interventions. It also aspires to become ansector to pay for gas fproduced from the Gazelle field emerging economy by 2020. This operation will drawby a private operator, Vioco. Identification completed on and involve Bank expertise from several Globalon 12 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Practices i.e. SP/L and Jobs (for labor markets andCategory B. US$ 60.0 (GUID). Consulting services to employment), Education (skills), Trade and Compet-be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- itiveness (for private sector). The operation will seektermined. to raise earnings and productivity and improve em- ployment opportunities. Identification completed onHealth and other social services 27 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category PAGE 21 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2015

B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be efforts to increase access to sustainable water anddetermined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- sanitation services in Abidjan.mined. This objective will be achieved through: (i) expand-Industry and trade ing water transmission, storage and distribution ca- pacities, and facilitating access to services through CI-Integrated Growth & Competitiveness: The programs for constructing social water connectionsproposed Cote d'Ivoire Integrated Growth and Com- and public standposts; (ii) Supporting rehabilitationpetitiveness operation supports structural transfor- and expansion of sewerage networks and (iii) sup-mation around priority value chains, through a com- porting further institutional reforms and capacityplement of spatially targeted instruments facilitating building in the sector. Identification completed on 22PME/PMI access to infrastructure and logistics, fi- January 2013. Environmental Assessment Categorynancial and non financial support, and business envi- B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to beronment reform. Identification completed on 25 July determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter-2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ mined.50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter-mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Ethiopia

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Cote d'Ivoire Local Governance and Local De- (R) Second Agricultural Growth Project: Thevelopment: The development objective of the Pro- Project Development Objective is to increase agricul-ject is to contribute to rural/urban development and tural productivity and commercialization of smallpoverty reduction through supporting provision of holder farmers targeted by the project. Negotiationspriority public goods and services at the commune authorized on 13 February 2015. Environmental As-level, as well as to promote good local governance sessment Category B. Project: P148591. US$