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PROVINCIAL REFORM ADJUSTMENT LOAN - CATAMARCA The overall objective of the program supported by the Bank is to help the Province of Catamarca to reform and restructure its government so as to ensure an efficient and responsive delivery of public services within fiscally sound policies..  Specific objectives are:  A.  Public Finance and Adminsitration: (i).   Improving tax collection and administration to promote higher reliance on own-source revenues and increased accountability; (ii).  Reforming  civil service, including reduction in the wage bill and redundant personnel; improved training and compensation; controls to lower absenteeism and overpayments; and, (iii). Rationalizing public expenditures and prioritizing government spending, with emphasis on privatization and outsourcing to improve the reliability and quality of public services. B.  Education Reform: (i).   Increasing low student/teacher ratios; (ii).  Reducing disproportionate use of temporary and substitute education personnel; (iii). Improving the incentive for quality improvements; (iv). Enhancing private sector participation; and (v).  Reducing administrative costs. C.  Health Reform (i).   Extending coverage to the unisured poor (ii).  Ensuring the financial viability of the provincial health insurance carrier; (iii). Reallocating resources to non-personnel spending; (iv). Promting essential public health services; (v).  Promoting hospital autonomy (vi). Improving integration between primary and secondary health care; and (vii). Accrediting services and quality assurance systems.
RECIFE URBAN UPGRADING PROJECT Improve the wealth and well being of the urban poor of the Beberibe River Basin in the Recife Metropolitan Region by increasing the institutional capacity of public and civic entities to plan for, deliver and maintain basic shelter services for the low-income population in a coordinated and sustainable manner.  This effort will commence with a focus on improving the built and natural environment of the Beberibe River Basin in Metropolitan Recife which will improve the living conditions of the basin's approximately 500,000 inhabitants living in low-income settlements along the river's margins.
Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation "Jalswarajya" Project The project's Development Objectives are to: (a) increase rural households' access to improved and sustainable drinking water and sanitation services; and (b)  institutionalize decentralization of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) service delivery to rural local governments and communities. The project will directly benefit about 2800 Village Panchayats in 26 districts covering about 7 million rural population.
Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit PRSC 2, the second in a set of three annual PRSCs, support the Government#s reform efforts as articulated in their PRSP (or National Development Strategy NDS as it is known in Moldova) and the EU-Moldova Action Plan. The Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC2) for the Republic of Moldova is intended to bolster and deepen the reform efforts supported by the first PRSC (PRSC1). The proposed credit aims to support Government#s efforts to accelerate shared economic growth and improve governance by addressing the efficiency of its expenditure programs and public administration # key elements in poverty reduction. To this end, the proposed PRSC2 will continue to support selective areas of the Government#s reform agenda, as outlined in the National Development Plan (NDS) # the successor to the Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (EGPRSP) # and the European Union (EU)-Moldova action plan. The proposed PRSC2 also complements and reinforces other Bank Group programs in Moldova, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) and other donor activities. The PRSC2 will support the Government#s objectives of:   # Improving the Investment Climate: The Government#s reform agenda focuses on further improving the investment climate for private sector development. These efforts will also directly contribute to Government efforts to improve governance and reduce corruption. An important element of Moldova#s efforts to accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction will be improving the performance of the agriculture sector. Similarly, reducing destabilizing economic impacts of external energy price shocks will require improvements in energy efficiency. # Improving the Efficiency and Management of Public Resources: Advancing reforms that establish a modern and efficient public administration is necessary in order to achieve the country#s longer-term development outcomes. Increased public investment spending, particularly in public infrastructure, will be needed in order to support Moldova#s private-sector led growth. This will require enhancing the strategic allocation of public resources by improving the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) process, public procurement practices and including better public investment management. Reforms in a number of key sectoral areas can also improve the efficiency of public resource use, allowing for spending reallocation towards public investment. # Strengthening Pension and Social Assistance Systems. The second PRSC would support the Government#s efforts to strengthen the effectiveness and future fiscal viability of the pay-as-you-go pension program by supporting efforts to complete the 1999 pension reform, including efforts to unify the pension system for all types of pensioners. With higher energy and food prices likely to persist for some time to come, improving targeting efficiency of social assistance programs and gaining efficiency in program administration will be necessary elements of Moldova#s poverty reduction efforts.
Third Social Action Fund (MASAF III) To empower individuals, households, communities, and their development partners in the implementation of measures which can assist them in better managing risks associated with health, education, sanitation, water, transportation, energy and food insecurity, and to provide support to the critically vulnerable through a variety of sustainable interventions.
Measuring the Results of ECSSD's Interventions FY03-04 the ECSSD department did a study to capture the results of the department's work.  This had three products: a report, a table of all the indicators of each project in the department and a database summarizing key achievements of each project.  This task continues and updates the activity.  We plan to do the following:  1) to help task teams improve their focus on results both in project preparation and implementation.  This will be on request from task teams 3) to update the database of project results by reviewing each PSR as it comes out. 4) to take a small # of projects currently in the lending programme (both in supervision and in preparation) and work with the teams to improve the monitoring systems, to better link reported outputs to the original indicators and to be sure that they capture the project's achievements in their documentation. 4) to discuss the work with other parts of the region and other parts of the Bank, including helping other groups engage in similar exercises.
Kenya PRSC Project Development Objective (Note: will be disclosed in the MOS)  Board Schedule Comments
Ensuring SME Participation in International Trade The project development objective (PDO) is to increase the competitiveness of Salvadoran small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as of companies with strategic linkages with SMEs, by means of supporting innovation and technology adoption, quality enhancements and exports. Thus, the main expected beneficiaries of the project are SMEs and their strategic partners. Other beneficiaries include public and private institutions that provide technology or quality services to the private sector Ã¢Â€Â“ ranging from universities and public R&D centers to testing laboratories and quality certification consultants Ã¢Â€Â“ and the units within the Ministry of the Economy in charge of implementing the countryÃ¢Â€Â™s policies in the areas of quality and innovation. Indeed, while ESPRIT will focus on co-financing innovation, quality enhancing and export projects developed by SMEs and associated companies, it will also provide complementary support to the expansion of the supply of technology and quality services for private firms, and the strengthening of the institutions in charge of El SalvadorÃ¢Â€Â™s technology and quality policies.  The achievement of the PDO will be measured against the following main project outcomes: (i) increased innovation and technology adoption by the SMEs and associated companies supported by the project; (ii) increased compliance with international quality standards and regulations by project supported SMEs and their partners; and (iii) increased exports and increased sales to large exporters by the SMEs supported by the project.  The following are the key performance indicators to assess progress towards the PDO.  (i)	Number of firms that introduced new products and/or processes through ESPRIT-supported innovation projects: 50 by the end of the second year and 200 by the end of the project.  (ii)	Number of firms supported by the project that received internationally recognized quality certifications: 20 by the end of the second year and 80 by the end of the project.  (iii)	New exports generated by firms supported by the project: US$ 7 million by the end of the second year and US$ 31 million by the end of the project.
BI-ERSG II ERSG II grant will support the Government to continue: (i) reforms in the public finance management system to improve accountability and transparency in public spending; (ii) reforms in  the business legal and institutional environment to foster private-sector-led growth; and (iii) reforms in the coffee subsector.
Second Infrastructure Asset Management Project The projectâ€™s development objectives are to: (i) enhance the economic, environmental and social sustainabilityof transport and coast al infrastructure assets; and (ii) manage those assets and natural resources and respond to nationalemergencies, through an effectiv e partnership with private sector stakeholders.
Punjab Large Cities DPL The development objective of the DPL is to promote economic growth in the major cities of Punjab through metropolitan level strategic planning, integrated infrastructure investment programs, and more efficient urban service delivery.
Natural Resources Development Project The project development objective is to establish or maintain sustainable, community-based natural resource management in about 218 communes in upland and mountainous erosion-prone lands. This will lead to enhanced productivity and incomes derived from sustainable resource management, reduced soil degradation, improved water management, conservation of biodiversity, and strengthened public sector management of these resources.
Higher Education - Improving Access The objective of the Project is to improve the quality and equity of the Borrower's Tertiary Education system through sub sector's r esponse to society's needs for high quality human capital that will enhance Colombia's competitiveness in the global market. The pro ject will make the Colombian tertiary  education system more responsive to demand, and promote greater equity and quality in the preparation of tertiary education graduate s. It is expected that the project will accomplish the following: * Increase Equity by redesigning and expanding the student loan scheme to enable needy but qualified students to attend (i) undergra duate university education of good quality and relevance, and (ii) tertiary level technical and short cycle programs of high relevan ce for skill enhancement. * Improve Quality by establishing competitive grants to (i) improve Post-graduate programs in Colombia, and (ii) encourage talented  young Colombians to pursue advanced degrees. * Support Coherence and Efficiency by (i) enhancing the legal and technical framework, (ii) consolidating and organizing the Quality  Assurance System in a manner that promotes quality enhancement and institutional commitment, and (iii) building capacity for strategic planning and management in the Ministry of Educa tion and other governing bodies.
HN Rural Land Management (and associated JSDF -Developing Central American Small Farmers Links to Specialty Coffee Market )
Railway Restructuring (PKP) Project The Project objective is to support implementation of the commercialization, restructuring and partial privatization of Polish State Railways. The project includes temporary income support/severance packages and redeployment services (job search counseling and re-training) for about 37,000 redundant employees to be laid off between August 2000 and December 2002 It also includes technical assistance on implementation of the restructuring and privatization.
Poverty Reduction and Local Rural Development (PROLOCAL) PROLOCAL's development objective is to support local empowerment, improve quality of local services, and increase access to productive assets by the rural poor in six poor micro-regions of the country.  To address these issues, PROLOCAL emphasizes the importance of (i) social capital development based on the organization, (ii) human capital formation based on education and services, and (iii) access to productive assets based on sustainable use of natural resources, value-added chains, and off-farm economic opportunities linked to peri-urban activity. PROLOCAL approach of using communities and their territorial or second-tier organizations to implement the project follows the arrangements being carried out by the Bank-financed Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Development Project (PRODEPINE). While PRODEPINE depends on ethnic affinity groups to channel resources, PROLOCAL works with non-indigenous peasant communities, and its intervention focuses on different geographical areas. Benchmark indicators of project performance include: --60,000 households take active role in elaborating own local development plans; --150 local governments collaborate with beneficiaries in generating development plans at the Parroquia and CantÃ³n levels; --80% of expected counterpart contributions are made available by local organizations; --30% of individuals participating in community development planning process are women; --80% of beneficiaries are poor; --Beneficiary households improve access to productive assets; --Beneficiary households improve access to quality rural development services; --Income level of beneficiaries of productive projects improves by 15%; --Under-employment among beneficiaries households decreases by 20%.
Geothermal Energy Development Program (GeoFund) 1st tranche The objective of the Program is to systematically promote the use of geothermal energy in the Europe and Central Asia region by  removing barriers to the develo pment of renewable energy.
Yixing Pumped Storage Project The objective of the proposed project is to increase the overall efficiency of the power sector in Jiangsu Province in two ways: (a) Through the design and implementation of a far-reaching restructuring of the sector to further competition at the generation level and to provide large consumers access to generators (by promoting the transition from a monopoly-monopsony structure to an unbundled competitive structure: wholesale market by end 2005 and eventually retail market by 2012). (b) Through the construction of a pumped storage plant (4 x 250 MW) and associated transmnission in Yixing to ease acute peaking problems and improve the generation mix that would create the conditions for more flexible dispatch and improved supply reliability, an essential requirement for well-functioning competitive markets.
Global Development Awards and Medals The objective of the Global Development Awards Competition is to support the research capacity development of economics and social science researchers and fund innovative social development projects benefiting marginalized groups in the developing world
EWDWS - EXPERIENCE WITH PERFORMANCE BASED TRANSFERS Decentralization of WSS service provision is widespread yet central governments often remain the principal source of external financing. Many have posited that for such public funding to be used efficiently, the instruments and programs through which such transfers are made should adhere to performance criteria.  OBA is but one approach and it is transaction based.
BANGKOK AIR QUALITY PROJECT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE REDUCTION.  THE PROJECT HAS FOUR COMPONENTS:  1) TRANSPORT SOURCE CONTROL; 2) CONTROL OF ROAD DUST FROM RESUSPENSION, CONSTRUCTION, ETC.; 3) AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS RAISING; AND 4) CAPACITY BUILDING.
Social Infrastructure Retrofitting Project The Board approved an additional loan of US$15 million for the project with an e xtension of the closing date until December 31, 2010. The development objectives  were not changed.
EGYPT-Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project The overall project objective is to assist the Borrower in improving the management of irrigation and drainage in the Project area to increase the efficiency of irrigated agriculture water use and services (expected to have positive impacts on water distribution quantity, quality, equity and timeliness).
SN-GEF Elec Srvc for Rural Areas (FY05) The project's development objective is to increase the access of Senegal's rural population to modern energy services and to ensure the environmental and social sustainability of woodfuels in urban and peri-urban areas.
Health (Dropped) PROJECT OBJECTIVES:(1) ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF CARE AND IN THE EFFICIENCY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN A PILOT DISTRICT. SUCH REFORMS WOULD INCLUDE RATIONALIZATION OF HEALTH SVCS, INCENTIVE SYSTEM AND NEW CLINICAL PROTOCOLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SCHEMES FOCUSING ON THE INTEGRATED PROVISION OF COST-EFFECTIVE CARE AIMED AT REDUCING THE BUR- DEN OF DISEASE;  &  (2) BUILD SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN THE MOH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRIES TO PREPARE, EVALUATE AND REPLICATE TESTED REFORMS.
Second Agrarian Reform Communities Development Project The overall goal of the project is to reduce rural poverty and enhance the quality of life of the target beneficiaries, comprising primarily of agrarian reform beneficiaries.  The objective of the project is to significantly raise household incomes and the quality of life of the people in the targeted Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) by improving their productive assets, rural infrastructure and access to key support services.  This would cover  about 80 new ARCs  wherein support would be provided through the following components:  (i) community development and capacity building; (ii) rural infrastructure; (iii) agriculture and enterprise development, (iv) ARCs access to financial services; (v) field implementation support; and, (vi) project management, monitoring and evaluation.
PRIVATIZATION & PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT (Parastatal) DON'T PUB DROPPED  The project will finance a program to implement a) the government's privatization strataegy and b) policy/regulatory reforms and capacity building investments based on recommendations from a body of value chain analysis developed in consultation with the private sector.  The value chain work would be based on enterprise surveys in the tourism, cotton, garments, pyrethrum, and processed foods industries.
VN-Second Payment System and Bank Modernization Project The Project's Development Objectives are to assist Vietnam's banking sector to (i)meet the demands of the economy for fast, reliable and safe payment services, (ii)broaden access to finance to facilitate the achievement of the government's povertyreduction targets, and (iii) improve the operations of the participating banks through theexpansion of the IBPS and the CBS.
Renewable Energy Project The project objective is to increase privately owned and operated distributed power generation from renewable sources, without the need for government guarantees, within the market-based framework of the new Turkish Electricity Market Law.
Coal Sector Social Mitigation Project THE PROJECT WILL HAVE FOUR COMPONENTS: (1) SAFETY AND HEALTH IMPROVE- MENTS; (2) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES; (3) SOCIAL MITIGATION PROGRAMS; (4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.  THE PROJECT IS ENVISAGED TO COVER MINES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
TERAI GROUNDWTR PROJ DEVELOPMENT OF GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION BY SHALLOW MEDIUM AND DEEP TUBE WELL DEVELOPMENT ON AOBUT 4000 HA IN TERAI.  LEGISLATION OF GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION IN NEPAL. SOME DELAYS IN RECRUITMENT OF CONSULTANTS FOR  PROJECT PREPARATION BY THE GOVERNMENT  FOR THE PREPARATION OF GV LEGISLATION & OTHER STUDIES.
LEBANON RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION AND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS JOB/INCOME CREATING ACTIVITIES.  INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING.
Rural Community-Driven Development Project The Project Development Objective is to increase access to priority basic social and economic infrastructures and services in participating communities in at least two regions of Guinea-Bissau.
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS UPGRADING OF SQUATTER AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY. 2/28/00:  Fijians are unlikely to borrow for this project at this time.
Second Economic Management and Growth The Credit of USD10 million is the second Development Policy Lending Operation (DPO) to support policy and institutional reforms as outlined in the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for FT04-07 (Report No. 27654-ZA).  The FY04-07 CAS envisages that over the four-year period of CAS implementation, there could be two multi tranche Development Policy Lending Operations or one multi tranche plus two single tranche DPOs to support CAS implementation.   This credit#s reform program and objectives aim to facilitate Zambia:   #	To maintain and deepen Zambia#s macroeconomic framework conducive to robust growth; #	To strengthen the credibility and institutional capacity of the public sector;  #	To enhance Zambia#s growth opportunities while improving its poverty impact. In addition, the expected results of the Credit are embedded in the CAS for FY08-11 and contribute to its goals and objectives.  IDA and the Government of the Republic of Zambia agree that achieving these objectives in part depend on the implementation of specific reforms in the areas of:  (i) public sector management; (ii) macro economic management including the reduction of arrears and the establishment of a credit rating bureau; (iii) agriculture; (iv) infrastructure; and (v) business environment.
Health Services Extension and Modernization (2nd APL) The overall APL program development objective, as approved by the IDA Board in 1998, is to improve health outcomes in Nicaragua, particularly among the poor, by raising the efficiency, effectiveness, equity and sustainability of the Nicaraguan health system. In this second phase of the APL, IDA financing will contribute, alongside funds from the MOH and other SWAp partners, to improve maternal and child health in the poorest municipalities of Nicaragua, concentrating roughly half of the Nicaragua?s poor. By improving the health status of this population, health inequities should reduce, as shown by disparities in maternal and infant mortality indicators across geographical areas and income groups. These goals will be achieved through the operationalization of three strategic objectives, as set up in the sector Five-Year Implementation Plan, namely: (i) the extension of coverage of  a package of basic health and nutrition services to the poorest areas of the country, via the new integrated model of health care; (ii) the physical and functional strengthening of the health service facilities network, focusing on maternal-infant care, so as to provide a seamless path of essential services in the target areas; and (iii) institutional strengthening and capacity-building, concentrated specifically on developing the purchasing, monitoring and evaluation capacities of the MOH, its leadership role to enhancing donors? alignment and harmonization, and the management capacity of MOH decentralized units and Autonomous Governments of the Atlantic Coast.