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Transparency and Governance Capacity Building Project The project aims to enhance governance, transparency and effectiveness in public sector financial management, including the oil sector   Expected outcomes include (i) greater predictability of oil sector revenues and enhanced and transparency in the management of the National Oil Company (SNPC), (ii) enhanced levels of accountability in public management through the establishment of effective anti-corruption structures, (iii) improved effectiveness in budget management, through streamlined budget procedures, strengthened public investment planning and implementation systems, a reformed public procurement system, and rationalized public sector wage bill management.
Rio de Janeiro Early Childhood Development Project SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME CHILDREN 0-6 YEARS OLD AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING IMPROVED INTEGRATION OF SERVICES ACROSS SECTORS.
Trade Policy Developmentq This project aims to help developing countries identify and assess trade policy reform priorities through an integrated program of research, capacity building and knowledge dissemination.
Multisectoral HIV/AIDS Project The objectives of the Project are to assist the Recipient to contribute to: (a) urgent needs in the fight against HIV, such as access to prevention, treatment, and impact mitigation services; (b) urgent social needs, such as prevention of malaria, increased access to water supply and improved primary education.    The Project consists of the following Components:  Component 1: Support to the National Program against HIV-AIDS  Component 2: Support to Emergency Health Needs  Component 3: Support to Emergency Needs in the Education Sector  Component 4: Support to Financial Management and Procurement.
NICARAGUA PRSC I To support the implementation of key poverty-reduction actions in Nicaragua's PRSP in the areas of: (i) public institutions an governance, (ii) human capital of the poor and vulnerable population and (iii) broad-based growth.
Agricultural Services Subsector Investment Project Improve rural income generation through increased agricultural productivity and diversification and enhanced farmer participation in production and marketing.
Lao PDR - Mainstreaming  Disaster and Climate Risk Management into Investment Decisions The proposed program aims to strengthen the institutional authority and implementation capacity of the Government of Lao PDR at national and sub-national levels to mainstreaming disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into public infrastructure investments, thereby potentially decreasing  the vulnerability of the population and national economy to climate change and natural hazards. The development objectives are expected to be achieved by : (i) integrating climate and disaster risk management into strategic national and sectoral planning and development policies; (ii) improving the consideration of disaster and climate resilience in the implementation of public infrastructure; (iii) enhancing the human and institutional capacity through training at national, provincial, district, and community level in the design and implementation of resilient infrastructure; and (iv) implementing  strategic structural and non-structural measures to enhance resilience in key growth sectors in two high-risk provinces.
Health Workforce & Services (PHP 3) Support health sector decentralization in four provinces for sustainable financing and client-centered delivery of health services. Specific Objectives: 1. Improve financing and delivery of essential health services in the provinces of Jambi, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, and West Sumatera to enhance access to care, quality of care and health outcomes at the district level. 2. Strengthen health workforce policy, management and development in a decentralized context in order to improve allocational efficiencies and equity in the distribution and use of health resources in the districts. 3. Empower MOH, MONE and IMA, the three key stakeholders in the sector.
Ulaanbaatar Clean Air The objective is to significantly reduce wintertime emission in Ulaanbaatar.  The objective of the project is to reduce urban air pollution in Ulaanbaatar city.  The project will achieve its objective through targeted investments involving key point sources of pollution, which may include (i) stoves improvement; (ii) boiler efficiency improvements; (iii) flue gas cleaning in power plants; (iv) installation of air pollution monitoring system; (v) awareness raising.
DROPPED-PE POVERTY REDUC ADJ LOAN Project Development Objective (Note: will be disclosed in the MOS)  A SAL DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH POVERTY POLICY ISSUES. TITLE: POVERTY REDUCTION AND SOCIAL SECTOR REFORM. Board Schedule Comments
Road Network Improvement Project Improve the national road network through increased preventive maintenance and s elective upgrading, and an increase in the level of resources available for road maintenance and capacity for planning, budgeting, and monitoring of road assets.
India  Third National HIV/AIDS Control Project The objective of World Bank support is to contribute to the NACP III goal of halting and reversing the AIDS epidemic by attaining the following project development objectives in accordance with the national program's strategic objectives of:  1) achieving behavior change by scaling up prevention of new infections in high risk groups and general population; and  2) increased care, support and treatment of PLHIV.
BN-National Community Driven Development Project The revised project development objective is to increase the utilization of the community-driven development approach and to improve  the access of the poorest communities to basic social and financial services.
VN-PRIMARY TEACHER DEVELOPMENT The objective of the project is to lay the foundation for a nationwide program to upgrade the quality of the primary teaching force.
Offgrid Rural Electrification (PERZA) To support the sustainable provision of electricity services and associated social and economic benefits in selected rural sites in Nicaragua, and strengthen the GOvernment's institutional capacity to implement its national rural electrification strategy. This would be accomplished by (i) supporting the Government in the design and implementation of its national rural electrification strategy; (ii) implementing innovative public/private off-grid electricity delivery mechanisms in several pilot sites for later replication on a national scales; and (iii) demonstrating in the pilot areas the potential of targeted rural microfinance and business development servicces (BDS) to significantly enhance the development impact of rural electrification.
Second Tianjin Urban Development and Environment Project Enhance the efficiency and equity of urban wastewater management and transportation systems, and thus facilitate the sustainable development of Tinajin and serve as a model for other cities in China.
RAIL TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION The main project objective is to improve railway services in Azerbaijan, as well as the competitiveness, financial sustainability, operating and cost efficiency, and capacity of the Azerbaijan Railways (ADDY) in particular along the transport corridor toward Georgia (east-west corridor).   The project will support the implementation of the first phase of the Government Program covering components, which are most time-sensitive and will most rapidly lead to cash flow generation.  The project will focus on: (i) maintaining and growing the railway business (increase revenue from US$219 million today to about US$283 million by 2015) by providing the profitable freight market segment with proper service, infrastructure and locomotive capacity; (ii) transforming the Azeri Railways into a financially self-sustainable operation in freight transportation, covering all its costs (including infrastructure maintenance and traction) from revenues, while improving its operational efficiency; and (iii) improving the transparency of the Railway sector by introducing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and profit centers  (passenger/freight) and by separating on an accounting basis passenger service that could be self-sustained from others.   Other parts of the Government Program are expected to be covered through separate projects once the proper financial and technical due diligence has been completed.
Rural Education Project The Program will support the Peruvian government's objective of improving the quality and equity of  basic education through focused investments in rural areas with the lowest education indicators and through systemic reforms of  teacher policy and education management.  This Project is the first one of a three-phase APL. Under Phase I, financing would be provided to support the implementation of key reforms of teaching and system management, initiate the investments in rural school infrastructure and quality enhancements, and pilot and evaluate alternative models of distance education at the secondary level.  Specifically, the  Project will:  (a) expand access to formal and non-formal initial and pre-school programs  in rural areas; (b) pilot and evaluate three different modalities of distance education in 116 secondary schools in the targeted rural areas; (c) improve primary school quality in rural areas through specially designed professional development programs for rural teachers focused on multigrade and bilingual education, distribution of improved learning materials, and rehabilitation of infrastructure where needed; and (d) raise sector efficiency through the implementation of the first phase of teacher policy reforms, restructuring of regional offices, initiating a decentralization process leading to more autonomous schools, with community voice in management,  and organizing rural school support network. To monitor quality and guide corrective strategies, the new national system of student assessment would be strengthened.
DROPPED-SUSTAIN INTENS OF AG WITHIN CONTEXT OF ESTABLISHED RURAL DEV. STRAT. PROJECT AIM AT ENHANCI CAPACITY OF PUBLIC PRIVATE AGENCIES; PROVIDE AGRI. SERVICES TO RURAL FARMERS, THEREBY PROMOTING MORE EFFECTIVE AND DECENTRALIZE D RURAL DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCING FOOD SECURITY BY INCREASING AND DIVERSI FYING FOOD SUPPLY; REDUCING RURAL POVERTY BY RAISING THE LIVING STAND- ARD OF POOR SMAL FARMERS THROUGH IMPROVEMENT AND RESTORATION OF THE PR PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF THEIR RESOURCE BASE.
Paraguay Mother & Child Basic Health Insurance The overall Project development objective is to contribute to the reduction of Paraguay's maternal and infant mortality by increasing the use of selected life-saving services included in the MCBI by women of clhid-bearing age and children under age six in Project Areas. To achieve this objective, the Project would help to; (i) create and implement the MCBI Program; (ii) improve quality and efficiency of the health service network in the Project Areas; (iii) increase the MSPBS's management capacity and transform the operational culture of the health care system to a system that rewards providers for increasing health care coverage and increasing productivity; and (iv) increase the population's participation in the social monitoring of basic and first-referral health services in the Project Areas.
GT DPL III The proposed Programmatic Development Loan is the last of a programmatic series of three DPLs intended to support the three main pillars of the government's development plan: promoting equitable growth and strengthening the investment climate, enhancing capacity for increased public spending in priority sectors, and improving public expenditure transparency and management. Other key areas for growth identified in education, health and nutrition, and rural economic infrastructure are supported within the CAS program through investment operations, which build on the ongoing portfolio of interventions in these areas.
Improved Policy Making and Institutional Framework for People with Disability To assist the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection to develop a more effective protection of persons with disabilities through improved disability assessment and better information on persons with disabilities for policy-making.
Energy 2 Project Improve the security and reliability of the electricity transmission system and wholesale electricity supply and, therefore, facilitate unimpeded commercial operation of the power system. Improve the availability, quality, and efficiency of  heating in selected priority public buildings.
AF Public Finance Management Review This Public Finance Management (PFM) Review analyzes the state of public finance in Afghanistan and the key issue of fiscal sustainability; it reviews expenditures in a number of important sectors, including the security sector; and it assesses the PFM processes, notably using the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) performance framework.  The report has been prepared by a large multi-sectoral team of Bank staff and consultants in partnership with the Government of Afghanistan, with support from the Asian Development Bank, the Department for International Development of the UK government, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund.
Social Protection project The development objective of the Project is to support El Salvador's Red Solidar ia program to initiate a conditional cash transfer (CCT) intervention for very p oor families and their most vulnerable children in the country's poorest municip alities.
PNG Building a More Disaster and Climate Resilient Transport Sector The objective of this project is to improve the resilience of PNG to the impact of natural disasters and climate change in the transport sector through building capacity for hazard risk assessment affecting the transport sector.
Solid Waste and Environmental Management Project Implementation of an environmentally sound solid waste management system for Jenin District. This will be achieved through the following activities: Construction of a controlled landfill in Jenin District; rehabilitation and closure of uncontrolled dumps, improvement in SWM services through provision of equipment and training and building capacity within Joint Services Council and the Environmental Quality Authority  (the former Ministry of Environmental Affairs).
MA-Promoting Accessibility of Persons with Limited Mobility (PLM) to promote the physical accessibility for persons with limited mobility by demonstrating its feasibility through a pilot project inMarrakesh.
ZW-LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT FOR ALL OF ZIMBABWE'S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS.
Education System Realignment & Strengthening Program (APL #1) The program seeks to improve the quality and relevance of primary and general se condary students learning outcomes to better prepare them to meet the demands of  a market economy and a democratic society. Phase I of the program begins to dev elop the policy and institutional framework required for an effective realignmen t of the system, develop its capacity to meet those new objectives and manage it s physical, financial and human resources equitably, efficiently and effectively .
Sana'a Basin Water Management Project The Bank intervention is an Adaptable Program Lending (APL) operation, over 15 years, to be implemented in three phases. The Program Objective is to seek long-term solutions and promote sustainable groundwater management in the Sana'a Basin. Ultimately, given the recharge of the deep aquifer is very limited, the key goal is to extend the life span of the aquifer through reductions in groundwater abstractions through irrigation efficiency improvements.  The first five-year phase of the Project is planned to assist Yemen in (i) increasing the efficiency of agricultural water use within the Sana'a Basin; and (ii) accelerating aquifer recharge to allow for a gradual shift to a less water-based rural economy. The objectives will be attained through implementation of the following key components (i) demand management and irrigation improvement; (ii) supply management and recharge improvement; (iii) institutional development and capacity building (improving the analytical data base for water resources management); (iv) information and public awareness; (v) environmental management and mitigation program; (vi) project management and monitoring; and (vii) follow-on-project preparation.
Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation (Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Basin) Project Reduce the incidence of flooding and increase the collection of wastewater in the Nhieu Loc Thi Nghe (NLTN) Basin in HCMC, in an environmentally and financially sustainable manner.
Revenue Administration Reform Project The project development objective is the implementation of a sustainable revenue collection system for Bulgaria through the establishment of an economically efficient public revenue collection system that facilitates private sector development and complies with requirements for EU accession.  A complementary objective is to assist the government in preparing for the separation of central and municipal revenue collection functions as an integral part of the institutional rationalization and modernization process.    The project would achieve its developmental objective through a comprehensive program of reforms focused on:  1. maximizing community voluntary compliance,  2. increasing effectiveness and efficiency,  3. establishing a professional workforce, which will help reduce the opportunity and motivation for corruption,  4. improving equity and fairness in the administration of the tax and social contribution collection system, and  5. reducing the taxpayer/contributor compliance burden.
Tehran Solid Waste Management Project DON'T PUB DROPPED  REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING PROCEDURES FOR MANAGING HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTES FOCUSSED IN THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION NEAR TEHRAN. Please note:  Project title changed February 7, 2002 to: Tehran Solid Waste Management Project 11/21/06.  Task Team Leader changed from Allan Rotman to Hocine Chalal effective May 2006.  $1.0 million PPF closed in September 2006.  This operation is ready for appraisal and still held back because of the CAS having to be submitted to the Board prior to completing project preparation. 05/10/07.  In April 2007 the Bank received the Govt request to extend the PPF ($1.0m) closing date of February 2008 for one more year.  Although the PPF closing has elapsed, Management has indicated that it would be willing to consider favorably the request. An explanatory note is being prepared to the RVP to justify the retroactive extension of the closing date. 6/6/07.  The documentation for the retroactive extension of the closing date by one year is currently being processed. 8/31/07.  Request for extension the closing date to end-February 2008 has been granted.
Pakistan JSA/PRSP This task will support the Government of Pakistan in building technical and statistical capacity to support PRSP related monitoring activities as well as in the policy dialogue associated with the full PRSP.
Strengthening Public Information, Monitoring, Evaluation for Results Management in Colombia The objective of the Project is to assist the Borrower in strengthening its monitoring and evaluation system to ensure the availability and production of quality of information pertinent to improving the Borrowerâ€™s: (i) program and policy design by CONPES and government entities; (ii) social accountability by the Office of the President; (iii) investment planning by DNP; and (iv) monitoring and evaluation capabilities, at the local and regional levels.
Poverty Reduction Support Operation (3) Project Development Objective (Note: will be disclosed in the MOS)  Board Schedule Comments
Ensuring Access to Compulsory Education for Rural Migrant Children The proposed IDF grant will contribute to enhancing MOE's administrative & regulatory capacity, and M&E capacity to better serving the rural migrants' children. With the grant, MOE will: (1) produce baseline data on migrant children through a needs assessment; (2) assess current policies and regulations at national and local levels so as to provide guidance for preparation of new regulations; (3) build capacity of those working to serve target population; (4) support pilots to promote affordable and quality compulsory education for rural migrant children; (5) support the review and improvement of government efforts in the use of a tracking system for migrant children.
Madagascar-Integration & Comp. Study Integrated Framework study-Analytical Inputs to Country Studies
IQ-SECOND EMERG. BAGHDAD WS & SANITATION The objective is to rehabilitate and upgrade the water supply system, treatment facilities, pumping stations and sewer network.  Rehabilitation and upgrading of water supply systems, treatment facilities, pumping stations, and sewers network.  Also included will be technical assistance and capacity building for implementation support and preparation of future projects. 09/28/05.  The Project Concept review meeting will depend on meeting with MOB team in early November. 11/01/05.  Concept review now planned for end-December 2005. 11/29/05.  The Concept review was delayed to end of January since MOB has not presented their proposals.  The BAnk team will meet with MOB in Beirut 12/6-10 to discuss/review MOB proposals. 01/24/06. The Concept review is scheduled for mid March 2006 pending outcome of detailed designs completion of C01-05 contract (under ongoing ITF project).  This will determine the final number of packages to be included in this project. 06/11/06 On track -- moving faster than anticipated since we have had continuity with the Mayor in contrast with the first project. 09/08/06.  During the August 2006 mission the team updated the preparation timetable for the above project.  It became apparent that if the PHRD application (now in process) is approved will become on the critical path of project processing and necessitate slipping the Board date to May 1, 2007 in order to allow enough time (5 months) to use the PHRD grant to complete the preparation of the Al-Ghazalya Sewerage Trunk Main. Appraisal departure slipped from November 2006 to January 2007. 10/31/06.  Due to the current security situation and no progress, it was agreed to slip the Board approval date to July 2007. Mayor of Baghdad is visiting the US on December 11, 2006. 04/02/07.  the CMU and SMU Directors agreed to slip the Board date until the implementation of the ongoing ITF project picks up. In case there aren't sufficient funds for this project under the initial IDA allocation of US$500, an IBRD will be considered. 06/01/07  CMU agreed to slip the Board date until there is more clarity on the IDA effectiveness and the allocation of the remaiming IDA tranche. 08/08/07. Because of the current sickness of the PMT Director (he was out July and August 2007), a new PMT Director has been appointed effective September 1. 9/24/07.  The CMU wants to hold MOB II until there is significant improvement in the implementation of MOB I. Board approval date slipped from 3/11/08 to 6/19/08. 02/11/08.  Board approval slipped from 6/19/08 to 9/18/08 and to 12/18/08 as per TTL's request.   Further processing is pending status of ongoing project under implementation. The  decision to drop was made by the Country Director as the ongoing project under implementation was not making good progress in addition to the lack of funds combined with high security situation. TTL changed from Suhail Jme'An to Sana Agha al Nimer.  Awaiting closing of PHRD TF056970 which has now been extended by 2 months to end-February 2009.