Summaries of Operations Approved During Fiscal 2006, Africa

				Principal amount (millions)
Country/project name	Network^a	Date of approval	Maturities	SDR^b	US$

Africa

IDA OMVS Felou Hydroelectric Adaptable Program Credit will augment the electricity supply to the national power utilities as a means to alleviate widening power supply deficits in Senegal River Basin countries Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. Total cost: $125 million	INF	06/29/06	2016/2046	50.7	75.0

IDA West Africa Power Pool Adaptable Program Credit ensures more stable and reliable exchange of electricity between the national power systems of members of the West Africa Power Pool. Total cost: $75 million	INF	06/29/06	2016/2046	40.9	60.0

IDA Senegal River Basin Multi-Purpose Water Resources Development Adaptable Program Credit/Grant aims to enhance regional integration among the riparian countries of the Senegal River Basin Organization (OMVS) for multi-purpose water resources development. Total cost: $140.7 million	ESSD	06/08/06	2016/2046	64.2 12.6	91.9c 18.0g

IDA West and Central Africa Air Transport Safety and Security Technical Assistance Credit/Grant will improve civil aviation authorities' compliance with safety and security standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Total cost: $35.1 million	INF	04/27/06	2016/2045	8.3 15.1	12.1c 21.5g

IDA East Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Credit/Grant will improve trade and transport in the East African Community, as well as in Rwanda, which is currently seeking membership. Total cost: $281.7 million	INF	01/24/06	2016/2045	127.0 10.4 41.5	184.0c 15.0g 60.0r

Benin

• IDA Malaria Control Booster Specific Investment Grant will support the implementation of the national 2006–10 Malaria Control Program over the next four years. Total cost: $31 million	HDN	06/01/06	2016/2046	21.6	31.0

• IDA Second Decentralized City Management Adaptable Program Credit will increase access to infrastructure and basic services for residents of selected cities. Total cost: $37.6 million	INF	09/12/05	2015/2045	24.0	35.0

Burkina Faso

• IDA Sixth Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Credit will accelerate broad-based growth, promote access to social services, increase employment and income-generating activities for the poor, and promote good governance. Total cost: $60 million	PREM	06/20/06	2016/2046	41.8	60.0

• IDA Agricultural Diversification and Market Development Specific Investment Credit will increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural subsectors that target national and regional markets, thereby contributing to shared agricultural growth. Total cost: $25 million	ESSD	06/20/06	2016/2046	46.0	66.0

• IDA Post-Primary Education Specific Investment Credit will increase the number and quality of students graduating from secondary school, with increased equity of access by gender and by area. Total cost: $25 million	HDN	06/20/06	2016/2046	16.0	22.9

• IDA Health Sector Support and Multisectoral AIDS Sector Investment and Maintenance Credit will accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals for health, nutrition, and combating HIV/AIDS. Total cost: $47.7 million	HDN	04/27/06	2016/2046	33.0	47.7

Burundi

• IDA Public Works and Employment Creation Supplemental Grant will contribute to reconstruction of Burundi by generating productive, labor-intensive employment in building and construction. Total cost: $31.5 million	INF	01/05/06	n.a.	21.1	30.6

Cameroon

IDA Debt Relief Grant Development Policy Grant provides assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative. Total cost: $31.5 million	PREM	04/27/06	n.a.	21.5	31.5

• IDA Forest and Environment Sector Development Grant will support forest sector policy reforms and strengthen forest and environmental management. Total cost: $185 million	ESSD	02/28/06	n.a.	17.3	25.0

Cape Verde

• IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Credit will promote good governance, develop human capital in education and health, and improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the social protection system. Total cost: $10 million	PREM	06/01/06	2016/2046	7.0	10.0

Democratic Republic of Congo

• IDA Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Grant will increase pro-poor public spending, strengthen public expenditure and civil service management, and improve governance in forestry and mining sectors. Total cost: $90 million	PREM	12/08/05	n.a.	62.1	90.0

IDA Emergency Multi-Sector Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Supplemental Grant will restore essential social services, build community infrastructure and strengthen government capacity to execute development projects. Total cost: $145 million	INF	12/08/05	n.a.	86.2	125.0

• IDA Health Sector Rehabilitation Support Specific Investment Grant will help rebuild the country’s health system and improve basic health services for the population in targeted geographical areas. Total cost: $150 million	HDN	09/01/05	n.a.	99.3	150.0

Ethiopia

• IDA Rural Capacity Building Specific Investment Credit will strengthen agricultural services and systems for improved agricultural productivity and enhance producer awareness and adoption of economically viable and environmentally sustainable technologies and practices. Total cost: $71 million	ESSD	06/22/06	2016/2046	37.0	54.0

• IDA Financial Sector Capacity Building Specific Investment Grant will promote a more transparent, well-governed, well-regulated, and competitive financial sector. Total cost: $15.6 million	FSE	06/22/06	n.a.	10.3	15.0

• IDA Ethiopia Accelerated Electricity Access (Rural) Expansion Specific Investment Credit will expand access to electricity in rural communities, thus supporting broad-based economic development and helping to alleviate poverty. Total cost: $184.2 million	INF	06/22/06	2016/2046	92.8	133.4

IDA Ethiopia Road Sector Development Phase II Adaptable Program Credit will improve road transport infrastructure and improve its reliability. Total cost: $121.7 million	INF	06/22/06	2016/2046	59.8	87.3

• IDA Ethiopia Protection of Basic Services Specific Investment Grant will promote the delivery of basic services by subnational governments while deepening transparency and local accountability in service delivery. Total cost: $2,562.9 million	HDN	05/25/06	n.a.	149.6	215.0

Gabon

• IBRD Local Infrastructure Development Specific Investment Loan will increase access to basic services in low-income settlements and sustain access of small and medium enterprises to public sector contracts. Total cost: $34.7 million	INF	03/14/06	2009/2020	n.a.	25.0

• IBRD Natural Resources Management Development Policy Loan will improve the efficiency of natural resources management, increase its impact on poverty alleviation and reduce the country’s dependence on declining oil resources. Total cost: $15 million	ESSD	11/15/05	2009/2020	n.a.	15.0

Gambia, The

• IDA Third Education Adaptable Program Grant will improve conditions for basic education, build capacity for improved management and enhanced monitoring and evaluation, and improve access of under-served communities. Total cost: $72.3 million	HDN	06/01/06	n.a.	5.6	8.0

Ghana

• IDA Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Credit will support the new poverty reduction agenda of accelerated private sector-led growth, vigorous human resource development, and good governance and civic responsibility. Total cost: $140 million	PREM	06/15/06	2016/2046	97.4	140.0

• IDA Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Specific Investment Credit aims to invigorate entrepreneurial activities and to increase market access and trade facilitation. Total cost: $118.9 million	PSDN	01/05/06	2016/2045	31.1	45.0

• IDA Economic Management Capacity Building Specific Investment Credit will provide increased access to credit and improve competitiveness and governance of long-term savings institutions. Total cost: $37.8 million	FSE	11/15/05	2015/2045	17.3	25.0

• IDA Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS Specific Investment Credit will reduce infection rates among vulnerable groups and the general population and mitigate the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS. Total cost: $35.3 million	HDN	11/15/05	2016/2045	13.9	20.0

• IDA Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit will promote growth, income, and employment; improve delivery of services in human development; and strengthen public sector management. Total cost: $125 million	PREM	08/25/05	2015/2045	84.2	125.0

Guinea

IDA Electricity Sector Efficiency Improvement Specific Investment Grant seeks to improve the sector's efficiency through critical investment support and capacity building. Total cost: $11.7 million	INF	06/22/06	n.a.	5.0	7.2

• IDA Village Communities Support Additional Financing Grant will increase access of the rural population to basic infrastructure and services through a decentralized system of community participation. Total cost: $7.8 million	ESSD	01/24/06	n.a.	5.0	7.0

Guinea-Bissau

• IDA Multi-Sector Infrastructure Rehabilitation Sector Investment Grant will increase the availability of urban power, water, and road infrastructure services. Total cost: $25 million	INF	06/15/06	n.a.	10.3	15.0

Kenya

• IDA Institutional Reform and Capacity Building Technical Assistance/Investment Credit will support the fight against corruption by strengthening public financial management systems. Total cost: $88 million	PREM	01/24/06	2016/2045	17.3	25.0

Lesotho

• IDA Health Sector Reform Adaptable Program Credit will improve the delivery of priority health interventions, strengthen human resources, and help develop a national health sector financing policy. Total cost: $101.6 million	HDN	10/13/05	2015/2045	4.5	6.5

Liberia

IDA Emergency Infrastructure Emergency Recovery Grant will reconstruct infrastructure, reviving the economy and reintegrating the country by restoring vital transport links. Total cost: $25 million	INF	06/20/06	n.a.	20.6	30.0

Madagascar

• IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit will fight corruption, improve public expenditure management, and implement the “Education for All” and nutrition programs. Total cost: $80 million	HDN	07/12/05	2015/2045	53.9	80.0

• IDA Integrated Growth Poles Specific Investment Credit will promote construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure essential for the tourism, manufacturing, agribusiness, and mining sectors. Total cost: $129.8 million	INF	07/12/05	2015/2045	85.9	129.8

• IDA Second Multisectoral STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Specific Investment Credit will support health sector activities and training and provide funding for STI/HIV/AIDS prevention and caretaking projects by civil society groups. Total cost: $30 million	HDN	07/12/05	2015/2045	20.2	30.0

Malawi

IDA Infrastructure Services Sector Investment and Maintenance Grant will improve household welfare and strengthen economic growth in market centers and surrounding rural areas through the provision of core infrastructure services. Total cost: $41.3 million	INF	06/27/06	n.a.	27.4	40.0

• IDA Irrigation, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Development Grant will help raise agricultural productivity in 11 target districts and strengthen institutional capacity for long-term irrigation development. Total cost: $52.5 million	ESSD	11/29/05	n.a.	27.6	40.0

• IDA Emergency Recovery Grant will finance imports necessary to an effective recovery from the drought-induced emergency of early 2005. Total cost: $30 million	PREM	09/15/05	n.a.	20.8	30.0

Mali

• IDA Economic Policy and Public Finance Management Credit will finance the implementation of key economic and institutional reforms to strengthen the overall performance of the economy. Total cost: $25 million	PREM	01/19/06	2016/2045	17.3	25.0

• IDA Rural Community Development Specific Investment Credit will improve living conditions for rural communities by providing access to basic socioeconomic services, increasing incomes, and improving natural resource management practices. Total cost: $64 million	ESSD	09/15/05	2016/2045	40.4	60.0

• IDA Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversification Specific Investment Credit will make agricultural production more competitive by fostering improvements in associated supply chains, leading to an increase in household incomes. Total cost: $47.4 million	ESSD	07/05/05	2015/2045	30.7	46.4

Mauritania

• IDA Health and Nutrition Support Specific Investment Credit will strengthen the health system and its capacity to improve the health and nutrition status of the population, notably of women, children, and the poor. Total cost: $11 million	HDN	06/01/06	2016/2046	7.0	10.0

Mozambique

IDA Market Led Smallholder Development in the Zambezi Valley Specific Investment Credit aims to increase the incomes of smallholder farmers in selected districts of the Zambezi Valley. Total cost: $26.7 million	ESSD	06/20/06	2016/2046	14.0	20.0

• IDA Technical and Vocational Education and Training Specific Investment Credit will support education and training reform efforts, emphasizing relevant skills development and raising the educational level of the general population. Total cost: $37.5 million	HDN	03/21/05	2016/2045	20.8	30.0

• IDA Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Specific Investment Credit will support the preservation of biodiversity and natural ecosystems and promote the sustainable use of natural resources by local communities. Total cost: $36.7 million	ESSD	12/01/05	2016/2045	13.9	20.0

IDA Financial Sector Technical Assistance Sector Assistance Credit will help improve the soundness and efficiency of the Mozambican financial system and improve public debt management. Total cost: $14.5 million	FSE	12/01/05	2016/2045	7.3	10.5

IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit will promote growth, accelerate human resource development, and strengthen governance and public sector management. Total cost: $120 million	PREM	09/13/05	2015/2045	83.3	120.0

Niger

IDA Rural and Social Sector Policy Reform Credit will improve service delivery to the poor while continuing reforms in public sector management to secure adequate financing in critical sectors of the economy. Total cost: $50 million	HDN	06/13/06	2016/2046	34.9	50.0

• IDA Institutional Strengthening and Health Sector Support Credit will improve access to social services, strengthen the national health system, and help to combat malaria. Total cost: $35 million	HDN	01/05/06	2016/2045	24.2	35.0

Nigeria

• IDA Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic Preparedness and Response Emergency Recovery Credit will support efforts to minimize the threat posed by the avian flu virus and prepare for a possible pandemic. Total cost: $65 million	ESSD	03/29/06	2016/2045	34.9	50.0

• IDA Second National Urban Water Sector Reform Sector Investment Credit will help increase reliability and viability of selected urban water utilities and increase access to selected piped water networks. Total cost: $210.5 million	INF	07/01/05	2015/2045	132.7	200.0

• IDA National Energy Development Specific Investment Credit/Grant will support energy sector reform and facilitate the sector’s transition to a new market and institutional structure. Total cost: $181 million	INF	07/01/05	2015/2045	113.8	172.0

Rwanda

• IDA Urban Infrastructure and City Management Adaptable Program Grant will improve urban infrastructure and service delivery in Kigali and two secondary cities, and contribute to local economic development. Total cost: $47.3 million	INF	11/10/05	n.a.	13.9	20.0

• IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Grant will create a favorable private sector investment climate, improve basic service delivery, and support improvement of public expenditure management. Total cost: $55 million	PREM	11/10/05	n.a.	37.6	55.0

Senegal

• IDA Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations Project Adaptable Program Credit will increase smallholder producers' access to sustainable and diversified agricultural services and innovations. Total cost: $47 million	ESSD	06/05/06	2016/2046	14.0	20.0

• IDA Participatory Local Development Specific Investment Credit will set up an effective framework for participatory local development, decentralization, and resource mobilization and transfer to local governments and communities, to deliver efficient services in rural areas and targeted cities. Total cost: $187.5 million	ESSD	04/27/06	2016/2046	34.9	50.1

• IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit will improve the national budget process and the delivery of public services, especially in the health sector. Total cost: $30 million	PREM	03/29/06	2016/2046	20.8	30.0

IDA Agricultural Markets and Agribusiness Development Adaptable Program Credit will increase nontraditional agricultural exports and double farm revenues of producers supported by the program. Total cost: $60.1 million	ESSD	02/28/06	2016/2046	24.7	35.0

Sierra Leone

• IDA Infrastructure Development Specific Investment Grant will rehabilitate selected road, port, and airport facilities and support regulatory and institutional reforms to enhance their management. Total cost: $49.8 million	INF	12/06/05	n.a.	30.4	44.0

Tanzania

• IDA Agricultural Sector Development Specific Investment Credit will enable farmers to have better access to and use of agricultural knowledge, technologies, and infrastructure; and promote agricultural private investment. Total cost: $151.5 million	ESSD	06/15/06	2016/2046	61.6	90.0

IDA Financial Sector Support Specific Investment Credit will increase the soundness and competitiveness of the financial sector and improve access by small savers and micro entrepreneurs to the formal financial system. Total cost: $22 million	FSE	06/15/06	2016/2046	10.3	15.0

IDA Local Government Support Specific Investment Credit will promote more effective local governments and increase access to infrastructure and services in targeted areas. Total cost: $100.3 million	INF	06/15/06	2016/2046	67.1	98.0

IDA Tax Modernization Project Specific Investment Credit will increase tax revenues without increasing tax rates by improving the legal framework, broadening the tax base, and increasing the efficiency of tax administration. Total cost: $33.6 million	FSE	06/15/06	2016/2046	8.3	12.0

• IDA Accountability, Transparency and Integrity Specific Investment Credit will improve access to judicial and legal services and the accountable and transparent use of public financial resources. Total cost: $145.6 million	PREM	05/09/06	2016/2046	27.9	40.0

• IDA Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Credit will promote growth and the reduction of income poverty, improvements to the quality of life and social well-being, and support good governance and accountability. Total cost: $200 million	PREM	05/09/06	2016/2046	140.0	200.0

IDA Private Sector Competitiveness Specific Investment Credit will reduce the cost of doing business and increase private sector capacity to participate in domestic and international markets. Total cost: $157 million	PSDN	12/15/05	2016/2045	65.5	95.0

• IDA Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit will improve economic governance, enhance public service delivery, and create an enabling environment for private sector activity. Total cost: $150 million	PREM	09/08/05	2016/2045	103.8	150.0

• IDA Marine and Coastal Environment Management Specific Investment Credit will strengthen the sustainable management of territorial seas and coastal resources and provide better livelihoods for coastal communities. Total cost: $62.7 million	ESSD	07/21/05	2015/2045	33.9	51.0

Uganda

• IDA Public Service Performance Enhancement Specific Investment Credit helps promote affordable, efficient, and accountable use of public resources and improvements to the policy, institutional, and regulatory environment. Total cost: $86.6 million	PREM	06/20/06	2016/2046	48.7	70.0

IDA Millennium Science Initiative Sector Investment Credit will help universities and research institutes produce more and better qualified science and engineering graduates to provide higher quality and more relevant research, and for firms to utilize these outputs to enhance Science and Technology-led (S&T) growth. Total cost: $33.3 million	HDN	05/25/06	2016/2046	20.9	30.0

• IDA Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Credit/Grant will support economic and institutional reforms for implementation of the government’s poverty eradication plan. Total cost: $135 million	PREM	01/17/06	2016/2045	15.5 77.7	22.5c 112.5g

Zambia

IDA Agricultural Development Support Sector Investment Grant will improve smallholders' access to markets and promote the competitiveness of their agricultural commodities. Total cost: $39.6 million	ESSD	05/16/06	n.a.	25.7	37.2

• IDA Public Service Management Program Adaptable Program Credit will support efforts to improve public sector efficiency and effectiveness for economic growth and poverty reduction. Total cost: $100.2 million	PREM	01/05/06	2016/2045	20.7	30.0

• IDA Malaria Booster Specific Investment Credit will increase access to, and use of, malaria prevention and treatment interventions in all 72 malarious districts. Total cost: $20 million	HDN	11/15/05	2016/2045	13.7	20.0

Total

Site Tools

Summaries of Operations Approved During Fiscal 2006, Africa