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Summaries of Operations Approved During Fiscal 2007, South Asia
 Principal amount
(millions)
Country/project nameNetworkaDate of approvalMaturitiesSDRbUS$
Afghanistan
      
◊ IDA Second National Solidarity Program Specific Investment Grant will combat rural poverty by supporting social and productive infrastructure and community-level governance. Total cost: $120 million
SDN12/07/06n.a.81.2 120.0
      
◊ IDA Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic Preparedness and Response Emergency Recovery Grant will help minimize the threat and risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu. Total cost: $13 million
SDN01/11/07n.a.5.4 8.0
      
IDA Private Sector Development Support Specific Investment Grant is designed to improve the country’s investment climate and infrastructure.  Total cost: $25 million
FPD02/22/07n.a.16.7 25.0
      
IDA Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Additional Financing Specific Investment Grant will rehabilitate traditional irrigation systems and provide farmers with a reliable water supply. Total cost: $65 million
SDN04/10/07n.a.16.8 25.0
      
IDA Civil Service Reform Technical Assistance Grant aims to support key government ministries in improving their performance in terms of service delivery and accountability. Total cost: $20.4 million
PREM05/29/07n.a. 13.520.4
      
◊ IDA Third Programmatic Support for Institution Building Development Policy Grant aims to deepen and sustain reforms in the areas of public administration and fiscal management. Total cost: $80 million
PREM05/29/07n.a. 52.980.0
      
IDA Public Financial Management Reform Technical Assistance Grant will develop an efficient and effective public financial management system.  Total cost: $38 million
OPCS05/29/07n.a. 22.133.4
 
Bangladesh
      
◊ IDA Railway Reform Programmatic Development Policy Credit will reform Bangladesh Railway by improving its corporate governance and management structure. Total cost: $40 million
SDN10/19/062017/2046 27.040.0
      
◊ IDA Social Investment Program Additional Financing  Specific Investment Credit supports village-level infrastructure development, social assistance, and income-generating activities. Total cost: $9.5 millionSDN05/24/072017/2047 5.48.0
      
◊ IDA Fourth Development Support Development Policy Credit will address macroeconomic stability, trade liberalization, financial and power sectors, and reforms in core governance functions. Total cost: $200 million
PREM05/29/072017/2047 132.2200.0
      
IDA Second Poverty Alleviation Microfinance Additional Financing Financial Intermediary Credit will provide microcredit training and loans to poor rickshaw pullers. Total cost: $17 million
FPD05/30/072017/2047 10.015.0
      
◊ IDA Avian Influenza Preparedness and Response Emergency Recovery Credit aims to minimize the threat and risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Total cost: $22 million
SDN06/28/072017/2047 10.516.0
      
◊ IDA Third Programmatic Education Sector Development Support Development Policy Credit aims to address systemic governance issues in order to improve the quality of and increase access to secondary education.  Total cost: $100 million
HDN06/21/072017/2047 65.6100.0
 
Bhutan
      
◊ IDA Second Rural Access Specific Investment Grant will improve transport infrastructure and services for selected rural districts.  Total cost: $10 million
SDN04/10/07n.a. 6.710.0
      
◊ IDA Private Sector Development Specific Investment Grant aims to increase productive employment through the information technology sector and to improve access to finance. Total cost: $8 million
FPD06/20/07n.a. 5.38.0
      
◊ IDA Second Development Policy Grant aims to support the development strategy for enhancing economic growth, achieving better socioeconomic outcomes, and reducing poverty. Total cost: $12 million
PREM06/20/07n.a. 8.012.0
 
India
      
◊ IBRD/IDA Orissa Socioeconomic Development Policy Loan/Creditc will expand income-earning opportunities and improve access to basic services. Total cost: $225 million
PREM08/01/062012/2026
2017/2041		n.a.
50.5		150.0
75.0
      
◊ IDA Second Reproductive and Child Health Specific Investment Credit will support the expansion and use of essential reproductive and child health services. Total cost: $2,232 million
HDN08/22/062017/2041 245.0 360.0
      
◊ IDA Second National Tuberculosis Control Specific Investment Credit aims to achieve the global targets of 70 percent case detection and 85 percent cure rate. Total cost: $342 million
HDN08/22/062017/2041115.7 170.0
      
◊ IDA Karnataka Health System Development and Reform Specific Investment Credit will promote maternal and child health and treat communicable diseases in rural and underserved areas. Total cost: $206.5 million
HDN08/22/062017/204196.5 141.8
      
◊ IDA Uttaranchal Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Specific Investment Credit will improve the effectiveness of rural water supply and sanitation services. Total cost: $224 million
SDN09/05/062016/204183.5 120.0
      
◊ IBRD Punjab State Roads Sector Specific Investment Loan will rehabilitate and expand the state's core road network. Total cost: $333.4 million
SDN12/05/062012/2026n.a.250.0
      
◊ IDA Punjab Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Specific Investment Credit will increase access in rural communities to water supply and sanitation services. Total cost: $261.4 million
SDN12/14/062017/2041104.1 154.0
      
◊ IBRD/IDA Third Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Policy Loan/Creditc  will boost economic growth and reduce poverty through fiscal, administrative, and delivery reforms. Total cost: $225 million
PREM01/11/072012/2027
2017/2041		n.a.
50.8		150.0
75.0
      
◊ IBRD/IDA Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water Bodies Restoration and Management Specific Investment Loan/Creditc will increase agriculture productivity and strengthen management of water resources. Total cost: $566 million
SDN01/23/072012/2027
2017/2042		n.a.
99.8		335.0
150.0
      
◊ IBRD/IDA Andhra Pradesh Community-Based Tank Management Specific Investment Loan/Creditc  will improve agricultural productivity and help community-based institutions manage tank systems effectively.  Total cost: $217.8 millionSDN04/19/072013/2027
2017/2042		n.a.
63.0		94.5
94.5
      
◊ IDA Third National HIV/AIDS Control Specific Investment Credit will support the National HIV/AIDS Control Program by improving prevention programs and treatment. Total cost: $512 million
HDN04/26/072017/2042 167.9250.0
      
IDA Mizoram State Roads Additional Financing Specific Investment Credit will provide additional funding to improve the management and carrying capacity of the core road network. Total cost: $24 million
SDN05/22/072012/2036 12.118.0
      
◊ IDA Bihar Rural Livelihoods Specific Investment Credit was designed to enhance social and economic empowerment of rural poor people.  Total cost: $73 millionSDN06/14/072017/2042 41.463.0
      
◊ IBRD Himachal Pradesh State Roads Specific Investment Loan was designed to reduce transport costs and to improve traffic flows on the state’s core road network. Total cost: $303.4 million
SDN06/05/072013/2027n.a.220.0
      
◊ IDA Vocational Training Improvement Specific Investment Credit aims to improve the vocational training system by making the design and delivery of training more responsive to demand. Total cost: $359 million
HDN06/05/072017/2042 185.1280.0
      
IBRD/IDA Strengthening Rural Credit Cooperatives Specific Investment Loan/Creditc  aims to transform credit cooperative banks into viable institutions that can provide poor farmers with enhanced access to formal financial services. Total cost: $750 millionFPD06/26/072013/2027
2017/2042		n.a.
196.8		300.0
300.0
 
Nepal
      
◊ IDA Poverty Alleviation Fund Additional Financing Learning and Innovation Grant will improve community infrastructure and access to income-generating projects in rural areas. Total cost: $25 million
SDN11/14/06n.a.16.9 25.0
      
◊ IDA Avian Influenza Control Emergency Recovery Grant will minimize the threat posed by the highly pathogenic avian influenza infection. Total cost: $18.2 million
SDN01/19/07n.a.12.1 18.2
      
◊ IDA Second Higher Education Specific Investment Grant will enhance the quality and relevance of higher education and research.  Total cost: $79.6 million
HDN02/22/07n.a.41.6 60.0
 
Pakistan
      
◊ IDA Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Specific Investment Credit will improve land records service delivery and contribute to long lasting tenure security and more efficient operation of land markets. Total cost: $51.3 million
SDN01/25/072017/2041 30.445.7
      
◊ IDA Second Poverty Alleviation Fund Additional Financing Specific Investment Credit will complete housing reconstruction in areas struck by the October 2005 earthquake. Total cost: $138 million
SDN02/13/072017/2042 91.8138.0
      
IDA Second Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Credit aims to promote sustained, rapid economic growth as its main vehicle for poverty reduction. Total cost: $350 millionPREM05/22/072017/2042 233.2350.0
      
◊ IDA Second North-West Frontier Province Development Policy Credit aims to improve human development reforms in key sectors such as education and health. Total cost: $130 millionHDN06/07/072017/2042 86.0130.0
      
◊ IDA Sindh Education Development Policy Credit will support the government’s education sector reform program. Total cost: $100 millionHDN06/07/072017/2042 65.6100.0
      
◊ IDA Fourth Punjab Education Development Policy Credit will improve the quality of education, will improve school participation and retention rates, and will reduce gender and regional disparities. Total cost: $1,000 millionHDN06/07/072017/2042 66.1100.0
      
◊ IBRD Second Punjab Irrigation Sector Development Policy Loan will support reforms designed to improve management and maintenance of the irrigation system. Total cost: $260 millionSDN06/07/072015/2027n.a.100.0
      
IDA Second Partnership for Polio Eradication Additional Financing Specific Investment Credit will help supply the oral polio vaccine for the country's supplementary immunization activities during the second half of 2007. Total cost: $21.1 millionHDN06/07/072017/2042 14.021.1
 
Sri Lanka
      
◊ IDA Puttalam Housing Specific Investment Credit will rehabilitate conflict-afflicted areas by meeting housing needs and regularizing land titles for the internally displaced. Total cost: $34.2 million
SDN02/20/072017/202621.7 32.0
      
◊ IDA Renewable Energy for Rural Economic Development Additional Financing Specific Investment Credit aims to bring electricity to remote rural communities and to promote private sector participation in renewable energy resources. Total cost: $40 millionSDN06/14/072017/2026 26.340.0
Total 2,697.2  5,631.6
 
Special Financingd
 
Pakistan
      
◊ Earthquake Disability Specific Investment Grant aims to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families in areas affected by the 2005 earthquake. Total cost: $5 million

HDN05/21/07n.a.n.a. 5.0
Note: Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-Bank sources. ◊ denotes projects with actual involvement of civil society organizations in identification, preparation, and/or appraisal, and with intended civil society participation in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation phases. n.a. = not applicable; c = IDA credit; g = IDA grant.
a. SDN = Sustainable Development Network; FPD = Financial and Private Sector Development; HDN = Human Development Network; PREM = Poverty Reduction and Economic Management; OPCS = Operations Policy and Country Services.
b. IDA funds are denominated in special drawing rights (SDRs), which are valued on the basis of a “basket” of currencies. The U.S. dollar equivalent of the SDR amount reflects the exchange rates in effect at the time of the negotiations of the credit or grant.
c. "Blend" loan/credit.
d. Financing provided by trust funds administered by the Bank.
 
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