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Namibia: Second Development Policy Loan – First Education and Training Sector Improvement Program

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WASHINGTON, November 19, 2008- The following project was approved yesterday by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:

 

IBRD Loan:  US$7.5 Million Dollars

TERMS: Maturity = 1.5 years; Grace = N/A – Bullet Repayment, April 2010

Project Description: The Second Development Policy Loan (DPL2) in support of the Education and Training Sector Improvement Program for Namibia aims to reinforce and extend sector policy, legal, financial and institutional reforms initiated during DPL1. It supports the development of: (i) specific policies, legal and financing frameworks that underpin planned sector reforms; (ii) specific systems and tools required to give effect to policies, legal and funding frameworks intended to improve education access, equity, quality, relevance, and efficiency; and (iii) specific institutional capacities that are critical for effective implementation of planned sector reforms.

 

Media Contact

Rachel McColgan-Arnold

(202) 458-5299

rmccolgan@worldbank.org

 

For project documents, please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P109333

 


For more information, please visit the Projects website.

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