50944 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY09 SOPE AFRICA REGION COUNTRY: GABON Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 02, 2009 Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY09 provides information on all IBRD/IDA projects that were active as of June 30, 2009. The World Bank has issued a SOPE Report every year as an internal communication to the Board of Executive Directors. In accordance with the Bank's revised disclosure policy, since FY02, the SOPE Report is available to the public. The report is intended to bridge the gap in information available to the public between the Project Appraisal Document or Program Document, disclosed after the Bank approves a project, and the Implementation Completion Report, disclosed after the project closes. In addition to the project progress description, the FY09 SOPE report1 contains project level comparisons of disbursement estimates and actual disbursements, and a table showing the loan/credit/grant amount and disbursements to date. 1 Notes: Amounts and Graphs for loans/credits/grants in currencies other than U.S. dollars may not match exactly due to exchange rate fluctuations over the life of the project. Disbursement graphs are not included for Development Policy Operations, which provide quick-disbursing financing to support policy and institutional reforms. For these operations, funds are disbursed in one or more stages (tranches), released when the borrower complies with agreed prior actions. Projects which are not yet effective may not have a planned disbursement schedule and thus will not include a graph. Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION Gabon Project Name(ID): GA-Loc Infrastructure Dev SIL (FY06) (P082812) Country: Gabon Board Approval Date: 14-Mar-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2011 General public administration sector (35%); General water, sanitation Sector: and flood protection sector (26%); General transportation sector (26%); Other social services (8%); Other industry (5%) The purpose of the project restructuring was to (i) focus on activities that are on the critical path to achieve the PDO; and (ii) remain within The project was restructured, or received the project financial envelope, in order to take account of price Additional Financing during FY09: increases. The process involved (i) deleting a number of project activities; (ii) reallocating among project components; and (iii) simplifying performance indicators. The main objectives of the project are: (i) increased access of the population living in low-income settlements to basic services; and (ii) Project development objective(s): sustained access of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to civil works and construction contracts with the public sector. Project restructuring added focus to the project's main outcomes and contributed to achieving progress on the ground. First-phase infrastructure works were completed in Libreville and Port-Gentil, leading to improved transportation and reduced flooding. A number of micro-projects were also completed on the main project sites, Progress toward achieving development improving the population's access to basic services. T he performance objective(s): of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been uneven, but improved toward the later part of the FY; this will, in turn, facilitate their access to public works. In addition, the capacity building program is now in place and will facilitate next steps of project implementation. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-73730 Effective USD 25.00 6.44 19.15 0.00 IBRD-P4110 Closed USD 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.72 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 AFRICA REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co ... Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 AFRICA REGION Project Name(ID): GA-Natural Res Mgmt DPL (FY06) (P070196) Country: Gabon Board Approval Date: 15-Nov-2005 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2009 Forestry (50%); General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector Sector: (25%); Mining and other extractive (20%); Oil and gas (5%) The project was restructured, or received no Additional Financing during FY09: The objective is to improve transparency, governance and law Project development objective(s): enforcement for natural resource management and help improve the investment climate. Progress toward meeting the development objectives in the different policy areas has so far been good. Critical reforms related to forest governance have been completed (i.e. cancellation of the Societe Progress toward achieving development Nationale des Bois Gabonais --National Company of Gabonese objective(s): Timber-- monopoly, transparent allocation of forest titles, cancellation of non-compliant forest titles, etc). However, due to the current country context (planned presidential elections, implementation delays are expected. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-73550 Effective USD 15.00 7.40 9.04 0.00 IBRD-P3930 Closed USD 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.60 IBRD-P3931 Closed USD 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.60 TF-26389 Closed USD 0.40 0.28 0.00 0.12 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 AFRICA REGION