OFFICIAL
RECOMMENDATION 0 ,                ORY CO        TEE
TO:      The President, International Development Association
Recommendation of the Committee under Section 1 (d) of Article V of the Articles of
Agreement on the proposed Financing (Benin Cities Support Project) to the Republic of
Benin
The undersigned Committee constituted under Section 1 (d) of Article V of the Articles of Agreement of the
International Development Association (the Association) hereby submits its recommendation pursuant to
said Section in respect of the proposal that the Association extend to the Republic of Benin (the Recipient) a
credit in an amount equivalent to SDR 40,100,000. The purposes of said credit are to increase access to
urban services and improve urban management in selected cities of the Recipient ("The Project
Cities").
1.     The Committee has carefully studied the merits of the proposal to extend such a financing, and of
the purposes to which the proceeds of the financing are to be applied.
2.     The Committee is of the opinion that the project toward the financing of which the proceeds of such
financing are to be applied comes within the purposes of the Association as set forth in Article I of said
Articles of Agreement, and that said project is designed to promote the economic development of the
Republic of Benin and is of high developmental priority in the light of the needs of the Republic of Benin.
3.     Accordingly, the Committee finds that said project merits financial assistance from the Association,
and hereby recommends said project for such assistance.


(Republic of Benin)                       - 2 -                (Benin Cities Support Project)
COMMITTEE
Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel
Nominee selected by the  vemor for the
Republic of Benin
Regional Acting Vice President
Africa
Dated at Washington, D.C.