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STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY08

     EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

            COUNTRY: TONGA




       Operations Policy and Country Services
                  October 11, 2008
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Introduction

The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY08 provides information on all IBRD/IDA
projects that were active as of June 30, 2008. For the first time, the SOPE report will include recipient-
executed projects (over US$ 5 million). 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 FY08 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.




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  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.
· Graphs of original estimates for some recipient-executed projects might not exist since they are not required in the
  project document.
· 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.
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Project Name (ID): TO-HEALTH SECTOR SUPPORT PROJECT (P075230)
Country: Tonga
Board Approval Date: 07/24/2003
Midterm Review Date: 06/26/2006
Closing Date: 03/31/2009
Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-51646, IDA-38140
Sector(s): Health (90%), Compulsory health finance (7%), Central government administration (3%)
Theme(s): Health system performance (P), Injuries and non-communicable diseases (S), Other
accountability/anti-corruption (S)

Project Development Objectives:
The project development objective is to assist the Kingdom of Tonga in improving the performance of its
health sector by supporting selected reforms to said health sector, including: (i) the development and
implementation of appropriate health financing policies, and health information systems; and (ii) the
improvement of the administrative, functional and technical quality of health facilities.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s):
The project is achieving its development objectives: the share of non-governmental sources in total health
revenues has reached the target level, Ministry of Health has increased allocation of resources to primary
care, hospital maintenance and waste management have improved. There is modest progress in scaling up
community level management of diabetes. The project is on track in terms of reaching its intermediate
and final result targets.

         Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2008)

    Loan/Credit/Grant    Status             Amount         Disbursed      Undisbursed Cancellation
    TF-51646          Closed                  0.20             0.17           0.00        0.03
    IDA-38140         Effective              12.85            10.11           2.06        0.00




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STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION--FY08                                      EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION


Project Name (ID): TO-Tonga Education Support Project (P079657)
Country: Tonga
Board Approval Date: 06/16/2005
Closing Date: 06/30/2010
Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-54014, IDA-40810
Sector(s): Central government administration (50%), Primary education (25%), Secondary education
(25%)
Theme(s): Education for all (P), Administrative and civil service reform (S), Participation and civic
engagement (S)

Project Development Objectives:
The development objectives of the project are to: (i) create an environment that supports the development
of effective mechanisms for the consistent and equitable improvement in basic schooling for all children;
and (ii) improve the quality of education through school and community empowerment.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s):
The project's school grants fund has become a model for the region in two ways: (1) it has been
successfully implemented in its first phase; nearly all schools received grants on a capitation basis and
spent over 80% of the money on educational materials and maintenance, and (2) it has been successfully
evaluated and lessons learned will be addressed in the second phase.

         Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2008)

   Loan/Credit/Grant    Status              Amount         Disbursed      Undisbursed Cancellation
   TF-54014          Effective                3.82             1.73           2.09        0.00
   IDA-40810         Effective                1.05             0.00           1.05        0.00




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