OFFICIAL
IDO-CUMEKTS
CREDIT NUMBER 5475-BF
Amendment
CREDIT NUMBER 4195-BUR
Financing Agreement
(Additional Financing for the Agricultural Diversification and
Market Development Project
and Amendment to the Original Financing Agreement)
between
BURKINA FASO
and
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Dated   '2014


CREDIT NUMBER 5475-BF
Amendment
CREDIT NUMBER 4195-BUR
FINANCING AGREEMENT
Agreement dated     <A \S      y            2014, entered into between
BURKINA     FASO    ("Recipient")  af   INTERNATIONAL      DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION ("Association") for the purpose of providing additional financing for
activities related to the Original Project (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement).
WHEREAS (A) under an agreement dated June 22, 2006, between the
Association and the Recipient, as amended ("the Original Financing Agreement"), the
Association agreed to provide to the Recipient a credit in an amount equivalent to forty
six millions Special Drawing Rights (SDR 46,000,000) to assist in financing the
Agricultural Diversification and Market Development Project described in Schedule 1 to
the Original Financing Agreement;
(B)    the Recipient has requested the Association to provide additional
financial assistance to scale up the activities described in the Original Financing
Agreement by increasing the amount made available under thee said agreement; and
WHEREAS the Association has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing
to extend such additional assistance to the Recipient (a) upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement; and (b) the amendments to the Original Project in Section II of
the Appendix to this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE the Recipient and the Association hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I - GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS
1.01. The General Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement)
constitute an integral part of this Agreement.
1.02.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this
Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the General Conditions, in the
Original Financing Agreement, or in the Appendix to this Agreement.


ARTICLE II - FINANCING
2.01.   The Association agrees to extend to the Recipient, on the terms and conditions
set forth or referred to in this Agreement, a credit in an amount equivalent to
thirty two million four hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights
(SDR 32,400,000) (variously, "Credit" and "Financing"), to assist in financing
the project described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement ("Project").
2.02.  The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Financing in accordance with
Section IV of Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
2.03.  The Maximum Commitment Charge Rate payable by the Recipient on the
Unwithdrawn Financing Balance shall be one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) per
annum.
2.04. The Service Charge payable by the Recipient on the Withdrawn Credit Balance
shall be equal to three-fourths of one percent (3/4 of 1%).
2.05. The Payment Dates are February I and August 1 in each year.
2.06.  The principal amount of the Credit shall be repaid in accordance with the
repayment schedule set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement.
2.07.  The Payment Currency is Euro.
ARTICLE III - PROJECT
3.01.  The Recipient declares its commitment to the objectives of the Project. To this
end, the Recipient shall carry out the Project through MASA in accordance with
the provisions of Article IV of the General Conditions.
3.02.  Without limitation upon the provisions of Section 3.01 of this Agreement, and
except as the Recipient and the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient
shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of
Schedule 2 to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV -EFFECTIVENESS - TERMINATION
4.01.  The Effectiveness Deadline is the date ninety (90) days after the date of this
Agreement.
4.02.  For purposes of Section 8.05(b) of the General Conditions, the date on which the
obligations of the Recipient under this Agreement (other than those providing for
payment obligations) shall terminate is twenty (20) years after the date of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE V - REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES
5.01.  The Recipient's Representative the Minister of the Recipient at the time
responsible for finance.
5.02.  The Recipient's Address is:
Minister of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Economy and Financet
03 BP 7050
Ouagadougou 03
Burkina Faso
Cable:               Telex:       Facsimile:
SEGEGOUV             5555         (226) 50-31-27-15
5.03.  The Association's Address is:
International Development Association
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20433
United States of America
Cable:                      Telex:              Facsimile:
INDEVAS                     248423 (MCI) or     1-202-477-6391
Washington, D.C.            64145 (MCI)
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AGREED at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as of the day and year first above
written.
BURKINA FASO
By
Authorized Representative
Name: Lxclzx         ee
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
By
Authorized Representative
Name:n       I-rl%Vt
Title:                                         o
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SCHEDULE 1
Project Description
The objective of the Project is to increase the competitiveness of selected
agricultural sub-sectors that target national, sub-regional and international markets,
thereby contributing to shared agricultural growth on the Recipient's territory.
The Project consists of the Original Project, and the description of the Project in
Schedule 1 to the Original Financing Agreement is incorporated in this Schedule 1 to the
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 2
Project Execution
Section I.   Implementation Arran2ements
A.     Institutional and Implementation Arrangements.
1.     The provisions of Sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4 of Schedule 2 to the Original Financing
Agreement are incorporated herein and apply to this Agreement, mutatis
mutandis, and the Recipient hereby undertakes to comply with the provisions
thereof to the same extent as if such provisions had been set out in full in this
Agreement.
2.     The Recipient shall, within three (3) months of the Effective Date:
(a)    update (i) the Project Manual of Financial, Accounting    and
Administrative Procedures by, inter alia, including therein detailed
procedures for the management of Sub-projects, all in a manner
acceptable to the Association; and (ii) the Project Implementation Manual.
(b)    employ a qualified internal auditor for the Project Coordination Unit
whose terms of reference shall be satisfactory to the Association; and
(c)    employ two (2) additional accountants for the Project Coordination Unit
whose terms of reference shall be satisfactory to the Association.
3.     The Recipient shall, within three (3) months of the Effective Date:
(a)    enter into a partnership agreement with the Maison de lEntreprise du
Burkina Faso pursuant to which the Maison de 'Entreprise du Burkina
Faso shall provide advisory services to small and medium enterprises
involved in the carrying out of a Sub-project in the areas of, inter alia,
development of business plans, training, and access to financing and to
markets;
(b)    enter into a memorandum of understanding with, inter alia, each of the
Ecobank, the Coris Bank and the Orabank pursuant to which the latter
institutions shall finance micro enterprises and small and medium
enterprises;
(c)    extend the term of its existing agreement with SOFIGIB;
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(d)    establish a pool of experts in the field of management of enterprises to
support the preparation of micro-projects and the establishment of new
micro-enterprises, and to provide advisory support to promoters;
(e)    enter into a memorandum   of understanding with the Secretariat
Permanent of Coordination of Rural Sector Policy to ensure inter-
sectorial coordination of the implementation of policy reforms;
(f)    enter into  suitable arrangements with qualified  technical experts
pursuant to which said experts shall carry out the technical evaluation of
Sub-projects;
(g)   enter into a memorandum of understanding with the directorate(s) of
MASA and MEAHA for the monitoring of the implementation of
irrigation and market infrastructures; and
(h)    establish local/decentralized  regional branch  offices of Project
Coordination Unit, with terms of reference and resources acceptable to
the Association, supported by qualified and experienced staff in adequate
numbers, including, in each office, two (2) specialists in micro-
enterprises to coordinate the pool of advisors and oversee the quality of
the preparation and monitoring of micro-projects, and an infrastructure
specialist in charge of irrigation and market infrastructure development.
B.     Anti-Corruption
The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the
provisions of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines.
C.     Sub-projects.
1.     A Matching Grant shall be eligible for financing out of the proceeds of the
Financing if the corresponding proposal for the Sub-project has been prepared
and submitted, and the review of the proposal and award of the Matching Grant
has been undertaken in accordance with the guidelines, procedures and selection
criteria set forth in the Project Implementation Manual.
2.     The Recipient shall make each Matching Grant under a Matching Grant
Agreement with the respective Beneficiary, on terms and conditions approved by
the Association, using the template for such agreement included in the Project
Implementation Manual, which shall include the following terms and conditions:
(a)    the Matching Grant shall be denominated in CFA; and
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(b)    the Recipient shall obtain rights adequate to protect its interests and those
of the Association, including the right to:
(i)    suspend or terminate the right of the Beneficiary to use the
proceeds of the Matching Grant, or all or any part of the amount
of the Matching Grant then withdrawn, upon the Beneficiary's
failure to perform any of its obligations under the Matching
Grant Agreement; and
(ii)   require each Beneficiary to:
(A)    carry out its Sub-project with due diligence and
efficiency and in accordance with sound technical,
economic, financial, managerial, environmental and
social standards and practices satisfactory to the
Association, including in accordance with the provisions
of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines applicable to
recipients of loan proceeds other than the Recipient;
(B)    provide, promptly as needed, the resources required for
the purpose;
(C)    procure the goods, works and services to be financed out
of the Matching Grant in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement;
(D)    maintain policies and procedures adequate to enable it to
monitor and evaluate in accordance with indicators
acceptable to the Association, the progress of the Sub-
project and the achievement of its objectives;
(E)    (1) maintain a financial management system and prepare
financial statements in accordance with consistently
applied  accounting  standards  acceptable to  the
Association, both in a manner adequate to reflect the
operations, resources and expenditures related to the
Sub-project; and (2) at the Association's or the
Recipient's request, have such financial statements
audited by independent auditors acceptable to the
Association, in accordance with consistently applied
auditing standards acceptable to the Association, and
promptly furnish the statements as so audited to the
Recipient and the Association;
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(F)    enable the Recipient and the Association to inspect the
Sub-project, its operation and any relevant records and
documents; and
(G)    prepare and furnish to the Recipient and the Association
all such information as the Recipient or the Association
shall reasonably request relating to the foregoing.
3.     The Recipient shall exercise its rights under each Matching Grant Agreement in
such manner as to protect the interests of the Recipient and the Association and
to accomplish the purposes of the Financing. Except as the Association shall
otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate or waive any
Matching Grant Agreement or any of its provisions.
D.     Safeguards.
1. The Recipient shall carry out the Project in accordance with the Environment and
Social Management Plan, the Pest Management Plan, the Resettlement Policy
Framework and any and all Resettlement Plans.
2.    Whenever a Resettlement Plan shall be required for any Project activity in
accordance with the provisions of the Resettlement Policy Framework, the
Recipient shall:
(a)    prior to the commencement of such activity, proceed to have such
Resettlement Plan: (i) prepared in accordance with the provisions of the
Resettlement Policy Framework; (ii) furnished to the Association for
review and approval; and (iii) thereafter adopted and disclosed as
approved by the Association, in a manner acceptable to the Association;
and
(b)    thereafter, take such measures as shall be necessary or appropriate to
ensure compliance with the requirements of such Resettlement Plan.
3.     The Recipient shall not amend, suspend or waive the Environment and Social
Management Plan, the Pest Management Plan, the Resettlement Policy
Framework or any provision thereof unless the Association has provided its prior
approval thereof in writing, and the Recipient has complied with the same
consultation and disclosure requirements as applicable to the original adoption of
the said instruments.
4.     Without limitation on its other reporting obligations under this Agreement, the
Recipient shall collect, compile and submit to the Association on an annual basis
(or such other frequency as may be agreed with the Association) consolidated
reports on the status of compliance with the Environment and Social
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Management Plan, the Pest Management Plan, the Resettlement Policy
Framework, and each Resettlement Plan, if any, giving details of: (a) measures
taken in furtherance of the said instruments; (b) conditions, if any, which
interfere or threaten to interfere with the smooth implementation of the said
measures; and (c) remedial measures taken or required to be taken to address
such conditions.
5.    In the event of any conflict between the provisions of any of the Environment
and Social Management Plan, the Pest Management Plan, the Resettlement
Policy Framework or any Resettlement Plan, and the provisions of this
Agreement, those of this Agreement shall prevail.
Section II.   Project Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
A.     Project Reports
1.     The Recipient shall monitor and evaluate the progress of the Project and prepare
Project Reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08 of the General
Conditions and on the basis of indicators acceptable to the Association. Each
Project Report shall cover the period of one (1) calendar semester, and shall be
furnished to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the
period covered by such report.
B.     Financial Management, Financial Reports and Audits
1.     The Recipient shall maintain or cause to be maintained a financial management
system in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.09 of the General
Conditions.
2.     Without limitation on the provisions of Part A of this Section, the Recipient shall
prepare and furnish to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days after the
end of each calendar semester, interim unaudited financial reports for the Project
covering the semester, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association.
3.     The Recipient shall have its Financial Statements audited in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.09 (b) of the General Conditions. Each audit of the
Financial Statements shall cover the period of one fiscal year of the Recipient.
The audited Financial Statements for each such period shall be furnished to the
Association not later than six (6) months after the end of such period.
Section III.  Procurement
A.     General
1.     Goods, Works and Non-consulting Services. All goods, works and non-
consulting services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds
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of the Financing shall be procured in accordance with the requirements set forth
or referred to in Section I of the Procurement Guidelines, and with the provisions
of this Section.
2.     Consultants' Services. All consultants' services required for the Project and to
be financed out of the proceeds of the Financing shall be procured in accordance
with the requirements set forth or referred to in Sections I and IV of the
Consultant Guidelines, and with the provisions of this Section.
3.     Definitions. The capitalized terms used below in this Section to describe
particular procurement methods or methods of review by the Association of
particular contracts, refer to the corresponding method described in the
Procurement Guidelines, or Consultant Guidelines, as the case may be.
B.     Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-consulting
Services
1 .    International Competitive Bidding. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
2 below, goods, works and non-consulting services shall be procured under
contracts awarded on the basis of International Competitive Bidding.
2.     Other Methods of Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-consulting
Services. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than
International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods, works and
non-consulting services. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances
under which such methods may be used:
Procurement Method
(a) National Competitive Bidding subject to the following additional provisions:
the Recipient shall use the Association's standard bidding documents or other
bidding documents which shall have been found acceptable to the Association
prior to their use
(b) Shopping
(c) Direct Contracting
(d) Community participation in procurement
C.     Particular Methods of Procurement of Consultants' Services
1.     Quality- and Cost-based Selection. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
2 below, consultants' services shall be procured under contracts awarded on the
basis of Quality and Cost-based Selection.
2.     Other Methods of Procurement of Consultants' Services. The following table
specifies methods of procurement, other than Quality and Cost-based Selection,
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which may be used for consultants' services. The Procurement Plan shall specify
the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
Procurement Method
(a) Quality Based Selection
(b) Selection under a Fixed Budget
(c) Least Cost Selection
(d) Selection based on Consultants' Qualifications
(e) Single-source Selection of consulting firms
(f) Selection of Individual Consultants
D.     Review by the Association of Procurement Decisions
The Procurement Plan shall set forth those contracts which shall be subject to the
Association's Prior Review. All other contracts shall be subject to Post Review
by the Association.
Section IV.   Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Financing
A.     General
1. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Financing in accordance with
the provisions of Article II of the General Conditions, this Section, and such
additional instructions as the Association shall specify by notice to the Recipient
(including the "World Bank Disbursement Guidelines for Projects" dated May
2006, as revised from time to time by the Association and as made applicable to
this Agreement pursuant to such instructions), to finance Eligible Expenditures as
set forth in the table in paragraph 2 below.
2.     The following table specifies the categories of Eligible Expenditures that may be
financed out of the proceeds of the Financing ("Category"), the allocations of the
amounts of the Credit to each Category, and the percentage of expenditures to be
financed for Eligible Expenditures in each Category:
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Category             Amount of the Credit     Percentage of
Allocated (expressed   Expenditures to be
in SDR)               Financed
(inclusive of Taxes)
(1) Goods, works, non-consulting  20,200,000         100%
services, consultants' services,
Operating Costs and Training for
the Project
(2) Matching Grants            12,200,000            100% of amounts
disbursed
TOTAL AMOUNT                   32,400,000
B.     Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part A of this Section, no withdrawal shall be
made for payments made prior to the date of this Agreement, except that
withdrawals up to an aggregate amount not to exceed 20,000 SDR equivalent
may be made for payments made prior to this date but on or after April 17, 2014
for Eligible Expenditures.
2.     The Closing Date is June 30, 2016.
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SCHEDULE 3
Repayment Schedule
Date Payment Due                Principal Amount of the Credit
repayable
(expressed as a percentage)*
On each August I and February 1:
Commencing August 2024 to and including                  1%
February 1, 2034
Commencing August 1 2034 to and including                2%
February 1, 2054
* The percentages represent the percentage of the principal amount of the Credit to be
repaid, except as the Association may otherwise specify pursuant to Section 3.03(b) of
the General Conditions.
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APPENDIX
I.     Definitions
1.     "Anti-Corruption Guidelines" means the "Guidelines on Preventing and
Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA
Credits and Grants", dated October 15, 2006 and revised in January 2011.
2.     "Category" means a category set forth in the table in Section IV of Schedule 2 to
this Agreement.
3.     "CFA" means the West African franc.
4.     "Consultant Guidelines" means the "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of
Consultants under EBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by World Bank
Borrowers" dated January 2011.
5.     "Coris Bank" means the Coris Bank International, established pursuant to ArrOtj
no. 2007/754/MEF/SG/DGTCP/DAMOF of December 26, 2007, or any
successor thereto.
6.     "Displaced Persons" means persons who, on account of the involuntary taking of
land and other assets as part of the execution of the Project resulting in a direct
economic and social adverse impact, whether or not said Displaced Persons must
physically relocate, had or would have their: (i) standard of living adversely
affected; (ii) right, title, interest in any house, land (including premises,
agricultural and grazing land) or any other physical asset acquired or possessed,
temporarily or permanently, adversely affected; (iii) access to productive assets
adversely affected, temporarily or permanently; or (iv) business, occupation,
work or place of residence or habitat adversely affected; and "Displaced Person"
means any of the Displaced Persons.
7.     "Ecobank"  means the Ecobank     Transnational, a pan-African  banking
conglomerate, established pursuant to ArretJ No97021/MEF/MDCFDE/
SG/DGTCP/DT of the February 4, 1997, or any successor thereto.
8.     "Environment and Social Management Plan" means the Recipient's report
entitled Etude d'Impact Environnemental et Social and dated January 2006
prepared for the Original Project and updated on March 12, 2014, acceptable to
the Association, which sets out the environmental protection measures in respect
of the Project, as well as administrative and monitoring arrangements to ensure
the implementation of said plan, as said plan may be revised from time to time
with the agreement of the Association.
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9.     "General Conditions" means the "International Development Association
General Conditions for Credits and Grants", dated July 31, 2010.
10.    "Maison de l'Entreprise du Burkina Faso" means the Maison de l'Entreprise du
Burkina Faso, a private sector association established pursuant to Decree
No. 2010-180/PRES/PM/MATD/MEF, dated April 19, 2010 and Ricipisse
No. 2002-557/MATD/SG/DGAT/DLPAP pf, dated December 2, 2002 of the
Recipient, or any successor thereto.
11.    "MEAHA" means the Recipient's Ministry of Water , Hydraulic Planning and
Sanitation (Minist re de l'Eau, des Am6nagements Hydrauliques et de
l'Assainissement), or any successor thereto.
12.    "Orabank" means the Orabank Burkina immatriculated in the Commerce
Register of Burkina Faso (RCCM) on February 24, 2014 No. BFOUA 2014 B966
or any successor thereto.
13.    "Original Financing Agreement" means the financing agreement for an
Agricultural Diversification and Market Development Project between the
Recipient and the Association, dated June 22, 2006, as amended to the date of
this Agreement (Credit No 4195-BUR).
14.    "Original Project" means the Project described in the Original Financing
Agreement.
15.    "Pest Management Plan" means the Recipient's report entitled Plan de Gestion
des Pestes et des Pesticides, dated January 2006, prepared for the Original
Project and updated on March 12, 2014, acceptable to the Association, setting
forth, inter alia, the assessment of pest management in the Project Area and
potential environmental impacts under the Project, recommendations for
mitigation of adverse impacts and enhancement of positive impacts based on
such assessment, including supporting an integrated approach to pest
management focusing, inter alia, on the safe use of agricultural pesticides, non-
chemical approaches to pest control, and guidelines for the use of appropriate
chemicals, and sets out capacity building measures and monitoring and
evaluation procedures, as such plan may be amended from time to time with the
prior agreement of the Association.
16.    "Procurement Guidelines" means the "Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works
and Non-consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants by
World Bank Borrowers" dated January 2011.
17.    "Procurement Plan" means the Recipient's procurement plan for the Project,
dated April 17, 2014 and referred to in paragraph 1.18 of the Procurement
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Guidelines and paragraph 1.25 of the Consultant Guidelines, as the same shall be
updated from time to time in accordance with the provisions of said paragraphs.
18.    "Project Implementation Manual" means the Recipient's manual for the Original
Project to be updated pursuant to Section I.A.2(a) of Schedule 2 to this
Agreement .
19.    "Project Manual of Financial, Accounting and Administrative Procedures" means
the manual for the Original Project to be updated pursuant to Section I.A.2(a) of
Schedule 2 to this Agreement which manual includes the Recipient's guidelines
and procedures satisfactory to the Association to be used for the purpose of
implementing the Project, including in the areas of administrative, financial
management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation, coordination, support
eligibility, social and environment, and other provisions related to the
institutional organization, as such guidelines and procedures may be amended
from time to time in agreement with the Association, and such term includes any
schedule to the Project Implementation Manual.
20.    "Resettlement Plan" means a resettlement action plan, acceptable to the
Association, prepared in accordance with the Resettlement Policy Framework,
which sets out the principles and procedures governing the acquisition of land
and other assets, and the resettlement, compensation and rehabilitation of
Displaced Persons on account of the execution of the Project, as well as
monitoring and reporting arrangements to ensure compliance with said plan, as
the same may be revised from time to time with the prior agreement of the
Association; and "Resettlement Plans means all of said plans.
21.    "Resettlement Policy Framework" means the Recipient's report entitled Plan
Cadre de Recasement/Rinstallation and dated January 2006 prepared for the
Original Project and updated on March 12, 2014 acceptable to the Association,
which sets forth the principles and procedures, satisfactory to the Association,
governing measures and actions to be taken during the implementation of the
Project for the provision of compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement
assistance to Displaced Persons, as such framework may be amended from time to
time with the prior agreement of the Association.
22.    "Secretariat Permanent of Coordination of Rural Sector Policy" means the
secretariat comprising representatives of all the Recipient's ministries active in
the rural sector and leads the coordination of the Recipient's agricultural policy
or any successor thereto.
23.    "SOFIGEB" means the Socidtd financibre de garantie interbancaire du Burkina
created on January 6, 2006 by certain financial institutions of the Recipient
whose vocation includes facilitating access to credit for very small, small and
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medium enterprises and industries through the provision of guaranties to
financial institutions extending credit to said enterprises and industries.
II.    Amendments to the Original Financing Agreement
1. Section 1.1 of Schedule 2 to the Original Financing Agreement is amended by
replacing "Ministry of Agriculture, Water resources and Fisheries (Minist&re de
l'Agriculture, de l'Hydraulique et des Ressources Halieutiques) (the
"MAWRF")" by "MASA".
2.     The Original Financing Agreement is amended by replacing the words "matching
grant" throughout the Agreement by the words "Matching Grants".
3.     The table in Section III.B.2. of Schedule 2 is amended by:
(a)    replacing the words "Community Investments" appearing in said table by
the words "Community participation in procurement" in paragraph (d);
and
(b)    deleting paragraph (e).
4.     The Appendix to the Original Financing Agreement is amended by replacing the
definitions of Consultant Guidelines and Procurement Guidelines by the
following definitions:
"Consultant Guidelines" means the "Guidelines: Selection and
Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and
Grants by World Bank Borrowers" dated January 2011.
"Procurement Guidelines" means the "Guidelines: Procurement of
Goods, Works and Non-consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA
Credits and Grants by World Bank Borrowers" dated January 2011.
5.     The Appendix to the Original Financing Agreement is amended by inserting the
following definitions in alphabetical order:
"Beneficiary" means a group of producers or an individual producer, a
promoter or other individual who receives a Matching Grant; and
"Beneficiaries" means more than one Beneficiary.
"MASA" means the Recipient's Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Security (Ministare de l'agriculture et de la s&uritj alimentaire) or any
successor thereto.
"Matching Grants" means grants provided to Beneficiaries for
Subprojects; and Matching Grant means any one of the said grants.
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"Operating Costs" means the reasonable cost of goods and non-
consulting services required for the day-to-day implementation of the
Project, incurred by the Recipient (which expenditures would not have
been incurred absent the Project), including consumable materials and
supplies, communications services (postage, telephone and internet),
media and printing services, translation and interpretation services, office
space rental and utilities, leasing and/or routine repair and maintenance
of vehicles, equipment, facilities and office premises, fuel costs, bank
and insurance charges required for the Project, administrative support
staff, and Project staff travel, lodging and per diems, but excluding
salaries (including bonuses, fees and honoraria or equivalent payments)
of officials of the Recipient's civil service.
"Project Coordination Unit" means the Project coordination unit referred
to in Section I.1(b) of Schedule 2 of this Agreement which has been
established by the Recipient within MASA or any successor thereto.
"Regional Micro-Project Selection Committees" means the committees
responsible for approving Subprojects and "Regional Micro-Project
Selection Committee" means any of said committees.
"Sub-project" means a micro-project prepared and submitted by a group
or an individual for an activity concerning vegetal production, livestock
or small scale irrigation.
"Steering Committee" means the committee referred to in Section 1.1(a)
of Schedule 2 of this Agreement, or any successor thereto.
"Training" means training, workshops, conferences, study tours,
fellowships and scholarships conducted in the territory of the Recipient and
abroad, including the reasonable and necessary incremental expenditures
incurred on account of organizing or attending learning and knowledge
dissemination events, including, fees for educational institutions; fees
and allowances for resource persons; travel, board and lodging for
resource persons and trainees; logistics and materials associated with
conferences, seminars, workshops, study tours, fellowships and
scholarships; and other training costs directly associated with the Project
but excluding: (a) any costs provided through consulting services
contract; and (b) salaries (including bonuses, fees and honoraria or
equivalent payments) of officials of the Recipient's civil service.
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