RECOMMENDATION OF STATUTORY COMMITTEE



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 Grant (Value Chain Support Project) to the Republic of
        Chad.

        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 grant to

the Republic of Chad a grant in an amount equivalent to SDR 6,600,000. The purpose of said

grant is to improve: (i) targeted aspects of the business environment; and (ii) the performance of

agro-pastoral value chains in the Republic of Chad.




1.      The Committee has carefully studied the merits of the proposal to extend such a

financing, and of the purpose 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 Chad and is of high developmental priority in the light

of the needs of the Republic of Chad.
Republic of Chad                               -2-                     (Value Chain Support Project)




3.        Accordingly, the Committee finds that said project merits financial assistance from the
Association, and hereby recommends said project for such assistance.




                                        COMMITTEE




                                              Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel




                                                           Nominee selected by Governor for the
                                                                                 Republic of Chad




                                                                          Re onal Vice President
                                                                                          Africa




Dated at Washington, DC

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