PROGRAM INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
                            CONCEPT STAGE
                                                                               07/07/2016
                                                                Report No.: AB7856
Operation Name                  Second Public Investment Reform Support Credit
Region                          AFRICA
Country                         Niger
Sector                          Central government administration (50%); General energy
                                sector (25%); Irrigation and drainage (25%)
Operation ID                    P159969
Lending Instrument              Development Policy Lending
Borrower(s)                     Republic of Niger
Implementing Agency             Ministry of Finance (MEF)
Date PID Prepared               July 7, 2016
Estimated Date of Appraisal     October 1, 2016
Estimated Date of Board         December 15, 2016
Approval
Corporate Review Decision       Following the corporate review, the decision was taken to
                                proceed with the preparation of the operation.

     Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement
Niger continues to strengthen its democratic governance mechanisms and renewed its executive
and parliamentarian institutions following the legislative and presidential elections in 2016. The
2016 presidential and legislative elections took place in the first quarter of the year. The
incumbent candidate President Mahamadou Issoufou won a run-off presidential election that
took place on March 20, 2016 winning 92 percent of the votes. The new parliament and the new
government have taken office since April 12, 2016. The Government continues to step up efforts
at promoting the safety and property rights of its citizens.

The PIRSC series is designed to support and address the challenges in the implementation of the
Nigerien Government’s national poverty reduction strategy, and the Economic and Social
Development Plan (Plan de Développement Economique et Social – PDES). The authorities
recognize that a growth strategy driven mainly by extractive industries and agriculture presents a
unique set of challenges. The avenues through which the PDES addresses this challenge include
– but are not limited to– a redistributive fiscal policy entailing significant investment in
infrastructure, and improvements in Public Finance Management (PFM) and Public Investment
Management (PIM).

       Proposed Objective

The PIRSC’s development objective is to: (i) improve the quality, reliability and accountability
of the country’s PFM and PIM systems; (ii) establish the policy and regulatory framework
necessary for a well-functioning public irrigation sector; and (iii) to facilitate the reform of the
electricity sector.

       Preliminary Description
       Poverty and Social Impacts and Environment Aspects

Poverty and Social Impacts

Many of the actions supported by the PIRSC are expected to have positive poverty reduction and
welfare enhancement impacts. Measures under each of the PIRSC’s three pillars are specifically
designed to speed the pace of poverty reduction by broadening access to economic opportunity.
PFM and PIM reforms under Pillar 1 will increase the economic impact of capital investment,
increasing the quality and availability of public goods and services. The PIRSC supports PFM
reforms in health, education, rural development, water resources, transportation, and energy;
these sectors have been shown to have the greatest impact on poverty reduction. Improvements
in the management of irrigation systems will reduce the economic vulnerability of rural
households, boost the income potential of agricultural land, reinforce food security, and
strengthen the farmers’ rights to irrigated land. Measures to strengthen the institutional
framework of the electricity will establish essential conditions for expanding electricity access,
creating new income opportunities and promoting broad-based growth.
Environment Aspects




       Tentative financing

Source:                                                 ($m.)
BORROWER/RECIPIENT                                       0.00
International Development Association (IDA)             50.00
Borrower/Recipient                                       0.00
IBRD                                                     0.00
Others (specifiy)
                                                Total    50

       Contact point

World Bank
Contact:      Luc Razafimandimby
Title:        Senior Economist
Tel:          (202) 458-9539
Email:        lrazafimandimby@worldbank.org

Borrower
Contact:      M. Yacoubou Sani
Title:        Directeur General de l’Economie
Tel:         (227-9) 696-6613
Email:       yacoubousani@yahoo.fr

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