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RCA 248423. & WUI 64145 & FAX (202) 477-6391
 
The World Bank 
1818 H Street N.W. 
(202) 477-1234 
I
NTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Washington, D.C.  20433 
Cable Address:  INTBAFRAD 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
 
U.S.A. 
Cable Address:  INDEVAS 
 
January 21, 2004 
 
Isaac Alfie 
Minister of Economy and Finance 
Colonia 1089 P. 3 
Montevideo, URUGUAY 
Fax:  598 2 902-1277 
 
Ref: URUGUAY: - Loan 7113-UY-  Third Basic Education Quality Improvement Project 
Amendment to the Loan Agreement
Dear Mr. Alfie: 
 
Please refer to the Loan Agreement for the Third Basic Education Quality 
Improvement Project
,
between the Republic of Uruguay (the Borrower) and the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) dated  June 17, 2002, 
and to the Project Agreement between the Bank and the 
Administración Nacional de 
Educación Pública
 (ANEP) of the same date. 
The Bank has received a letter from ANEP dated November 20, 2003 requesting 
to amend Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement: (i) to reflect that the Bank will finance 
100% of imported g
oods
under Category (3) “Goods”; and (ii) to reallocate the amounts 
under Categories of expenditures.  We are pleased to concur with your request. A revised 
Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement is attached. 
Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing and dating this 
Amendment Letter in the spaces provided below. This Amendment Letter shall be 
executed  in two counterparts each of which shall be an original.  
Upon your confirmation, please return one fully executed original to us.  The 
provisions et forth in this Amendment Letter shall become effective as of the date of this 
letter upon receipt by the Bank of one fully executed original of this Amendment Letter. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
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_______________________________ 
Axel van Trotsenburg 
Director 
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay 
 
AGREED:
 
REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY 
 
By:   
_________________________ 
 
(Authorized Representative) 
 
Name: Isaac Alfie 
 
Date: 
February 25, 2004 
 
cc: 
Lic. Javier Bonilla Saus, Director, Administración Nacional de Educación Pública 
(ANEP), 598 2  902-3491 
 
Dra. Inés Lacalle, Coordinator, Mecaep, 598 2  908-2062 
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ATTACHMENT 
 
Schedule 1 
 
Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Loan 
 
The table below sets forth the Categories of items to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan, 
the allocation of the amounts of the Loan to each category and the percentage of expenditures for 
items so to be financed in each Category: 
 
Category
Amount of the Loan Allocated  
(in US dollars)
%
of Expenditures 
to be financed
(1)  Works (except  as covered by 
Category (2) below) 
 
24,165,000                   
 
82% 
 
(2)  Works under Part B.1(vii) of the   
Project 
 
505,000 32% 
(3)  Goods 
 
5,755,000 
78% of local 
expenditures and 
100% of foreign 
expenditures 
 
(4)  Consultants’ services (except as 
covered by Category (5) below and 
excluding teachers’ salaries) 
4,270,000 82% 
(5)  Training 
3,875,000 
100% 
 
(6)  Goods, works and services 
financed by PME Grants 
3,010,000 100% 
(7)  Premia for Interest Rate Caps and 
Interest Rate Collars 
0
Amount due under 
Section 2.09 (d) of 
this Agreement 
 
(8)  Front-end Fee 
420,000 
Amount due under 
Section 2.04 of this 
Agreement 
 
(9)  Unallocated 
0
TOTAL 42,000,000.00
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Cleared by:  Messrs/Mmes:  González (LEGLA); Van Praag (LOAG3);  
 
cc: 
 
 
Messrs/Mmes: D. Oliveira (LEGLA); Raposo (LOAG3); Blasco (LCOAA); 
 
Masutti, Salatino, Saez,  Mackey, De Lombardo(LCC7C), Arriagada, Fiszbein, Campos Augusto,  
Silveira, Jarrin,  LC7ACS (LCSHD); IRIS