Ratings for the Second Community Empowerment Project (CEP-II) for Liberia were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, risk to development outcome was substantial, Bank performance was satisfactory, and Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: the community-driven development (CDD) approach can be an effective instrument not only to empower communities but also to develop leadership and implementation capacity of local institutions that can enhance social service delivery in the short term and facilitate between different stakeholders in fragile environments. Stakeholder and donor coordination is essential in all development activities in a post conflict context, especially during the transition from relief to development phase where priorities need to be clearly identified and sequenced. Careful attention to fiduciary and project management skills in a low capacity, post conflict setting proved to be a critical factor that contributed to the success of the project. Transparency in the payment process to project participants contributed to improving the CEP-II administration in low capacity environment.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR2913 JAN 19, 2014
The development objective of the Public Sector Modernization Project for Liberia is to improve pay and performance management in participating ministries, and strengthen payroll management in the civil service in Liberia.
... See More + The project has four components. The first component is improving pay management. This component addresses two key functional problems relating to salary levels: (i) the challenge of the civil service to attract and retain competent managerial and professional staffs; and (ii) low levels of motivation and engagement among existing civil servants which undermines individual work effort. The second component, strengthened payroll management will address two functional problems: (i) the lack of effective payroll discipline that has facilitated entries into the payroll without due process; and (ii) weak establishment control leading to escalating wage bill. The third component, improved performance will address one functional problem. That is, the challenge of management to hold staff accountable for their performance in ensuring service delivery. It will also address an important structural problem namely, overlapping mandates, and weak management structures for the civil service. The fourth component is project and program management. The objective of this component is to support the coordination and delivery of project inputs and overall implementation program.
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The objective of the Second Additional Financing (AF) for the Urban and Rural Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project for Liberia is to support the recipient's efforts to improve road access in the city of Monrovia and targeted rural areas, as well as to improve the institutional capacity for the management of the recipient's roads sector.
... See More + The second Additional Financing (AF) will support additional required financing for various project components, in particular: (a) the contractually obligated inflation linked contract price adjustment for the Bokay town to Buchanan Port road; (b) additional works for Monrovia city streets; (c) updated estimated costs of the Caldwell Bridge; and (d) updated cost of New Fuel Unloading Facility in the Port of Monrovia. The AF will also finance the following new project activities: (a) preparation of conceptual designs and bidding documents for construction and rehabilitation of Ganta-Zwedru section (about 233 km) along the Ganta-Fishtown-Harper Road corridor; (b) carrying out a detailed feasibility study and transaction advisory services for the development of a dry inland port; and (c) technical assistance to the University of Liberia, the Stella Marie Polytechnic and Tubman University in support of the overall infrastructure sector institutional capacity building. An additional activity, to partly cover the costs of social and environmental mitigation measures, such as the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) and similar, has been also included. This component will mitigate the delays caused by lack of timely and adequate financing from the Government of Liberia (GoL). There are no new safeguard policies triggered by this second additional financing and restructuring, nor any changes to the original development objectives of the project.
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