This report describes the progress African countries are making on strengthening the quality of policies and institutions that underpin development.
... See More + It presents Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) scores for the 39 African countries that are eligible for support from the International Development Association (IDA). This year's report expands coverage to include Djibouti and Yemen from the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). The scores, which are on a scale of 1 to 6 with 6 being the highest, are an indicator of the quality of these countries' policy and institutional framework across 16 dimensions grouped into four clusters: economic management (Cluster A), structural policies (Cluster B), policies for social inclusion and equity (Cluster C), and public sector management and institutions (Cluster D). The overall quality of policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan African countries held steady in 2013, with divergent performance across countries. The average CPIA score for Sub-Saharan Africa held steady at 3.2 in 2013. But beyond the flat regional average, there was considerable divergence in country performance. For the region's IDA borrowers, scores were in a range of 3.9 to 2.0. A broad-based deepening of policy reforms lifted Rwanda's CPIA score in 2013, and the country joined Cabo Verde and Kenya at the top of the score range. Other top performers include Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Tanzania (all with scores of 3.8). South Sudan and Eritrea remained at the low-end of the score range (2.1 and 2,0, respectively), weighed down by deep policy and governance challenges. The quality of policies and institutions in MENA countries lags behind the average for middle income countries in all CPIA categories with scores lower relative to the Sub-Saharan African IDA country average. Since 2005, neither Yemen nor Djibouti has improved its overall rating; indeed, Yemen's overall policy and institutional score actually declined. The average CPIA score for countries in MENA was 3.0 in 2013, unchanged from 2012. Both Djibouti and Yemen had unchanged scores, indicating that despite unsettled conditions in the region and lingering challenges in global economic conditions, these countries generally opted to maintain their existing policy framework. Djibouti's CPIA score (3.1) was slightly higher than the average while Yemen's was on par with the average.
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The development objective of the Governance for Private Sector Development Project for Djibouti is to help improve Djibouti's business environment.
... See More + The project comprises of two components. The first component, investment climate reform will support reforms which can be easy to implement and have a quick impact on the business environment and thus assist the government in meeting its objective of promoting competitiveness and encouraging development and growth of private investment. It has following two sub-components: (i) commercial and civil justice; and (ii) establishment of the one-stop-shop and technical assistance (TA) for investment climate reforms through the one-stop-shop. The second component, project management will provide support to agence nationale de promotion des investissements (national investment promotion agency) (ANPI) (the project implementing entity) and to the project steering committee for project implementation through the provision of goods, consultants' services, training and operating costs for: (i) the project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including audits; and (ii) the meetings of the project steering committee.
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The development objective of the Geothermal Power Generation Project for Djibouti is to assist the recipient in assessing the commercial viability of the geothermal resource in Fiale Caldera within the Lake Assal region.
... See More + The project has three components. The first component is drilling program. This component includes the provision of works, goods and consultants' services for: (i) civil engineering preparatory works necessary for the execution of the drilling program (financed by African Development Bank (AfDB); (ii) execution of the drilling program as designed by the geothermal consulting company (jointly co-financed by Global Environment Facility (GEF), International Development Association (IDA) and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); (iii) steel material needed during the execution of the drilling program; (financed by French Development Agency (AFD); and (iv) for the inspection and testing of reservoir flow rates (financed by Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The second component is technical assistance for the drilling program. This component comprises the provision of goods and consultants' services to: (i) design the drilling program and well test protocol; (ii) execute the well test protocol and ensure third party certification of the results of the drilling program; and (iii) preparation of a technical feasibility study for the geothermal power plant provided that the geothermal resource is suitable for power generation. The third component is project management. This component involves the provision of goods, consultants' services, including audit and training, and operational costs for the purposes of project management and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation. It will be jointly co-financed by Government of Djibouti (GoDj) and AfDB.
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The objective of the Second Urban Poverty Reduction Project is to increase access to basic urban services in Quartier 7 (Q7) in Djibouti City. There are three components to the project, the first component being infrastructure upgrading in Q7.
... See More + This component will finance key urban infrastructure in Q7 while at the same time responding to the urgent need to address the chronic challenge of employment in the neighborhood, particularly among women and young people. The second component is the building institutional capacity and citizen engagement. The activities are aimed at strengthening two key levels of urban governance and supporting the implementation of the Djibouti City urban master plan prepared by Secretary of State for Housing (SSH) in 2012 under the DUPREP. Through these pilot activities and other capacity building efforts, the SSH and Housing and Urbanism Department (DHU) are expected to develop adequate tools to better manage Djibouti City's urban development. Finally, the third component is the support to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. This component will finance: (i) operating costs, short term technical assistance to Djiboutian Agency for Social Development, or ADDS, and additional equipment, as well as targeted capacity building for the ADDS staff and other stakeholders in charge of project implementation (US$645,000); and (ii) technical and financial audits (US$55,000).
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