The development objective of the Emergency Infrastructure Renewal Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to improve access to basic infrastructure in targeted urban and rural areas.
... See More + The changes include: (i) reallocation of funds (Euros) from category (1) to category (2) - emergency expenditures under part E of the project; and (ii) revised costs of components taking into account the amount reallocated from part A.2 to part E of the additional credit.
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On August 6, 2018, the Inspection Panel ('the Panel') received a Request for Inspection (‘the Request’) of the Lebanon Water Supply Augmentation Project and the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project and its Additional Financing (AF) (‘the Projects’).
... See More + The Request was submitted by Lebanon Eco Movement, a network of 60 environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs), representing 42 local inhabitants, workers and community representatives. The Request also includes as attachments a petition signed by around 1,500 residents of impacted villages and an online petition with around 2,200 signatures of people from Lebanon and other countries opposing the construction of the Bisri Dam. The Requesters asked for confidentiality and authorized Lebanon Eco Movement to represent them during the Panel process. The Requesters are concerned about the construction of the dam on the Awwali River in the Bisri Valley in Lebanon and claim that the assessment of alternatives was inadequate. The Request alleges harms to natural habitats, forests, cultural heritage, agriculture, water sources, as well as a lack of consultation and participation. The Requesters also express concerns related to the geology and seismology of the project area. The Requesters allege that the Projects are based on an insufficient client understanding of the water balance in Lebanon and an incomplete consideration of alternatives, and the construction of the dam will result in the dismantling of a exceptional archeological complex and the inundation of a unique riparian ecosystem. They claim that it will destroy a productive local economy, threaten the safety of local communities and will be built in an area that is not geologically convenient. The Requesters claim that the ‘project's catastrophic harms’ outweigh the claimed benefits.
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Inspection Panel Notice of Registration 129988 SEP 12, 2018
The objective of the Public Investment Management And Governance Support Project is to improve efficiency in public investment management and enhance the performance of selected institutions of accountability in Benin.
... See More + There are no changes to the PDO or project components. Total allocations for components One and Three remain unchanged at US$9 million and US$15 million respectively. There is a reallocation of US$ 0.5 million betweencomponents Two and Four, such that the new component amounts are US$3.0 million and US$ 3.0 million respectively. The overall objectives of the components remain the same however, some internal reallocations and new activities are proposed for subcomponents in Components One, Two, and Three to assure better alignment with the current government priorities and reform program. In addition, the six intermediate indicators which are DLIs for component three have been redesigned to better reflect the project implementation cycle for investments and to provider clearer milestones for disbursement based on cumulative performance and results over the lifecycle of the project implementation cycle.
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The objective of the Water Sector Institutional Development Project is to strengthen the institutional capacity and efficiency of agencies in the water sector to improve access and reliability of water service delivery.
... See More + There are four components to the project. The first component being institutional development. The second component is the water resource management. The third component is the rehabilitation of water supply systems. Finally, the fourth component is the capacity building and change management. Due to the declining value of SDR relative to USD, and ongoing Government of Angola (GoA) financial constraints linked to the decline in global oil prices, the GoA has requested this restructuring to reallocate funds across disbursement categories. The reallocation will allow for disbursements to continue more smoothly without potential delays due to GoA payments, as part of the existing pari-passu arrangements.
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