The development objective of the Transport Sector Modernization Program (TSMP) is to improve transport connectivity of the country along priority transport links and to support improvements in transport operations and asset management practices.
... See More + The Program is multi-phased with a First Phase including road sections in FBH, and the Second Phase including railways in the Republika Srpska (RS). Some of the negative impacts are includes : (i) effects related to losing a work position; (ii) finding a new job; (iii) tensions between workers and employer; (iv) workers re-deployment to other units in the company; (v) to change place of residence for another workplace; (vi) employees’ perceptions towards the procedure; (vii) vulnerable groups affected by labor restructuring; Some of the mitigation measures are includes: (i) monetary compensation to employees affected by the retrenchment, which consists of (i) severance pay; (ii) payment of outstanding arrears and debt to employees; (ii) employment support from one or both of the following: (i) local employment centers/NGOs, business and innovation centers and institutions; (ii) employment program activities within the Employment Strategy of Republika Srpska; (iii) non-monetary compensation upon leaving the company through (i) training and courses; (ii) job searching opportunities; (iii) outplacement; (iv) assistance and advice on unemployment or social security benefits; (iv) support from Human Resources and Legal Services departments as well as special coordinators to provide assistance and clarifications on the procedure and Grievance and Appeals; (v) assistance on the re-deployments procedure and other arrangements; (vi) programs and institutions which provide assistance in searching for new work based on regional and local opportunities; (vii) information and communications on employees’ rights, employment-related affairs and employment support (unemployment benefits, social assistance, Employment Service, etc.), focusing on the sense of fairness and non-discrimination of the procedure, timely notification of the retrenchment process; (viii) protections more vulnerable categories (e.g. war veterans) during retrenchment.
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The development objective of the Transport Corridors Project for Iraq is to improve road transport connectivity and safety on selected road sections along Expressway 1 and the North-South transport corridor in Iraq.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) ground water pollution related to disposal of domestic solid wastes generated by the personnel and domestic wastewater generated by the personnel; (ii) noise pollution resulting from the operation of turbines and other equipment; (iii) air pollution resulting from the emissions and dust blows; (iv) used oil filters and empt oil/fuel barrels are considered hazardous and need to be handled in a careful manner otherwise they may pollute the soils. (v) water sprinklers will be used to spray raw materials and site grounds to reduce the effects of dust emissions;(vi) waste generated during the construction phase will be temporarily stored in barrels and containers; (vii) periodic maintenance and replacement of filters of the asphalt plant and generator wherever this possible; (viii) for staff and persons whom will be working within noisy zone they will be supplied with personal protective equipment (PPE) in order not to impair on their health as a result of over exposed to noise; (ix) good maintenance for trucks and lorries used to reduce gas emissions; (x) for the sludge waste, it's dealt with the asphalt plant manager to use it to pave some surfaces to reduce the dust emission, or it can be reused and utilized through recycling it back into the asphalt; (xi) all transportation, handling and storage of bitumen will be handled by experienced personals; (xii) regular health checks will be conducted for employees and staff working at the asphalt plant; (xiii) persons undertaking construction and installation works should have access to amenities for their welfare and personal hygiene needs such as sanitary toilets, potable drinking water, washing facilities, shelter sheds etc.; (xiv) must ensure sufficient lighting in the area where a person performs construction work or may be required to pass through, including access ways and emergency exit or passage without risk to health and safety.
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Latin America can dramatically narrow itsinfrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. It remains to be seen whether spending better will be sufficient for the region to fully achieve what it aspires to.
... See More + But there is sufficient evidence that spending betterand focusing scarce public resources on what matters would significantly narrowthe service gap.
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Some of the headings included in this newsletter of the World Bank in India are: making India’s cities livable; pathways to prosperity – World Bank series; skilling India; development dialogue: is a college degree worth it?
... See More + ; ICR update : Maharashtra water sector improvement project; recent project approvals and signings; new additions to the public information center
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Patients in health care occupancies are one of the most vulnerable population groups in case of a fire. Unlike most other buildings and occupancies, the least desirable emergency action in a health care occupancy is the wholesale relocation or evacuation of patients who are often incapable of self-preservation due to age or physical or mental disabilities.
... See More + The Life and Fire Safety (LFS) Good Practice Notes (GPNs) are technical reference documents developed for two main purposes: (i) To support IFC’s investment decisions when evaluating if life and fire safety objectives have been achieved; and (ii) As a general guideline for the project team to develop a life and fire concept for the specific occupancy. This GPN is a guideline for investment projects in both new and existing occupancies. The GPN provides further guidance to section 3.3 of the World Bank Group (WBG) General Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines, which are the core of IFC’s requirements on life and fire safety. This GPN consists of two main parts: (i) A description of fire safety approach, specific requirements and components of fire protection; and (ii) Four annexes: (A) Guideline Key Life and Fire Safety Design Principles; (B) Key Life and Fire Safety Audit Aspects; (C) Inspection and Maintenance Schedule; and (D) Life and Fire Safety Documentation and Approval Flow.
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Hotels are residential occupancies that are primarily transient in nature. The presence of sleeping occupants should be central to the provisions taken on life and fire safety, because occupants who are asleep will be unaware of a developing fire and, when awakened and alerted to the emergency, might be somewhat confused.
... See More + Furthermore, most occupants have little or no familiarity with the building. The Life and Fire Safety (LFS) Good Practice Notes (GPNs) are technical reference documents developed for two main purposes: (i) To support IFC’s investment decisions when evaluating if life and fire safety objectives have been achieved; and (ii) As a general guideline for the project team to develop a life and fire concept for the specific occupancy. This GPN is a guideline for investment projects in both new and existing occupancies. The GPN provides further guidance to section 3.3 of the World Bank Group (WBG) General Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines, which are the core of IFC’s requirements on life and fire safety. This GPN consists of two main parts: (i) A description of fire safety approach, specific requirements and components of fire protection; and (ii) Four annexes: (A) Guideline Key Life and Fire Safety Design Principles; (B) Key Life and Fire Safety Audit Aspects; (C) Inspection and Maintenance Schedule; and (D) Life and Fire Safety Documentation and Approval Flow.
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The objective of the Additional Financing of the Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project for Armenia is to improve access of rural communities to markets and services through upgrading of selected lifeline roads, and to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Transport and Communication to manage the lifeline road network.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: the local construction and environment inspectorates and communities have been notified of upcoming activities; the public has been notified of the works through appropriate notification in the media and/or at publicly accessible sites (including the site of the works); all legally required permits have been acquired for construction and/or rehabilitation; the contractor formally agrees that all work will be carried out in a safe and disciplined manner designed to minimize impacts on neighboring residents and environment; during excavation works dust control measures shall be employed, e.g. by spraying and moistening the ground; demolition debris, excavated soil and aggregates shall be kept in controlled area and sprayed with water mist to reduce debris dust; construction noise will be limited to restricted times agreed to in the permit; during operations the engine covers of generators, air compressors and other powered mechanical equipment shall be closed, and equipment placed as far away from residential areas as possible; waste collection and disposal pathways and sites will be identified for all major waste types expected from excavation, demolition and construction activities; and mineral construction and demolition wastes will be separated from general refuse, organic, liquid and chemical wastes by on-site sorting and stored in appropriate containers.
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Ratings for the Adaptable Program Loan (APL) on Strengthening Regional Cooperation For Wildlife Protection in Asia for Bangladesh and Nepal were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was moderate, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: regional approach proved to be effective in addressing trans-boundary and common issues, and project design should allow differentiating performance assessment by country. biodiversity conservation projects should build better Results Frameworks, collecting evidence about broader social and economic benefits.regional projects focusing on global public goods are difficult to design and implement and good prior analysis of capacities and respective commitments through adequate preparation time is not optional.focusing and supporting institutional strengthening is the key to achieve regional shared goals.projects trying to pilot novel ideas and cooperation on transboundary issues need to have measurable indicators from the beginning. a comprehensive organizational capacity building is more effective than providing activity-based training to concerned staff.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR4038 JUN 29, 2017
Ratings for the European Neighborhodd and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance II Program for International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was substantial, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: design projects to synchronize with the policy enabling environment and align with government agendas. a leaner management structure is preferable. Government-led multi-stakeholder platforms can be highly effective mechanisms for promoting country ownership, but can also dilute overall Program coherence.Regional activities proved more difficult to organize and promote thannational or subnational level activities. NGOs managing World Bank projects require training and support in World Bank procurement and financial management procedures.Project coherence will increase when program ambitions are in line with budgets.For TA programs such as FLEG it may be difficult to design indicators that adequately capture the high level effects, such as institutional changes.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3374 JUN 28, 2017
Carbon finance (CF) has been one of the Bank Group’s first and longest engagements for mitigating climate change. Carbon finance as a subcomponent of climate finance is a generic term used for the revenue streams that can be generated by sale of project-based GHG emission reductions or from payments involving carbon sequestration and storage from forests.
... See More + The World Bank Group launched CF with interest to support development of a global carbon market that will reduce the cost of achieving GHG emission reductions and facilitate sustainable development. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the role and contributions of the WBG in CF in relation to the needs and priorities of its clients and its potential comparative advantages and draw lessons to inform the WBG’s strategic direction in CF. The evaluation will look at the four dimensions to assess the potential comparative advantages of the WBG in CF. On the WBG portfolio, the focus will only be on the CF portfolio and will not include the broad scope of climate finance. The primary audience for this evaluation is the WBG’s Board of Directors, senior management and staff involved in carbon finance, climate mitigation policy and related operations. Other stakeholders include the donor sponsors providing trust funds to the WBG. These stakeholders will have an incentive to know about the performance and effectiveness of the carbon finance activities, the key drivers of success, how those drivers changed over time, and how future operations can be improved. The evaluation will also be of interest to climate policy evaluation specialists and researchers as well as policymakers and regulatory agencies who want to understand the impact of WBG operations on international carbon finance and how carbon finance operations or similar GHG mitigation policies could be made more effective. Bilateral and multilateral institutions may also be interested to know about what works in carbon finance. Host country governments, civil society and NGOs will also have an interest in this evaluation, especially in terms of how such interventions contribute to reducing GHG emissions and create opportunities for sustainable social and economic development at different levels.
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The South-West Roads Project (SWRP) is currently being implemented and is being restructured to include the financing of two new road sections: Kurty-Togyz road section (km 2295-2380) and the Otar-Uzynagash road section (km 63-162).
... See More + Both of these road segments were previously appraised by the World Bank under different projects. This document reflects an updated summary of the environmental and social assessment process for the proposed restructuring of the SWRP (funded by the World Bank) to support GoK policy toward upgrading the main existing road corridors – the Western Europe – Western China (We-WCh) Corridor and the Center-South (CS) - as prioritized in the current national strategic documents and to operationalize the sector reform activities to make KAZ a commercially-oriented road operator.The ESMPs for the considered road sections developed on ESIA reports previously approved by the Bank and disclosed accordingly) also reflect aspects that came up during additional analysis, in particular, the proximity of the road to sensitive natural habitats and cultural resources, as well as the need to include requirements of the World Bank Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) guidelines. The ESMP mainly describes the baseline environmental and social conditions, potential negative impacts from the proposed activities and the agreed environmental and social mitigation and monitoring measures. In addition, it outlines the structure of environmental responsibilities and reporting and the requirements for public consultations and disclosure. The minutes of the public consultations with stakeholders that were conducted in several locations along the project alignment in April 2017 are included as attachments of the current reports. As the ongoing SWRP, the current restructuring has been process in line with category a risk investment.
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The development objective of the Ecosystem Services Improvement Project for India is to improve forest quality, land management and non-timber forest produce (NTFP) benefits for forest dependent communities in selected landscapes in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
... See More + The proposed Global Environment Facility (GEF) project will be implemented in close coordination with Green India Mission (GIM) on three components: (1) capacity building (training and technical assistance); (2) enhancement of forest carbon stocks through forest quality improvement approaches and improved livelihoods for forest dependent communities (interventions); and (3) reversal of land degradation on private land holdings and common property resource lands through development of models and capacity for scaling up of sustainable land management practices (interventions). Forest and private land holdings and Common Property Resources (CPR) lands for project support and intervention will be identified within a defined landscape planning approach to facilitate ecological connectivity between ecologically important habitats and biologically richareas. A fourth component will provide project management coordination. 1) The objective of the first component is to enhance the capacity and skills of the State Forest Departments, the Forest Development Agencies, and local communities for improving management of forest and land resources and ensuring the delivery of sustainable benefits to local communities that depend on these resources. 2) The objective of the second component is to improve the quality and productivity of the existing forests so as to ensure sustained flows of ecosystem services and carbon sequestration, and to ensure the sustainable harvesting and value addition of NTFP to provide economic benefits to forest dependent communities that promote conservation and improve ecological connectivity between critical biodiversity areas. 3) The main objectives of the third component are to prevent land degradation and desertification and to increase above‐ground forest carbon stock through a combination of activities to implement and scaleup tried‐and‐tested Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management (SLEM) best practices, to increase national capacity for monitoring land degradation and to track associated indicators and generate knowledge exchange on SLEM approaches. 4) A modest Project Management Unit (PMU) will be established as a fourth component tocoordinate and monitor project implementation and progress towards the envisaged development objective
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The development objective of the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP) Project for Indonesia is to institutionalize the COREMAP approach of a viable, decentralized, and integrated framework for sustainable management of coral reef resources, associated eco‐systems and bio‐diversity for the welfare of the communities in the selected districts of the respective provinces in Indonesia.
... See More + This level one restructuring introduces a number of significant changes to the project, including: (i) revision of the project development objective (PDO) reflecting a reduced project scope and, as a consequence, revision of component names, activities, costs, and results framework; (ii) change of executing agency and, as a consequence, modification of implementation, financial management, procurement, and disbursement arrangements; and (iii) 18‐month extension of the closing date.
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CURB, Climate Action for Urban Sustainability, is an interactive scenario planning tool that helps cities take action on climate change. By reducing their environmental impact, cities can achieve a variety of local benefits including improved health and air quality, job creation and economic growth, energy independence, while often saving money.
... See More + CURB helps cities assess the implications of policy and technology interventions by allowing them to evaluate their cost, feasibility, and impact. CURB responds to local realities through a flexible and modular design, allowing users to focus on the information (e.g. energy or emission impacts, cost savings, etc.) that is most relevant to their priorities. The CURB tool is free to download and designed for Excel 2010 and later versions. The CURB User Guide explains the purpose and approach used in each of the six modules contained in the Toolkit. This Guide walks users through the process of operating each module and describes what type of output is ultimately generated to support local planning and decision-making. The CURB User Guide is available for download in both English and Spanish. The CURB Data Template describes what type of information is needed to run CURB. For each of the 6 sectors support in CURB, the data template details the data inputs and units that the user may provide for his or her city, noting that proxy data is available in case local information is unavailable or if gaps exist. The CURB Data Template can be used by city officials to collect data on the ground in preparation for scenario planning. CURB, was developed through collaboration between the World Bank Group, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and AECOM Consulting. Each institution is actively engaged in supporting climate, energy, and sustainability planning efforts at the local scale in cities around the world.
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The Global wildlife program (GWP) India project aims to enhance the ecological integrity and economic security of high range Indian Himalayan Ecosystem.
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The development objectives of the Rural Roads Infrastructure Improvement Project for Nicaragua are to: (a) improve the access of the rural population living in the project areas to markets, and to social and administrative services through: (i) the carrying out of improvements in the Recipient's road infrastructure, and (ii) the strengthening of Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI's) institutional capacity for asset and disaster risk management; and (b) support the generation of short-term employment opportunities for the rural population living in the project areas.
... See More + The restructuring will bring following changes: change in results framework; and reallocation between disbursement categories.
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The development objective of the Transport Infrastructure and Connectivity Project for Lesotho is to improve access to agricultural markets and tourist sites and promote job creation in targeted areas of Lesotho, whilst supporting improvements in road safety and providing immediate and effective response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) spent or waste oil from vehicles and equipment should be collected and temporarily stored in drums or containers at site; (ii) construction workers to follow prescribed precautions when working in dusty conditions; (iii) construction vehicles to be regularly maintained and fitted with suitable exhaust systems to reduce emissions; (iv) The contractor must supply the workers with firewood or preferably gas cooking appliances, to ensure that wood is not harvested from the surrounding vegetation; (v) fines to be imposed for infractions relating to habitat conservation and disturbance of natural vegetation; (vi) stockpile areas must be clearly demarcated and stabilised to ensure minimum erosion during rainstorms; (vii) all plant to be well maintained and fitted with effective mufflers; (viii) fences or safety barriers to be erected between construction activities and graves or graveyards; (ix) suitable erosion control mechanisms to be instituted in the design and layout of the bridges and road to reduce silt loads in surface water runoff; (x) provide drums or containers for temporary storage on site of waste oil from equipment and vehicles; (xi) maintenance and cleaning of vehicles, trucks and equipment should take place offsite; (xii) identify cultural heritage resources and existing ecologically sensitive areas; (xiii) ensure that the local communities are given priority in relation to employment and provided with training (skilled) to provide future labour in the project e.g. operation and maintenance.
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