This report contains the World Bank Group Boards calendar for the period of January 2015 to March 2015, specifying the Boards engagements, such as meetings, briefings, and other Bank happenings.
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The evaluation found that the program successfully shifted high-risk men from criminal activities into farming. Graduates earned more money than their counterparts who werent enrolled in the program, spent less time in illegal work and were less likely to consider fighting as mercenaries in neighboring conflicts.
... See More + The evaluation also showed that skills training isnt always enough; men who received training but didnt get their start-up capital didnt do as well as those who did. As policy makers in the region look to strengthen their economies and boost stability, the results of this evaluation offer guidelines for crafting successful programs. The findings shed light on some of the constraints that youth face when trying to pursue work opportunities: Training alone may not be enough if it isnt supplemented with start-up capital.
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This report contains the World Bank Group Boards' calendar for the period of February to April 2015, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
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The Port-Au-Prince Neighborhood Housing Reconstruction Project for Haiti seeks to restructure the project. The restructuring includes: (i) a reallocation of grant proceeds between categories to support the prioritization of investments; and, (ii) a 12-month extension of the closing date to provide time to complete priority large investments and consolidate achievement of the PDO, at the request of the Government of Haiti (GoH), in a letter signed by the Minister of Economy and Finance.
... See More + Intermediary indicator target values will be updated to reflect the prioritization of investments in the housing subcomponent. The proposed restructuring is being processed as a Level II restructuring, as the suggested adjustments do not affect the Project Development Objective (PDO). The objective of the Project is to help residents of Selected Port-au-Prince Neighborhoods severely affected by the Earthquake return to their communities by supporting them to repair and/or reconstruct their houses and/or return to improved housing conditions and improving basic community service infrastructure.
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This restructuring of the Lesotho Integrated Transport Project seeks a simple reallocation across four categories in the Annex 1 of the Amendment to the Financing Agreement dated September 14, 2012: Section IV.A.2 of schedule 2 to the original Financing Agreement.
... See More + This reallocation reflects the greater than expected expenditure requirements on Supervision Consultancy Services for the rehabilitation of the Nyenye-Makhoroana-Road under Category (3), and the reduced requirements under Categories (1), (2) and (4); Civil Works, Goods and Operating Costs respectively. The original intention was to undertake routine and periodic maintenance activities only on this road link. However, the design studies showed that the road deteriorated significantly and that rehabilitation would be the most efficient option. Due to the increased civil works costs, the Client divided the works into two Lots with the Bank supporting one Lot only and Government financing the second Lot in full from own resources.
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Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) have become an important focus of World Bank Group assistance in recent years as recognition of the linkages between fragility, conflict, violence, and poverty has grown.
... See More + Addressing issues of recurring conflict and political violence and helping build legitimate and accountable state institutions are central to the Bank Group's poverty reduction mission. This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank Group country strategies and assistance programs to FCS. The operationalization of the World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development (2011 WDR) is also assessed, to see how the framework has been reflected in subsequent analytical work, country assistance strategies, and the assistance programs. The evaluation framework was derived from the concepts and priorities articulated in recent WDRs, policy papers, and progress reports issued by Bank Group management, to draw lessons from FCS. The framework is organized around the three major themes emerging from the 2011 WDR: building state capacity, building capacity of citizens, and promoting inclusive growth and jobs. The evaluation focuses on International Development Association (IDA)-only countries, which are deemed to have certain characteristics such as very low average income and no access to private finance, making them eligible for special finance tools and programs. As the benchmark for measuring results, Bank Group performance is evaluated in 33 fragile and conflict-affected states against that of 31 IDA-only countries that have never been on the FCS list. Six new country case studies; analyses of Bank Group portfolios; human resources and budget data; secondary analysis of IEG evaluations; background studies including those on aid flows, gender, private sector development, and jobs; and surveys of Bank Group staffs and stakeholders are also included in the evaluation.
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This report contains the World Bank Group Boards calendar for the period of January 2015 to March 2015, specifying the Boards engagements, such as meetings, briefings, and other Bank happenings.
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The Panel decided not to register the request for inspection of the Second Tamil Nadu Sector Project in India after determining that it does not meet the admissibility criteria for registration given that the road construction activities, the subject of the request, are not planned to be financed by the proposed World Bank Project.
... See More + The Request was submitted by 15 representatives of the potentially affected area of Kunjandiyur to Periyar Nagar, Salem District, in the State of Tamil Nadu, India, on behalf of 297 individuals (the Requesters), and presented various documents in support of their claims, including resolutions passed by three village councils and a retailers association. The Requesters allege that the Project may support the upgrading of the State Highway between Thoppur in Dharmapuri District and Bhavani in Erode District (SH-20), and the construction of b ypasses in Mecheri and Nerinjipettai. The Requesters claim that the livelihood and safety of thousands of people (mostly low and middle income households and shopkeepers) will be affected by these road works. They also claim that approximately 15,000 students who cross the road at least twice daily to go to seven schools in the area will risk their safety. The Panel determined that the road works relating to the State Highway between Thoppur Bhavani Road (SH-20) are not to be financed by the Project and therefore the Panel concluded that the Request does not meet all of the admissibility criteria for Registration. In light of the foregoing and in accordance with the Panel Resolution, its Clarifications, and its Operating Procedures, the Panel is not registering the Request for Inspection.
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Inspection Panel Notice of Registration 93868 JAN 22, 2015
The objective of the Expressway Development Support Project for Ethiopia is to facilitate the efficient and safer movement of goods and people along selected heavily-trafficked corridors, whilst building systems to manage and finance high-capacity roads and promote the safety of the core road network.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: during construction use only 'clean' fill material around watercourses, such as using quarried rock containing no fine soil to prevent siltation& sedimentation of water sources in downstream area; the road design shall include physical and biological measures (grasses, riprap, and other devices in water channels, as well as dispersal structures in main drains) to reduce speed of runoff and erosive effect; construction of settling basins so as to remove silt, pollutants, and debris from road runoff water before it discharges in to stream drainage; the water quality deterioration caused by pollution from oil products and chemicals can be minimized with timely maintenance of leaking machinery parts and good housekeeping practices in garages, campsites and at refueling stations by the contractor; waste management and provision of waste handling facilities at garages, camp sites and at working places should be ensured by the contractor through establishing water supply sanitary & waste disposal facilities, like pit latrines, cesspools and solid waste land fill sites; camps and garages, and associated sanitary facilities should be located away from sensitive sites, ponds and floodplains and away from water sources and river crossings; and construction of physical conservation structures like check dams at major discharge points of the runoff water may reduce direct entry of silt and pollutants to the water sources.
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This report contains the World Bank Group Boards' calendar for the period of January 2015 to March 2015, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
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