The Road Asset Management Project are to assist the Government of Yemen (GOY) in: (i) improving condition and safety of existing paved road infrastructure in 3-4 governorates, and (ii) putting in place institutional arrangements for efficient routine and emergency maintenance of paved roads in Yemen.
... See More + Negative impacts include: waste management; landslides, soil erosion, and visual intrusion; traffic; air quality; noise; water supply; drainage; and fauna and flora. Mitigation measures include: 1) proper solid waste disposal or liquid waste recycling at designated permitted sites, periodic inspection of road works, and periodic inspection of equipment maintenance; 2) ensure that populated areas are protected from landslides, where feasible, provision of an open area 1m wide, behind cut side channels, to accommodate fallen debris which must be cleaned, where feasible, increase the mass thickness of the rock fill to provide additional resistance to stability, provision of adequate drainage systems, planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible, and restoration of vegetative cover, where feasible; 3) informing the public about schedule of maintenance, and provision of alternative access roads/by-passes where feasible traffic management, and ensure traffic safety; 4) usage of well-maintained equipment, and water spraying for dust control; 5) usage of quiet/well-maintained equipment, usage of operational noise mufflers, limiting noisy activities to normal daylight hours, provision of speed limit signs at critical locations, and planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible; 6) protecting water supply systems, and coordination with land owners on scheduling maintenance activities; 7) side sloping the road to prevent the accumulation of water on the road surface, re-vegetation of disturbed soils, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of ditches and culverts; and 8) placing speed limit signs and planting trees at critical locations and known animal crossing pathways, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of culverts to facilitate amphibians crossing.
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The Road Asset Management Project are to assist the Government of Yemen (GOY) in: (i) improving condition and safety of existing paved road infrastructure in 3-4 governorates, and (ii) putting in place institutional arrangements for efficient routine and emergency maintenance of paved roads in Yemen.
... See More + Negative impacts include: waste management; landslides, soil erosion, and visual intrusion; traffic; air quality; noise; water supply; drainage; and fauna and flora. Mitigation measures include: 1) proper solid waste disposal or liquid waste recycling at designated permitted sites, periodic inspection of road works, and periodic inspection of equipment maintenance; 2) ensure that populated areas are protected from landslides, where feasible, provision of an open area 1m wide, behind cut side channels, to accommodate fallen debris which must be cleaned, where feasible, increase the mass thickness of the rock fill to provide additional resistance to stability, provision of adequate drainage systems, planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible, and restoration of vegetative cover, where feasible; 3) informing the public about schedule of maintenance, and provision of alternative access roads/by-passes where feasible traffic management, and ensure traffic safety; 4) usage of well-maintained equipment, and water spraying for dust control; 5) usage of quiet/well-maintained equipment, usage of operational noise mufflers, limiting noisy activities to normal daylight hours, provision of speed limit signs at critical locations, and planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible; 6) protecting water supply systems, and coordination with land owners on scheduling maintenance activities; 7) side sloping the road to prevent the accumulation of water on the road surface, re-vegetation of disturbed soils, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of ditches and culverts; and 8) placing speed limit signs and planting trees at critical locations and known animal crossing pathways, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of culverts to facilitate amphibians crossing.
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The Road Asset Management Project are to assist the Government of Yemen (GOY) in: (i) improving condition and safety of existing paved road infrastructure in 3-4 governorates, and (ii) putting in place institutional arrangements for efficient routine and emergency maintenance of paved roads in Yemen.
... See More + Negative impacts include: waste management; landslides, soil erosion, and visual intrusion; traffic; air quality; noise; water supply; drainage; and fauna and flora. Mitigation measures include: 1) proper solid waste disposal or liquid waste recycling at designated permitted sites, periodic inspection of road works, and periodic inspection of equipment maintenance; 2) ensure that populated areas are protected from landslides, where feasible, provision of an open area 1m wide, behind cut side channels, to accommodate fallen debris which must be cleaned, where feasible, increase the mass thickness of the rock fill to provide additional resistance to stability, provision of adequate drainage systems, planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible, and restoration of vegetative cover, where feasible; 3) informing the public about schedule of maintenance, and provision of alternative access roads/by-passes where feasible traffic management, and ensure traffic safety; 4) usage of well-maintained equipment, and water spraying for dust control; 5) usage of quiet/well-maintained equipment, usage of operational noise mufflers, limiting noisy activities to normal daylight hours, provision of speed limit signs at critical locations, and planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible; 6) protecting water supply systems, and coordination with land owners on scheduling maintenance activities; 7) side sloping the road to prevent the accumulation of water on the road surface, re-vegetation of disturbed soils, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of ditches and culverts; and 8) placing speed limit signs and planting trees at critical locations and known animal crossing pathways, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of culverts to facilitate amphibians crossing.
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The Road Asset Management Project are to assist the Government of Yemen (GOY) in: (i) improving condition and safety of existing paved road infrastructure in 3-4 governorates, and (ii) putting in place institutional arrangements for efficient routine and emergency maintenance of paved roads in Yemen.
... See More + Negative impacts include: waste management; landslides, soil erosion, and visual intrusion; traffic; air quality; noise; water supply; drainage; and fauna and flora. Mitigation measures include: 1) proper solid waste disposal or liquid waste recycling at designated permitted sites, periodic inspection of road works, and periodic inspection of equipment maintenance; 2) ensure that populated areas are protected from landslides, where feasible, provision of an open area 1m wide, behind cut side channels, to accommodate fallen debris which must be cleaned, where feasible, increase the mass thickness of the rock fill to provide additional resistance to stability, provision of adequate drainage systems, planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible, and restoration of vegetative cover, where feasible; 3) informing the public about schedule of maintenance, and provision of alternative access roads/by-passes where feasible traffic management, and ensure traffic safety; 4) usage of well-maintained equipment, and water spraying for dust control; 5) usage of quiet/well-maintained equipment, usage of operational noise mufflers, limiting noisy activities to normal daylight hours, provision of speed limit signs at critical locations, and planting trees in sensitive zones, where feasible; 6) protecting water supply systems, and coordination with land owners on scheduling maintenance activities; 7) side sloping the road to prevent the accumulation of water on the road surface, re-vegetation of disturbed soils, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of ditches and culverts; and 8) placing speed limit signs and planting trees at critical locations and known animal crossing pathways, and periodic cleaning and maintenance of culverts to facilitate amphibians crossing.
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This report contains the World Bank Group Boards' calendar for the period of July to September 2014, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
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The overall outcome rating of the Emergency Northern Recovery Project for Sri Lanka was judged to be moderately satisfactory. The Bank and borrower performance were satisfactory.
... See More + The risk to development outcome was moderate. Significant changes included change in the scope of the components and to some of the sub-components, and reallocations of the appraisal estimated budget. Several lessons were learned. A post conflict recovery project can provide immediate assistance to Internally Displaced People (IDP) returnees and substantially help restore their livelihoods provided it can be started immediately, has political commitment and effective implementation mechanisms in place, and has the right components. Including a wide range of provincial, district and local level implementation agencies into a project enables an emergency recovery project to simultaneously address urgent high priority multiple recovery needs of IDPs in war ravaged areas. Political leadership is necessary to provide effective coordination. The effectiveness of short recovery operations can be enhanced through careful targeting of beneficiaries, beneficiary needs assessment and complaints redressal mechanisms. Active participation of beneficiaries in the implementation of project supported activities is also crucial for sustaining project funded village-level infrastructure. Allocation of project funds on a first-come first-serve basis rather than fixed district allocations increases project success provided effective social safeguards are in place. A large demand-based public services and infrastructure rehabilitation component should be subject to economic analysis/justification during project design and implementation, have adequate provision for funding operations and maintenance, and incorporate an unallocated reserve fund of at least 10 percent of the component cost. Well-coordinated cash for work programs can be extremely effective in post conflict situations to encourage IDPs to return to their areas of origin, and to provide them with immediate and extremely beneficial assistance to kick-start their livelihoods until regular income generation activities are resumed. Gender mainstreaming and targeting of vulnerable and marginalized persons should be incorporated in recovery projects, rather than rely only on area-based targeting and self-targeting by setting labor rates below market rates.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR2922 JUN 26, 2014
This restructuring paper for the Second Poverty Alleviation Fund Project for Nepal summarizes the request to extend the closing date of the first additional financing by six months and to reallocate funds between disbursement categories.
... See More + The original project development objective is to improve living conditions, livelihoods and empowerment among the rural poor, with particular attention to groups that have traditionally been excluded by reasons of gender, ethnicity, caste and location. The project has directly benefitted 608,483 households and has indirectly benefitted an additional 56,460 households through project financed infrastructure sub-projects. The Poverty Alleviation Fund has followed-up on almost all agreed actions since the last mission and, while some delays have occurred, which partially have not been in control of the Poverty Alleviation Fund, the project is on a good track to continue improving its implementation performance and rolling out activities in new communities. The reallocation of funds will allow the project to use additional funds for community activities and serve additional communities that have completed sub-project proposals. It is proposed to add additional funds to disbursement category 1 (block grants and consultant services from partner organizations), which will be taken from category 2 (goods and other consultant services) and category 3 (incremental operating costs).
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Ratings for the Lifeline Roads Improvement Project for Armenia were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was substantial, the Bank performance was satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was moderately satisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: the crisis and emergencies bank instrument and procedures offered advantages to assist in the Government's situation. The project was possible because the GOA had pre-identified critical road links by adopting a rural infrastructure strategy and action plan and started its implementation as conditions of adjustment credits, and availability of basic data and designs that only needed to be updated. The Bank assigned a very experienced project preparation team, mobilized international experts quickly and provided extensive supervision during implementation. Incremental improvements were made during project implementation adjusted to the current conditions (for example: move to more efficient designs) because of the phased approvals. The project showed that to obtain support from local communities where possible, the designs should provide sidewalks in build-up areas (roadside strip development) and villages to improve access to public facilities and ensure pedestrian safety, and the project should promote local employment on the rehabilitation works. The use of cement concrete guardrails (labor intensive construction method) was experimented during the first year implementation of the project but this method was not mainstreamed due to its negative effect on snow removal activities.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR3145 JUN 11, 2014