Given substantial differences in price levels across countries, international spatialdeflators are needed to compare welfare aggregates to a common international povertyline.
... See More + This note describes the sources of the purchasing power parities that are used forevery country included in the World Bank's estimates of global poverty, published inPovcalNet. These exchange rates are used to express welfare aggregates in 2011international dollars.
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The Health and Population Project of Yemen had a highly satisfactory overall outcome, a satisfactory performance by the Bank and the monitoring and evaluation quality was substantial.
... See More + Some of the lessons learned were: (1) In a complex, fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) scenario, it is essential for the project to have a simple design which allows flexibility. (2) Health projects developed and implemented in a country under civil unrest require focus on strengthening human resource management and ensuring availability of critical medicines and equipment at the health facilities and referral centers. (3) Allocation of a substantial supervision budget and flexibility in its use should be secured to oversee FCV operations where the bank does not have a physical presence. (4) Clear coordination and consultation mechanisms among the World Bank, the UN agencies involved in project implementation, the PAU and the relevant MoPHP departments are crucial to ensure common directions and to reduce duplication of efforts and transaction costs.
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Implementation Completion and Results Report ICR4306 AUG 27, 2018
The development objective of Essential Health Services Access Project for Myanmar is to increase coverage of essential health services of adequate quality, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), and, in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency, to provide immediate and effective response to said eligible crisis or emergency.
... See More + This restructuring requires the following changes: (a) extension of the project period by twenty one months, from June 30, 2019 to March 31, 2021, to adjust to the change in the government’s fiscal year, as well as to allow sufficient time for component 2 implementation, requiring a change in implementation schedule; (b) recalibration of the Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) targets for year 3 and year 4, which involves lowering the target number of townships meeting the DLIs; (c) modification of the results framework for two reasons: (i) DLI targets, which are a part of the RF, are to be changed; and (ii) as a result of reallocation from IRM, the indicator on procurement of goods under IRM will be deleted; (d) extension of the Interim Unaudited Financial Report (IFR) reporting period from 45 days to 60 days, the primary reason being that the collecting of financial data from township continues to be done manually and this lengthens the time required for the union level to compile and submit the IFR; (e) reallocations between disbursement categories to reflect from category (3) to category (2), which was initially reallocated from category (2) to category (3) for purposes of the immediate response mechanism to respond to the 2015 floods and landslides, based on the government’s ultimate decision not to utilize project funds for this purpose.
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The objectives of the Reducing Inequality of Educational Opportunity Project are: (a) to improve parental competencies in early childhood development in targeted rural communities; and (b) increase the transition rate from the primary to the secondary education level in CONAFE-administered schools in targeted municipalities.
... See More + This is the second restructuring of this Project. The first restructuring was approved on January 10, 2018 and cancelled US$30 million (20 percent) of the original loan amount of US$150 million and adjusted the disbursement estimates, component costs, and disbursement category amounts accordingly. The restructuring will adjust the project’s results framework and monitoring to: i) measure progress of PDO 1 more appropriately given the delays in hiring the firms responsible for designing the new parenting practices model; ii) demonstrate progress of intermediate results indicators more accurately by adjusting definitions and/or methodologies of calculating indicators; and iii) reflect shifts in project focus as explained in the following paragraphs. As a result, the results framework will be more representative of actual project progress.
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The development objective of the Health System Support Project for Central African Republic is to increase utilization and improve the quality of maternal and child health services in targeted rural areas of the Recipient’s territory.
... See More + The restructuring will reallocate between disbursement categories to ensure that activities under component 3, support to emergency health services, are fully funded which will result in a significant impact on the health system.
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