The Sahelian Zone Project (SZP) was the tenth IDA operation, the sixth project in the agriculture sector and the second drought relief project in Chad. It was developed in response to the 1976 crop failure and to Government's decision to allocate investments more equitably between the cotton and Sahelian zones. The project was intended as a two-year non-renewal operation composed of 14 subprojects. Owing to delays in project implementation and the rapidly changing political and security situation in Chad, the project accomplished very little. Only about 8 percent of the originally estimated project cost was paid out. The vaccination campaign, an on-going activity from the first drought relief project, was the only subproject for which activities were to some extent successfully undertaken. Although expenses were incurred for 4 other subprojects, no activities were completed. The overall performance of IDA was fully satisfactory particularly in view of the constantly changing political circumstances in which it had to operate. One general lesson of this project is that IDA should have considered more carefully the risk of including a bilateral aid agency, which might become subject to substantial organizational constraints, in a co-financing arrangement for a project which was for a small amount, short time period and for which the processing was well advanced.
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Document Date
1984/06/29
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Document Type
Project Completion Report
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Report Number
5169
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/06/18
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Chad - Sahelian Zone Project
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Keywords
Work Program and Budget;suspension of disbursement;rates of return;disbursement of fund;construction and equipment;procurement of equipment;revolving fund;Civil War;drought relief;open well;vaccination campaign;vaccine production;project costing;appraisal mission;Vegetable Production;political situation;security situation;security risk;project effectiveness;technical committee;bilateral aid;wood supply;crop failure;security problem;groundwater level;agriculture sector;political circumstances;good performance;outstanding balance;government financing;existing asset;precautionary measure;concerned parties;foreign exchange;political insecurity;equal amount;adequate safeguard;forestry management;air transport;technical department;financial capability;project cancellation;credit balance;high probability;organizational form;vaccine use;weighted average;forestry resource;Rural Sector;institutional performance;government arrears;financing plan;Financing plans;general agreement;adequate supervision;special account;regular supervision;
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Chad - Sahelian Zone Project (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358831468214212666/Chad-Sahelian-Zone-Project