Ratings of the Energy Sector Strengthening Project for Paraguay were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was modest. Some of the lessons learned include: i) When designing complex projects, it is important to deeply assess the legal framework under which the implementation agency will be operating, especially regarding its flexibility and agility; ii) When implementing a World Bank project with a utility, the PIU needs capable full-time professionals and a strong footing within the sector agency; iii) World Bank projects can upgrade implementing agencies’ procurement capacity beyond the scope of the project-financed contracts; iv) When procuring goods following international bidding standards, PIU teams need to be prepared to deal with suppliers, with technical and commercial practices different from those applied by traditional providers. PIU teams also need to internalize the costs associated with contract management, under these new scenarios; v) Continuity of the World Bank fiduciary team members facilitates World Bank supervision in benefit of the implementing agency; vi) The institutional capacity-building component can be the facilitator of activities otherwise unreachable for implementing agencies; (vii) Continued and firm oversight is needed to secure satisfactory E&S management.
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Document Date
2019/06/25
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Document Type
Implementation Completion and Results Report
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Report Number
ICR4838
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2019/07/16
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Paraguay - Energy Sector Strengthening Project
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Keywords
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment; Environmental and Social Management Framework; Urban and Rural Development; Economic and Social Plan; high population growth rate; growth in electricity demand; quality of service standard; average per capita consumption; economic and financial analysis; small plots of land; transmission and distribution network; electricity service; quality at entry; distribution and transmission; optical fiber network; public sector utility; private sector financing; theory of change; quantity of electricity; gross domestic product; Power Sector Policy; energy sector institutions; quality of supervision; areas of health; high opportunity cost; international commodity price; social safeguard policy; Access to Electricity; exchange rate; wholesale electricity market; fiber optic connection; physical cultural resources; agriculture and livestock; Exchange Rates; ministries of finance; power generation market; hydroelectric power plant; hydropower generation capacity; fiber optic system; quality and quantity; procurement of equipment; rates of return; net present value; project monitoring system; outputs by components; regional power market; internal auditing functions; basis of information; electricity sector; medium voltage; borrower's performance; transmission network; project execution
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Paraguay - Energy Sector Strengthening Project (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/444951563297192195/Paraguay-Energy-Sector-Strengthening-Project