Liberia - Country Re-Engagement Note (Anglais)
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Liberia has undergone a profound change in the past year. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of August 2003, UN Security Council Resolutions 1509 and 1521, and the unusually strong collaborative work between the transitional government, and donors...
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Liberia has undergone a profound change in the past year. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of August 2003, UN Security Council Resolutions 1509 and 1521, and the unusually strong collaborative work between the transitional government, and donors that followed, created a new spirit of hope after more than a decade of conflict. This Country Re-engagement Note (CRN) provides an overview of Liberia's political, and development situation, and the Bank's role in the reconstruction dialogue and planning process to date, and sets out a road map for Bank re-engagement, covering roughly twenty-four months. The Bank's re-engagement activities form part of a closely coordinated multi-donor strategy within the framework of the Results-Focused Transitional Framework ( RFTF). While the security situation remains fragile, though improving, disarmament of combatants is critical to consolidating peace and security. The note focuses on the social context, in a country still in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, with large scale population displacement, basic services collapsed, and, where HIV/AIDS infection rates and prevalence have increased rapidly in recent years. By defining specific, time-bound goals, the RFTF should be a vital disciplining mechanism over a vast array of needs, and a diverse group of domestic, and international stakeholders in Liberia. Nevertheless, development partners, including the Bank, need in the near future to articulate a clear division of labor, and achieve clarity on partnerships, within the overall framework of the RFTF. Development challenges and windows of opportunity include stimulating economic recovery, and growth, balancing short-term service delivery and infrastructure needs, with long-term institution building. Which further requires building the absorptive capacity for aid. The strategy laid out in this CRN, which is consistent with the Strategic Framework for IDA's Assistance to Africa (SFIA), is intended to support the two year implementation of the RFTF until December 2005. Should arrears clearance be achieved prior to that date, the Bank would be in a position to fully re-engage with IDA resources. At that point a Transitional Support Strategy (TSS) would be prepared for Liberia. An update of this CRN will be produced once the RFTF period has expired (December 2005) if it is not possible by then to move to a TSS. This sequence is likely to mirror Liberia's transition from the RFTF to a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework.
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