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atin America & the Caribbean                 Ciudad Aut6noma de Buenos Aires
June 3, 2019
His Excellency
Benigno L6pez
Minister of Finance
Ministry of Finance
Chile 128
Asuncion, Paraguay
Re:    REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY: Loan No. 8316-PY (Additional Financing for the
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Project)
Amendment to the Loan Agreement
Excellency:
Please refer to the Loan Agreement between the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (the "Bank") and the Republic of Paraguay (the "Borrower"), dated December
6, 2013 for the above-captioned Project, as amended to date (the "Loan Agreement"). Capitalized
terms used in this letter ("Amendment Letter") and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed
to them in the Loan Agreement.
In response to your letter M.H. No. 257 to the Bank, dated March 18, 2019, and as a result
of our recent conversations on the subject, I am pleased to inform you that the Bank concurs with
your request and therefore proposes to amend the Loan Agreement as follows:
1.     The title of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Part 5. Project Manazement, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Technical
Assistance"
2.     The following paragraph (e) is added to Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Loan
Agreement:
"(e)   Provision of technical assistance to analyze and prepare possible
interventions to strengthen community organizations and facilitate access
to markets of Small-Scale Farmers and Indigenous Communities within
the Project Area."
3.     The following Section M  is added to Section I of Schedule 2 to the Loan
Agreement:
"M.    Beginning on June 28, 2019, and thereafter throughout Project
implementation, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Bank of any


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incident or accident related to or having an impact on the Project which
has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment,
the affected communities, the public or workers, including, explosions,
spills, any workplace accidents that result in death, serious or multiple
injury, pollution, any violent labor unrest, any dispute between the
Borrower or security forces (assigned to protect the Project) and local
communities, any case of gender-based violence and violence against
minors, or any incidents in or related to international waterways. The
notification shall include sufficient detail regarding the incident or
accident, indicating any measures that have been taken or are planned to
be taken to address it, if any (including information provided by any
contractor and supervising entity), all in accordance with the Operational
Manual."
4.     The table in Section IV.A.2 of Schedule 2 to the Loan Agreement is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as set forth in Attachment I to this Amendment
Letter.
Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendment by signing and dating this
Amendment Letter in the spaces provided below. The provisions set forth in this Amendment
Letter shall become effective as of the date of the countersignature and all other provisions of the
Loan Agreement, except as amended through this Amendment Letter, shall remain in full force
and effect.


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This Amendment Letter shall be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be an
original. Upon confirmation, please return one fully executed original to us.
Please also note that the restructuring paper dated May 31, 2019 will be disclosed on the
Bank's external website.
Very truly yours,
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
By
Jesk . ntschel
irector
Argen na, Paraguay and Uruguay
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
AGREED:
REPUBLIC     F P     GUAY
By:
ufhori z resentative
Benigne L6pz
Name:            Ministre
Title: __ ___________          __
Dte:2 8 JUN 2019
Date:


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Attachment I
Amount of the Loan    Percentage of Expenditures
Allocated               to be financed
Category               (expressed in USD)        (inclusive of Taxes)
(1) Goods, works non-consulting        1,200,000                    100%
services, consultants' services,
Operating Costs and Training and/or
Workshops for Part 1 of the Project
(2) Goods, works, non-consulting      29,850,000                    100%
services, consultants' services,
Operating Costs and Training and/or
Workshops for Part 2 of the Project
(3) Goods, works, non-consulting      64,000,000                    100%
services, consultants' services and
Community Grants under Part 3 of the
Project
(4) Goods, works, non-consulting         800,000                    100%
services, consultants' services and
Training and/or Workshops for Part 4
of the Project
(5) Goods, works, non-consulting       3,900,000                    100%
services, consultants' services,
Operating Costs and Training and/or                      "
Workshops for Part 5 of the Project
(6) Unallocated                               0
(7) Front-end Fee                        250,000          Amount payable pursuant to
Section 2.03 of this Agreement
in accordance with Section 2.07
(b) of the General Conditions
TOTAL AMOUNT                         100,000,000