74671 Directory of Programs Supported by Trust Funds As of March 31, 2011 Global Partnership and Trust Fund Operations Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Acknowledgments T his Directory was prepared based on contributions from Trust Fund Program Managers and their team. The consolidated document was prepared by James Casey, Tania Hollestelle, Ester Landines, Galina Menchikova, Kjell Nordlander and Magdalena Manzo (Team Lead). Buenaflor Cabanela, Jyoti Dhingra and Zhimei Xu provided data support with additional inputs from Milagros B. Reyes, Norma Leon and Dean Hodgson. Also acknowledged are the special efforts of Ms. Sophana So of IFC and Ms. Nalini Natarajan of MIGA in the coordination of contributions received from their respective organizations. The document benefited from review by Omar Hayat and guidance of Roberto Tarallo, Manager CFPTO. Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds iii Contents ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XV A. AFRICA VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Africa Aids Prevention Initiative (AAPI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Africa Catalytic Growth Fund (ACGF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. African Program for Onchocerciasis Control Phase II (APOC II). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. Belgium Poverty Reduction Partnership Program (BPRP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa (BPMLRI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8. Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10. Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund (LRTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11. Luxembourg Poverty Reduction Partnership (LPRP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12. National Multi-Donor Trust Funds for North Sudan (MDTFNS) and Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Southern Sudan (MDTFSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13. Nile Basin Initiative Trust Fund (NBI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 14. Norwegian Pre- and Post-Primary Education Fund (NPEF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 15. Sub-Saharan Africa Transportation Program (SSATP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16. Terrafrica Leveraging Fund (TERRAF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17. Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. CONCESSIONAL FINANCE AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS VPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 18. Adaptation Fund (ADAPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19. Pilot Advance Market Commitment for Vaccines against Pneumococcal Diseases (AMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20. Avian and Human Influenza Trust Funds Facility (AHI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 21. Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22. Clean Technology Fund (CTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 23. Debt Relief Trust Fund (DRTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 24. Gavi Fund Affiliate (GFA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 25. Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 26. Global Environment Facility (GEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 27. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 28. Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 29. International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 30. Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 31. Least Developed Countries Fund for Climate Change (LDCF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 32. Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 33. South-South Experience Exchange Between Practitioners Trust Fund (SEETF). . . . . . 30 34. Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 35. Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 iv Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds C. DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 36. Global Financial Inclusion Indicators Program (GFII) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 37. Global Population and Economic Development Program (GPED). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 38. International Comparison Program (ICP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 39. Knowledge for Change Program II (KCPII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 40. Living Standards Measurement Study Program (LSMS-ISA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 41. Migration and Remittances for Development in Africa (MRDA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 42. Statistics for Results Facility (SRTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 43. Transparency and Competitiveness Trust Fund Program (DEC-TC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 44. Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 D. EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 45. Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 46. Basic Education Capacity Trust Fund (ID-BEC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 47. East Asia and Pacific Region Infrastructure for Growth Trust Fund (EAAIG). . . . . . . . . 42 48. Indonesia Decentralization Support Facility (ID-DSF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 49. Trust Fund for Indonesia Infrastructure Support (ID-IS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 50. Indonesia Multidonor Trade and Investment Trust Fund (ID-TIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 51. Java Reconstruction Program (ID-JAV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 52. Multi Donor Fund for ACEH and NIAS (ID-ACH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 53. Multidonor Trust Fund Program for Mindanao (PH-MTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 54. Pacific Facility (PACF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 55. Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 56. Philippine Decentralization and Local Government Trust Fund (PH-DLG). . . . . . . . . . 52 57. Program for Community Empowerment (ID-PNP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 58. Indonesia Support Public Financial Management Multidonor Trust Fund (ID-PFM). . . 53 59. Trust Fund for East Timor (ET-BK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 E. EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 60. ECA Regional Public Finance Management (EPFM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 61. Improving Public Financial Management in Western Balkan Countries (PFMWB). . . . 57 62. Moldova Regional Development (FS-7MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 63. Road to Europe—Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening (REPARIS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 64. Strengthening Accountability and the Fiduciary Environment in South East Europe and Central Asia (SAFE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 F. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 65. Communication for Climate Change Program (CCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 66. Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP). . . . . . . . . . 63 67. Parliament Network on The World Bank Program (PNOWB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 G. FINANCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 68. Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 69. Information for Development Program (infoDev). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 70. Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative (FIRST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 H. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK VPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 71. Education for All—Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 72. EFA-FTI Education Program Development Fund (EPDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 73. Financial Literacy and Education Trust Fund (FLIT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 74. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations Program (GAVI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 75. Global HIV/AIDS Partnership (GAIDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 76. Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 77. Polio Buy-Down Program (POLIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 78. Health Results-Based Financing Program (HRBF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 79. Human Resources for Health Program (HRH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds v 80. International Health Partnership (IHP+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 81. Job Creation and Economic Growth (JOBCRT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 82. Rapid Social Response Program (RSR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 83. Rapid Social Response Catalyst Program (RSRC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 84. Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 85. Scaling Up Nutrition Program (SUN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 86. Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 I. HUMAN RESOURCES VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 87. Donor Funded Staffing Program (DFSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 J. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 88. IEG Evaluation Program (IEGE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 89. Regional Centers for Learning, Evaluation and Results (ECD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 K. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 90. Alliance of Communicators (COM+). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 91. Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest (BRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 92. Haiti Education for All (HEFA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 93. Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 94. Spanish Trust Fund for Latin America and Caribbean (SFLAC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 L. LEGAL VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 95. East-Asia and Pacific Justice for the Poor Initiative (EAP-J4P) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 M. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 96. Multidonor Trust Fund for Addressing Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MNACC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 97. Emergency Services Support Program (ESSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 98. Iraq Reconstruction Trust Fund (IRTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 99. West Bank and Gaza–IBRD Funded Trust Fund Program (WBGBK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 100. Palestinian Reform Development Plan Trust Fund for West Bank and Gaza (PRDP-TF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 101. Lebanon Trust Fund (LTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 N. OPERATIONAL POLICY AND COUNTRY SERVICES VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 102. Fragility and Conflict Partnership: UN-WB (FCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 103. Korea Trust Fund to Support Transitions (KST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 104. Low Income Countries Under Stress Initiative (LICUS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 105. Nordic Trust Fund (NTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 106. Partnerships and Knowledge Work in Fragile States (PKNOW-). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 107. Post- Conflict Fund (PCF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 108. State and Peace Building Fund (SPBF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 O. POVERTY REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 109. Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 110. Debt Management Facility for Low-Income Countries (DMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 111. Commercial Debt Reduction Facility (DRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 112. Gender Trust Funds (GENTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 113. Governance Partnership Facility (GPF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 114. Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 115. Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 116. Multidonor Trust Fund for Trade and Development (TRTA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 117. Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 P. SOUTH ASIA VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 118. Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 119. Promoting Climate Friendly Technologies in South Asia (SA-CCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 120. Bangladesh Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change (BD-CC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 121. Bangladesh Policy on Local Governance Programs (BD-LGO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 vi Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 122. Support to Phase II of Joint Technical Assistance Program for Bangladesh (BD-JTP).125 123. Bangladesh—Strengthening Public Expenditure Management Program (BD-SPE). . 126 124. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province & Federally Administered Tribal Areas Recovery Project (PKNW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 125. Pakistan Support to Education Sector Development (PK-ESD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 126. Pakistan Poverty Reduction Support Credit Technical Assistance (PK-PRS). . . . . . . . 129 127. South Asia Region Food Security & Nutrition Initiative Program (SAFI). . . . . . . . . . . 130 128. South Asia Policy Facility for Decentralization and Service Delivery (SA-DSD). . . . . . 131 129. Infrastructure for Growth Program (INFGRW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 130. Strategic Partnership for India –III (DFIDIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 131. Tsunami Relief Fund (TRF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 132. Maldives Climate Change Trust Fund (MACC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Q. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK VPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 133. Agriculture Finance Support Facility (ARFF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 134. Carbon Funds and Facilities (CARBON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 135. Persistent Organic Pollutants Program (POPs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 136. Carbon Partnership Facility (CPF) & Carbon Asset Development Fund (CADF). . . . . 140 137. Cities Alliance Program (CITIES). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 138. Commodity Risk Program (CRISK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 139. Communities and Small-Scale Mining Initiative (CASM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 140. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 141. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 142. Extractive Industries Technical Advisory Facility (ETAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 143. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 144. Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFCRP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 145. Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 146. Carbon Capture and Storage Program (CCS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 147. Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 148. Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 149. Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 150. Program on Fisheries (PROFISH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 151. Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 152. Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA). . . . . . . . . . . . 157 153. Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector (NTFPSI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 154. Ozone Trust Fund (OTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 155. Program on Forests (PROFOR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 156. Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 157. Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD). . . 161 158. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 159. Water Partnership Program (WPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 R. WORLD BANK INSTITUTE VPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 160. Carbon Finance Assist Program (CFASST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 161. Development Marketplace (DM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 162. The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (MCNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 S. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Advisory Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Regional Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 163. IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 164. IFC Advisory Services in Europe and Central Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 165. IFC Advisory Services in East Asia and the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 IFC Advisory Services in Sub-Saharan Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 166. Private Enterprise Partnerships Africa (PEP-AFRICA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds vi i 167. Health in Africa Initiative (HIA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 168. Mozambique SME Initiative (MSI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 IFC Advisory Services in South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 169. South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 170. South Asia Infrastructure Facility (SAIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 171. South Asia Enterprise Development Facility for Sri Lanka and the Maldives (SLDF) . 177 172. Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 173. India Advisory Program (CSAAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 174. IFC Advisory Services in the Middle East and North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 175. Iraq Business Assistance Facility (IBAF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Global Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 176. Infrastructure Development Collaboration Partnership Fund (DEVCO). . . . . . . . . . . 181 177. Joint World Bank Group Investment Climate Advisory Service (FIAS). . . . . . . . . . . . 182 178. IFC Sustainability Business Innovator (SBI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 179. Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 180. Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund (COMMDEV). . . . 184 181. SME Management Solutions (SMEMGMT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 182. Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 183. Technical Assistance Trust Funds Program (TATF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 IFC Investment Trust Fund Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 184. Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 185. Microfinance Enhancement Facility (MEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 186. Netherlands European Carbon Facility (NECAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 187. IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility (INCAF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 188. Financial Mechanisms for Climate Change Facility (FMCC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 189. Public-Private Sector Partnership Facility (PPSPF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Joint-Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 190. African Management Services Company (AMSCO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 T. MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY (MIGA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 191. Environmental and Social Fund for Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 192. Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility (AIGF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 193. West Bank and Gaza Guarantee Facility (WBG-TF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 194. The EU Investment Guarantee Trust Fund for Bosnia and Herzegovina. . . . . . . . . . . 195 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds ix Abbreviations & Acronyms AAPI/NATF Africa AIDS Prevention Initiative/Norwegian AIDS Trust Fund ACBF African Capacity Building Foundation ACGF African Catalytic Growth Fund ADAPT Adaptation Fund ADB Asian Development Bank AFDB African Development Bank AHI Avian and Human Influenza Facility AIGF Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility ALLFISH Alliance for Sustainable Fisheries AMC Pilot Adance Market Commitment for Vaccines Against Pneumococcal Diseases AMSCO African Management Services Company APOC II African Program for Onchocerciasis Control Phase II ARFF Agriculture Finance Support Facility ARTF Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASTAE Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program AusAID Australian Agency for International Development BD-CC Bangladesh Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change BD-JTP Support to Phase II of Joint Technical Assistance Program for Bangladesh BD-LGO Bangladesh Policy on Local Governance BD-SPE Bangladesh-Strengthening Public Expenditure Management Program BICF Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund BioCF BioCarbon Fund BNPP Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program BPI Business Partners International BPMLRI Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa BPRP Belgium Poverty Reduction Partnership BRF Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CADF Carbon Asset Development Fund CASM Communities and Small-Scale Mining Initiative CCC Communication for Climate Change Program CCS Carbon Capture and Storage Program CDCF Community Development Carbon Fund CDM Clean Development Mechanism (of the Kyoto Protocol) CFASST Carbon Finance Assist Program CFCB Carbon Finance Capacity Building CFE Carbon Fund for Europe CGAP Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest x Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIF Climate Investment Funds CITIES Cities Alliance Program COFI Committee on Fisheries COM+ Alliance of Communicators COMMDEV Oil Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund CO2 Carbon Dioxide CO2e Carbon Dioxide Equivalent CommGAP Communication for Governance and Accountability Program CPF Carbon Partnership Facility CRISK Commodity Risk Program CSAAP India Advisory Program CTF Clean Technology Fund DaLA Damage and Loss Assessment DCF Danish Carbon Fund DEC-TC Transparency and Competitiveness Trust Fund Program DeMPA Debt Management Performance Assessment DevCo Infrastructure Development Collaboration Partnership Fund DFID U.K. Department for International Development DFIDIN Strategic Partnership for India-III DFSG Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth DFSP Donor Funded Staffing Program DM Development Marketplace DMF Debt Management Facility for Low Income Countries DRF Commercial Debt Reduction Facility DRTF Debt Relief Trust Fund EAAIG East Asia and Pacific Region Infrastructure for Growth Trust Fund EAP-J4P East-Asia and Pacific Justice for the Poor Initiative ECD Regional Centers for Learning, Evaluation and Results ECOS Environmental Council of the States EFA-FTI Education for All—Fast Track Initiative EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EPDF EFA-ITI Education Program Development Fund EPFM ECA Regional Public Finance Management ERPA Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program ESSP Emergency Services Support Program ETAF Extractive Industries Technical Advisory Facility ET-BK Trust Fund for East Timor FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FCP Fragility and Conflict Partnership: UN-WB FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FIAS Joint World Bank Group Investment Climate Advisory Service FIRST Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative FLIT Financial Literacy and Education Trust Fund FMCC Financial Mechanisms for Climate Change Facility FPCR Food Price Crisis Response FPD Private Sector Development Network FS-7MD Moldova Regional Development G-20 Group of 20 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds xi GAC Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy GAFSP Global Agriculture and Food Security Program GAIDS Global HIV/AIDS Partnership GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization GCGF Global Corporate Governance Forum GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GENTF Gender Trust Funds GFA GAVI Fund Affiliate GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GFCRP Global Food Crisis Response Program GFDRR Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery GFII Global Financial Inclusion Indicators Program GGFR Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership GIIF Global Index Insurance Facility GLAAS Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water GPDD Global Partnership for Disability and Development GPED Global Population and Economic Development Program GPF Governance Partnership Facility GPOBA Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid GRIF Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund GRSF Global Road Safety Facility GTLP Global Trade Liquidity Program HEFA Haiti Education for All HIA Health in Africa Initiative HIPC Initiative Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HRBF Health Results-Based Financing Program HRF Haiti Reconstruction Fund HRH Human Resources for Health IADB Inter-American Development Bank IBAF Iraq Business Assistance Facility IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IC Investment Climate ICF Italian Carbon Fund ICP International Comparison Program IDA International Development Association ID-ACH Multidonor Fund for Aceh and NIAS IDB Islamic Development Bank ID-BEC-TF Basic Education Capacity Trust Fund ID-DSF Indonesia Decentralization Support Facility ID-IS Trust Fund for Indonesia Infrastructure Support ID-JAV Java Reconstruction Program ID-PFM Indonesia Support Public Financial Management Multidonor Trust Fund ID-PNP Program for Community Empowerment ID-TIF Indonesia Multidonor Trade and Investment Trust Fund IEGE IEG Evaluation Program IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFC International Finance Corporation IFFIm International Finance Facility for Immunisation IHP+ International Health Partnership IMF International Monetary Fund xi i Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds InCaF IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility INFGRW Infrastucture for Growth Program infoDev Information for Development Program IRTF Iraq Reconstruction Trust Fund IUU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated JI Joint Implementation JOBCRT Job Creation and Economic Growth JPO Junior Professional Officer JSDF Japan Social Development Fund KCP II Knowledge for Change Program II KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Reconstruction Credit Institute, of Germany) KST Korea Trust Fund to Support Transitions LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund for Climate Change LICUS Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative LPRP Luxembourg Poverty Reduction Partnership LRTF Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund LSMS-ISA Living Standards Measurement Study Program LTF Lebanon Trust Fund M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MACC Maldives Climate Trust Fund MCNA The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program MDGs Millennium Development Goals MDRP Multicountry Demobilization and Reintegration Program MDTF Multidonor Trust Fund MDTFNS National Multi-donor Trust Funds for North Sudan MDTFSS Multi-donor Trust Funds for Southern Sudan MEF Microfinance Enhancement Facility MENA Middle East and North Africa MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MLF Montreal Protocol MNACC Multidonor Trust Fund for Addressing Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region MRDA Migration and Remittances for Development in Africa MSI Mozambique SME Initiative MSMEs Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises MTDS Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy NAPA National Adaptation Program of Action NBI Nile Basin Initiative Trust Fund NCDMF Netherlands Clean Development Mechanism Facility NECAF Netherlands European Carbon Facility NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Nongovernmental organization NPEF Norwegian Pre and Post-Primary Education Fund NRDWP National Rural Drinking Water Program NTF Nordic Trust Fund ODS Ozone Depleting Substances OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OTF Ozone Trust Fund PACF Pacific Facility Trust Fund PACT Partnership for Capacity Building in Africa PCF Post-Conflict Fund Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds xi i i PDNA Post Disaster Needs Assessment PEFA Public Expenditure Financial Accountability PEP-AFRICA Private Enterprise Partnerships Africa PFMWB Improving Public Financial Management in Western Balkan Countries PH-DLG Philippine Decentralization and Local Government Trust Fund PH-MTF Multidonor Trust Fund Program for Mindanao PHRD Policy and Human Resources Development Fund PK-ESD Pakistan Support ot Education Sector Development PKNOW Partnerships and Knowledge Work in Fragile States PKNW Pakistan:Khyber Pahktunkhwa Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas Recovery Project. PK-PRS Pakistan Poverty Reduction Support Credit Technical Assistance PMU Project Management Unit PNDRR Programme National de Desarmement, Demobilisation et Reinsertion (Democratic Republic of Congo) PNoWB Parliamentary Network on the World Bank PoA Program of Activities POLIO Polio Buy-Down Program POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants PPAF Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund PPIAF Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility PPP Public Private Partnership PPSPF Public-Private Sector Partnership Facility PRDP-TF Palestinian Reform Development Plan—Trust Fund for West Bank and Gaza PRIF Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility PRM Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network PROFISH Global Program on Fisheries PROFOR Program on Forests PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Analysis RBF Result Based Financing RBIL Results Based Investment Lending READ Russian Education Aid for Development REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REPARIS Road to Europe—Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening RSR Rapid Social Response Program RSRC Rapid Social Response Catalyst Program SA South Asia SA-CCT Promoting Climate Friendly Technologies in South Asia SA-DSD South Asia Policy Facility for Decentralization and Service Delivery SAFE Strengthening Accountability and the Fiduciary Environment in South East Europe and Central Asia SAFI South Asia region Food Security and Nutrition Initiative SAIF South Asia Infrastructure Facility SBA Sustainable Business Advisory SBI IFC Sustainability Business Innovator SCCF Special Climate Change Fund SCF Strategic Climate Fund SDV Sustainable Development Department SECO State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland SEDF South Asia Enterprise Development Facility xiv Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds SEETF South-South Experience Exchange between Practitioners Trust Fund SFLAC Spanish Trust Fund for Latin America and Caribbean SIEF Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund SLDF South Asia Enterprise Development Facility for Sri Lanka and the Maldives SMEMGMT SME Management Solutions SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises SPBF State and Peace Building Fund SRTF Statistics for Results Facility SSATP Sub-Saharan Africa Transportation Program SS-DPSP Sustainable Services through Domestic Private Sector Participation StAR Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative SUN Scaling Up Nutrition Program TATF Technical Assistance Trust Fund Program TDRP Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program TERRAF Terrafrica Leveraging Fund TFESSD Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development TFF Trade Facilitation Facility TFGWB Trust Fund for Gaza and West Bank TFSCB Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building TRF Tsunami Relief Trust Fund TRTA Multidonor Trust Fund for Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development VFF Vulnerability Financing Facility WBGBK West Bank and Gaza-IBRD Funded Trust Program WBG-TF West Bank and Gaza Guarantee Facility WHO World Health Organization WPP Water Partnership Program WSP Water and Sanitation Program WTO World Trade Organization Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds xv Preface T he World Bank Group’s (WBG) trust fund portfolio has grown substantially in recent years reflecting the importance of trust funds as a key instrument for channeling conces- sional development assistance. At end-FY2010, funds held in trust by the WBG amounted to US$26 billion. Trust funds enable the World Bank and its donor partners to engage in a wide range of partner- ships and programs. They support country-level operations, emergency responses, knowledge initiatives, advisory services, and collective action across countries on global priorities such as climate change, public health, and food security. Trust-funded programs also serve as platforms to actively engage various stakeholders—donors, recipient governments, private sector, and civil society—allowing them to articulate their ideas and priorities, but more importantly, drawing them in to be part of the solution. This edition of the Directory of Programs Supported by Trust Funds is a companion document to the earlier published 2010 Trust Fund Annual Report. The set of programs included in this Directory represents a major part of the active portfolio of trust-funded programs as of end- March 2011. As in previous years, the Directory is organized according to the World Bank Vice- Presidential Unit under which the program is managed. Further, in the case of IFC and MIGA, the programs are listed by development activity. For each program, information includes: a brief background summary, geographic focus and associated sectors and themes, FY09 and FY10 financial highlights, key results achieved, contributing donors, contact information of Bank staff member(s) managing the program, and relevant website addresses. The 2010 Trust Fund Annual Report provides an overview of the WBG trust fund portfolio and is accessible at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CFPEXT/Resources/TF_annnual_report_web.pdf. Queries or feedback may be sent to donorqueries@worldbank.org or to trustfundsinq@ worldbank.org (the latter is primarily for internal queries within the Bank Group). Junhui Wu Director Global Partnership and Trust Fund Operations Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships A.  AFRICA VPU 1 A.   AFRICA VPU 1. Africa Aids Prevention Initiative (AAPI) BACKGROUND Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa. Efforts to improve social The AAPI, has been wholly funded by the Government of accountability, civil society participation, and promote good Norway through the Norwegian AIDS Trust Fund (NATF) governance in HIV/AIDS national responses have included since 2006. The trust fund has been an important catalyst analytical work, assessments in governance and accountabil- for the World Bank to transform its approach to HIV/AIDS in ity (GAC), and client capacity building. GAC self-assessments Africa to a multisectoral, demand-driven and client-oriented have been completed in Benin and Malawi, and are under approach; and to increase its financial and technical support implementation in Burundi. Operational and technical sup- for HIV/AIDS programs. port and capacity building assistance has also been provided The five key areas supported by the NATF include: to address the gender aspects of HIV/AIDS programming in (i) development and implementation of the Bank’s Africa 20 countries. Region HIV/AIDS Agenda for Action 2007–11, which was In FY10 and FY11, the AAPI has been supporting gender presented to the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors in and reproductive health mainstreaming through economic November 2007; (ii) promotion of peace and security in the empowerment in Zimbabwe and technical support at the context of AIDS; (iii) support for Regional integration and regional level. Through a technical advisory to the Ministry fragile states; (iv) improvement of social accountability, of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development participation, and country ownership; and (v) integration (MWAGCD) of Zimbabwe, the overall objective of the project of HIV/AIDS into key sectors and addressing gender aspects is to advance women’s economic empowerment and reduce and other vulnerable groups in national AIDS strategies and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS by enhancing their ability to programs. participate in key economic sectors thus promoting shared economic growth and accelerating the implementation of the MDG goal 3 on promoting gender equality and empower- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ment of women. The AAPI has been involved in producing a number of Africa Aids Prevention FY2009 FY2010 knowledge sharing products related to HIV/AIDS (analyti- Initiative (AAPI) US$ million US$ million cal papers on epidemiological developments, technologi- Cash Contributions received 0.5 — cal advances, fiscal dimensions of HIV/AIDS programs during the year in Southern Africa and Uganda to examine the long-term Disbursements made during 0.3 0.3 sustainability of financing, gender mainstreaming, changing the year aid architecture for health and health systems strengthen- ing, challenges to increased access for treatment, vulnerable groups, and stigma and discrimination). And finally, the KEY RESULTS/ ACHIEVEMENTS AAPI has facilitated cross-country learning through video- The AAPI has accelerated efforts to address vulnerable conferences and skills building activities throughout Africa. groups and sub-populations most at risk to HIV/AIDS through a social mapping assessment for vulnerable groups Participating Donor: Norway in Côte d’Ivoire, capacity building in eight countries to Sectors & Themes Covered: address most at-risk populations and to develop short-term Sector: JA–Health action plans, analytical work on prisoners and HIV/AIDS, Themes: 88–HIV/AIDS as well as an HIV/AIDS and disability study conducted in Geographic Coverage: Africa Region 2 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Ms. Elizabeth Laura Lule Manager, Operational Services (AFTOS) Tel: +1 202 473-3787 E-mail: elule@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/afr/aids 2. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) BACKGROUND South Africa). Outputs of the ACBF-PACT include: (i) inter- The Partnership for Capacity Building in Africa (PACT) was ventions in public sector management and policy formula- initiated as a collaborative effort among the World Bank, tion in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries; (ii) development the African Development Bank, and the United Nations of a total of 182 interventions, including 36 refinanced Development Programme (UNDP) in 1991. As of January operations, eight country programs, 43 regional organiza- 2000, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), tions, 72 institutional strengthening through the SAFEWIND agreed to be responsible for the implementation of PACT. grants program; and (iii) establishment of a knowledge A first, ACBF-PACT strategic medium-term plan was imple- management system. mented between FY00 and FY05, and a second medium term plan (SMTP 2) is being implemented over FY07 to FY11. Participating Donors: the African Development Bank, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, IBRD/IDA, India, African Capacity Building FY2009 FY2010 Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, the Islamic Republic Foundation (ACBF) US$ million US$ million of Mauritania, the Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Cash Contributions received 6 — Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, during the year the Kingdom of Swaziland, Sweden, the United Republic of Disbursements made during 27 11 Tanzania, Uganda, UNDP, the United Kingdom, the United the year States, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sector: BZ–General Public Administration KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Theme: 30–Public Sector Governance The ACBF-PACT has initiated and supported policy centers, Geographic Coverage: Africa Region training institutions, and policy implementation programs that have contributed to, among other things: research and consultative support for drafting and review of economic CONTACT policy formulation; poverty reduction strategies and pro- Mr. Mamadou Deme grams (e.g., Benin, Burundi, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, the Senior Public Sector Specialist United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia); and the efficacy Tel: +1 202 458-5611 of economic forecasting and enhancement of macro and sec- E-mail: mdeme1@worldbank.org tor policy analysis (e.g., Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, and Website: http://www.acbf-pact.org A.  AFRICA VPU 3 3. Africa Catalytic Growth Fund (ACGF) BACKGROUND provided Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) and Anti- The ACGF was launched to respond to the diversity of expe- retroviral Therapy (ART) services in all seven target refugee riences across the continent. It focuses on a few countries and Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps in six coun- and opportunities to enhance growth and accelerate progress tries, Sierra Leone’s Reproductive and Child Health Project on achieving the hardest to reach Millennium Development saw a new planning process adopted by Local Councils and Goals (MDGs). It established three windows of selectivity to 80 percent of community volunteers trained under Local support: (i) high performing economies to sustain growth Council health plans. Malawi’s Second National Water and achieve the hardest to reach MDGs—while enabling Development project provided an additional 500,000 people them to break growth constraints and to create positive with new or improved water supply and 250,000 people spill-over effects for neighboring countries; (ii) transforma- with sanitation, as well as, higher teacher recruitment and tion countries where there is a demonstrable commitment retention rates in rural communities. to reforms and evidence of a sustained program for shared Additionally, the ACGF is contributing to employment growth; and (iii) regional integration initiatives that address generation in several operations, such as, the West Africa public goods and enhance collaboration by strengthening Fisheries on-shoring of economic activity project. In all regional bodies. cases, the design of the operations and their position within The ACGF has committed US$223 million to recipient the sector or outcome area are expected to deliver broader countries. It has crowded-in additional financing to support impacts. shared sector objectives—approximately US$1 billion. Participating Donors: Spain and the United Kingdom. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: Africa Region. Africa Catalytic Growth Fund FY2009 FY2010 (ACGF) US$ million US$ million CONTACT Cash Contributions received — — Ms. Elizabeth M. White during the year Program Manager Disbursements made during 19 37 Tel: +1 202 473-7065 the year E-Mail: ewhite1@worldbank.org Mr. Herbert Francisco Curry Arceo KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Senior Consultant Operations are consistent with the ACGF’s strategic frame- Tel: +1 202 473-0214 work and they are showing positive results on the ground. E-mail: hcurryarceo@worldbank.org For instance, Intergovernmental Authority on Development Website: None at Present (IGAD)’s Regional HIV/AIDS Partnership Program has 4. African Program for Onchocerciasis Control Phase II (APOC II) BACKGROUND problems. Originally a single disease intervention, APOC’s Phase I of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control success has seen its activities broadened and expanded to (APOC I) was established in 1995 as a multidisciplinary, encompass a multi-disease, more holistic approach that is inclusive, science based partnership with a participatory reaping even greater dividends. Yet, any successful enter- program of actions ranging across Sub-Saharan Africa. prise has to be built on solid foundations, and APOC is no From the outset, the APOC’s focus has always been to assist exception. people living in extreme poverty—those individuals most in Onchocerciasis, is a devastating disease of massive medi- need of support to help them solve their own specific health cal and socioeconomic importance that is caused by chronic 4 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds and long-term infection from a parasitic, filarial worm. It tablets of ivermectin; (ii) administration of 440 million doses was one of the four main causes of blindness in Sub-Saharan of ivermectin; (iii) CDTI projects already operating 96 per- Africa. It used to be a more widespread disease affecting cent of target while protecting 94 million; (iv) 91 percent 30 countries, ruining the quality of life and causing severe geographic coverage of APOC area; (v) 89 percent therapeu- deprivation for tens of millions of people. tic coverage by 2015; (vi) engagement of 146,000; (vii) CDD treatment of 68.4 million in 2009 with an estimated 90 mil- lion annually by 2015; (viii) 63 percent of CDTI projects FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS confirmed sustainable at 2015 target; and (ix) 63 percent CDTI projects co-implementing other health interventions by African Program for 2015 target date. Onchocerciasis Control Phase FY2009 FY2010 II (APOC II) US$ million US$ million Participating Donors: the African Development Bank, Cash Contributions received 18 15 Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, during the year France, Germany, Gulbenkian Foundation (UK), Japan, Disbursements made during 2 44 Kitasato Institute (Japan), Kuwait, Luxembourg, Merck & the year Co. (USA), the Netherlands, Norway, OPEC Fund, Poland, Sabin Vaccine Institute (USA), Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS World Bank, and the World Health Organization. The first 10 years witnessed difficult but steady progress, Sectors & Themes Covered: as APOC built up its core competencies. However, since Sector: JA–Health 2005, there has been a tremendous surge towards reaching Theme: 64–Other Communicable Diseases its goals, expedited by the cessations of hostilities and civil Geographic Coverage: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the unrest across several large geographical areas. By the end Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Cote of 2010, after 15 years of operations, it is fully expected that d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial 1 million Community Directed Distributers (CDDs) will have Guinea, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, The Federal Democratic been trained and mobilized, well over 74,000 health work- Republic of Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, ers familiarized with and engaged in Community Directed Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, the Ivermectin Treatment (CDTI) project, and some 500 million United Republic of Tanzania, and Uganda. Ivermectin treatments will have been administered. APOC II is firmly “on track” and continuous efforts from all our stakeholders over the next five years should result in our CONTACT goals being realized by sunset 2015. Since the launching of Mr. Donald Bundy APOC: (i) 41.9 million people were estimated to be infected Lead Specialist—APOC Coordinator with River Blindness; (ii) 29.7 million had severe itching and Tel: +1 202 473-3636 skin disease; (iii) 385,000 had already been blinded; and E-mail: dbundy@worldbank.org (iv) 944,000 had impaired vision. And since 1997, APOC Website: www.worldbank.org/afr/gper has achieved: (i) community delivery of over 1.2 billion 5. Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) BACKGROUND committed to the implementation of the Comprehensive The mission of ASARECA is to enhance regional collective African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP)1 of the action in agricultural research for development, exten- African Union’s New Partnerships for African Development sion, training, and education to promote economic growth, fight poverty, eradicate hunger, and enhance sustainable 1 A program description of CAADP is presented below in this AFR VPU use of resources in Eastern and Central Africa. It is also section A.  AFRICA VPU 5 (AU-NEPAD), which describes African leaders’ collective Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Uganda. vision for how this can be achieved. CAADP Pillar IV con- Additionally, ASARECA’s Board has approved regional stitutes NEPAD’s strategy for revitalizing, expanding, and strategic plans for all of ASARECA’s program units and an reforming Africa’s agricultural research, technology dissemi- “Office of National Focal Person” in each member coun- nation, and adoption efforts and this fits with the overall try to support ASARECA-financed projects. ASARECA has objectives of ASARECA. The ASARECA multidonor trust also improved its staff capacity to mainstream gender into fund finances ASARECA activities in support of CAADP’s ASARECA programs, and has made progress in carrying out Pillar IV in the sub-region, including facilitation of donor its role vis à vis the East Africa Agricultural Productivity interaction, coordination, and harmonization. Program (EAAPP). Participating Donors: Canada, the United Kingdom, and FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS the European Commission. Sectors & Themes Covered: Association for Sectors: BL–Public administration-agriculture, fishing, Strengthening Agricultural and forestry, AB–Agricultural extension and research, and Research in Eastern and FY2009 FY2010 ET–Tertiary education. Central Africa (ASARECA) US$ million US$ million Themes: 77–Rural policies and institutions, and 78–Rural Cash Contributions received 14 22 services and infrastructure. during the year Geographic Coverage: Eastern and Central Africa. Disbursements made during 3 11 the year CONTACT Mr. Assaye Legesse KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Senior Agricultural Economist ASARECA has made considerable progress towards its goal Tel: + 251-11-517-6027 of supporting a program of integrated agricultural research E-mail: alegesse@worldbank.org for development. It is currently implementing 52 projects with 170 sub-grantees. With the support of the multidonor Ms. Bremala Nathan trust fund, numerous governance reforms have been imple- Operations Officer mented, including: the adoption of a new organizational Tel: +1 202 458-9752 and staffing structure and a new constitution; preparations E-mail: bnathan@worldbank.org for the 1st ASARECA General Assembly; and negotiations of Website: http://www.asareca.org 6. Belgium Poverty Reduction Partnership Program (BPRP) BACKGROUND Reduction Partnership (LPRP)2, though the list of beneficiary The objective of the BPRP is to conduct analytical and countries is different. capacity building work in order to support African countries BPRP programs and activities focus on three priorities: in their efforts to prepare and implement Poverty Reduction (i) scaling up of the analytical work in partner countries in Strategy Papers (PRSPs). The main partner countries ben- order to improve poverty diagnostics, conduct Poverty and efiting from BPRP activities are Burundi, the Democratic Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of major reforms and policies, Republic of the Congo, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, and and reinforce the links between the PRSPs and the budgets, Rwanda (and Burkina Faso, for the completion of on-going including work on medium-term expenditure frameworks activities). Part of BPRP funds are also used for sub-regional within the context of the Millennium Development Goals; activities, provided that such activities are closely related to (ii) scaling up of capacity-building initiatives for govern- the preparation and implementation of PRSPs. The design ment staff and ministries (and to some extent also for other of the BPRP closely follows that of the Luxembourg Poverty 2 A program description of LPRP is presented later in this AFR VPU section 6 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds stakeholders), again, with a focus on poverty diagnostic would otherwise exist. The BPRP also provides significant work, PSIAs, and analysis of the links between PRSPs and resources for analytic work in the region that complements the budget; and (iii) facilitating a close collaboration on the the work of poverty reduction economists. The funded pro- ground between the World Bank and the government PRSP posals strengthen the evidence-based foundation of policy units in partner countries. making in very weak information environments. Participating Donor: Belgium FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: EZ–General education Belgium Poverty Reduction FY2009 FY2010 Themes: 70–Other human development Partnership PR (BPRP) US$ million US$ million Geographic Coverage: Africa Region (Benin, Burundi, Cash Contributions received — 4 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Mozambique, during the year Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, and the United Republic of Disbursements made during 2 2 Tanzania) the year CONTACT KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Andrew Dabalen The BPRP is providing major funding for crucially needed Senior Economist poverty economists in 10 poorly endowed countries in Tel: +1 202 473-9159 East, Central, and West Africa. These resources leverage E-mail: adabalen@worldbank.org substantially more work on poverty in these countries than Website: None at Present 7. Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa (BPMLRI) BACKGROUND instance, the Russian Federation) to finance malaria control The BPMLRI was launched in 2005 as a 10-year effort to activities and promotes dialogue to bring on board future reaffirm the World Bank’s commitment to malaria control by partners. substantially increasing financial and technical support to The ExxonMobil/World Bank collaboration is enhanc- accelerate the design and implementation of malaria control ing the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts of malaria programs, increase coverage, and rapidly improve outcomes. control programs in Africa and is filling a critical gap both The Bank plays a leadership role in several key areas of the globally and at country level to permit sound investment of Rolling Back Malaria Partnership, which supports massive financial resources, strategic planning, and program manage- scale-up to reach the 2010 universal coverage targets. In this ment decisions by donor and implementing organizations. context, the Bank is responsible for leading donor harmo- Simultaneously, a US$20 million allocation from the Russian nization efforts in support of national malaria programs Federation provides financial and technical support to in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The strengthen malaria control activities in Africa. Bank also leads the economics and finance technical work Phase II places heavy emphasis on Nigeria and the of the Malaria Elimination Group, provides strong techni- Democratic Republic of the Congo, which together account cal support to and is a member of the Affordable Medicines for about 40 percent of Africa’s malaria burden. In addi- Facility for Malaria (AMFm) Task Force, and contributes tion, Phase II supports strengthening of health systems and funding to the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). The increased access to anti-malaria medicines in the public and Bank has engaged new partners such as the private sector private sectors. (ExxonMobil), foundations, and donor governments (in this A.  AFRICA VPU 7 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS accountability tool to strengthen in-country capacity for designing and implementing M&E systems for malaria con- Booster Program for Malaria FY2009 FY2010 trol. Simultaneously, support from the BPMLRI has contrib- Control in Africa (BPMLRI) US$ million US$ million uted to a major impact on the malaria problem in Zambia Cash Contributions received 4 3 through the procurement of approximately 300,000 long- during the year lasting insecticidal bednets, the scale-up of the insecticide Disbursements made during 4 0.4 residual spraying (IRS) campaign, expansion of commu- the year nity-driven malaria control projects, and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation. Progress made on key malaria indicators indicates funding from IDA and the Russian Trust KEY RESULTS Fund has resulted in strong success in malaria control in The Booster Program is contributing to significant progress Zambia. in countries such as Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Participating Donors: ExxonMobil and Russia. Nigeria, and Zambia. Eighteen countries currently have Sectors & Themes Covered: Booster Program projects. Phase II of the Booster Program Sectors: JA–Health (July 2008–June 2011) stresses the Bank’s comparative Themes: 64–Other communicable diseases advantages, and builds on the successes and lessons learned Geographic Coverage: Africa Region. in Phase I. It will support a major regional project that will address disease surveillance, drug and insecticide resistance, cross-border vector control, and other issues relevant to scal- CONTACT ing up interventions for strengthening regional and country Ms. Anne M. Pierre-Louis capacity. Coordinator, Disease Control Program, AFTHE Parallel financial support from ExxonMobil has Tel: +1 202 473-3329 allowed the Bank to move forward more forcefully on E-mail: apierrelouis@worldbank.org the global scene and has underscored the need for a joint Website: None at Present. 8. Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) BACKGROUND and adoption of improved agricultural technologies and As mentioned above under ASARECA, the CAADP is the investment in agricultural research. African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AU-NEPAD) vision and strategy for the development of African agriculture at the local, national, sub-regional, and FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS continental levels. The goal of the CAADP is to help African Comprehensive Africa FY2009 FY2010 countries reach and sustain higher economic growth through Agriculture Development US$ US$ agricultural-led development that reduces hunger and Programme (CAADP) million million poverty and enables food and nutrition security and growth in exports. CAADP is managed by African governments Cash Contributions received 7 5 and promotes a broad consensus on goals, implementation during the year processes, and partnership principles for agriculture devel- Disbursements made during 0.8 5 opment in Africa. Conceptually, CAADP is framed around the year four pillars: (i) sustainable land and water management; (ii) development of infrastructure and improved access to markets; (iii) increased food supply, reduced hunger, and KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS improved response to food crises; and (iv) dissemination Five disbursing trust funds have been established in sup- port of the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD 8 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Planning and Coordinating Authority (NPCA), Common improving the quality of strategic planning, policy-making, Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and investment in agriculture. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and Conference of Ministers of Agriculture for West Participating Donors: the European Commission, the and Central Africa (CMA/WCA). In addition, two other Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, regional institutions, Economic Community of West African and Ireland. States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Sectors & Themes Covered: Community (SADC) are currently in the process of drafting Sectors: AB–Agricultural research and extension, their plans and are expected to receive their own CTFs in ET–Tertiary education, and EV–Vocational training. 2011. Priority setting for the use of these trust funds is driven Themes: 77–Rural policies and institutions, and 78–Rural by dialogue among stakeholders in the CAADP process and services and infrastructure. formally governed by a committee of stakeholders. Geographic Coverage: Africa Region Three Bank-executed child trust funds have been established—two of these finance the costs associated with administration and management of the trust fund by the CONTACT Bank, and the third finances technical assistance (TA), Mr. David Nielson as well as CAADP-related activities and services. The TA Lead Agricultural Services Specialist fund has played a pivotal role in supporting African-owned Tel: +1 202 473-0628 CAADP processes. Over the past several months African E-mail: dnielson@worldbank.org peer review processes of national agriculture and food security investment plans have been supported in 17 coun- Ms. Bremala Nathan tries. Several continental events have also been supported, Operations Officer bringing together policy makers and development partners. Tel: +1 202 458-9752 Together these have contributed to raising the profile and E-mail: bnathan@worldbank.org Website: http://www.nepad-caadp.net/ 9. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) BACKGROUND Pillar IV3. In this role, FARA works with Africa’s regional Created in 2002, FARA is a continent-wide umbrella orga- economic communities, state and regional organizations, nization bringing together, and forming coalitions of major and national institutions to: (i) provide guidance to Pillar stakeholders in agricultural research and development in IV programs, policies, and institutions; (ii) ensure effective Africa. FARA complements the activities of national, interna- integration of agricultural research, science and technol- tional, and sub-regional institutions to deliver more respon- ogy, extension and education, and training agendas into the sive and effective services to its stakeholders, and plays CAADP national and regional roundtable process and com- advocacy and coordination roles for agricultural research for pact development; (iii) facilitate and support the design and development, which includes agricultural research, agricul- implementation of the Pillar IV components of the country tural advisory services, and agricultural training and educa- and regional compacts; and (iv) support the mobilization of tion institutions. resources from internal and external sources for implementa- FARA is committed to the implementation of the tion of Pillar IV components and promote adherence with African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s the FAAP guidelines and principles in their implementation. (AU-NEPAD) and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) which showcases the African leaders’ collective vision for agricultural develop- ment on the continent. The FARA Secretariat has been given the mandate to lead the coordination of activities of CAADP 3 Pillar IV of the CAADP is described immediately above in this section of the Directory. A.  AFRICA VPU 9 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS that will guide the implementation of Pillar IV at the conti- nental, sub-regional and national levels. Forum for Agricultural FY2009 FY2010 Research in Africa (FARA) US$ million US$ million Participating Donors: Canada, the European Commission, Cash Contributions received — — the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. during the year Sectors & Themes Covered: Disbursements made during 0.02 — Sectors: AB–Agricultural research and extension, the year ET–Tertiary education, and EV–Vocational training. Themes: 77–Rural policies and institutions, and 78–Rural services and infrastructure. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: North and Sub-Saharan Africa. FARA is making good progress towards achievement of its medium-term operational plan to support aligning all levels of African institutions with CAADP Pillar IV FAAP Principles. CONTACT Several recent examples of FARA’s support include: direct Mr. David Nielson assistance in establishing the African Forum for Agricultural Lead Agricultural Services Specialist Advisory Services (AFAAS); its leadership role in bringing Tel: +1 202 473-0628 increased attention and investment to the area of agricul- E-mail: dnielson@worldbank.org tural training and education; its support for ongoing CAADP processes at country and regional levels; and its ongoing Ms. Bremala Nathan support to the sub-regional organizations and the process Operations Officer of establishing the Coordination Center for Research and Tel: +1 202 458-9752 Agricultural Development of Southern Africa (CCARDESA). E-mail: bnathan@worldbank.org The final draft of the CAADP Pillar IV strategy, presented Website: http://www.fara-africa.org to the FARA Board in November 2010, is a key document 10. Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund (LRTF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS LRTF was established in 2007 to pool donor funding in sup- LRTF is currently funding the Emergency Monrovia Urban port of Liberia’s urgent infrastructure reconstruction needs. Sanitation Project (EMUS), for US$18.4 million and co- Projects are prepared following the World Bank policies and financing the IDA-financed Urban and Rural Infrastructure procedures, which allow for economies of scale and much- Rehabilitation Project (URIRP), for US$36.2 million (origi- needed implementation capacity support for the Government nally US$9.2 million and US$27 million additional financ- of Liberia. ing). In May 2010, the LRTF Oversight Committee also agreed to allocate US$113 million to the upcoming Liberia Road Asset Management Project (LIBRAMP). FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donors: Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Liberia Reconstruction Trust FY2009 FY2010 LICUS Program,4 the European Commission, and the United Fund (LRTF) US$ million US$ million Kingdom. Cash Contributions received 8 12 Sectors & Themes Covered: during the year Sectors: TA–Roads and highways, WA-Sanitation, and Disbursements made during 0.3 7 WB–Solid waste management. the year 4 Program description of LICUS is included below in the OPC-VPU section. 10 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Themes: 71–Urban Development, and 78–Rural Services and CONTACT Infrastructure. Ms. Renée Desclaux Geographic Coverage: Liberia Senior Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 458-4148 E-mail: rdesclaux@worldbank.org Website: http://www.fara-africa.org 11. Luxembourg Poverty Reduction Partnership (LPRP) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The objective of LPRP is to conduct analytical and capacity LPRP provides crucial resources that enable the hiring of building work in order to support African countries in their the equivalent of two economists to work face-to-face with efforts to prepare and implement Poverty Reduction Strategy clients on poverty monitoring, measurement and analysis. Papers (PRSPs). The main partner countries benefiting from Mobilizing such resources allows the Bank to do much LPRP activities are Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali, Niger, more than it could have with its own resources. In addition, and Senegal. Parts of the LPRP funds are also used for sub- LPRP resources allow staff from AFRICA region to undertake regional activities, provided that such activities are closely innovative analytic activities (such as impact evaluations of related to the preparation and implementation of PRSPs. The school feeding programs or anti-retroviral treatment delivery design of LPRP closely follows that of the Belgian Poverty systems, etc.) that inform crucial policy in many areas of Reduction Partnership (BPRP)5, though the list of beneficiary government operations such as safety nets, health, educa- countries is different. tion, and budget management. LPRP activities focus on three priorities: (i) scaling up of the analytical work in partner countries in order to Participating Donor: Luxembourg improve poverty diagnostics, conduct Poverty and Social Sectors & Themes Covered: Impact Analysis (PSIA) of major reforms and policies, and Sectors: BS–Public administration-other social services reinforce the links among the PRSPs and budgets; (ii) scaling Themes: 53–Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring up of capacity-building initiatives for government staff and Geographic Coverage: Africa Region (Burkina Faso, Cape ministries, and to some extent also for other stakeholders, Verde, Mali, Niger, and Senegal). again with a focus on poverty diagnostic work, PSIAs, and the analysis of the links between PRSPs and the budget; and (iii) facilitating close collaboration on the ground between CONTACT the World Bank and individual PRSP units in partner Mr. Andrew Dabalen countries. Senior Economist Tel: +1 202 473-9159 E-mail: adabalen@worldbank.org FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Website: None at Present Luxembourg Poverty FY2009 FY2010 Reduction Partnership (LPRP) US$ million US$ million Cash Contributions received 1 1 during the year Disbursements made during 0.4 1 the year 5 A program description of BPRP is presented earlier in this AFR VPU section A.  AFRICA VPU 11 12. National Multi-Donor Trust Funds for North Sudan (MDTFNS) and Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Southern Sudan (MDTFSS) BACKGROUND and rehabilitation of 236 schools and the training of 2,300 Sudan has experienced conflict for most of the period since teachers. Households that possess mosquito nets exceeded its independence in 1956—notably between the forces of the the original target of 30 percent. The percentage of births northern-dominated government of Sudan and the southern- attended by health skilled staff has increased by 30 percent dominated Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), and in thanks to the construction of 180 health facilities and the Darfur. In addition to providing for the cessation of hostili- training of more than 1,900 health professionals. Some 332 ties, and establishing a power-sharing framework and a joint rehabilitated water points provides access to safe water for mission to identify priority needs, the Comprehensive Peace 500,000 households across war affected states. 1000 commu- Agreement (CPA) of January 2005 established two multido- nity driven projects, with strong community ownership have nor trust funds, each one to support needs nationally and been completed. for Southern Sudan, which the World Bank was asked to MDTFSS: The MDTFSS funded projects that assist the administer. GoSS to establish a fiduciary framework of regulations and These trust funds primarily finance programs that practices in accounting, auditing and public sector pro- comply with the priorities of the Joint Assessment Mission curement, rehabilitate the water, sewerage, road and other (JAM) and are included in the budget. Prior to the financial basic services in Juba, the regional capital, improve the crisis, the two MDTFs also leveraged substantial resources public administration and the capacity of the states, and from the government in the form of project co-financing. rehabilitate furnishings and equipment for the National The MDTFNS focuses on consolidating peace—by support- Assembly, Presidential office and residential buildings and ing key commitments on the currency, the census, and the 20 Ministries. Projects also include: drafting nine Laws; the national transport network, and by supporting recovery provision of accounting, procurement and auditing agents; and development in war-affected and marginalized areas the establishments of basic fiduciary capabilities at the in the Northern states. The MDTFSS support the nascent State; the construction or refurbishing of Ten State Capitals Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) in building capacity and provision to them of the basic package of furniture and and institutions working across all sectors, and balancing equipment similar to that provided to the GoSS Ministries. short- and long-term needs. In the social sectors, 47 buildings of the Juba referral and teaching hospital were refurbished; 1 million long lasting insecticide nets were provided, along with 10 million water FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS guard tablets, 250,000 diarrhea treatment kits and 250,000 artemisinin-based combination therapy medications to resi- Multidonor Trust Funds for dents of areas at greatest risk to illnesses such as malaria, North and South Sudan FY2009 FY2010 diarrhea and guinea worm infestation were distributed. (MDTFNS & MDTFSS) US$ million US$ million Clean water was provided to over 600,000 residents of rural Cash Contributions received 155 12 areas and small towns from boreholes drilled or rehabilitated during the year Veterinary services to the dispersed population of cattle Disbursements made during 60 222 keepers through mobile clinics acquired and equipped with the year MDTF-SS funds. In education, ten schools were rehabilitated or constructed, furnished and equipped; and nine County Education Centers were constructed in seven states. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS MDTFNS: In addition to the completion of the two key Participating Donors: milestones of the CPA, namely the introduction of a new MDTF-N: Canada, Greece, the World Bank, Iceland, Italy, currency and the general population census, the MDTFNS the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United allowed the completion of the rehabilitation of 446 km of rail Kingdom. line which linked the north and the south after 25 years of MDTF-S: Canada, Denmark, Egypt, the European rail disruptions. More than 400 km are under construction Commission, Finland, Germany, the World Bank, Iceland, or rehabilitation. Enrollment in basic education in targeted Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the communities increased 27 percent following the construction United Kingdom. 12 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Sectors & Themes Covered: CONTACT Sectors: AJ–Animal Production, AH–Crops, AT–Forestry, MDTF-S CB–Media, CZ–General Information and Communications, Ms. Laura Kullenberg FE–Micro and SME Finance, JA–Health, EP–Primary Manager of the MDTF-S Education, TW–Railways, and TA–Roads and Highways. Juba Sub Office Themes: 25–Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Tel: +249 955 846239 26–Decentralization, 27–Public Expenditure, Financial E-mail: lkullenberg@worldbank.org Management and Procurement, 31–Access to Law and Justice, 32–Judicial and Other Dispute Resolution MDTF-N Mechanism, 33–Law Reform, 54–Social Safety Nets, Mr. Alassane Sow 56–Other Social Protection and Risk Management, 63–Child Manager for Sudan and Manager of MDTF-N Health, 64–Other Communicable Diseases, 69–Population Tel: 249 912 397 463 and Reproductive Health, and 92–Malaria. E-mail: asow@worldbank.org Geographic Coverage: Website: http://ww.worldbank.org/sd The MDTF-N: Sudan (Four states and the Abyei Territory in the North) Mr. Greg Toulmin The MDTF-S: Sudan (10 states in Southern Sudan). Country Program Coordinator for Sudan and The Federal Two projects (Currency and Census) have a nationwide Democratic Republic of Ethiopia coverage) Tel: +1 202 458-1747 E-mail: rtoulmin@worldbank.org 13. Nile Basin Initiative Trust Fund (NBI) BACKGROUND the Nile states, the Bank facilitates much of NBI’s support NBI is a sub-regional partnership. Countries of the Nile and finances its own operational projects. Basin (Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea (observer), The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, the United Republic of FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Tanzania, and Uganda) have united in common pursuit of Nile Basin Initiative Trust FY2009 FY2010 the long-term development and management of Nile River Fund (NBI)) US$ million US$ million waters. Formally launched in February 1999 by the Council of Ministers of Water Affairs of the Nile Basin States (Nile- Cash Contributions received 13 34 COM), the NBI provides a basin-wide forum to fight poverty during the year and promote socioeconomic development in the sub-region. Disbursements made during 24 25 It is guided by a shared vision to achieve such development the year through the equitable and joint use of the Nile Basin water resources. The NBI is implementing a large portfolio of programs and activities related to institutional development, KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS capacity building, and investment project preparation. Over the past decade, NBI has developed a transitional The NBI is supported by a strong donor partnership, regional institution, built capacity for basin-wide water man- comprising more than 17 bilateral and multilateral partners, agement, and launched a significant investment portfolio to 10 of which contribute to the World Bank-managed Nile support water development. Key outcomes thus far include: Basin Trust Fund (NBTF). At the request of the Nile Council increased communication, trust, involvement and coop- of Ministers (Nile-COM) the World Bank established the eration among Nile Basin governments and populations; multidonor Nile Basin Trust Fund (NBTF) in January 2003 enhanced basin-wide capabilities based on best practices; as the preferred mechanism to administer and harmonize and increased convergence of institutional frameworks of donor partner support pledged to the NBI. At the request of Nile Basin countries on their mutual trans-boundary issues. A.  AFRICA VPU 13 NBI recently finished implementation of the Shared Sectors & Themes Covered: Vision Program (SVP), a US$100 million grant-funded Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, WC–Water Supply program launched in 2003—a multi-country, multi-sectoral Themes: 85–Water Resources Management program designed to build a foundation of trust for regional Geographic Coverage: Sub-Regional Africa (The Nile Basin cooperation. NBI supports its own institutional strengthen- countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ing in order to build a more cohesive and directed institu- Egypt, Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, tion by consolidating the gains made under the SVP and Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, by harmonizing policies and practices across the various and Uganda). NBI institutions. NBI is working through the Eastern Nile Subsidiary Action Program (ENSAP) and the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Program (NELSAP) to identify and prepare CONTACT projects, the latter of which ensures riparian ownership of Ms. Barbara Miller NBI activities and contributes to building capacity to man- Nile Program Coordinator age funds and implement regional projects. Tel: +256 414 30 22 03 (office direct)   E-mail: bmiller@worldbank.org Participating Donors: Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Ms. Antonieta Podesta Mevius Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank. Cofinancing Analyst Additional donors make parallel contributions directly to Tel: +1 202 473-9321 NBI-related institutions. E-mail: mpodestamevius@worldbank.org Website: http://www.nilebasin.org 14. Norwegian Pre- and Post-Primary Education Fund (NPEF) BACKGROUND technical and vocational education and training; and NPEF was established in December 2005 with the core objec- (ii) tertiary education programs. In December 2010 the Fund tive of supporting countries, primarily in the Africa Region, was amended to include a third category of activity: early in developing policies and programs for post-primary educa- childhood care and development (ECCD). Accordingly, the tion and training. Innovation, productivity, and growth in program has been renamed the Norwegian Pre- and Post- Africa require delivering a highly qualified workforce with Primary Education Trust Fund. relevant skills to carry out middle- and higher-level techni- cal and management job opportunities. While maintaining priority for Education for All, African governments and their FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS external partners have acknowledged the need to adopt Norwegian Pre- and Post- a holistic approach to educational development, giving Primary Education Fund FY2009 FY2010 increased attention to secondary and higher education. In (NPEF) US$ million US$ million particular, the ability to build national capacity, to benefit from and contribute to the development of new information Cash Contributions received 3 2 and knowledge, and to successfully integrate in the global during the year economy is severely constrained in most African countries. Disbursements made during 3 3 Those Sub-Saharan African countries, which are in the the year process of preparing either a fully-fledged or partial post- primary education sector policies and programs, are eligible for support. It is important for NPEF’s effectiveness that the KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS activities supported are integrated into the country’s sector Country-level programs account for 43 percent of overall program, that there is follow-up, and that the transaction NPEF allocations. Currently, there are 16 active programs costs are kept low. To date, NPEF has supported programs being carried out in 12 countries. At the regional level, NPEF under two broad categories: (i) secondary education and has supported multinational projects addressing some of 14 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds the main challenges in post-primary education development Themes: 65–Education for All, 66–Education for the in Africa. NPEF has supported 23 regional programs staff. Knowledge Economy, 68–Nutrition and Food Security, and Regional level programs account for nearly 55 percent of 88–HIV/AIDS. overall NPEF programs. Geographic Coverage: Africa Region. Participating Donor: Norway Sectors & Themes Covered: CONTACT Sectors: ES–Secondary Education, ET–Tertiary Education, Mr. Michel Welmond EV–Vocational Training, and EZ–General Education. Program Leader, Human Development Tel: +1 202 473-0900 E-mail: mwelmond@worldbank.org Website: None at Present 15. Sub-Saharan Africa Transportation Program (SSATP) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS SSATP is a partnership of 35 member countries, regional eco- SSATP research, publication, and dissemination activities nomic communities (RECs), and donors, all of which share a have been key achievements of the program since its incep- common vision: making sound transport policies contribut- tion. The influence of SSATP is illustrated in a number of ing to economic growth and poverty reduction. Launched countries where road management principles (ownership, in 1987 as a joint initiative of the United Nations Economic stable financing, accountability, and good management), Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the World Bank, it is for instance, have had a positive impact on the condition now a partnership financed by a large number of donors. of road networks. SSATP has also played a key role in areas SSATP has become a network of high level transport stake- such as railway restructuring, urban mobility, and regional holders, providing a forum for open debate and exchanges integration. on Africa’s transport issues. At the regional level, a pivotal SSATP-supported program SSATP’s first long-term development plan, covering has been established to drive trade facilitation and integra- 2004–07, had the overall objective of ensuring that transport tion along priority regional corridors. By involving private policies support poverty reduction strategies and economic and public sector organizations, SSATP has brought about growth. Its second development plan, covering 2008–11, renewal of the multinational agreement between Kenya and focuses on transport policies leading to reliable, safe, effi- the Great Lakes countries on transit (Northern Corridor cient, and affordable transport, but with the same overall Transit Agreement), set up corridor management groups, development objectives. and increased awareness on facilitation issues through sup- port to knowledge activities on transport costs and observa- tories of corridor practices. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS At the country level, SSATP’s work on road management has secured better financing for the maintenance of primary Sub-Saharan Africa and secondary networks. SSATP has also supported reviews Transportation Program FY2009 FY2010 of national transport strategies and PRSPs in 21 countries, (SSATP) US$ million US$ million and is tackling the complex issues of urban mobility and Cash Contributions received 2 5 affordable rural transport by aligning transport infrastructure during the year and services more with the needs of the poor (the latter of Disbursements made during 1 2 which has been applied with good results in The Federal the year Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Malawi, for example). Participating Donors: the African Development Bank, Austria, Denmark, the European Commission, France, the A.  AFRICA VPU 15 Islamic Development Bank, Norway, Sweden, the United Ms. Zeina Samara Kingdom, and the World Bank. Cofinancing Officer Sectors & Themes Covered: Tel: +1 202 458-4147 Sectors: TA–Road and Highways. E-mail: zsamara@worldbank.org Themes: 47–Regional integration, 77–Rural policies and institutions, 78–Rural services and infrastructure, and Mr. Tekie Sium 74–Other urban development. Cofinancing Assistant Geographic Coverage: Africa Region. Tel: +1 202 458-4208 E-mail: tsium@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp CONTACT Mr. Stephen Vincent Program Manager Tel: +1 202 458-5753 E-mail: svincent@worldbank.org 16. Terrafrica Leveraging Fund (TERRAF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS TERRAF is a partnership that aims to address land degrada- Country work programs by TERRAF have been developed tion by scaling up harmonized support for effective and effi- and dialogue is very active in at least 15 countries. The cient, country-driven sustainable land management practices development of national investment frameworks for sus- in Sub-Saharan African countries. TERRAF is a collective tainable land management is under finalization in at least and inclusive partnership that builds on each partner’s com- five countries. Grants to support UNDP and Eco-agriculture parative advantage and includes African governments and a Partners activities under the partnership have been signed, range of subregional, regional, and international organiza- and implementation activities under these grants are well tions under the umbrella of a joint annual work program. underway. Grants for the Government of Ghana and for Activities under the work program are organized around Africa Union—New Partnership for Africa’s Development three mutually reinforcing activity lines: coalition building, (AU-NEPAD) to implement activities as part of the TERRAF knowledge management, and investments which together work program are being finalized. aim to generate the coalitions, advocacy, “know-how,” poli- cies, and investment packages necessary for full and effec- Participating Donors: the European Commission, the tive mainstreaming, upscaling and financing of sustainable Netherlands, and Norway. land management. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: AI–Irrigation and Drainage. Themes: 83–Land Administration and Management. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Terrafrica Leveraging Fund FY2009 FY2010 CONTACT (TERRAF) US$ million US$ million Mrs. Paola Agostini Cash Contributions received 3 3 Senior Economist during the year Tel: +1 202 473-7620 Disbursements made during 1 1 E-mail: pagostini@worldbank.org the year Website: http://www.terrafrica.com 16 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 17. Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP) BACKGROUND • US$8.5 million package of grants prepared and appraised TDRP directly followed the Multicountry Demobilization and under a community reintegration project in the Central Reintegration Program (MDRP), which operated from 2002 African Republic. to 2009. MDRP was the largest disarmament, demobiliza- • Facility for Quality Enhancement and Innovation tion, and reintegration program in the world, with 14 donors Program established and providing technical assistance financing operations in seven countries (Angola, Burundi, to six of seven recipient countries. the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of • DDRnet, a DDR network for policy makers and the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda). practitioners, established; one seminar on the politics of MDRP relied on a network of over 30 additional partners demobilization carried out; and a second on DDR and (UN agencies, regional bodies, and NGOs) and a budget of shadow economies scheduled for later this year. US$560 million to demobilize close to 300,000 ex-combat- • Two international working groups established to address ants and offer reintegration assistance to about 230,000 of cross-border issues related to ex-combatants; technical them. assistance in place to support the UN mission in eastern Since 2002, the security environment in the Great Congo to this end. Lakes region has improved, indicating that the continua- tion of a large scale regional DDR program such as MDRP Participating Donors: the African Development Bank, is no longer necessary. When MDRP closed in June 2009, Finland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and France. however, ex-combatants were still being processed through Sectors & Themes Covered: DDR programs in some countries. Moreover, many MDRP Sector: JB–Other Social Service partners wanted to continue an established dialogue and to Themes: 68–Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict coordinate their efforts through a regional facility. Hence, Reconstruction, and 87–Social Risk Mitigation. TDRP was established. Geographic Coverage: Africa: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Transitional Demobilization CONTACT and Reintegration Program FY2009 FY2010 Ms. Maria Correia (TDRP) US$ million US$ million Program Manager Cash Contributions received — 29 Tel: +1 202 473-9394 during the year E-mail: mcorreia@worldbank.org Disbursements made during — 2 the year Ms. Caroline Guazzo Program Assistant Tel: +1 202 473-5725 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: cguazzo@worldbank.org Among the results achieved to date: Website: http://www.tdrp.net • US$4.5 million co-financing grant approved for the Rwanda Emergency Demobilization and Reintegration project. B.  CONCESSIONAL FINANCE AND G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 17 B.   CONCESSIONAL FINANCE AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS VPU 18. Adaptation Fund (ADAPT) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Under the United Nations Framework Convention on The Bank as trustee has sold 7.7 million CERs since incep- Climate Change (UNFCCC), ADAPT was established as a tion of the CER monetization program in May 2009 and principal source of climate change adaptation support for generated revenues of over US$130 million through CER developing countries and is a centerpiece of the international sales as of October 2010. The Bank has also facilitated dona- agenda on climate change. Projects and programs carried tions totaling over US$70 million, in accordance with the out by ADAPT are country-driven and based on the needs, Donation Guidelines adopted by ADAPT Board in November views, and priorities of eligible developing-country parties to 2009. the Kyoto Protocol. Primary financing for ADAPT comes not from traditional official development assistance, but from Participating Donors: The main source of finance proceeds a two percent share of proceeds of the Certified Emission from CER monetization. The donors to the fund to date Reductions (CERs) issued by the Clean Development are Sweden, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Japan, Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol for projects in Monaco, Norway, Sweden, and a number of private citizen developing countries. donors. Governance of ADAPT reflects its innovative source of Sectors & Themes Covered: financing. The Fund assigns ownership and control over the Sectors: WZ–Water resources management, AZ–agriculture, use of funds to a Board with majority control by developing and AJ–food security. countries. The World Bank serves as trustee for ADAPT, and Themes: 81–Climate Change the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides secretariat Geographic Coverage: Global services. As trustee, the World Bank performs two core func- tions—CER sales and ADAPT trust fund management. CONTACT Trustee FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Mr. Jonathan Caldicott Senior Financial Officer FY2009 FY2010 Tel: +1 202 458-4868 Adaptation Fund (ADAPT) US$ million US$ million E-mail: jcaldictott@worldbank.org Cash contributions received 21 152 during the year Adaptation Fund Secretariat Disbursements made during the 1 3 Ms. Marcia Levaggi year Senior Program Manager Tel: +1 202 473-6390 E-mail: mlevaggi@thegef.org Website: www.adaptation-fund.org 18 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 19. Pilot Advance Market Commitment for Vaccines against Pneumococcal Diseases (AMC) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS AMC for vaccines is an innovative way to incentivize com- The first AMC tender for vaccines by UNICEF took place panies in creating and manufacturing vaccines primarily in late 2009. Eight companies, including potential emerg- needed in low-income countries. It tackles the longstand- ing market suppliers, requested information on registration ing development problem—persistent market failures to and four offers were received by the stated closing date. develop and produce vaccines needed in poor countries due GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Biologicals and Pfizer, Inc. have to perceptions of insufficient demand or market uncertainty. confirmed their intention to increase production capac- Donor countries commit money to subsidize the price of ity and have each entered into supply agreements with vaccines required by developing countries. The approach UNICEF to supply 30 million doses annually each, over the offers the necessary financial incentives by way of donor next 10 years, starting in January 2012 and January 2013 commitments for suppliers to develop the vaccines including respectively. Consequently, 15 percent of AMC funds have research and training staffs. By forging long-term contracts been allocated to each manufacturer to be paid out as an with suppliers, the program ensures lasting supply of vac- AMC subsidy of US$3.50 per dose, with a tail price capped cines for countries that need them. A pilot AMC for pneu- at US$3.50 per dose, which is significantly below prices mococcal vaccines was designed and launched on June currently quoted in other markets. Nineteen countries have 12, 2009 to demonstrate the feasibility of the program in been approved for the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine creating affordable vaccines to meet the growing demands with GAVI support. Nicaragua, Honduras and Guyana will and also offer donor countries a mechanism to assess the introduce the vaccine in December 2010 followed by Mali, effectiveness of the program and expand it to include other Sierra Leone and Yemen in January 2011, and a further seven diseases. countries later in 2011. The program is designed to meet the vaccination UNICEF did not award the full quantities expected to be demands of developing countries at a highly subsidized cost. needed by 2014 in this first tender, in order to provide an The current price for the vaccine in industrialized countries incentive to manufacturers to accelerate the development is in the region of US$70 per dose, but with the implemen- of new vaccines and contribute to the creation of a healthy tation of the program the long-term price for developing market with multiple suppliers. In this context, developing countries will be US$3.50. Initial estimates indicate that country manufacturers are also showing interest; the Serum the program will be effective in preventing seven million Institute of India and Panacea Biotech Ltd. both registered childhood deaths due to pneumococcal disease by 2030. The themselves to participate in the initiative. Governments of Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Norway, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Participating Donors: Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, have committed US$1.5 billion for the pilot program that is the Russian Federation, Norway, and the Bill and Melinda estimated to assist 60 of the poorest countries. The World Gates Foundation. Bank’s role in the AMC Pneumo Initiative is to provide Sectors & Themes Covered: fiduciary support as well as legal, accounting, systems and Sector: JA–Health reporting functions as well as balance sheet support. Themes: 64–Other communicable diseases Geographic Coverage: Global FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Pilot Advance Market Ms. Natalia Antsilevich Commitment for Vaccines Financial Analyst against Pneumococcal FY2009 FY2010 Tel: +1 202 458-2793 Diseases (AMC) US$ million US$ million E-mail: npiadushkina@worldbank.org Cash contributions received 212 72 Website: http://www.vaccineamc.org during the year Disbursements made during — 25 the year B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 19 20. Avian and Human Influenza Trust Funds Facility (AHI) BACKGROUND regional facilities. In addition to training, investments were AHI Facility is a grant-making arrangement supported by 10 made in equipment, supplies, quality assurance evaluation, donors led by the European Commission. It assists develop- and, in some cases, minor construction. Among obvious ing countries implement their national action plans against results has been Mongolia, where the turnaround time for the threat of the avian and human influenzas in order to biological specimens fell from five days in 2008 to less than reduce the risks and the potential social and economic one day in 2010. In Vietnam, where reporting time of new impact of an influenza pandemic. The Facility was created outbreaks and return of tested specimens fell from ten days in January 2006. Over time, the Bank itself has committed to five days, and in Lao PDR, where all suspected influenza substantial resources in the form of loans, credits, and grants cases were investigated, and all specimens tested, within to eligible member countries. The Facility is designed to fill twenty-four hours. In Egypt, project provided equipment financing gaps not met by other funding sources. The Bank and training have reduced the amount of time for the central performs a management role, while oversight is provided by laboratory to process infected samples from twenty-four an Advisory Board consisting of representatives from major hours to less than two hours. Projects have established and donors and the Bank. trained rapid response teams in a large number of locations, or have trained and equipped such teams, or have helped reduce emergency response times in general. In addition, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS many projects have made major efforts on communication with stakeholders and the general population about various Avian And Human Influenza FY2009 FY2010 aspects of AHI prevention, detection, and response. Trust Funds (AHI) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 10 2 Participating Donors: Australia, China, Iceland, the Russian during the year Federation, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Korea, Disbursements made during 13 19 India, and the European Commission. the year Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: AJ–Animal production, and JA–Health. Themes: 64–Other communicable diseases, 67–Health KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS systems performance, 68–Nutrition and fold security, and As of end 2010, the cumulative value of approved 50 grants 76–Rural non-farm income generation. equals US$94.0 million, 24 of which had been closed. Total Geographic Coverage: Regional and Global. disbursements amount to US$44 million. Throughout the program, results have centered on training, surveillance, veterinary laboratory upgrading, national plan preparation, CONTACT and public awareness. Mr. Omar Hayat Virtually every active grant has included extensive Program Coordinator training; the variety of populations trained and subjects Tel: +1 202 458-0130 covered illustrates the complexity of the challenge that AHI E-mail: ohayat@worldbank.org poses. Surveillance and laboratory upgrading have been Website: http://go.worldbank.org/6P6YZKH2N0 nearly as ubiquitous—both in central national labs and in 21. Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP) BACKGROUND exclusive focus on the world’s poorest countries. The strate- Established in 1998, BNPP provides financing for a wide gic objective of BNPP is to strengthen the development and range of knowledge development and advisory services institutional effectiveness of the World Bank by financing with a cross-country, regional, or global scope, with an knowledge and capacity development activities at the global, 20 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds regional, and cross-country levels, with the aim of main- KEY RESULTS streaming BNPP activities into the overall activities of the The results of BNPP activities continue to inform Bank pol- Bank in low-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan icy instruments (such as Country Economic Memorandums, Africa. The thematic strategy is to mainstream capacity Policy Framework Papers, and Country Assistance Strategies) building (including knowledge dissemination), gender, and feed into future Bank lending operations, and provide inputs governance into the portfolio. that inform the ongoing development policy dialogue. The BNPP was renewed in FY10 to realign the program program’s comparative advantage lies in its catalytic and with the FY10–13 Netherlands Development Policy. BNPP’s innovative nature—providing funding for development man- priority areas are: fragility and conflict; gender equality and agers to test hypotheses and generate a knowledge base that growth and equity; sustainable development and climate has influenced the current thinking on development issues change; education; and sexual and reproductive health. and approaches. These priority areas are largely aligned with the Bank’s strategic priorities. BNPP activities will continue through Participating Donor: the Netherlands end-December 2012 and be phased out shortly thereafter. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: EZ–General Education, and JA–Health. Themes: 59–Gender, 57–Participation and Civic FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Engagement, and 81–Climate Change. Geographic Coverage: Global Bank-Netherlands FY2009 FY2010 Partnership Program (BNPP) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 44 25 CONTACT during the year Ms. Helena Nkole Disbursements made during 23 12 Program Administrator the year Tel: +1 202 473-4149 E-mail: hnkole@worldbank.org Website: http://vle.worldbank.org/bnpp/ 22. Clean Technology Fund (CTF) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CTF is one of the two funds6 of the Climate Investment FY2009 FY2010 Funds. CTF invests in projects and programs that contribute Clean Technology Fund (CTF) US$ million US$ million to demonstration, deployment and transfer of low carbon technologies with a significant potential for long term green- Cash contributions received 41 1,004 house gas emissions savings. As country circumstances dif- during the year fer, investment programs are developed on a country-specific Disbursements made during — 121 basis to achieve nationally-defined objectives. the year KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS As of end-November 2010, 14 investment plans for 13 countries and one region have been endorsed for a total CTF funding of US$4.6 billion. This includes Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, 6 The other fund is the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), described later in this Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, section. Vietnam, and the regional MENA Concentrated Solar Power B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 21 (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia). Also, CONTACT 16 projects identified under the endorsed investment plans CTF Administrative Unit had been approved by the CTF Trust Fund Committee for a Ms. Patricia Bliss Guest total funding of US$1.25 billion. Program Manager Tel: +1 202 473-4678 Participating Donors: Australia, France, Germany, Japan, E-mail: Pblissguest@worldbank.org Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. The World Bank as Trustee Geographic Coverage: Global Ms. Pamela Crivelli Lead Financial Officer Tel: +1 202 458-0579 E-mail: pcrivelli@worldbank.org Website: http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/ 23. Debt Relief Trust Fund (DRTF) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS DRTF, formerly known as the Heavily Indebted Poor Debt Relief Trust Fund FY2009 FY2010 Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative Trust Fund, was launched (DRTF) US$ million US$ million in 1996 by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Initiative’s objective is to reduce the exter- Cash contributions received 204 251 nal debt of the most heavily indebted countries from unsus- during the year tainable to sustainable levels. DRTF is designed to provide Disbursements made during 102 193 substantial debt relief to countries that implement critical the year social and economic reforms and is used specifically where traditional debt relief mechanisms are insufficient to help countries exit from the rescheduling process. In September KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS 1999, DRTF was significantly expanded to provide deeper, As of end-June 2010, the total amount of commitments to broader, and faster debt relief and strengthened the links the DRTF totaled US$6.9 billion and total disbursements between debt relief, poverty reduction, and social policies. were US$6.3 billion. Also, 36 out of 40 eligible countries This enhancement and redesigned strategy of linking debt had qualified for HIPC Initiative assistance, of which 30 had relief to poverty reduction helps to eliminate debt as an reached the completion point. Six countries had reached obstacle to development and allow countries to invest more their decision points. in their future. In 2005, to help accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the DRTF Participating Donors: the African Development Bank Initiative was supplemented by the Multilateral Debt Relief Group, Australia, Austria, Banque Ouest Africaine de Initiative (MDRI). Forty countries are currently registered as Developpement, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European eligible or potentially eligible countries. Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the World Bank, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nordic Development Fund, Norway, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: BO–Public Administration–Finance Themes: 21–Debt Management and fiscal sustainability Geographic Coverage: Global 22 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Mr. Prabhakar Modhukuru Mr. Alexandru Cebotari Financial Analyst Financial Officer Tel: +1 202 473-6296 Tel: +1 202 473-5772 E-mail: pmodhukuru@worldbank.org E-mail: acebotari@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/innovativefinancing 24. Gavi Fund Affiliate (GFA) BACKGROUND IFFIm funds are helping countries to address as quickly as GFA enters into pledge agreements with IFFIm donors, possible broad health system “bottlenecks” that currently assigns these pledges to the IFFIm Company so that they limit their ability to get vaccines to children. For example, can be securitized, and approves funding of programs with the key pentavalent vaccine (five shots in one) is supported; the IFFIm proceeds. The World Bank serves as the account IFFIm funding has also benefited the Measles Initiative, administrator for the GAVI Fund Affiliate (GFA) account, Yellow Fever Initiative, Global Poliomyelitis Eradication which receives bond proceeds from the IFFIm account Campaign, and the Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus and makes the disbursements for approved GAVI Alliance Elimination Campaign. programs7 to procure needed vaccines and to support recipi- ent countries. Since the inception of IFFIm in November Participating Donor: IFFIm 2006 until end-December 2010, the GFA account had total Sectors & Themes Covered: receipts of US$1.88 billion from transfers from the IFFIm Sectors: JA–Health account, and US$25 million from investment income. During Themes: 63–Child Health, and 67–Health Systems that time period, the GFA account disbursed US$1.7 billion Performance. for GAVI Alliance-approved program disbursements. The Geographic Coverage: Global GFA account had a cash balance of US$191 million as of December 31, 2010. CONTACT The World Bank as Trustee FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Mr. Darius M. Stangu Task Team Leader FY2009 FY2010 Tel: +1 202 458-9312 Gavi Fund Affiliate (GFA) US$ million US$ million E-mail: dstangu@worldbank.org Cash contributions received 176 477 during the year The GAVI Alliance Disbursements made during 223 365 Ms. Kimberly Halpin the year Analyst, Innovative Finance Tel: +1 202 478-7736 E-mail: khalpin@gavialliance.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Website: http://www.gavialliance.org Poor countries are provided with front loaded finance for their immunization programs through GAVI. In addition, 7 Program description of the IFFIm and GAVI Alliance are provided later in this CFP-VPU section B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 23 25. Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) BACKGROUND Participating Donors: Australia, the Bill & Melinda Gates GAFSP is a multilateral mechanism to assist in the imple- Foundation, Canada, Ireland, Korea, Spain, and the United mentation of pledges made by the G8++ at the L’Aquila States. Summit in July 2009 and was set up in response to a request Sectors & Themes Covered: from the G20 in Pittsburgh in September 2009. The objective Sectors: AB–Agriculture extension and research, AJ–Animal is to address the underfunding of country and regional agri- production, AH–Crops, AT–Forestry, AI–Irrigation and culture and food security strategic investment plans already drainage, AZ–General agriculture, fishing and forestry, and being developed by countries in consultation with donors JB–Other social services. and other stakeholders at the country-level. This will make Themes: 55–Vulnerability assessment and monitor- aid contributions toward the achievement of the Millennium ing, 56–Other social protection and risk management, Development Goal No. 1, which is to cut hunger and poverty 68–Nutrition and food security, 75–Rural markets, 76–Rural by one-half by 2015, more predictable. non-farm income generation, 77–Rural policies and institu- tions, 78–Rural services and infrastructure, and 79–Other rural development. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: Global (IDA-only countries). Global Agriculture And Food FY2009 FY2010 Security Program (GAFSP) US$ million US$ million CONTACT Cash contributions received — 262 GAFSP Coordination Unit during the year Mr. Christopher Delgado Disbursements made during — 1 Adviser the year Tel: +1 202 458-9455 E-mail: cdelgado@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The World Bank as Trustee Following its launch in April 2010, GAFSP allocated Ms. Pamela Crivelli US$224 million of grant financing in June 2010 to Lead Financial Officer Bangladesh, Haiti, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Togo to help Tel: +1 202 458-0579 each country increase food security, raise rural incomes E-mail: pcrivelli@worldbank.org and reduce poverty. In November 2010, a second round of Website: www.gafspfund.org selection awarded US$97 million to The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mongolia, and Niger to finance part of their national agricultural investment plans. 26. Global Environment Facility (GEF) BACKGROUND non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector GEF, established in 1991, is an independent financial entities for addressing global environment issues while sup- mechanism that provides new and additional grants and porting national sustainable development initiatives. concessional funding to cover the “incremental” or addi- Consisting of an assembly of all participating coun- tional costs of measures to assist in the protection of the tries—a Council, a Secretariat and Evaluation Office, 10 global environment and to promote environmental sustain- Implementing Agencies, a Scientific and Technical Advisory able development. Today, GEF is the largest funder of the Panel, and a Trustee (the World Bank)—the GEF provides global environment challenge and is a global partnership grants for projects related to six focal areas: (i) biodiver- comprised of 180 countries, international institutions, sity; (ii) climate change; (iii) international waters; (iv) land 24 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds degradation; (v) the ozone layer; and (vi) persistent organic Participating Donors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, pollutants (POPs). Since 1994, the Bank has served as both Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Trustee and Administrator of the GEF. Two other funds are Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, also operated under the Least Developed Countries Fund Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, for Climate Change (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Fund (SCCF)8, which were established by the Conference of Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC. The GEF funds initia- Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, tives that assist developing countries in meeting the objec- Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United tives of four international conventions: the Convention on States. Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Stockholm Geographic Coverage: Global Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). CONTACT Global Environment Facility Secretariat FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Mr. Ramesh Ramankutty Head of Operations and Business Strategy, GEF Global Environment Facility FY2009 FY2010 Tel: +1 202 458-2725 (GEF) US$ million US$ million E-mail: rramankutty@thegef.org Cash contributions received 696 581 during the year The World Bank as Trustee Disbursements made during 573 617 Mr. Praveen Desabatla the year Financial Officer, CFPMI Tel: +1 202 458-2099 E-mail: pdesabatla@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS GEF has allocated US$10.7 billion, supplemented by more The World Bank as GEF Implementing Agency than US$40 billion in cofinancing for more than 2,600 Ms. Karin Shepardson projects. Program Manager, ENVGC Tel: +1 202 458-1398 E-mail: kshepardson@worldbank.org 8 Program descriptions of the LDCF and SCCF are provided later in this CFP-VPU section Website: http://www.thegef.org 27. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) BACKGROUND responsibility for the identification or implementation of GFATM, or the Global Fund, was established in 2002 with Global Fund projects or for ensuring that the funds received the objective of making a sustainable contribution to the are used for the purposes intended. reduction of infections, illness and death caused by three communicable diseases: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Since the inception of the Global Fund, the World FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Bank has been working with the organization as a develop- Global Fund to Fight Aids, FY2009 FY2010 ment partner in fighting these diseases, and as trustee for TB And Malaria (GFATM) US$ million US$ million the Global Fund Trust Fund. According to the agreement between the Bank and the Global Fund, the Bank is engaged Cash contributions received 3,112 2,793 in a limited trustee role, whereby grant commitments and during the year disbursements are executed only upon instruction from the Disbursements made during 2,115 3,418 Global Fund Secretariat. As trustee, the Bank carries no the year B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 25 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Denmark, the Programs supported by the Global Fund contribute toward European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, By June 2010, the Global Fund has committed more than Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, US$19 billion in 144 countries and had disbursed about Monaco, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, US$11 billion to grant recipients. Around 53 percent of Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Global Fund investments are in low-income countries, with Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, a further 35 percent in lower-middle-income countries. Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, the Nearly 60 percent of the portfolio is invested in Sub-Saharan UN Foundation, the United Kingdom, the United States, the African countries. As one of the world’s largest financiers of World Health Organization, and Zimbabwe. health systems today, the Global Fund has supported health Sectors & Themes Covered: systems strengthening efforts since its inception, recogniz- Sectors: JA–Health ing that to ensure the long-term effectiveness of investments Themes: 88–HIV/AIDS, 92–Tuberculosis, and 93–Malaria. in disease-specific programs, it is necessary to strengthen Geographic Coverage: Global health systems. To date, a total of US$1.2 billion has been approved for cross-cutting health systems strengthening interventions. CONTACT The Global Fund is a leader in innovative financing Mr. Alexandru Cebotari initiatives for health and development. In particular, The Financial Officer Affordable Medicines Facility—malaria (AMFm) is a pio- The World Bank neering financing mechanism that the Global Fund is host- Tel: +1 202 473-5772 ing. Launched in April 2009, AMFm will expand access to E-mail: acebotari@worldbank.org artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the treat- ment of malaria through the public, private and civil society Mr. Prabhakar Modhukuru sectors. AMFm has two key elements (i) reducing prices by Financial Analyst negotiating with drug manufacturers and subsidizing a part The World Bank of the resulting price with a “co-payment”; and (ii) support- Tel: +1 202 473-6296 ing the proper use of ACT. E-mail: pmodhukuru@worldbank.org Websites: http://www.theglobalfund.org Participating Donors: Australia, Andorra, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 28. Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS GRIF is a fund for the financing of activities identified under The first Administration Agreement was signed between the Government of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Norway and the Bank. The Fund became operational in Strategy (LCDS). The fund will receive up to US$250 million October 2010 (FY11), with an initial cash contribution of equivalent from Norway in performance-based payments for slightly more than US$30 million equivalent. the period up until 2015, based on an independent verifica- tion of Guyana’s deforestation and forest degradation rates Participating Donor: Norway and progress on REDD+ enabling activities (reducing emis- Sectors & Themes Covered: sions from deforestation and forest degradation in develop- Sectors: AT–Forestry ing countries). Themes: 81–Climate change The World Bank was invited by Guyana and Norway to Geographic Coverage: Guyana act as Trustee and will be responsible for providing financial intermediary services to GRIF. The Bank as Trustee has no operational role in GRIF projects. 26 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT The World Bank as Trustee Mr. Jonathan Caldicott Senior Financial Officer Tel: +1 202 458-4868 E-mail: jcaldictott@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/grif 29. International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS IFFIm is a development financing structure with the aim of Poor countries are provided with frontloaded finance for providing funding more quickly and predictably for immu- their immunization programs through GAVI. In addition, nization programs through the GAVI Alliance9 to 70 of the IFFIm funds are helping countries to address as quickly as world’s poorest countries. Launched in 2006, the program possible broad health system “bottlenecks” that currently has received pledges amounting to US$6 billion for the next limit their ability to get vaccines to children. Eight govern- 25 years from the Governments of France, Italy, Norway, the ments have so far pledged the equivalent of US$6 billion Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United for the next 25 years. Australia and Brazil are expected to Kingdom. With the backing of these commitments, IFFIm become donors in 2011. Backed by pledges, IFFIm sells AAA- borrows money by issuing bonds in the capital markets to rated bonds in capital markets to fund vaccination programs. fund vaccination programs in developing countries. By front- loading commitments and using financial markets, the IFFIm Participating Donors: France, Italy, the Netherlands, provides key support to the meeting of the Millennium Norway, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Development Goals by 2015. Kingdom. Established as a charity organization in the United Sectors & Themes Covered: Kingdom, IFFIm’s bonds are AAA-rated by the three major Sectors: JA–Health Nutrition and Population. globally recognized credit rating agencies. The World Bank Themes: 63–Child Health, and 67–Health Systems is the treasury manager for IFFIm and provides coordination Performance. with donors and manages their binding commitments and Geographic Coverage: Global pledges. The Bank also arranges the issuance of IFFIm bonds and provides risk management, investment management, accounting, legal, and other administrative services, while CONTACT bearing responsibility for the relationships with the credit The World Bank as Trustee rating agencies and investor outreach efforts. Mr. Darius M. Stangu Task Team Leader Tel: +1 202 458-9312 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS E-mail: dstangu@worldbank.org International Finance Facility FY2009 FY2010 The GAVI Alliance For Immunisation (IFFIM) US$ million US$ million Ms. Kimberly Halpin Cash contributions received 1,249 595 Analyst, Innovative Finance during the year Tel: +1 202 478-7736 Disbursements made during 180 700 E-mail: khalpin@gavialliance.org the year Website: http://www.iff-immunisation.org/ 9 A program description of the GAVI itself is provided earlier in this CFP- VPU section. B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 27 30. Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) BACKGROUND the implementation of completed projects to be made avail- The JSDF, originally established to assist World Bank cli- able to practitioners worldwide. This knowledge highlights ents to tackle the poverty and social consequences of the the JSDF participatory approach in transferring responsibility 1997–99 global economic and financial crises, today sup- to stakeholders through capacity-building, social infrastruc- ports innovative programs that directly respond to the needs ture, and income-generating activities. of the poorest and most vulnerable groups of civil society. JSDF grants complement Bank-financed operations, financ- Participating Donor: Japan ing programs compatible with the development objectives of Sectors & Themes Covered: Bank country assistance strategies, client countries’ poverty Sectors: WD–Flood protection, EV–Vocational training, reduction strategy papers, or the poverty reduction elements JA–Health, EZ–General education; WZ–General water, of sector strategies. sanitation, and flood protection, FE–Micro and SME finance, The grants are focused on activities that: (i) respond CZ–General information and communications, BH–Sub- directly to the needs of the poorest; (ii) encourage testing of national government administration, FE–Micro and SME innovative methods; (iii) support initiatives leading to rapid finance, TA–Roads and highways, JB–Other social services, demonstrable benefits with positive prospects of evolving AI–Irrigation and drainage, WC–Water supply, EP–Primary into sustainable activities; and (iv) build ownership, capac- education, LE–Renewable energy, BH–Sub-national ity, empowerment, and participation of civil society groups. government administration, WS–Sewerage, BS–Public In response to the recent food, fuel, and financial crises, Administration–Other social services, WZ–General water, Japan introduced an emergency window under the JSDF, sanitation, and flood protection, BN–Public Administration– with financing of US$200 million over three years (FY10–12), Education, AT–Forestry, AZ–General agriculture, fishing, of which US$40 million has been allocated to FY10. The and forestry, BG–Law and justice, YA–Agricultural market- JSDF emergency window supports activities aligned with the ing and trade, YB–Agro-industry, WA–Sanitation, JB–Other objectives of the Bank’s Vulnerability Financing Facility and, social services, CA–Information technology, EZ–General specifically, with Bank initiatives associated with the Rapid education, AJ–Animal production, LZ–General energy, Social Response Program (RSR)10 and the Global Food Crisis FB-Non-compulsory health finance, YY–Other domestic Response Program (GFCRP)11. and international trade, ES–Secondary education, EL–Adult literacy/non-formal education, YC–Housing construc- tion, TZ–General transportation, and LB–Mining and other FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS extractive. Themes: 52–Natural disaster management, 87–Social Japanese Social FY2009 FY2010 risk mitigation, 57–Participation and civic engagement, Development Fund (JSDF) US$ million US$ million 58–Conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction, Cash contributions received 10 15 67–Health system performance, 44–Other financial and during the year private sector development, 78–Rural services and infra- Disbursements made during 26 37 structure, 56–Other social protection and risk manage- the year ment, 76–Rural non-farm income generation, 59–Gender, 87–Social risk mitigation, 74–Other urban development, 85–Water resources management, 51–Improving labor KEY RESULTS markets, 54–Social safety nets, 70–Other human develop- Since its inception, the Government of Japan has provided ment, 65–Education for all, 88–HIV/AIDS, 79–Other rural more than US$400 million to the JSDF program, and 334 development, 86–Other environment and natural resources grants with a total value of about US$360 million have been management, 31–Access to law and justice, 45–Export approved. A total of 125 projects, completed since program development and competitiveness, 39–Infrastructure inception in 2000, have contributed to a large body of services for private sector development, 49–Trade facilita- knowledge; the JSDF Unit is gathering the experiences from tion and market access, 64–Other communicable diseases, 66–Education for the knowledge economy, 30–Other public 10 A program description of the RSR is found below in the HDN VPU sector governance, 60–Indigenous peoples, 27–Public section 11 A program description of the GFCRP is found below in the SDN VPU expenditure, financial management, and procurement, 26– section Decentralization, 62–Other social development, 29–Other 28 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds accountability/anti-corruption, 75–Rural markets, 41–Small CONTACT and medium enterprise support, 55–Vulnerability assess- Mr. Roberto Tarallo ment and monitoring, 71–Access to urban services and Manager, Program Administration housing, 83–Land administration and management, 33–Law and Management reform, 35–Legal services, 53–Poverty strategy, analysis, Tel: +1 202 473-2413 and monitoring, 69–Population and reproductive health, 84– E-mail: rtarallo@worldbank.org Pollution management and environmental health, 63–Child health; 77–Rural policies and institutions; 61–Social analysis Ms. Yolaine Joseph and monitoring, 73–Municipal governance and institution Program Manager building, 25–Administrative and civil service reform, and Tel: +1 202 473-2389 68–Nutrition. E-mail: yjoseph@worldbank.org Geographic Coverage: Global Website: http://www.worldbank.org/jsdf 31. Least Developed Countries Fund for Climate Change (LDCF) BACKGROUND total amount pledged is US$288 million equivalent, with LDCF was established in November 2002 under the United total cash and notes received of US$181 million equivalent. Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The sum of US$142 million has been allocated to cover (UNFCCC) at its seventh session in Marrakesh to address the projects, fees, corporate budget, and other administrative needs of least developed countries (LDCs) whose economic expenses. and geophysical characteristics make them especially vulner- able to the impact of global warming and climate change. In Participating Donors: Australia, Austria, Belgium, its initial phase, the fund supports a work program to assist Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Least Developed Country Parties in preparing and imple- Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, menting National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs). the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, NAPAs aim to identify priority activities that address the Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United urgent and immediate climate change adaptation needs of States. the LDCs. To date, a majority of LDCs have received funds Sectors & Themes Covered: to prepare their NAPAs, many of which are now close to Sectors: Non-Sectoral completion. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) operates Themes: 81–Climate Change the LDCF. The World Bank serves as LCDF trustee. Geographic Coverage: Global FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Global Environment Facility Secretariat The Least Developed Ms. Bonizella Biagini Countries Fund For Climate FY2009 FY2010 Program Manager, Climate Change, GEF Change (LDCF) US$ million US$ million Tel: +1 202 458-7506 Cash contributions received 34 34 E- mail: bbiagini@thegef.org during the year Disbursements made during 23 13 The World Bank as LDCF Implementing Agency the year Ms. Karin Shepardson Program Manager, ENVGC Tel: +1 202 458-1398 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: kshepardson@worldbank.org Since the fund’s inception, and as of the end of June 2010, 23 countries have pledged contributions to the LDCF. The B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 29 The World Bank as Trustee Mr. Praveen Desabatla Financial Officer, CFPMI Tel: +1 202 458-2099 E-mail: pdesabatla@worldbank.org Websites: http://www.thegef.org 32. Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) BACKGROUND Pacific Catastrophe Risk Financing Initiative. Under the JJ/ The Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) WBGSP, 359 new scholars were financed of whom 47 per- Fund was established in 1990 as a partnership between the cent are from Africa and 47 percent are women. Under JIPS, Government of Japan and the World Bank. Over the past a total of 28 scholars were either active scholars or pending 20 years, the fund has supported a wide range of poverty admissions in fiscal year 2010, and about 61 percent of the alleviation and capacity building activities. It is one of the scholars are women. largest trust-funded programs that the World Bank manages. In FY10, a new recipient-executed trust fund for Intl. In FY10, the fund’s portfolio of programs included activi- AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has been approved where ties at the World Bank Institute (WBI), the Joint Japan/ Japan is expected to contribute US$20 million over a five- World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), year period from the PHRD Fund. the Technical Assistance (TA) Program, the Partnership Program, the Staff Grants Program, and the Japan Indonesia Participating Donor: Japan Presidential Scholarship (JIPS) Program. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Mr. Roberto Tarallo Policy and Human Resources FY2009 FY2010 Manager, CFPPM Development Fund (PHRD) US$ million US$ million Tel: +1 202 473-2413 Cash contributions received 67 93 E-mail: rtarallo@worldbank.org during the year Disbursements made during 70 68 Ms. Wahida Huq the year PHRD Administrator Tel: +1 202 458-8696 E-mail: whuq@worldbank.org KEY RESULT/ACHIEVEMENTS In FY10, US$80 million has been provided under the restruc- Ms. Danielle Carbonneau tured PHRD TA Program to support the Africa Rice Research JJ/WBGSP Scholarships Administrator and Productivity Development Program; US$20 million for Tel: +1 202 458-2507 developing the Next Generation of New Rice Varieties for E-mail: dcarbonneau@worldbank.org Sub-Saharan Africa (over a 5-year period); and US$1.3 mil- Website: http://www.worldbank.org/phrd lion for preparation of fifteen country risk profiles for the 30 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 33. South-South Experience Exchange Between Practitioners Trust Fund (SEETF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS The multidonor SEETF was launched at the Bank’s 2008 As of June 2010, 51 grants have been cleared by the over- Annual Meetings as a flexible funding mechanism that aims sight committee, of which eight have been completed. The to facilitate practical and just-in-time knowledge and experi- completed grants range from working with at-risk youth ence exchanges between development practitioners. It is in the Caribbean to outsourcing information technology designed to respond directly, and at short notice, to specific services in Africa. The feedback received to date from the demands, from IDA countries, for South-South learning beneficiaries suggests that the exchanges are providing the opportunities. building blocks for advancing the development agenda, The trust fund advances in a practical and tangible way, accelerating policy changes and innovation. The learning two of the Bank’s strategic priority themes: poorest countries and the results are being documented in an on-line knowl- and knowledge sharing. The SEETF is managed by an over- edge library. In several instances, the exchanges have proved sight committee chaired by the Vice President of the World to be catalysts for reform and change. Bank Institute, which includes representatives of the Bank’s six operational regions and of the Concessional Finance and Participating Donors: China, Denmark, India, Mexico, the Global Partnerships (CFP). Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: Global FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS South-South Experience CONTACT Exchange Between FY2009 FY2010 Ms. Helena Nkole Practitioners (SEETF) US$ million US$ million Program Coordinator Cash contributions received 4 1.5 Tel: +1 202 473-4149 during the year E-mail: hnkole@WorldBank.org Disbursements made during 0.4 2 Website: http://web.worldbank.org/cfp the year 34. Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) BACKGROUND the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degrada- The SCF is one of the two funds12 of the Climate Investment tion and to overcome barriers that have hindered past efforts Funds. It serves as an overarching framework to support to do so. three targeted programs with dedicated funding to pilot new The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) aims approaches with potential for scaled-up, transformational to pilot and demonstrate ways to integrate climate risk and action aimed at a specific climate change challenge or sec- resilience into core development planning, while comple- toral response. Targeted programs under the SCF include: menting other ongoing activities. The Forest Investment Program (FIP) aims to sup- The Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program in Low- port developing countries’ efforts to reduce emissions from Income Countries (SREP) aims to pilot and demonstrate the deforestation and forest degradation by providing scaled- economic, social and environmental viability of low-carbon up financing for readiness reforms and public and private development pathways in the energy sector by creating eco- investments.  It will finance programmatic efforts to address nomic opportunities and increasing energy access through renewable energy. 12 The other fund is the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), described earlier in this CFP-VPU section. B .   C O N C E S S I O N A L F I N A N C E A N D G L O B A L PA R T N E R S H I P S V P U 31 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Republic of Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Mali, and Nepal. The pilot countries, working in close collaboration with the FY2009 FY2010 Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), civil society, the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) US$ million US$ million private sector and other development partners, are in the Cash contributions received 67 567 early stages of planning for SREP activities at the country during the year level. Disbursements made during — 27 the year Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. FIP: Eight pilot countries were recently selected to partici- Geographic Coverage: Global pate in the program: Burkina Faso, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mexico, and Peru. The pilot countries, working in close collaboration CONTACT with the MDBs, civil society, the private sector and other CIF Administrative Unit development partners, have started country programming of Patricia Bliss Guest FIP resources. Currently, a Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Program Manager Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is being devel- Tel: +1 202 473-4678 oped which will be strategically linked to the FIP Investment E-mail: Pblissguest@worldbank.org Strategies at the pilot country level. PPCR: The PPCR has nine country pilots—Bangladesh, The World Bank as Trustee Bolivia, Cambodia, the Republic of Mozambique, Nepal, Pamela Crivelli Niger, the Republic of Tajikistan, Yemen, Zambia, and two Lead Financial Officer Regional Programs: Caribbean (Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Tel: 1 +1 202 458-0579 Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Grenadines) and E-mail: pcrivelli@worldbank.org South Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga). Website: http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/ SREP: Six pilot countries were recently selected to par- ticipate in the program: Honduras, The Federal Democratic 35. Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) BACKGROUND whose economies are highly dependent on income generated SCCF was established in November 2004 under the United from the production, processing, and export or on consump- Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change tion of fossil fuels and associated energy-intensive products (UNFCCC) at its Seventh Session in Marrakesh for the in diversifying their economies. purpose of financing activities, programs and measures With respect to adaptation, the SCCF assists developing related to climate change, which are complementary to those countries, particularly the most vulnerable to the impacts funded by the resources allocated to the climate change focal of climate change, in implementing adaptation measures area of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund13 that reduce their vulnerabilities and increase their adaptive and by bilateral and multilateral resources in these areas: capacities. The SCCF helps meet their capacity needs for the (i) adaptation; (ii) transfer of technologies; (iii) energy, implementation of projects and programs that address these transport, industry, agriculture, forestry, and waste man- impacts. The World Bank serves as the trustee for the SCCF agement; and (iv) activities to assist developing countries Trust Fund. 13 A program description of the GEF itself is provided earlier in this CFP- VPU section 32 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Theme: 81–Climate Change Geographic Coverage: Global Special Climate Change Fund FY2009 FY2010 (SCCF) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 25 10 CONTACT during the year Global Environment Facility Secretariat Disbursements made during 4 15 Ms. Bonizella Biagini the year Program Manager, Climate Change, GEF Tel: +1 202 458-7506 E-mail: bbiagini@thegef.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Since its inception, and as of the end of June 2010, 14 coun- The World Bank as SCCF Implementing Agency tries had pledged US$168 million equivalent in the form of Ms. Karin Shepardson cash and promissory notes contributions to the fund. Of this, Program Manager, ENVGC US$111 million equivalent has been received as of end-FY10. Tel: +1 202 458-1398 US$110 million has been allocated to cover projects, fees, E-mail: kshepardson@worldbank.org corporate budget, and other administrative expenses. The World Bank as Trustee Participating Donors: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Mr. Praveen Desabatla Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Financial Officer, CFPMI Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Tel: +1 202 458-2099 United States. E-mail: pdesabatla@worldbank.org Sectors & Themes Covered: Website: http://www.thegef.org Sector: Non-sectoral C.  DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU 33 C.   DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU 36. Global Financial Inclusion Indicators Program (GFII) BACKGROUND outside researchers, policymakers, and practitioners that During late FY10, in order to help in the understanding of meet yearly to discuss its strategic direction, progress and the scope of financial activity by individuals around the accomplishments, and an internal Oversight Committee, that world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commit- includes senior management from the World Bank and IFC, ted to an US$11 million, 10-year grant to the Development are expected to meet annually to review developments and Research Group to build a new public database of “Global accomplishments. Financial Inclusion Indicators,” to measure how the world’s poor, women and other disadvantaged groups save, bor- Participating Donor: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation row, and make payments. The goal of the trust fund is to Sectors & Themes Covered: measure financial inclusion in a consistent manner over Sectors: FA–Banking, FC–Housing finance and real estate a broad range of countries and, over time, create a public markets, FD–Non-compulsory pensions, insurance and con- dataset that can be used to motivate, formulate, and track tractual savings, FE–Micro and SME finance, and FZ–General global policy and progress to improve access to financial finance. services. The grant provides funding for three rounds of data Themes: 44–Other financial and private sector development. collection. In September 2010 a contract was signed with Gallup, Inc. to collect this information from at least 1,000 people per CONTACT country, in 150 countries, about their finances through the Dr. Leora Klapper 2011 Gallup World Poll. This database will help us address Program Manager questions such as: Do individuals have a bank account? Do Tel: +1 202 473-8738 they borrow money from a microfinance institution? Do they E-mail lklapper@worldbank.org purchase life or health insurance? The survey will be rolled out in January 2011 and the dataset will be made public in Ms. Asli Togan-Egrican October 2012. Program Coordinator The Bank is responsible for administering the GFII Tel: +1 202 458-9056 program. However, there is a Technical Advisory Board of E-mail: atoganegrican@worldbank.org 37. Global Population and Economic Development Program (GPED) BACKGROUND evidence-based research on how reproductive choices and Pursuant to the award of a US$1.5 million grant from the demographic changes affect poverty and socioeconomic William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a trust funded outcomes in developing countries. While the relation- effort has been carried out since FY06 to support a research ship between demographic changes, on the one hand, and program on fertility, reproductive health, and socioeco- poverty reduction and socioeconomic development, on the nomic outcomes. This trust fund aims to generate more other, runs in both directions, the challenge set out by the 34 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds donor is to focus on how demographic shifts contributes or KEY RESULTS/ ACHIEVEMENTS deters poverty reduction and socioeconomic development. Presentation of several research studies at the 2009 and The research program consists of sub-programs focused 2010 Population Association of America meetings, the on the following topics: (i) marriage, fertility, and pov- September 2009 International Union for the Scientific Study erty in the era of HIV/AIDS; (ii) demographic change and of Population General Conference, and the January 2010 women’s labor force participation; (iii) impact of family size Hewlett Population-Poverty Conference. Papers will also be on investments in children; and (iv) demographic trends, presented at the January 2011 Hewlett Population-Poverty economic growth, and the dynamics of income distribu- Conference. In addition, many researchers have made inde- tion. The Development Economics Unit Research Group, pendent presentations of their work. Several working papers Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Human and journal articles have been published. Development, the Latin American and Caribbean region, along with academic researchers, is participating in these Participating Donor: the William and Flora Hewlett studies. The trust fund is used primarily for primary data Foundation collection, empirical analysis, literature reviews, and a Sectors & Themes Covered: program of dissemination activities. A small group of experts Sectors: BS–Public Administration–Other social services, from the Bank and outside the Bank serves as informal advi- and JB–Other social services. sors to the researchers. Themes: 20–Analysis of economic growth, 22–Economic, statistics, modeling and forecasting, 24–Other economic management, 53–Poverty strategy, analysis, and monitor- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ing, 61–Social analysis and monitoring, and 62–Other social development. Global Population & Geographic Coverage: Global Economic Development FY2009 FY2010 (GPED) Program US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 1 — CONTACT during the year Ms. Elizabeth M. King Disbursements made during 0.2 0.3 Sector Director the year Tel: +1 202 473-3289 E-mail: eking@worldbank.org Website: http://Go.Worldbank.Org/HKGDD6S3C0 38. International Comparison Program (ICP) BACKGROUND levels. In particular, PPP data are needed to monitor progress A multi-donor trust fund was established in April 2010 towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to support the implementation of the 2011 round of the of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. International Comparison Program (ICP). The ICP provides The development objectives of this new multi-donor direct support to the Bank’s core mission by providing a trust fund include: supporting the implementation of the crucial component of the data needed to monitor income 2011 round of the ICP, which aims at improving cross- poverty internationally and to analyze changes in the country measurement and monitoring of poverty and other comparative welfare. The ICP contributes to the dissemina- economic variables (e.g., income per capita); the develop- tion of good quality data on poverty and economic progress ment of a cost-effective process for estimating PPPs in dif- to support evidence based decision making at all levels by ferent countries and regions; improved statistical capacity in collecting and disseminating purchasing power parity (PPP) developing countries (price statistics, national accounts and data to compare economic and social conditions among poverty monitoring); and, the continuation of ICP as a global countries without the distortion of short-run fluctuations in program with reduced costs due to improved efficiency/ foreign exchange markets or structural differences in price increased capacity in participating countries. C.  DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU 35 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donors: the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Kingdom, and Norway. International Comparison FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: Program (ICP) US$ million US$ million Sector: BZ–General Public Administration Cash contributions received — 0.4 Theme: 24–Other Economic Management during the year Geographic Coverage: Global Disbursements made during 0.02 0.5 the year CONTACT Ms. Nada Hamadeh KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Statistics Officer Trust Fund funds were used to finance preparatory activi- DECDG, Development Economics ties for the 2011 round of the ICP, including the preparation Tel: +1 202 473-3201 of a handbook on the PPPs, the organization of governance Email: nhamadeh@worldbank.org meetings and an ICP User Conference, and providing techni- Website: http://www.worldbank.org/data/icp cal assistance to countries and regional implementing agen- cies in the areas of national accounts and price statistics. 39. Knowledge for Change Program II (KCPII) BACKGROUND for a developing country to upgrade its industrial structure This programmatic trust-funded partnership program is the continuously and rapidly. successor of the original Knowledge for Change Program The objective of the KCP II is to support innovative that was launched in 2002 and closed in July 2010 with research in areas and development topics where the creation US$23.9 million in total contributions. The KCP II was of new knowledge is likely to assist in the formulation of endorsed in September 2008 by the original donors to the better development policies with a greater impact on pov- Knowledge for Change Program, and launched in December erty. A subsidiary objective is to assist in building research 2008. The program has experienced a ‘fast start’ with almost capacity in the Bank’s client countries. The World Bank US$14 million in received contributions and pledges, as of administers the KCP II. end-December 2010. The KCP II, which has also received contributions from two new donors, Singapore and China, now has been structured with four separate windows that FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS allows for partners to better direct their contributions to a Knowledge For Change FY2009 FY2010 preferred main research area. Program II (KCP II) US$ million US$ million The four windows feature: (i) Poverty Dynamics and Public Service Delivery; (ii) Investment Climate and Cash contributions received 2 5 Trade and Integration; (iii) Global Public Goods; and during the year (iv) Economic Development and Structural Change. The first Disbursements made during — 0.4 addresses issues at the heart of poverty reduction, empow- the year erment and sustainable development; the second focuses on the major elements of a business program conducive to growth, with emphasis on the role of small- and medium- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS scale industries; the third focuses on global issues that Our overall view is that the KCP has worked well. All the require collective action and coordination across countries completed and ongoing research projects are in line with because lack of action or progress in some countries could the thematic areas specified in the Charter. Moreover, many undermine benefits for all; and, the fourth will analyze the of the projects have achieved very good results, and some policies and factors that are necessary to make it possible are outstanding. Apart from substantial contributions with 36 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds regard to analysis and publications, there have also been CONTACT major achievements with regard to data collection and the Mr. Jimmy Olazo development of policy analysis tools. There is a broad con- Program Manager sensus that there is a shortage of research funds, which KCP Tel: +1 202 473-1195 has helped to alleviate. E-mail: jolazo@worldbank.org Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Mr. Ivar Cederholm Finland, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Program Coordinator Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and all themes. Tel: +1 202 473-8184 Geographic Coverage: Global E-mail: icederholm@worldbank.org 40. Living Standards Measurement Study Program (LSMS-ISA) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS LSMS-ISA is a US$19 million program funded by the Living Standards Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by Measurements Study FY2009 FY2010 the Development Research Group at the World Bank. Program (LSMS-ISA) US$ million US$ million Recognizing that existing agricultural data in the region suf- fers from inconsistent investment, institutional and sectoral Cash contributions received 3 4 isolation, and methodological weakness, the LSMS-ISA during the year collaborates with the national statistical offices of its partner Disbursements made during 0.2 1 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to design and implement the year systems of multi-topic, nationally representative panel household surveys with a strong focus on agriculture. The primary objective of the project is to foster innovation and KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS efficiency in statistical research on the links between agricul- As of December 2010, LSMS-ISA is active in six countries in ture and poverty reduction in the region. Towards this end, Sub-Saharan Africa. Surveys are already been fielded in four the LSMS-ISA program also promotes advancements in sur- countries (the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi vey methodology through research and wide dissemination and Nigeria) and in two other countries are due to start in of findings. The project also promotes the use of technology 2011. The data from the first wave of The United Republic of in data collection, including the wide application of GPS Tanzania National Survey has been made publicly available technology as well as the adoption of Computer Assisted for free download and second waves of the panel are cur- Personal Interview (CAPI) techniques to improve the quality rently in the field for the United Republic of Tanzania and and timeliness of data by replacing paper questionnaires Uganda. New survey methods and best practices have been with electronic interviewing. Finally, LSMS-ISA is committed adopted by participating countries. More information about to providing timely and open access to data by making all the project can also be found on the LSMS website. micro-data available and by supporting the development of analytical tools to increase users’ accessibility of data. Participating Donor: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, EZ–General education, WZ–General water, sanitation and flood protection, and JA–Health. Themes: 53–Poverty strategy, analysis, and monitoring, 55–Vulnerability assessment and monitoring, 56–Other C.  DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU 37 social protection and risk management, 59–Gender, CONTACT 62–Other social development, 68–Nutrition and food secu- Mr. Calogero Carletto rity, 76–Rural non-farm income generation, 79–Other rural Program Manager development, 81–Climate change, and 86–Other environ- Tel +1 202 473-1377 ment and natural resources management. E-mail: gcarletto@worldbank.org Geographic Coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa Website: http://data.worldbank.org/news/ LSMS-when-data-collection-is-intrepid 41. Migration and Remittances for Development in Africa (MRDA) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MRDA was established in 2007 with the key objectives to: Migration And Remittances (i) improve the understanding of the flows of migration For Development In Africa FY2009 FY2010 and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa, and their impacts (MRDA) US$ million US$ million on growth and poverty reduction; and (ii) strengthen the capacity of policy makers, researchers, banks, other financial Cash contributions received 1 — institutions and donor agencies in Africa to enhance the during the year development impact of migration and remittances in Africa. Disbursements made during 0.2 0.6 The activities of this multi-donor trust fund were aimed the year at understanding the trend of migration and remittances in Africa where data was of very poor quality or non-existent, making it difficult to draw policy conclusions. The outputs KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS (analytical tools, papers and publications) of the Africa The key outcome is a comprehensive report on migration project will be used to support countries in their efforts to and remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a menu of pol- prepare and implement migration and development activi- icy options for governments, central banks, financial institu- ties, strengthen capacity, and provide technical assistance tions, private sector, and international and regional agencies for the governments. to be launched in Spring 2011. The project has also provided As the activities for this trust fund are about to be final- systematic capacity building efforts through consultative ized, a new Global Migration Trust Fund is being planned. and training workshops on designing of household surveys, The generation of knowledge on migration and remittances sampling methodologies, and working with local research in Africa has increased the interest of the client governments institutions and statistical agencies. The specific deliverables in both developed and developing countries to consider of this project include: policy actions in these areas, which in turn have increased • Flagship Report on Migration, Remittances and the demand for the World Bank’s technical assistance, sup- Development in Africa. port for the design of projects, diagnostic tools, and capacity • Edited book volume on Remittances Markets in Africa. building. Also the increased understanding of potential new • Edited book volume on Diaspora and Development. innovative financial mechanisms (such as diaspora bonds) • Working Paper on “Migrant Remittances Flows: Findings for leveraging remittances for development has increased the from a Global Survey of Central Banks.” demand for migration and remittance-related work. • Web-based survey catalogue of 6 migration and remittances household surveys with methodology, questionnaires and data. Trust fund outputs also include: (i) Migration and remittances household surveys were conducted in 6 African countries; (ii) Remittance service provider surveys in 8 African Countries and two destination countries (France 38 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds and United Kingdom); (iii) Embassy surveys in four des- Sectors & Themes Covered: tination countries (France, South Africa, United Kingdom, Sectors: FZ–General finance, FA–Banking, Payment systems, and the United States); (iv) A global survey of Central securities clearance, and settlement, FK–Capital markets, Banks in 114 countries which was published in early 2010; and ET–Tertiary education. (v) Training workshops on migration and remittances house- Themes: 20–Analysis of economic growth, 22–Economic hold surveys in South Africa in 2009 and in Washington, DC statistics modeling, and forecasting, 23–Macroeconomic in 2010; (vi) An International Conference on Diaspora and management, 48–Technology diffusion; 49–Trade facilitation Development in July 2009; (vii) A tracking survey that traces and market access, 50–Other trade and regional integration, the career path and engagement back home of top students 44–Other financial and private sector development, 24–Other of the top schools of Ghana and a survey of Africa doctors economic management, 40–Regulation and competition in the US and Europe; (viii) A paper on portability of social policy, and 66–Education for the knowledge economy. security benefits between France and Mali; and (ix) Papers Geographic Coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa on the role of remittances in conflict situations in Burundi and Somalia. CONTACT Participating Donors: the African Development Bank Mr. Dilip Ratha (AfDB), Canada, the United Kingdom, the International Fund Lead Economist and Manager of DEC-PREM Migration and for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Denmark, France, and Remittances Unit Sweden. Tel: +1 202 458-0558 E-mail: dratha@worldbank.org Website: hppt://www.worldbank.org/migration 42. Statistics for Results Facility (SRTF) BACKGROUND evaluated, the Catalytic Fund will consider inviting other SRTF is a multi-donor initiative designed to increase the countries to apply to the SRF-CF. level of investment in statistical systems in developing SRF-CF has begun its pilot phase in five countries: countries and to improve the effectiveness of financial Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, and technical assistance. The objective of SRTF, and of the Nigeria, and Rwanda. Catalytic Fund (SRF-CF) that supports capacity building in the poorest countries, is to support better policy formulation and decision making through a sustained improvement in FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS the production, availability and use of official statistics. Statistics For Results Trust FY2009 FY2010 SRTF represents a new approach to the problem of Fund Program (SRTF) US$ million US$ million how best to meet the data challenges of the next five to ten years. It is based directly on the Paris Declaration on Aid Cash contributions received 3 29 Effectiveness principles. Informed by experience gleaned during the year from earlier initiatives, SRTF places developing countries Disbursements made during — 0.3 at the center of the process and incorporates good practice the year from other fields in the design and implementation of capac- ity building programs. SRF-CF has been set up initially to provide financial and KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS technical support to a limited number of pilot countries. The grant allocation for five pilot countries was approved The experience from these countries will be used to iden- in 2010 and these countries are at different project phases: tify how best to scale-up investments in statistical capac- Afghanistan (US$14 million; implementation); the ity and to help these countries improve their development Democratic Republic of the Congo ($11.8 million; early results. Once the results from the pilot countries have been preparation stage); Ghana (US$10 million; appraisal stage); C.  DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS VPU 39 Nigeria (US$10 million; negotiation stage); and Rwanda Sectors & Themes Covered: (US$10 million; early preparation stage). Sectors: BC–Central Government Administration, and BH– All five pilots advanced their projects, with Afghanistan Sub-national government administration. making most progress. The SRF grant agreement with the Themes: 90–Managing for Development Results. government of Afghanistan was signed in October 2010. Geographic Coverage: Global The project was launched with strong support from senior government officials as well as development partners. Once effective, the project will strengthen the priority areas set CONTACT forth in the Afghanistan National Statistical Plan 2010–14, Ms. Barbro Hexeberg namely, institutional development, data collection and Senior Economist analysis, administrative data systems, information and com- Tel: +1 202 473-3733 munication technology, and physical infrastructure. E-mail: bhexeberg@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/M2FV8LH9X0/ Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. 43. Transparency and Competitiveness Trust Fund Program (DEC-TC) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The primary aim of multi-donor Transparency and During the most recent period, work has been completed to Competitiveness Trust Fund program is to explore the link- prepare for analysis of the impact of regulatory and transpar- ages between transparency and the challenges faced by ency reform in the Asia Pacific region. This includes presen- developing countries in policy reform, good governance, and tations at APEC meetings in Sapporo, Japan during 2010 and economic competitiveness. Development prospects and poli- discussions with APEC members on possible collaboration cies are unquestionably and significantly affected by trans- on public-private partnerships on transparency and trade parency initiatives, but, to date, there is very little relevant facilitation. This would include data, new indicators, and analysis available to policy makers as to how the interna- assistance on capacity building on transparency in APEC tional system and architecture supporting transparency can during 2011. be strengthened. The DEC-TC trust fund, therefore, supports data gathering, empirical research, and policy dialogue on a Participating Donors: Australia, and the United Kingdom. wide range of economic policy issues that, together, provide Sectors & Themes Covered: a unique and valuable context in which transparency can Sectors: YY–Other Domestic and International Trade. be enhanced. This includes work on the global trade and Themes: 45–Export development and competitiveness, financial architecture. 46–International financial architecture, 47–Regional integra- tion, 48–Technology diffusion, 49–Trade facilitation and market access, and 50–Other trade and integration. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: Country/Region/Global. Transparency And FY2009 FY2010 Competitiveness (DEC-TC) US$ million US$ million CONTACT Cash contributions received 2 — Mr. John S. Wilson during the year Task Team Leader Disbursements made during 0.6 0.5 Lead Economist the year Tel: +1 202 473-9065 E-mail: jswilson@worldbank.org Websites: http://econ.worldbank.org/projects/trade_costs 40 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 44. Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (TFSCB) BACKGROUND in statistical methodology, data processing and manage- TFSCB was established in 1999 by the Development Data ment, design of censuses and surveys, data analysis, data Group of the World Bank to help strengthen the capacity dissemination, and macroeconomic and socio-demographic of statistical systems in developing countries. It provides a statistics. The TFSCB has also extended grants to design global facility, administered by the Bank on behalf of the and work on national statistical strategies or master plans in contributing donors, to make investments to improve these over 60 countries. The work has resulted in strategy docu- countries’ production, analysis, dissemination, and use ments that outline priorities and specify a plan of action, of timely and relevant statistics. In coordination with the and had considerable positive impact on the strength, programs of national governments and international initia- focus, and coordination of the national statistical system tives, the TFSCB provides a practical mechanism to develop of beneficiary countries. These strategies laid the founda- effective and efficient national statistical systems and to tion for implementing larger World Bank projects aimed at promote a culture of evidence-based decision making and statistical capacity development in the Islamic Republic of implementation. Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, TFSCB currently funds two major types of projects to: the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, the Republic of Tajikistan, (i) assist in the preparation of national strategies for the and Ukraine. Similar projects are under preparation in the development of statistics (NSDS); and (ii) strengthen statisti- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, the cal capacity in key priority areas. In addition, TFSCB sup- Republic of Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Nigeria, and Rwanda. ports participation in meetings, seminars, and workshops. Participating Donors: Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: BC–Central government administration, and Trust Fund For Statistical FY2009 FY2010 BH–Sub-national government administration. Capacity Building (TFSCB) US$ million US$ million Themes: 90–Managing for Development Results. Cash contributions received 2 — Geographic Coverage: Global during the year Disbursements made during 3 4 the year CONTACT Mr. Mustafa Dinc Program Manager KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Tel: +1 202 473-6233 Since 2000, TFSCB grants have been provided to over 180 E-mail: mdinc@worldbank.org projects covering more than 70 countries and a number of regional and international organizations. IDA coun- Ms. Naoko Watanabe tries being the priority of the TFSCB, Sub-Saharan Africa Administrator has been the largest recipient. TFSCB has funded projects Tel: +1 202 473-7839 focused on enhancing capacity in specific areas and made E-mail: nwatanabe@worldbank.org improvements, through technical assistance and training, Website: http://www.worldbank.org/tfscb D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 41 D.   EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC VPU 45. Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE) BACKGROUND of 1.6 TWh of electric energy through energy efficiency pro- ASTAE was created with a mandate to scale up the use of grams and that resulted in substantial mitigation of global sustainable energy options in Asia, to reduce energy poverty, greenhouse gas emissions, as well as significant decreases and to protect the environment. Achieving this objective in local pollutants. It was estimated that ASTAE Program rests on promoting the ASTAE Program’s three pillars for activities over FY07–10 will contribute to reducing emis- sustainable development: renewable energy, energy effi- sions by a total of 114 million tons of CO2 emissions over the ciency, and access to energy. next 20 years. In addition, over the same FY07–10 period, Over the years, ASTAE has developed a strong portfo- ASTAE supported Bank projects provided new connections lio of operation-focused technical assistance activities that to electricity for 650,000 households and improved access to supported the identification, appraisal, implementation and modern energies to two million households, thus contribut- effectiveness of large World Bank investment projects. This ing to poverty alleviation. has been instrumental in increasing the share of sustain- able energy projects in the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Participating Donors: the Netherlands, and Sweden. energy portfolio. ASTAE is also active in the South Asia Sectors & Themes Covered: Region. During FY10, ASTAE funded a total of 21 activities in Sectors: LE–Renewable energy, LA–District heating and 13 Asian countries. energy efficiency services, LD–Power, and LZ–General Energy. Themes: 81–Climate Change, 71–Access to Urban Services FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS and Housing, 78–Rural Services and Infrastructure, 39– Infrastructure services for private sector development, 40– Asia Sustainable & Alt. FY2009 FY2010 Regulation and competition policy, 41–Small and medium Energy Program (ASTAE) US$ million US$ million enterprise support, 59–Gender, 61–Social analysis and moni- Cash contributions received 0.5 0.9 toring, 89–Non-communicable diseases and injury, 74–Other during the year urban development, 47–Regional integration, 48–Technology Disbursements made during 0.2 0.5 diffusion, 82–Environmental policies and institutions, and the year 84–Pollution management and environmental health. Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region (SAR) and East Asia, and Pacific (EAP) Region. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS ASTAE leverages the Bank’s lending operations, thus signifi- cantly increasing the Program’s quantitative impacts. Over CONTACT the current business plan period, FY07–10, ASTAE funded Ms. Natsuko Toba 63 activities for a total value of US$7.4 million. ASTAE Coordinator In that period, it was estimated that these activities con- Tel: +1 202 458-8401 tributed to Bank’s lending by providing for the installation of E-mail: Ntoba@worldbank.org 1,030 MW of renewable power, that avoided the generation Website: http:// www.worldbank.org/astae 42 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 46. Basic Education Capacity Trust Fund (ID-BEC) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The ID-BEC Trust Fund for Indonesia supports good gover- A total of 48 out of 50 districts are now conducting activities nance in education, working with national and local govern- in line with their capacity development plans, supported by ments to improve the way finances and information are teams of service providers. A project restructuring paper is managed, so that both funds and information flow through being prepared for an extension of the ID-BEC Trust Fund’s the system more efficiently, thereby allowing better deci- closing date by six months to the end December 2012 to sions to be made at all levels in this decentralized system. allow districts to complete Capacity Development Plans This program is managed jointly by the World Bank and the (CDPs) funded through ID-BEC grants. Government of Indonesia, and is scheduled to operate over There have been other important breakthroughs in the the 2007–2012 period. It aims to support the government ID-BEC overall effort: the Thematic Education Dialog was of Indonesia’s education reform agenda. The Trust Fund scheduled to restart in mid December 2010 under the stew- focuses on three main areas, using a combination of techni- ardship of the Deputy Minister of National Education, so this cal assistance, training, and grants to local governments: will feed the pipeline of analytical work and collaboration (i) supporting the Government-led Thematic Education with development partners. Dialog Forum to conduct policy analysis, engage in policy The Tool for Reporting and Information Management by dialogue with stakeholders and development partners, and Schools has been successfully piloted in seven districts and maintain an overview of the education sector as a whole; will be embedded within the Ministry of National Education (ii) improving governance and efficient resource use through (MONE) to support both the ID-BEC and the BOS Programs, increased transparency, accountability, improved budget and the Good Practice Information Network has been set up processes and performance-based financing, and improved under MONE. financial management and accounting, especially in local governments; and (iii) strengthening capacity of the existing Participating Donors: the European Commission, and the information and performance assessment system so that bet- Netherlands. ter and more timely information can be used by stakeholders Sectors & Themes Covered: at all levels. Sector: EP–Primary Education Theme: 65–Education for All Geographic Coverage: Indonesia FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Basic Education Capacity FY2009 FY2010 CONTACT Program (ID-BEC) US$ million US$ million Ms. Mae Chu Chang Cash contributions received 7 6 Lead Education specialist during the year Tel: 62-21-5299-3034 Disbursements made during 5 4 Email: mchang@worldbank.org the year Website: http://www.worldbank.org/id/education 47. East Asia and Pacific Region Infrastructure for Growth Trust Fund (EAAIG) BACKGROUND through improved infrastructure in the EAP countries. The The EAAIG Trust Fund is designed to support the Trust Fund’s specific objectives are to: (i) develop aspects Infrastructure for Growth Initiative for use on infrastructure to foster an enabling environment for infrastructure devel- activities in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) Region. opment and facilitating infrastructure service delivery; and It is intended to contribute to reduction poverty and to (ii) develop a partnership aspect to enhance cooperation sustainable development by accelerating economic growth D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 43 between the donor, AusAID and the World Bank to improve already identified counterpart financing. EAAIG funding aid effectiveness in the EAP. has facilitated the planning and implementation of some US$1 billion of IBRD/IDA lending in FY10/11, including: (i) Preparation of a hydro project in Lao PDR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS and rural electrification projects in Cambodia and in the Philippines; (ii) Development of pumped storage in East Asia Infrastructure FY2009 FY2010 Indonesia, leading to an IBRD loan of US$630 million; Growth (EAAIG) US$ million US$ million (iii) Investment in expressways, water and sanitation Cash contributions received 8 6 in Vietnam through new IBRD lending; (iv) Investment during the year in infrastructure in PNG to support agricultural Disbursements made during 4 5 productivity, and youth employment/development the year in urban areas, totaling around US$40 million; (v) Preparation of the Mekong Regional Water Project through capacity building; (vi) Energy efficiency KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS scale-up projects in Shanxi and Shandong and urban/ • Over the EAAIG Trust Fund’s two and one-half years energy efficiency projects to support green towns and of operation, beginning in FY08, it has financed green developments in China; and (vii) Urban transport a rapidly growing portfolio guided by two main lending, focused on light rail and buses, in Kunming and objectives: i) development; and ii) strategic partnerships. Beijing of over US$300 million. Approximately US$14 million has been allocated to a number of activities which are already having a major Partnership Aspects impact on improving policy frameworks, strengthening • EAAIG is funding two regional infrastructure networks. capacities in government, and in scaling up investments The East Asia & Pacific Infrastructure Regulatory in infrastructure. Network (EAPIRF) and the WB-ASEAN Infrastructure • With a focus on strategic areas of engagement in the Finance Network (IFN) are coalescing key stakeholders EAP Region, the EAAIG Trust Fund has disbursed more to strengthen regional partnerships, in addition to than 80 percent of the resources contributed by its two building critical capacity in infrastructure operations donors. While innovation takes place on a country level, and have played an important role in strengthening many such activities facilitate Regional synthesis leading regional capacity of infrastructure finance and economic to comprehensive reports and studies and best practice regulation of public-private models. initiatives. Participating Donor: Australia Development Aspects: Sectors & Themes Covered: • The development aspects of the initiative contribute Sectors: LA–District heating and energy efficiency ser- towards “cutting” edge analytical work as well as vices, LB–Mining and other extractive, LC–Oil and gas, introduce innovation in Bank supported projects. LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy Analytical work has been directed towards identifying sector, TV–Aviation, TP–Ports, waterways and shipping, policies to promote energy sustainability and security. TW–Railways, TA–Roads and highways, TZ–General The Regional Energy Report is already shaping the policy transportation sector, WA–Sanitation, WB–Solid waste dialogue with APEC counterparts on energy efficiency, management, WC–Water supply, WD–Flood protection, renewable energy issues and “green growth” ideas. The WS–Sewerage, WZ–General water, sanitation, and flood sec- Eco-City initiatives address sustainability issues in the tor, and CT–Telecommunications. context of rapid urbanization. The “Behind the Veil of Themes: 38–Corporate governance, 39–Infrastructure Conflicts” study builds on the analytical framework of services for private sector development, 40–Regulation the 2008 World Development Report and outlines options and competition policy, 41–Small and medium enterprise for the government to develop concrete action plans and support, 42–Standards and financial reporting, 43–State institutional arrangements to promote development in enterprise/bank restructuring and privatization, 44–Other conflict-affected provinces of Mindanao, Philippines. financial and private sector development, 71–Access • Implementation Support for Project Development. to urban services and housing, 72–Municipal finance, As much as US$5 billion of IDA/IBRD lending over the 73–Municipal governance and institution building, 74–Other period to FY012 is being supported in various ways urban development, 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, by the EAAIG Trust Fund, with around US$2 billion of 82–Environmental policies and institutions, 83–Land 44 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds administration and management, 84–Pollution manage- 77–Rural policies and institutions, 78–Rural services and ment and environmental health, 85–Water resources infrastructure, 79–Other rural development, and 91–Global management, 86–Other environment and natural resources Food Crisis Response. management; 51–Improving Labor Markets, 52–Natural Geographic Coverage: East Asia and Pacific Region. disaster management, 53–Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring, 54–Social safety nets, 87–Social risk mitiga- tion, 55–Vulnerability assessment and monitoring; 56–Other CONTACT social protection and risk management, 57–Participation and Mr. Aldo Baietti civic engagement, 58–Conflict prevention and post-conflict Program Manager/Lead Infrastructure Specialist reconstruction, 59–Gender, 60–Indigenous peoples, 61–Social Tel: +1 202 473-2750 analysis and monitoring, 62–Other social development, E-mail: abaietti@worldbank.org 75–Rural markets, 76–Rural non-farm income generation, Website: None at Present 48. Indonesia Decentralization Support Facility (ID-DSF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Established in its current form with the signing, in Key results include: (i) Public service delivery: Improved November 2007, of a memorandum of understanding definition of service functions; capacity building for costing between the Government and donors, the ID-DSF is a and pilot implementation of minimum service standards; Government-led multidonor trust fund whose principal management strengthening and institution building for local purpose is to support the Government’s decentralization, public service providers; and review of service delivery in particularly as it pertains to improved service delivery for border regions; (ii) Fiscal decentralisation: Local government citizens. borrowing (municipal bonds); monitoring and evaluation of Within the decentralization field, the ID-DSF attempts special allocation funds; management of special autonomy to satisfy its purpose by fulfilling three roles, designed to funds by local governments in Aceh Province; regional finan- help the Government improve: (i) policy development and cial information systems; and the policy framework (grand implementation, as this applies to the demand for and sup- design) for fiscal decentralization; (iii) Governance reform: ply of local public services; and, hence, the promotion of Capacity development for legislative council representatives; local government (downward) accountability to citizens and education and training on decentralization; sub-national local government (upward) accountability to central govern- investment climate reform–capacity building within local ment; (ii) governance capacity for decentralization, at both governments for the effective and efficient management central and sub-national levels; and (iii) the harmoniza- of business licensing; the policy framework for regional tion, alignment, efficiency and effectiveness of development autonomy; and government education and training centers; assistance. and (iv) Planning and performance management: Analysis of problems surrounding the quality and integration of different types of planning and human and organizational FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS capacity development to do the work involved; and support to local government management of natural resources and ndonesia-Decentralization FY2009 FY2010 local economic development. Support Facility (ID-DSF) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received — 7 Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, Australia, and during the year Canada. Disbursements made during 5 4 Sectors & Themes Covered: the year Sectors: BH–Sub-national governance administration, BC–Central government administration, and BS–Public administration–other social services. D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 45 Themes: 26–Decentralisation, 27–Public expenditures, finan- CONTACT cial management and procurement, and 25–Administrative Mr. Peter Blunt and civil service reform. Program Manager Geographic Coverage: Indonesia Tel: +62 21 5299 3199 E-mail: pblunt@worldbank.org Website: http://www.dsfindonesia.org 49. Trust Fund for Indonesia Infrastructure Support (ID-IS) BACKGROUND delivered to Government and to stakeholders in November The objective of the ID-IS is to increase the quality and 2009. The ID-IS team conducted a number of fora in Jakarta, quantity of Indonesia’s infrastructure, through support of Jayapura and Manokwari to socialize these findings. The activities designed to harmonize the current and planned fora including stakeholders from the Government, develop- Government strategic plan, and to continue the initiatives ment partners, civil society, and the private sector. undertaken by the World Bank and AusAID, the ID-IS donor, The other eleven activities are well into their respec- related to Indonesian infrastructure development. tive implementation stage. Some are supporting preparation The main components of such activities are: coopera- activities of Bank projects going to the Bank’s Board in FY11, tion in the road sector, support for public-private partnership such as, the Western Indonesia Road Improvement Project, (PPP), support to the Papua provincial government, slum Upper Cisokan Pump Storage Project, and the Geothermal upgrading and low-income housing, and rapid response to Project. Other activities are producing just-in-time policy the Government of Indonesia’s requests for infrastructure notes and advice to the Government on various topics, technical assistance. It is anticipated that a portion of this ranging from Public Private Partnerships, Housing Markets assistance will be used to rapidly respond to the infrastruc- Development, Regional and Urban Development, Electricity ture technical assistance needs of various ministries as they Tariff Reform, Transport PER, Connectivity, and Information arise. and Communications Technology. Most activities are expected to be completed during FY11. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donor: Australia Trust Fund for Indonesia FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: Infrastructure Support (ID-IS) US$ million US$ million Sectors: LE–Renewable Energy, CT–Telecommunication, Cash contributions received 3 — YC–Housing Construction during the year Themes: 39–Infrastructure services for private sector Disbursements made during 1 1 development, 71–Access to urban services and housing, the year and 27–Public expenditure, financial management, and procurement. Geographic Coverage: Indonesia KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The ID-IS finances 12 activities in the infrastructure sector. One activity has been completed, namely, support for the CONTACT Papua Provincial Government. The report, Investing in the Mr. Peter Ellis, Senior Economist Future of Papua & West Papua: Infrastructure for Sustainable Tel: +62-21-5299-3037 Development, and the supplementary report, Transport E-mail: pellis@worldbank.org Development Priorities in Papua and West Papua, were Website: None at Present 46 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 50. Indonesia Multidonor Trade and Investment Trust Fund (ID-TIF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS Established in November 2008, the ID-TIF’s overall develop- The ID-TIF has supported the Government of Indonesia in ment objective is to strengthen key trade and investment implementing several key priorities: (i) launch of a logis- institutions to effectively and efficiently manage the chal- tics blueprint; (ii) introduction of the 24/7 service in the lenge of improving trade competitiveness and the investment main ports of Indonesia; (iii) establishment of the dry port; climate in a highly globalized economy. The ID-TIF provides (iv) launching the Indonesia national single window for high-level technical advice through the engagement of import and export; (v) review of the people’s credit mecha- national and international experts to work with Indonesian nism to improve financial access for SMEs; (vi) increase partners. The focus is concurrently to provide the best tech- awareness of the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on nical expertise and build the knowledge and capacity of the trade, among the government officials and help establish facility’s Indonesian partners. a better framework for NTMs going forward; (vii) provide The ID-TIF supports both recipient-executed techni- inputs to the new draft of the Presidential Regulation on cal assistance and Bank-executed analytical and advisory Negative Investment List; and (viii) support the Government services, covering the following two main components: in promoting better access to financial services to under- (i) the trade component supports the Ministry of Trade and served groups. key related agencies to be more effective in the design and implementation of trade policies by providing technical Participating Donors: Switzerland, and the Netherlands. advice, building staff capacity, and supporting organizational Sectors & Themes Covered: reform; and (ii) the investment climate component focuses Sectors: YY–Domestic and International trade, YZ–General on supporting the Coordinating Ministry for Economic industry and trade, FZ–General Finance, and FE–Micro and Affairs and key supporting agencies in conducting reforms Small and Medium Enterprise Finance. and building capacity. Priority areas are economic regulatory Themes: 40–Regulation and Competitiveness Policy, 41–SME reform, streamlining investment procedures, capacity build- Support, 44–Other Finance and Private sector Development, ing for investment policy formulation and investor problem 45–Export Development and Competitiveness, and 49–Trade solving, customs and port improvement, and addressing key Facilitation and Market Access. constraints in the financial sector’s deepening, stability, and inclusion. CONTACT Mr. P. S. Srinivas FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Lead Financial Economist Tel: +62 21 5299 3082 Indonesia Multidonor Trade E-mail: psrinivas@worldbank.org And Investment Trust Fund FY2009 FY2010 (ID-TIF) US$ million US$ million Mr. Enrique Aldaz-Carroll Cash contributions received 3 1 Senior Economist during the year Tel: +62 21 5299 3187 Disbursements made during 0.1 2 E-mail: ealdazcarroll@worldbank.org the year Website: http://www.worldbank.org/indonesia 51. Java Reconstruction Program (ID-JAV) BACKGROUND in several districts in the Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) On May 27, 2006, an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the and the Province of Central Java. The total value of dam- Richter scale, struck near the historic city of Yogyakarta on ages and losses sustained is estimated to be over US$3 bil- the Indonesian island of Java resulting in major damage lion equivalent. Two months later, in July 2006, a tsunami D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 47 hit the southern coast of West Java province, also causing core houses and almost 7,300 transitional shelters were significant damage. The ID-JAV was established at the constructed. The ID-JAV housing project is now focused on request of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to support the the development of Community Settlement Plans (CSPs) Government’s recovery efforts to both events, by respond- in 265 affected villages and infrastructure reconstruction ing to the most basic needs of the households affected. The focused on disaster risk reduction activities. The participa- Government prioritized support for the rebuilding of hous- tory approach used in the JRF housing project, combined ing, recovery of livelihoods and increasing communities’ with the Javanese concept of “gotong-royong” (self-help), has preparedness for possible disasters in the future. been highly successful, and has been adopted by the GOI as The ID-JAV pools approximately US$94 million provided a model for future post-disaster reconstruction efforts. by seven donors to support the Government’s rehabilita- The Livelihood Recovery projects are in full implemen- tion and reconstruction agenda. It is governed by a Steering tation, providing technical assistance to more than 3,000 Committee consisting of donor and Government representa- micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the affected areas. tives, which sets policy and makes funding decisions. The More than 2,800 MSE operators have improved business Bank serves as Trustee of the ID-JAV. A Technical Review skills, and more than 2,265 now have improved access to Committee (TRC) reviews project proposals and program markets. Community and individual level assets have been activities, monitors implementation progress, and advises replaced and are being used in production. A revolving loan the Steering Committee. fund has been set up for micro, small and medium enter- prises (MSME) impacted by the Java earthquake. 1,744 eli- gible MSMEs have received financial or technical assistance, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS and more than 1,100 MSEs have received loans. Nearly half of those receiving technical assistance activities are women, Java Reconstruction Program FY2009 FY2010 surpassing the target of 30 percent. More than 40 percent of (ID-JAV) US$ million US$ million the recipients of microfinance loans are women. Cash contributions received 10 — during the year Participating Donors: the European Commission, the Disbursements made during 8 15 Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Finland the year Denmark, and the Asian Development Bank. Sectors & Themes Covered: The Java Reconstruction Fund (JRF) has received all the Sectors: FE–Micro and SME Finance, and YC–Housing funds pledged from donors and has allocated 94 percent Construction. of these funds to five projects. The ID-JAV has committed Themes: 52–Natural Disaster management, and 71–Access US$73.9 million to housing and community infrastructure, to urban finance and housing. while projects focusing on the recovery of livelihoods have Geographic Coverage: Indonesia (Yogyakarta Special been allocated US$15.2 million. Approximately US$71.8 mil- Region and the Province of Central Java) lion (81 percent of funds allocated) were disbursed as of June 30, 2010. CONTACT Ms. Shamima Khan KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Fund Manager The ID-JAV made early commitments to the reconstruction Tel: 62 21 5299 3233 of housing in response to the GoI’s priorities, and has suc- E-mail: skhan6@worldbank.org cessfully met its targets. By 2008, 15,000 seismic-resistant 52. Multi Donor Fund for ACEH and NIAS (ID-ACH) BACKGROUND Bank, contributed to the ID-ACH to support the GOI’s plan In response to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) request for the medium term rehabilitation and reconstruction for coordination, following the tsunami and earthquake for Aceh and Nias. The Bank also serves as trustee of the disaster in Aceh and Nias, sixteen donors, including the ID-ACH and has established a Secretariat to fulfill this role. 48 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds The fund is governed by a Steering Committee comprised of three are in the early stages of implementation. Through representatives of the National and Provincial governments, Community Recovery projects, approximately 19,500 houses donor, and the Bank, with observers from international have been reconstructed or rehabilitated in Aceh and Nias. NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the UN. Communities have been assisted to construct 2,623 kilo- The ID-ACH is aligned closely with the government’s meters of village roads, 7.51 kilometers of bridges, and own reconstruction agenda. Pooling US$678 million, it is the 1,549 kilometers of irrigation and drainage channels. In largest donor program supporting an overall US$7 billion addition, 483 schools and 395 local government offices or GOI reconstruction effort. An open menu approach of proj- village/town halls have been built or rehabilitated. Water ects was designed to fill GOI reconstruction gaps, providing and sanitation improvements include nearly 6,000 wells a flexible approach to critical transition support. In addition, or other sources of clean water and 1,195 sanitation units. the Multi Donor Fund (MDF) serves as a forum for policy More than 220,000 land certificates have been distributed, dialogue on the overall reconstruction. and there is an increased public awareness and understand- Lessons learned under the ID-ACH are being used to ing of land-titling procedures and property rights of women. develop the governance arrangements, operations and The large infrastructure and transportation projects are projects for other multi-donor post disaster trust funds in playing a key role in creating infrastructure networks through- Indonesia and globally. Models developed in Aceh such as out Aceh and Nias. Through Infrastructure Reconstruction the community-based housing and infrastructure project Enabling Project (IREP) and Infrastructure Reconstruction have already been replicated elsewhere in Indonesia for Finance Facility (IRFF) projects, some 500 kilometers of recovery from earthquakes and tsunamis. More recently, national and provincial roads, 86 kilometers of district roads, this approach is being applied for the recovery of communi- four ports and eleven water supply systems have been designed ties impacted by the eruption of Mt. Merapi. This model is and implemented through 52 subprojects. In April 2010, addi- also being studied for use in Haiti and in other international tional financing for the IRFF project was approved to construct contexts. Building on its experience with the ID-ACH, the a further 50 kilometers of a strategically located national road. Government of Indonesia has set up the Indonesian Multi Post disaster institution building through good gover- Donor Fund Facility for Disaster Recovery (IMDFF-DR) as a nance and capacity strengthening has been one of the corner- standing fund for disaster response and disaster prevention. stones of the ID-ACH since inception. Strengthening capacity for improved local government is built into almost all ID-ACH grants throughout implementation. This will also support FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS sustainability of investments after the reconstruction ends. The ID-ACH has also played a strategic role in enhanc- Multi Donor Fund For ACEH FY2010 FY2009 ing the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall recovery And NIAS (ID-ACH) US$ million US$ million and reconstruction process. It continues to provide technical Cash contributions received 109 42 assistance and operational support to the Government of during the year Indonesia for coordination of the nearly US$7 billion overall Disbursements made during 107 87 reconstruction program. Support is also provided to the the year provincial and district governments to enhance the efficient and effective recovery of Aceh and Nias. Environmental sus- The ID-ACH has allocated and committed US$646 million to tainability is a cross-cutting theme across the portfolio, and its 23 projects, and approximately one-third of the portfolio is the primary focus of two specific projects. The ID-ACH is allocated to infrastructure outcomes, and another one- is focusing on building the capacity of local and provincial third to community recovery projects. Allocations to the four governments in sustainable solid waste management ser- areas of economic development and livelihoods, sustaining vices and forest resource management. the environment, capacity building and governance, and The ID-ACH is now moving into the final phase of enhancing the overall recovery process together represent post-tsunami and earthquake recovery and has two projects the remaining one-third of funds allocated. About 77 percent which will directly address improvements in livelihoods and of funds allocated and committed to projects have been economic development. disbursed (US$500 million). Participating Donors: the Asian Development Bank, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, The MDF portfolio consists of 23 projects. Eight proj- Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, ects have closed, 12 are under full implementation and and the World Bank. D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 49 Sectors & Themes Covered: Geographic Coverage: Indonesia: Aceh and Nias (North Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, AZ–General agriculture, Sumatra). fishing, and forestry, BC–Central government administration, BH–Sub-national government administration, YB–Agro- industry, YC–Housing construction, TP–Ports, waterways, CONTACT and shipping, TA–Roads and highways, WD–Flood protec- Ms. Shamima Khan tion, WB–Solid waste management, and WC–Water supply. Fund Manager Themes: 52–Natural disaster management, Tel: +62 21 5299 3233 82–Environmental policies and institutions, and 83–Land E-mail: skhan6@worldbank.org administration and management. Website: http://www.multidonorfund.org 53. Multidonor Trust Fund Program for Mindanao (PH-MTF) BACKGROUND government units to assist with the reconstruction and In Mindanao, more than three decades of intermittent development of conflict-affected communities, and the reha- conflict have resulted in the destruction of infrastructure, bilitation of internally displaced persons from the violent population displacements, deferred development, and a lack conflict in Mindanao. of trust among people at the local level and with government To date, capacity strengthening has been provided to the authorities. Peace discussions have been underway between following key groups responsible for managing and guiding the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Government of conflict-affected communities in their reconstruction and the Philippines. The PH-MTF was established to support rehabilitation: 45 members and 1,000 municipal volunteers post-conflict reconstruction and development in the conflict- of the Bangsamoro Development Agency; officials of 75 local affected areas in Mindanao and to build confidence among government units; and 155 people’s organizations. Through the affected communities to strive for peace. The PH-MTF the learning-by-doing approach, over 100 community sub- is a mechanism for development partners to pool resources projects and livelihood activities have been implemented and coordinate their support for assisting economic and using the community-driven development methodology. social recovery in the conflict-affected and vulnerable areas of Mindanao. The PH-MTF has multiple phases. It is cur- Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, the European rently under Phase 1 of capacity-building and community- Commission, New Zealand, Sweden, the United States,and driven development. The Bank and its development partners the World Bank (Germany is also participating through the have agreed in principle to expand the Program and are secondment of an environmental specialist from the organi- currently designing the expanded phase. zation, DED/German Development Service). Sectors & Themes Covered: Sector: JB–Other social services FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Theme: 58–Conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction Multidonor Trust Fund Geographic Coverage: Philippines (Mindanao) Program For Mindanao FY2009 FY2010 (PH-MTF) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 1 2 CONTACT during the year Ms. Mary Judd Disbursements made during 0.7 1 MTF Manager the year Tel: +1 202 458-0644 E-mail: mjudd@worldbank.org Website: www.emindanao.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS As noted above, under Phase 1, grants are being imple- mented for capacity-building of local stakeholders and local 50 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 54. Pacific Facility (PACF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS PACF is a Bank-executed trust fund program that was estab- PACF has provided resources that have helped the Bank lished to provide significant supplementary resources to significantly increase its impact in the Region. It provided enable the Bank to expand the scope and scale of its devel- crucial support for increasing lending to the Pacific Island opment program in the Pacific, and to promote greater donor nations: the Bank anticipates being able to make as much harmonization. PACF has played an integral role in helping as US$240 million in IDA and TF resources available for the the Bank understand and address the issues faced by Pacific Pacific during the three-year IDA15 period, compared with island nations—a priority of the Bank’s East Asia and Pacific US$140 million in IDA14 and US$40 million in IDA13. In Regional Assistance Strategy. addition to IDA and trust fund resources, IFC has invested The Pacific island nations are shaped by their eco- over US$330 million in the past 5 years, catalyzing further nomic geography—due to their small size and geographic private investment of US$900 million. PACF has also allowed remoteness, they are highly volatile and subject to external the Bank to provide more in-depth analysis of issues facing economic shocks. Populations are often widely dispersed the Pacific. and located away from their respective capital cities and PACF has contributed to interventions that directly economic hubs, which reduces citizens’ ability to partici- benefit the peoples of the Pacific islands. One example is pate in the formal economy and to access services. Pacific telecommunications reform, which has increased access to island nations are also highly vulnerable to natural disasters, cell phone service and lowered costs. In Samoa, Tonga, and including cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, and flooding. Vanuatu, mobile telephone usage rates have increased from Some are fragile states, experiencing political and social about 6 percent to 60 percent of the population. unrest, and are particularly vulnerable to external shocks, PACF helped finance the design and implementation of such as the food, fuel, and financial crises. a successful temporary labor migration scheme. The New The PACF trust fund was established in 1999 and is Zealand Recognized Seasonal Employment (RSE) scheme financed by Australia and New Zealand. Since 2007, the has provided over 9,000 Pacific islanders from Kiribati, Facility has focused on the Pacific islands (80 percent) and Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu with opportunities to work in Papua New Guinea (20 percent), in line with the donor the horticultural industry, and return home with skills and agreements. PACF finances staff costs and variable costs approximately US$40 million in remittances. incurred by the Bank to implement the program. PACF sup- PACF supports efforts to improve infrastructure asset ports lending, analytic and advisory services, and technical management in PNG, Samoa, and Tonga, and reconstruction assistance activities in the following areas: regional and and disaster risk reduction efforts in response to the tsunami country-specific economic issues; policy reform; Pacific vul- in Samoa and Tonga. nerability, volatility, and viability; responding to the global The Facility supported activities in response to the food slowdown; disaster reconstruction, risk reduction, and and fuel price spikes of 2008, including efforts to reduce reli- climate change adaptation; strengthening infrastructure for ance on imported fossil fuels and improve the management growth; human development; and natural resource manage- of the energy supply chain. The Bank is working with Tonga ment, agriculture, and rural development. and the North Pacific countries on these issues. The experi- ence in Tonga with the development of an integrated “energy roadmap” has provided an effective model for country-led FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS donor coordination. FY2009 FY2010 Participating Donors: Australia, and New Zealand. Pacific Facility (PACF) US$ million US$ million Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Cash contributions received 5 2 Geographic Coverage: East Asia and Pacific Region (Pacific during the year Island Nations). Disbursements made during 3 5 the year D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 51 CONTACT Ms. Jane Distelhorst Sansbury Country Program Coordinator, Timor-Lester, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands Tel: +1 202 458-1381 E-mail: JSansbury@worldbank.org Website: None at Present 55. Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) BACKGROUND Participating Donors: Australia and New Zealand. The PRIF is multi-partner infrastructure coordination Sectors & Themes Covered: and financing mechanism. It was initiated in 2008 by Sectors: CA–Information technology, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian CT–Telecommunications, CZ–General Information and com- Agency for International Development (AusAID), the New munications, LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power, LE–Renewable Zealand Government via the New Zealand Aid Programme energy, LZ–General energy, TV—Aviation, TP–Ports, water- (NZMFAT), and the World Bank Group. Infrastructure is ways, and shipping, TW–Railways, TA–Roads and Highways, crucial to development as it helps people live healthy and TZ–General Transportation, WD–Flood protection, productive lives and links people to services, markets and WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, WB–Solid waste manage- jobs. PRIF provides a framework for better engagement of ment, WC–Water supply, and WZ–General water, sanitation countries and development partners to ensure more effective and flood protection. use of available funding and deliver better infrastructure ser- Themes: 24–Other economic management, vices. The PRIF has played an important role in the ability 26–Decentralization, 27–Public expenditure, financial of the Bank to scale-up its infrastructure engagement in the management and procurement, 30–Other public sector Pacific Islands. governance, 38–Corporate governance, 39–Infrastructure services for private sector development, 40–Regulation and competition policy, 41–Small and medium enterprise FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS support, 43–State enterprise/bank restructuring and priva- tization, 47–Regional integration, 49–Trade facilitation and Pacific Region Infrastructure FY2009 FY2010 market access, 52–Natural disaster management, 71–Access Facility (PRIF) US$ million US$ million to urban services and housing, 76–Rural non-farm income Cash contributions received 4 12 generation, 78–Rural services and infrastructure, 81–Climate during the year change, and 85–Water resources management. Disbursements made during — 1 Geographic Coverage: the year Countries: Fiji, Kiribati, the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Region: East Asia and Pacific Region The PRIF has helped the Bank to scale-up its infrastruc- ture engagement in the Pacific Islands. It is now financ- ing/co-financing eight projects (one regional and seven CONTACT country-specific) under transport, energy and telecom Mr. Charles M. Feinstein sectors worth US$35 million and nine technical assistance Sustainable Development Leader projects (regional and country-specific) worth US$14 mil- Tel: +61 2 9235 6531 lion. Resources from PRIF help the Bank and PRIF donors E-mail: CFeinstein@worldbank.org fulfill their Cairns Compact commitment to better coordinate Website: None at Present development activities in the Pacific region. 52 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 56. Philippine Decentralization and Local Government Trust Fund (PH-DLG) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The PH-DLG was established in January 2010 to serve as a Philippine Decentralization & catalyst for furthering reform action under the Philippines Local Government Trust Fund FY2009 FY2010 Development Forum—Working Group on Decentralization (PH-DLG) US$ million US$ million and Local Government (PDF-WG) agenda by providing a mechanism for pooling resources to support the implementa- Cash contributions received — 0.7 tion of the PDF-WG work-plan. during the year The PH-DLG is expected to support the goals and objec- Disbursements made during — 0.02 tives of the PDF-WG and contribute to the broader goals of the year the Paris Declaration through the alignment, coordination, and harmonization of development partner and national government support for decentralization and strengthening KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS of local governments. To allow for contributions from all The first activity funded by the PH-DLG is the 2010 Newly development partners, the PH-DLG is designed as a multi- Elected Officials (NEO) Orientation program, which has the donor, Bank-executed programmatic trust fund administered objective of strengthening the institutional and individual by the World Bank. The development objectives of the Trust capacities of newly elected local government officials to pre- Fund are to: pare and implement term-based development plans that are • Accelerate decentralization and local governance reforms based on local development needs and are correlated with in strengthening local public finance and management, national development goals. The implementation of the 2010 improving overall LGU performance, and strengthening NEO program began in July 2010 and results will be evalu- the legal and institutional environment for local ated in 2011. governance through capacity development and analytical activities; and Participating Donors: Canada and Australia. • Intensify government and development partner support Sectors & Themes Covered: for decentralization and local governance reforms, Sector: BH–Sub-national government administration through improved coordination and harmonization of Themes: 26–Decentralization and 30–Other Public Sector resources and systems. Governance. Geographic Coverage: The Philippines CONTACT Mr. Lawrence C. Tang Urban Management Specialist Tel: +63 2 917-3132 E-mail:lctang@worldbank.org Website: None at Present 57. Program for Community Empowerment (ID-PNP) BACKGROUND all poverty programs which use a community empowerment In August 2006, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) approach to ensure the poor benefit from improved socio- launched its flagship community-based poverty alle- economic and governance conditions. It is the largest com- viation program, the National Program for Community munity driven development program in the world. Empowerment (PNP). PNP is GoI’s operational umbrella for D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 53 The PNP Support Facility (ID-PNP), or PSF, was estab- which aim to fill gaps of government poverty reduction lished in late December 2007 to assist GoI in providing effec- programs in reaching marginalized groups by tive leadership and management of PNP. The PSF’s specific capitalizing on the comparative advantage of local CSOs objectives are to: in reaching and working with these groups. Together, • Ensure better coordination among development partners the three executing organizations will work with 29 local and across grants supporting PNP. CSO partners and 30 local branches across Indonesia • Develop capacity at all level to plan, manage, and benefiting more than 40,000 marginalized people across improve poverty reduction programs. 23 provinces. • Reduce poverty through government and civil society • Providing stakeholders with the results and impact of the partnerships. PNP program, including the delivery of four key studies • Support high quality monitoring and evaluations efforts. and two impact evaluations in 2010: PNP Governance Study, PNP Facilitation Study, PNP Disadvantaged and Marginalized Groups Study, Village Resources and Rural FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Infrastructure Study and PNP Impact Evaluation, and PNP-Generasi Impact Evaluation. Program For Community FY2009 FY2010 Empowerment (ID-PNP) US$ million US$ million Participating Donors: Australia, Denmark, the European Cash contributions received 22 25 Commission, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the during the year United States. Disbursements made during 5 9 Sectors & Themes Covered: the year Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, BH–Sub-national government administration, TA–Roads and highways, and WC–Water supply. KEY RESULTS Themes: 57–Participation and civic engagement, 75–Rural Results and achievements since beginning-FY10 include: markets, 78–Rural services and infrastructure, and 61–Social • Strengthening and expanding coordination among analysis and monitoring. development partners; the European Commission and Geographic Coverage: Indonesia USAID joined the PSF’s Joint Management Committee (JMC) and made respective pledges of US$7.6 million and US$64.7 million. CONTACT • Delivering twelve new projects PNP, totaling Mr. Jan Weetjens approximately US$80 million, and increasing Sector Coordinator PSF disbursements for FY10, over three-fold, Social Development Unit to US$27.7 million to support GoI capacity and Tel: +62 21 314 8175 implementation of PNP and related poverty reduction E-mail: Jweetjens@worldbank.org activities. Website: http://www.pnpm.org • Designing an on-granting model and selecting three executing organizations to implement the design, 58. Indonesia Support Public Financial Management Multidonor Trust Fund (ID-PFM) BACKGROUND signed with the Swiss Government, which became the third The ID-PFM was established in December 2006, following an donor to participate. ID-PFM seeks to assist the Government MOU signed in October 2006 among the two initial donors of Indonesia achieve its medium-term objectives in public (the Netherlands and the European Commission), the financial management, providing complementary and flex- Indonesian Government, and the World Bank (as trust fund ible support to both the Government Financial Management administrator). In November 2009, an additional MOU was and Revenue Administration Project (GFMRAP) and the 54 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Tax Administration Reform Project (PINTAR). This sup- • Improved understanding of constraints to budget port is delivered through analytical and advisory services, execution. technical assistance, and institutional capacity-building, • Progress in the implementation of an integrated financial especially during the difficult stages of the reform process. management or treasury system at Treasury directorate Activities funded through this trust fund cover seven reform general. or program areas: (i) budget preparation and execution; • Improvement in the monitoring and evaluation of (ii) revenue administration; (iii) legislative oversight; expenditures, including health, and oil subsidies. (iv) procurement, asset management modernization and • Steps toward a clearer definition of the Parliament’s role reform, and audit reforms; (v) policy capacity development; in the budget process. (vi) change management, human resources management, • Accelerated tax reform and improved revenue production and communications; and (vii) management, strategy, and (through quick wins). visibility. • Traction in the Bureaucracy Reform Initiative at the Ministry of Finance and at other ministries and institutions as they begin to undertake reforms under the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS aegis of the National Committee for Bureaucracy Reform. ID-Support Public Financial Participating Donors: the European Commission, the Management Multidonor FY2009 FY2010 Netherlands, and Switzerland. Trust Fund (ID-PFM) US$ million US$ million Sectors & Themes Covered: Cash contributions received 6 6 Sector: BO–Public Administration–Finance. during the year Themes: 25–Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Disbursements made during 3 4 27–Public Expenditure, Financial Management and the year Procurement, 28–Tax Policy and Administration, 30–Other Public Sector Governance, and 90–Managing for Development Results. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: Indonesia Four years into its life span and following the successful implementation of activities across the aforementioned program areas, the ID-PFM has contributed to the following CONTACT results: Mr. Theo Thomas • Increased momentum in the introduction and Senior Public Sector Specialist implementation of performance-based budgeting (PBB), Tel: +62 21 5299 3066 a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF), and risk E-mail: tthomas3@worldbank.org statements in Indonesia. Website: http://go.worldbank.org/GD8ZISKHO 59. Trust Fund for East Timor (ET-BK) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Initiated in FY00, the ET-BK has provided a substantial Trust Fund For East Timor FY2009 FY2010 number of grants to support the rehabilitation of social and (ET-BK) US$ million US$ million economic infrastructure, the development of sectoral policy, and the recovery of the private sector in the Democratic Cash contributions received — — Republic of Timor-Leste. In the past, the Government of during the year Timor-Leste, in coordination with the World Bank, the ADB, Disbursements made during 0.7 — ET-BK donors, and other stakeholders, established work the year program priorities, and all activities were implemented by governmental agencies. There is currently only one active project remaining under the ET-BK. D .   E A S T A S I A A N D PA C I F I C V P U 55 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS governance, 57–Participation and civic engagement, Since ET-BK’s inception, 23 projects have been completed. 63–Child health, 75–Rural markets, and 86–Other environ- Overall performance has been positive with some projects ment and natural resources management. performing better than others. Important steps were made Geographic Coverage: The Democratic Republic of towards service delivery, infrastructure rehabilitation, Timor-Leste improved governance, and reformed public finance manage- ment systems. Of a total US$166.9 million contributed by development partners to ET-BK, only US$1.3 million is yet CONTACTS to be allocated. There is only one on-going project financed Mr. Habib Rab by ET-BK, Gas Seep Harvesting Project. Although this project Acting Country Manager experienced some delays, implementation progress and prog- (Dili, Timor-Leste) ress in achieving the development objectives are both rated Tel: (670) 723-1956 moderately satisfactory, and additional financing is being E-mail: hrab@worldbank.org processed to fill a financing gap. The project is expected to close in December 2012. Ms. Jacinta Bernardo Operations Analyst Participating Donors: Australia, the European Commission, (Dili, Timor-Leste) Finland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tel: (670) 763-1673 Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the United States, E-mail: jbernardo@worldbank.org and the World Bank. Sectors & Themes Covered: Ms. Jane Sansbury Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, Country Program Coordinator BZ–General public administration, ES–Secondary educa- Timor-Leste, PNG and Pacific Islands tion, FZ–General finance, JA–Health, LZ–General energy, Washington, DC TZ–General transportation, and WC–Water supply. Tel: +1 202 458-1381 Themes: 20–Analysis of Economic growth, E-mail: jsansbury@worldbank.org 25–Administrative and civil service reform, 38–Corporate Website: None at Present E.  EUROPE AND CENTR AL ASIA VPU 57 E.   EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA VPU 60. ECA Regional Public Finance Management (EPFM) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The main objective of the EPFM program is to support ECA Regional Public Finance FY2009 FY2010 improvements in various dimensions of public finance Management (EPFM) US$ million US$ million management in the Europe and Central Asia Region through a flexible source of technical assistance financing accessible Cash contributions received — — to individual countries or groups of countries on a needs during the year basis. A programmatic approach was chosen to allow for Disbursements made during — — maximum flexibility in responding to the needs of indi- the year vidual countries. Only broad thematic coverage and scope of eligible PFM topics will be defined upfront in the rules of operation, while detailed program of activities will be KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS revised and approved on an annual basis. The trust fund that supports this program was activated in The first donor identified to support the program is the late December 2010 and an initial contribution was received Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation that pledged a from the donor in early January 2011. total of US$18 million over the period of 2010–2015. This will serve as a first contribution to the multi-donor trust fund Participating Donor: the Russian Federation established to support the EPFM program. The rules of oper- Sectors & Themes Covered: ation are being finalized and will be circulated after their Sectors: BO–Public Administration–Finance approval by the Steering Committee. To allow for maximum Themes: 27–Public finance management flexibility in adapting to individual country circumstances, Geographic Coverage: ECA Region the program will have windows for both Bank executed activities and beneficiary executed activities. Eligibility criteria and application procedures for both windows will be CONTACT defined in the Rules of Operation. Ms. Elena Nikulina Trust fund grants are expected to be generally acces- Senior Public Sector Specialist sible for all ECA countries, but priority will be given to Tel: +1 202 473-0282 low-income country applications during the review process, E-mail: enikulina@worldbank.org which includes IDA and blend countries. Website: None at present 61. Improving Public Financial Management in Western Balkan Countries (PFMWB) BACKGROUND pre-accession for candidate and potential candidate coun- This is a single donor trust fund supported by the European tries in the Western Balkans. The purpose of the trust fund Commission under its multi-beneficiary instrument for is to provide a platform for the systematic improvement of 58 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds public financial management across the Western Balkans communication/interaction by direct contact with through subsequent coordinated action by donors, using various MOF, or specific events/forums (e.g. PEMPAL). a common diagnostic and analytical framework (Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability–PEFA–assessment The trust fund was activated in late December 2010 and methodology) to guide intervention and encourage coopera- an initial contribution was received from the donor in early tion and dialogue among beneficiaries. January 2011. Participating Donor: the European Commission KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Sectors & Themes Covered: The intended outcomes for the trust fund are: Sector: GZ–General Finance • Improved public financial management in each of Theme: 42–Standards and Financial Reporting the Beneficiaries as measured by the PEFA analytical Geographic Coverage: Sub-Regional–Western Balkans framework through increased ratings in PEFA indicators (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, the associated with trust fund support. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Kosovo). • More comprehensive and comparable information within and among beneficiaries on the status of public financial management through rating and assessments using the CONTACT PEFA methodology. Mr. Lewis Hawke • Improved skills of recipient jurisdiction officials in Senior Financial Management Specialist analysis, interpretation and policy response on FM/ Europe and Central Asia (Belgrade Office) accountability by applying PEFA/PFM methodologies Tel: internal–5265 710, external–+381 11 3023 710 independently of international experts. E-mail: lhawke@worldbank.org • Cooperation and exchange of information on PFM Website: None at present within/among participants on PFM through increased 62. Moldova Regional Development (FS-7MD) The objective of the Moldova Regional Development Investment Fund, it is helping to rehabilitate and build village Program is to reduce the economic and social dispari- community centers and is also helping with small water proj- ties among regions within the Republic of Moldova by: ects. Finally, for the water supply project it is supporting the (i) improving social services at the local and commu- building of a water sanitation facility which will improve the nity level to provide better assistance to the vulnerable, quality of water through increased treatment. especially the disabled, elderly, children, and the poor; (ii) improving water management at the community level to increase the supply of potable water, constructing and reha- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS bilitating small-scale water supply and irrigation systems, Moldova Regional FY2009 FY2010 and adequately equipping water accumulation facilities; Development (FS-7MD) US$ million US$ million (iii) lowering road transport costs for road-users in the Republic of Moldova, and providing better access to services Cash contributions received 8 — by improving the condition and quality of its road network; during the year and (iv) improving the quality of sanitary services in Orhei. Disbursements made during — 2 The Program is achieving these objectives through its the year support of three on-going Bank funded projects, each with its own set of activities: the Road Sector Program Support Project; the Moldova Social Investment Fund; and the National Water KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Supply and Sanitation Project. For the roads project, it is Though activities under the roads project have gotten off supporting the additional rehabilitation of roads and extend- slower than expected, they are now progressing well and ing the scope of the ongoing project. For the Moldova Social US$10.1 of US$16.1 million has been committed. The roads E.  EUROPE AND CENTR AL ASIA VPU 59 sub-project will be a single large contract, as is often the Sectors & Themes Covered: case with large road projects. This project is close to finish- Sectors: WC–Water, WA–Supply, Sanitation, TA–Roads and ing its tendering process and the contract is expected to be Highways, and 62 -Other Social Services. signed in the next several months which will rehabilitate Themes: 54–Social Safety Nets, 78–Rural Services and approximately four kilometers of roads. There have been Infrastructure, and 85–Water Resources Management. some 30 local proposals for community centers, and civil Geographic Coverage: The Republic of Moldova works have begun on about 25 that have been selected. Small works for potable water access have received about 15 proposals and these are in the selection process. The water CONTACT and sanitation project has had the design for the treatment Mr. Ross Pavis facility prepared by a consultant contract and the major con- Senior Operations Officer tract for construction is expected to be signed by May 2011. Tel: +1 202 473-7567 E-mail: Rpavis@worldbank.org Participating Donor: the European Commission Website: http://go.worldbank.org/1WSLTO6OR0 63. Road to Europe—Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening (REPARIS) BACKGROUND recognizing that many have similar legal and economic The Road to Europe—Program of Accounting Reform and backgrounds, and a common goal of eventual EU accession. Institutional Strengthening (REPARIS) is aimed at creating a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate financial reporting in the partici- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS pating countries, each of which aim to align their national Road To Europe—Program requirements with the EU acquis communautaire, which is Of Accounting Reform & the legal and regulatory framework established by applicable Institutional Strengthening FY2009 FY2010 EC directives, regulation and recommendations. (REPARIS) US$ million US$ million Participating countries include the EU accession states in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cash contributions received 2 4 the Republic of Croatia, Kosovo, the FYR Macedonia, during the year Montenegro, and Serbia) and the Republic of Moldova, Disbursements made during 0.9 2 which is a European Neighborhood policy area partner the year country. Adoption and effective implementation of the relevant corporate financial reporting acquis communautaire are KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS intended to assist these countries with integration into the Country-specific activities have moved forward in all EU economy, as well as meet the requirements for accession. REPARIS participating countries. This includes work towards Just as important, the reform efforts will assist in creating an the preparation and implementation of country action plans improved climate for economic growth including attracting or similar activities in selected countries including the greater domestic and foreign investment. Republic of Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the FYR The REPARIS supports various activities including Macedonia. The regional program has formed Communities advisory services and technical assistance in two ways: of Practice to address reform priorities in the area of (i) country-specific activities are to be set out in detailed Financial Reporting, Auditing and Oversight, and Accounting Country Action Plans for implementation of recommenda- and Auditing education. Early results include the adoption of tions of the analytical Accounting and Auditing Reports on improved laws, and requests from countries for engagement the Observance of Standards and Codes (A&A ROSC Report); in development of planned laws; facilitation of membership and (ii) regional REPARIS activities aimed to assist coun- of international peer organizations, such as IFAC, in the tries in developing common solutions to shared challenges, case of four of the professional bodies from the region, and 60 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds adoption of a common model for the longer term develop- Geographic Coverage: Southeastern and Eastern Europe ment of accounting and auditing education. With strong (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, support of the Ministers of Finance and other senior officials, Kosovo, the FYR Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, REPARIS has helped ensure an integration of assessment and Montenegro, and Serbia). advisory services, financial and operational support, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for client countries as they continue their reform efforts. CONTACT Mr. John Hegarty Participating Donors: Austria, Luxembourg, the Head, Centre for Financial Reporting Reform Netherlands, and Switzerland. Tel: +43 1 217-0710 Sectors & Themes Covered: E-mail: jhegarty@worldbank.org Sector: FZ–General Finance Website: www.worldbank.org/cfrr and http:// Theme: 42–Standard and Financial Reporting go.worldbank.org/4O548LP4OO 64. Strengthening Accountability and the Fiduciary Environment in South East Europe and Central Asia (SAFE) BACKGROUND • Supporting design, implementation and management While this trust fund is administered by the World Bank, of the PFM reform agenda by governments, particularly it was established by a contribution from the Swiss State on reform activities that are being undertaken Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). It is aimed at simultaneously across the region. improving public financial management in the Europe and • Developing shared knowledge and experience on PFM Central Asia region. The Trust Fund provides support for reform to strengthen reform effectiveness and focus activities to assess public financial management perfor- development partner support. mance, identify and implement actions to achieve improve- • Improving coordination between donors and their ments and share knowledge and good practices across relationships with governments; towards limiting countries in the region. overlaps, and concentrating declining donor support in the region. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS There are no concrete achievements to date. The first call for proposals was issued in September 2010 and is due Strengthening Accountability to close on 31 December 2010. & Fiduciary Environment In Southeast Europe & Central FY2009 FY2010 Participating Donor: Switzerland Asia (SAFE) US$ million US$ million Sectors & Themes Covered: Cash Contributions received — 1 Sector: FZ–General finance during the year Themes: 42–Standards and financial reporting Disbursements made during — — Geographic Coverage: Region–Southeastern Europe the year and Central Asia (Albania, the Republic of Armenia, the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS of Kazakhstan, Kosovo, the Kyrgyz Republic, the FYR The key results for which this trust fund was designed are: Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, • Improving understanding of public financial the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, management (PFM) status in target beneficiaries. and the Republic of Uzbekistan). E.  EUROPE AND CENTR AL ASIA VPU 61 CONTACT Mr. Lewis Hawke Senior Financial Management Specialist Europe and Central Asia (Belgrade Office) Tel: internal–5265 710, external–+381 11 3023 710 E-mail: lhawke@worldbank.org Website: None at present F.   E X T E R N A L A F FA I R S V P U 63 F.   EXTERNAL AFFAIRS VPU 65. Communication for Climate Change Program (CCC) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The CCC Program was established in January 2009 by the The CCC Program delivered communication support to four Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory, which has Bank projects in FY10: coal dialogue in Southern Africa (in been a long-standing champion of communication for devel- Botswana), a communication for climate change adaptation opment. This program aims to complement existing Bank- in the Philippines, and the deployment of alternative fuel wide climate change initiatives, and as such it is strategically vehicles in 13 demonstration pilot cities in China and Kenya. aligned with the Bank’s strategic framework for development These activities should be concluded before end of FY11. and climate change. The CCC Program is organized in three components: Participating Donor: Italy (i) support to operations; (ii) research and capacity building, Sectors & Themes Covered: and (iii) advocacy and fund leveraging. Its main objectives Sector: Non-sectoral are to: (a) raise awareness about climate change and its Theme: 81–Climate Change impact at various levels; (b) promote commitment among Geographic Coverage: Global the public, private sector, and policy makers to take action; and (c) build coalitions for further advocacy efforts. To achieve its goals, the Program focuses primarily on three key CONTACT stakeholders: policy makers, the private sector, and grass- Ms. Lucia Grenna roots organizations. Sr. Communication Officer and Trust Fund Manager Tel. +1 202 473-9604 E-mail: lgrenna@worldbank.org FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Website: None at present Communication For Climate FY2009 FY2010 Change (CCC) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 0.5 — during the year Disbursements made during — 0.2 the year 66. Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP) BACKGROUND good and accountable governance in development policy The Communication for Governance & Accountability and practice through the use of innovative communication Program (CommGAP) was established in 2006 to promote approaches and techniques that strengthen the elements 64 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds of the public sphere. It aims to engage citizenries in sup- • Capacity Building: CommGAP made progress in port of vibrant civil societies, plural and independent integrating and adapting its flagship course, People, media systems, and open government institutions. Thus Politics, and Change: Communication Approaches for far, CommGAP has developed a set of communication Governance Reform, into relevant platforms of learning. approaches and techniques to deal with several difficult The program also developed a communication module challenges to reform programs under real world condi- entitled, Public Opinion, Persuasion and the Public tions, including: securing political will, effecting behavioral Sphere, which was integrated into the World Bank change, managing and mitigating risk, and building multi- Institute’s core learning program on Accountable stakeholder coalitions. CommGAP has also heightened an Governance. appreciation of the democratic public sphere as an essential • Support to Operations: A 2009 mid-term review of component to securing and sustaining good governance CommGAP recommended the need for “developing and accountability and state-building in fragile states. greater traction with Bank field programs to complement Furthermore, the Program has helped design communica- innovation at policy level.” In this regard, reorganization tion programs to support initiatives that generate demand in the Bank’s External Affairs Vice Presidential Unit for good governance and the efficient operation of social in 2009 allowed CommGAP, which was tasked to lead accountability mechanisms. the practice group on Governance and Reform in the Operational Communication Department, to more effectively integrate communication approaches and FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS techniques into Bank operations. In FY10, CommGAP provided operational support to some 30 Bank clients. Communication For The Program also developed a communication strategy Governance & Accountability FY2009 FY2010 for the Governance & Anti-Corruption Council, Program (CommGAP) US$ million US$ million contributed to the Bank’s guidance note on multi- Cash contributions received — 2 stakeholder engagement and plays an important role during the year in developing a good practice framework on Political Disbursements made during 2 1 Economy Analysis. the year Participating Donor: the United Kingdom Sectors & Themes Covered: KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Sectors: BZ–Central Government Administration, and Highlights of major accomplishments in FY10 include: CZ–General Public Administration. • Research and Advocacy: The program published an Theme: 29–Other accountability/anti-corruption. array of new materials, including an edited volume on Geographic Coverage: Global news media and governance reform; partnered with the Governance & Social Development Resource Center (GSDRC) to more effectively share knowledge with DFID CONTACT governance and social development advisers; tracked Ms. Diana Chung momentum with its blog People, Spaces, Deliberation, Senior Communication Officer and Trust Fund Manager which was ranked the number one blog in the Bank; Tel: +1 202 473-8357 participated in several high-level events including, E-mail: dchung1@worldbank.org the Salzburg Global Seminar on Governance, and the International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding: Mr. Sina Odugbemi Tackling State Fragility; and co-hosted a high-level side Head of CommGAP Program event with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Tel: +1 202 458-2332 Crime during the Third Conference of the State Parties to E-mail: aodugbemi@worldbank.org the UN Convention against Corruption in Doha. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/commgap Blog: http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere F.   E X T E R N A L A F FA I R S V P U 65 67. Parliament Network on The World Bank Program (PNOWB) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The PNOWB is an independent organization that partners The trust funds have supported the functioning of the with the World Bank Group in mobilizing parliamentarians PNOWB secretariat; the participation of Parliamentary in addressing poverty and works for increased transparency delegations to the World Bank spring and annual meetings; in international financial institutions. This recipient-executed thematic videoconferences between Bank staff and mem- Program, the Bank-executed World Bank Parliamentary bers of parliament; Parliamentary field visits to World Bank Outreach, and the Parliamentarians in the Field trust funds projects in Mongolia and Burkina Faso; and the design of a all support a dialogue between the World Bank Group and field visit website. parliamentarians around the world in different ways. Having been activated since 2004 and 2001, respectively, the trust Participating Donors: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, funds support dialogue including: annual meetings of the and the United Kingdom. Network where parliamentarians from all Bank member Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. countries and senior management of the Bank Group inter- Geographic Coverage: Global act; parliamentary visits to Bank programs in the field; and consultations and information sharing through the network. CONTACT Mr. Jakob Kopperud FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Senior Communications Officer Tel: +33 1 40 69 30 30 Parliament Network On The FY2009 FY2010 E-mail: jkopperud@worldbank.org World Bank (PNOWB) US$ million US$ million Website: http://www.worldbank.org/parliamentarians Cash contributions received 0.7 0.2 during the year Disbursements made during 0.5 0.3 the year G .   F I N A N C E A N D P R I VAT E S E C T O R V P U 67 G.   FINANCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR VPU 68. Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS The CGAP is an independent policy and research center Over the last three years, the Program committed dedicated to advancing financial access for the world’s poor. US$15.7 million to 16 initiatives in 12 countries: Brazil, It is supported by more than 33 bilateral and multilateral Colombia, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, development agencies and private foundations that share a Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and South Africa. common mission to alleviate poverty. Housed at the World These projects continue to grow and are now reaching over Bank, the CGAP provides market intelligence, promotes 2.8 million adults through a range of financial services. standards, develops innovative solutions, and offers advisory The Program’s robust research agenda has been developed services to governments, microfinance providers, donors, around the following key issues of branchless banking: and investors. The CGAP’s goal is to scale up microfinance customer adoption, agent networks, business models, and by helping to build more equitable and efficient financial government-to-person payments. The team’s most recent systems. research work includes a pricing study in which the team The CGAP focuses on three priorities: (i) building the compared the prices of 16 branchless banking pioneers to financial market infrastructure through technology and 10 traditional banks in 10 countries and a practice guide transparency; (ii) fostering a supportive policy environ- (Agent Management Toolkit) on how financial service ment; and (iii) improving the effectiveness of microfinance providers can build a viable network of branchless banking funders. In pursuing these goals, the CGAP emphasizes agents. three roles that form the core of its comparative advantage: (i) developing industry-wide standards and providing advo- Participating Donors: AFD/France, African Development cacy and advisory services around those standards; (ii) pro- Bank, Asian Development Bank, Australia, the Bill and viding high-quality market intelligence and sector analysis; Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, Citi foundation/USA, and (iii) supporting new approaches, delivery channels, and Denmark, the European Commission, European Bank for products that have the potential to significantly expand the Reconstruction and Development, European Investment poor’s access to finance. Bank, Finland, Ford Foundation, Germany, Inter-American Development Bank/Multilateral Investment Fund, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO), Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mastercard Consultative Group To Assist FY2009 FY2010 Foundation/USA, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation/ The Poorest (CGAP) US$ million US$ million USA, the Netherlands, Norway, Omidyar Network Fund/ Cash contributions received 13 16 USA, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, during the year United National Capital Development Fund/United Nations Disbursements made during 18 16 Development Program (UNDP), the United States, and the the year World Bank. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sector: FE–Micro and SME Finance. Theme: 44–Other financial and private sector development. Geographic Coverage: Global 68 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Ms. Tonia Wellons Mr. Tilman Ehrbeck Operations Manager Chief Executive Officer, CGAP Tel: +1 202 458-9200 Tel: +1 202 473-2939 E-mail: twellons@worldbank.org Email: tehrbeck@worldbank.or Website: http://www.cgap.org 69. Information for Development Program (infoDev) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The infoDev Program is coordinated and served by an expert Information for Development FY2009 FY2010 Secretariat housed in the World Bank Group. Its goal is to (infoDev) Program US$ million US$ million promote the growth of technology enterprises to enhance sustainable inclusive growth, competitiveness and jobs. Cash contributions received 13 13 The infoDev Program focuses on the following key areas: during the year (i) bringing technologies to market; (ii) creating and grow- Disbursements made during 3 5 ing sustainable enterprises that are technology based and the year enabled; (iii) promoting an enabling environment for inno- vation and adoption of technologies to promote enterprise growth and ensure effective competition so that the market KEY RESULTS functions to widen access to technology at affordable prices; Results have been accomplished at three levels, as described (iv) disseminating research and best practices; (v) building below: capacity to enhance the sustainability of enterprises; and (vi) providing technical assistance to incubators that ensure Global level: Access to Finance (A2F) and Access to Markets (A2M). • A global good practice assessment on the design of The infoDev Program is a thought leader in technology- Climate Technology Centers (CICs) in developing enabled small business incubation. Its global incubation countries was presented at an official UN side event at network reaches to 300 plus business incubators, and more the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference. than 20,000 small and medium enterprises and has helped • An online agribusiness community of practice in create over 220,000 jobs across 87 developing countries. Hyderabad was launched in October 2010, to discuss the Within the Bank Group, the infoDev Program has also been key challenges, opportunities, and incubation models for recognized as being cutting-edge in its use of web-based agribusiness in developing countries. resources to develop, publish and disseminate its work • A global good practice review was prepared on how and facilitate debate and interaction among and between to best promote creation of value-added agribusiness client countries and donors. It acts as a neutral convener of enterprises. dialogue and as a coordinator among bilateral and multilat- • A report on The Global Opportunity in IT-Based Services eral donors—supporting the global sharing of information was published, to help policymakers take advantage on information and communication technology for develop- of opportunities presented by the IT services and ment. Its mission is to bring together individuals passionate IT-enabled services (ITES) industries. about how technology can appropriately and effectively • The 10th Anniversary Edition of Telecommunications tackle a variety of challenges facing developing countries. Regulation Handbook, a one-stop reference guide for developing country ICT regulators was launched. • A report on Building Broadband and an online Broadband Strategies Toolkit to deepen and extend aids for increasing access to broadband was launched. • A Knowledge Map on the Development Potential of the Virtual Economy in creating employment opportunities for semi-skilled and unskilled workers in developing countries was launched. G .   F I N A N C E A N D P R I VAT E S E C T O R V P U 69 • The website—www.edutechdebate.org–continued as a ECAbit regional incubation network through access to community of practice site devoted to discussing the role finance training. of ICTs in education. • Through the Incubator Support Center (www.idisc.net) and delivery of training services, incubator managers Regional level: and policymakers focusing were assisted on their • In partnership with Nokia and Cap Gemini, the national innovation entrepreneurship programs. Program held the first Africa Open Innovation Summit • Country case studies in Brazil and the Republic of Korea in Kenya to discuss how to accelerate innovation and and technical assistance in Uganda were launched on entrepreneurship in Africa. the use of geographic information systems to monitor • Two regional mobile applications labs were established development outcomes. in Southern Africa to incubate between 8–10 mobile • The Brazil E-Waste Strategy and Policy was launched at applications, mentor start-ups and SMEs, and facilitate a seminar in Sao Paulo. access to finance and access to markets. • Social networking groups for mobile applications Participating Donors: Brazil, CISCO Systems/USA, entrepreneurs were established in Africa and Asia. Colombia, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, IBM World • Regional small business incubation networks in Africa, Trade Corp./USA, Ireland, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Asia, Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Luxembourg, Motorola, Inc/USA, Societa Finanziaria the Middle East were supported with regional partners Telefonica PA/Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United providing the co-financing. Kingdom. • Business Incubator Training Program for Developing Sectors & Themes Covered: Countries was extended to business incubator managers Sectors: CA–Information Technology, in Africa with future rollouts for Asia and ECA. CT–Telecommunications, and CZ–General information and • Studies of ICTs in education in India and South Asia, communications. with in-depth surveys of the major countries were Themes: 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies published to complement surveys of Africa and and institutions, 39–Infrastructure services for private sector Caribbean. development, and 41–Small and medium enterprise support. Geographic Coverage: Global Country level: • The Climate Technology Program launched plans for Climate Innovation Centers in Kenya and India, to CONTACT address the barriers that impede the countries from Ms. Valerie D’Costa transfer, development, and deployment of advanced Program Manager climate technologies. Tel: +1 202 473-5726 • In collaboration with IFC, business incubators in three E-mail: vdcosta@worldbank.org IDA countries (Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Senegal) were implemented. Mr. Josef S. Trommer • In collaboration with Finland, business incubators in Senior Operations Officer Cambodia, Tanzania, and Nepal are being implemented Tel: +1 202 473-6242 to strengthen incubator and innovation system to focus E-mail: jtrommer@worldbank.org on SME internationalization in the Republic of Belarus, Websites: http://www.infodev.org, http://www. the Republic of Moldova, and Kazakhstan, and the idisc.net, http://www.edutechdebate.org, http:// www.ictregulationtoolkit.org 70. Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative (FIRST) BACKGROUND International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Netherlands, The FIRST is a multi-donor grant facility providing techni- Switzerland, Sweden and the World Bank, the FIRST cal assistance to promote financial sector development. is guided by a Governing Council composed of senior Launched in 2002 by Canada, the United Kingdom, the 70 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds representatives of its participating donors and managed • Successful launch of technical needs survey in Africa by a Program Management Unit based at the World Bank and Asia, which served to strengthen the project headquarters. pipeline. The FIRST focuses on delivering top-quality technical • Two new donors joined the FIRST: Germany, assistance in the short to medium term. It does so quickly contributing Euros 4 million up to end December 2012; and flexibly. FIRST has established a distinct role in finan- and Luxembourg, contributing Euros 250,000. cial sector development as a niche provider of small gap • At end FY10, the FIRST had a portfolio of 66 active filling technical assistance projects. It facilitates systematic Bank-managed projects, valued at US$17.86 million. follow-up to assessments made by the joint World Bank–IMF A breakdown by region and commitments is provided Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and Reports on below: the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs). In addi- Number of Commitments Share of tion, FIRST supports eligible countries in advance of their Region Projects Value ($ million) Commitments participation in FSAP or implementation of ROSCs, as they strengthen their financial systems and implement interna- AFR 20 5.98 33% tionally recognized standards and codes. EAP 8 2.11 12% Other FIRST priorities include (a) responding to requests ECA 15 4.06 23% for help that are below other donors’ minimum thresh- LCR 12 2.96 17% olds, (b) acting as a catalyst for wider donor intervention MNA 4 0.81 5% in a particular area, and (c) promoting projects that pres- SAR 7 1.95 11% ent a strong potential for replication. FIRST is well placed Total 66 17.86 100% to offer both a regional and multi-country approach. The FIRST supports activities and interventions mainly in the public sector, principally by providing technical assistance Participating Donors: Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, the to regulatory bodies and policy makers. Primary areas of Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. activity are: (i) Financial sector reform strategy and policy Sectors & Themes Covered: advice; (ii) Advisory services to strengthen regulatory and Sectors: FA–Banking, FK–Capital Markets, FC–Housing supervisory frameworks, (iii) Financial sector market devel- Finance and real estate markets, FD–Non-compulsory pen- opment and institution building; (iv) Capacity building; and sions, insurance and contractual savings, FE–Micro and SME (v) Contingency Planning and crisis management. Financing, and FG–Payment Systems, securities clearance FIRST-funded technical assistance is carried out primar- and settlement. ily by private sector experts. In addition, World Bank and Themes: 40–Regulation and competition policy, IMF staff may be involved in managing projects and provid- 42–Standards and financial reporting, and 44–Other financial ing policy advice. and private sector development. Geographic Coverage: Global FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Financial Sector Reform & FY2009 FY2010 Mr. Jorge G. Sarcinelli Patino Strength. Init (FIRST) US$ million US$ million Program Manager Cash contributions received 9 14 Tel: +1 202 473-6709 during the year E-mail: jpatino2@worldbank.org Disbursements made during 9 10 Website: http://www.firstinitiative.org the year KEY RESULTS Highlights of FY10 include the following: • The FIRST approved 39 new projects valued at US$7.67 million, which included 15 crisis management projects and 14 FSAP/ROSC follow-up projects. H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 71 H.   HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK VPU 71. Education for All—Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) BACKGROUND are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, the The EFA-FTI is a global partnership between donors and Central African Republic, Djibouti, The Federal Democratic developing countries to ensure accelerated progress towards Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, the Republic the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary of Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, the Kyrgyz education by 2015. All low-income countries, which dem- Republic, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Lao PDR, Liberia, onstrate serious commitment to achieve universal primary the Republic of Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, the Islamic completion, can receive support from FTI. The Catalytic Republic of Mauritania,the Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Fund is a multi-donor trust fund managed by the World the Republic of Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Bank on behalf of donors. Its purpose is to provide transi- Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of tional financial assistance to FTI-eligible countries that have Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Republic completed a Poverty Reduction Strategy and with education of Tajikistan,the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, the sector plans that have been endorsed by donors through the Republic of Yemen, and Zambia. FTI review process, but which encounter difficulty in mobi- lizing additional external funding at the country level due to Participating Donors: Australia, Belgium, Canada, a relatively limited donor presence. Denmark, the European Commission, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS United Kingdom. Sectors & Themes Covered: Education For All-Fast Track FY2009 FY2010 Sector: EP–Primary Education Initiative (EFA-FTI) US$ million US$ million Theme: 65–Education for all Cash contributions received 202 300 Geographic Coverage: Global during the year Disbursements made during 203 262 the year CONTACT Mr. Robert Prouty Head of the Secretariat KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Tel: +1 202 473-7532 To date, 36 countries have received grants amounting to E-mail: rprouty@worldbank.org more than US$2 billion from the Catalytic Fund. They Website: http://www.educationfasttrack.org/ 72. EFA-FTI Education Program Development Fund (EPDF) BACKGROUND progress toward universal primary education. For develop- The EPDF was created to enable more low-income countries ing countries without education plans and weak capacity to access the Fast Track Initiative (FTI) and to accelerate to develop them, the EPDF can provide technical support 72 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds and build the capacity required to prepare and implement countries have their ESPs endorsed, EPDF may shift its focus a sound education plan. It can also support all low-income to financing “downstream” activities, or support to monitor- countries in sharing their knowledge and experience on ing of ESP execution by local donor groups. Most IDA coun- education and how to reach the goal of universal primary tries have been major beneficiaries of the EPDF, particularly education. those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. EFA FTI Education Program FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: Development Fund (EPDF) US$ million US$ million Sector: EP–Primary Education Cash contributions received 21 6 Theme: 65–Education for all during the year Geographic Coverage: Global Disbursements made during 14 29 the year CONTACT: Mr. Robert Prouty KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Head of the Secretariat The EPDF continues to be a very important source of techni- Tel: +1 202 473-7532 cal assistance to countries in their efforts to plan and imple- E-mail: rprouty@worldbank.org ment their education sector plans (ESPs). As more and more Website: http://www.educationfasttrack.org/ 73. Financial Literacy and Education Trust Fund (FLIT) BACKGROUND to develop innovative methods and test their application The increased role of financial products and services in through support for country-level programs. The FLIT will countries at all development stages, and the growing role of produce global knowledge products in these areas and sup- these in social insurance systems, have reinforced the need port their dissemination. to improve the ability of individuals to effectively access and manage interactions with these services, especially in countries where financial inclusion is poor and educational FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS attainments are low. The FLIT was established in October Financial Literacy and FY2009 FY2010 2008 as a Bank-executed trust fund to support the advance- Education Trust Fund (FLIT) US$ million US$ million ment of financial literacy and capability programs in low- and middle- income countries through the development of Cash contributions received 5 5 methods and best practices for the assessment of financial during the year capability and evaluation of outcomes achieved by financial Disbursements made during 0.05 3 education and other types of skills enhancement programs. the year The FLIT includes a non-fiduciary transfer to the OECD to support collection and analysis of financial education pro- grams and the development of related standards through the KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS OECD Committee process. In 2010, the objectives and strategy for the FLIT were refined The FLIT’s primary focus is to develop a conceptual by the establishment of an internal management structure, framework and an operational guidance and methodologi- recruitment of consultants to join a team of experts provid- cal toolkits on methods for (i) measuring levels of financial ing intellectual guidance and technical advice, and the selec- capability; and (ii) evaluating the impact of financial capa- tion of pilot projects to participate in the program. bility enhancement programs. The fund provides financial Six projects (covering eight countries) have been selected support, intellectual guidance, and technical assistance to participate in the development of new methodologies H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 73 with the guidance and support by the FLIT team and its second Call for Proposals for additional impact evaluation group of experts. Qualitative research methods are currently projects is planned to be issued in February 2011. being used to explore the concept of financial capability in low-income settings and to identify the best approach for Participating Donor: the Russian Federation designing questions that can be used for a national survey Sectors & Themes Covered: in all the pilot countries. The experts have prepared a topic Sectors: EL–Adult literacy/non-formal education and guide that is being used in the focus groups, reviewed it JB–Other social services. with the country teams, and trained researchers in each Themes: 56–Other social protection and risk management, team to prepare for the focus groups. A common approach and 44–Other financial and private sector development. was identified in addition to program objectives and time Geographic Coverage: Global frame. Focus groups are currently under way in most of the countries (Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Papua New Guinea, Namibia, Zambia, and Malawi). The first focus groups in CONTACT Latin America have proved extremely successful, with a Mr. Richard Hinz clear indication of what it means to be financially capable at Program Manager different income levels. Tel: +1 202 458-2604 Another strand of work under FLIT will produce E-mail: rhinz@worldbank.org operational guidelines and a technical “toolkit” to guide efforts to undertake impact evaluation of financial educa- Ms. Florentina Mulaj tion interventions and other capability enhancing programs. Social Protection Specialist The RAND Corporation was selected through a competitive Tel: +1 202 458-8043 process to lead this initiative. To contribute to the evidence E-mail: fmulaj@worldbank.org base and inform the development of the toolkit through case studies, the Trust Fund has funded four impact evaluation Ms. Valeria Perotti projects (Brazil, India, South Africa, and Uganda). All of Extended Term Consultant these projects intend to develop and test innovative evalua- Tel: +1 202 458-7488 tion techniques and assess the impact of financial education E-mail: vperotti@worldbank.org Website: http:// on behavioral change of the poor with regard to financial go.worldbank.org/8XW9MOO7G0 decision-making in low and middle income countries. A 74. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations Program (GAVI) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The GAVI Program trust fund was created in early 2007 to Global Alliance For Vaccines support the achievement of the Millennium Development & Immunization (GAVI) FY2009 FY2010 Goal on reducing child mortality. This fund supports the Program US$ million US$ million Bank’s overall development work and activities toward improving health in GAVI-eligible client countries through Cash contributions received 3 2 a focus on vaccines and immunization, at the global and during the year country/regional levels. The trust fund facilitates the Bank’s Disbursements made during 2 3 work with governments through technical assistance, the year cutting-edge analytical work, partner coordination, and inno- vation. Activities include work on child survival and general health systems strengthening including financing systems KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS and immunization delivery system strengthening. A total of 27 country proposals that target health systems strengthening (HSS), as well as improving financial sustain- ability/innovative financing in support of immunization, were approved during 2007–2010. Countries included are 74 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Indonesia, the Republic of Tajikistan, Djibouti, Vietnam, increase immunization coverage both through paying for the Republic of Yemen, Ukraine, the Lao PDR, Nicaragua, better immunization results as well as removing financial Bolivia, Pakistan, and India. Among Regions, Africa was barriers to accessing health services including immunization specifically allocated the greatest share of funding to services. strengthen health systems using immunization services as an entry point and to promote financial sustainability/inno- Participating Donors: France, Italy, the Netherlands, vative financing. Countries receiving funds in Africa include Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, UNICEF, World Zambia, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mali, Health Organization (WHO), civil society organizations, and the Republic of Madagascar, Cameroon, Senegal, Sudan, private enterprises. Mali, Liberia, Benin, Ghana, the Democratic Republic Sectors & Themes Covered: of Congo, The State of Eritrea, Burundi, the Republic of Sectors: JA–Health Mozambique, and Rwanda. Under HSS supported activities Themes: 63–Child Health and 67–Health System range from improving HRH for immunization, assessing the Performance. impact of primary health care reforms on coverage of immu- Geographic Coverage: Global (50 percent of funds are nization services, and building the capacity in collecting and allocated to the Africa Region). using reliable and timely HNP outcome indicators includ- ing immunization coverage. Under financial sustainability/ innovative financing, activities that were supported range CONTACT from costing and implementing packages for results-based Ms. Rama Lakshminarayanan financing within countries to supporting detailed analytical Senior Health Specialist work on health financing issues within countries form- Tel: +1 609 448 0080 ing the basis of creation of various country specific health E-mail: rlakshminarayana@worldbank.org financing and health insurance policies. Such activities Website: http://www.gavialliance.org/ 75. Global HIV/AIDS Partnership (GAIDS) BACKGROUND community level. This enables the Bank to evaluate com- Through the GAIDS Partnership, the Bank plays a leading munity responses to build evidence on the impact of specific role with other UNAIDS co-sponsors; the Global Fund to activities and programs. Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM),14 and key bilateral donors in supporting the global response to HIV/ AIDS. GAIDS is both the Bank’s institutional link to the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS UNAIDS partnership and its technical anchor on HIV/AIDS. FY2009 FY2010 GAIDS provides support in three areas, which have been Global HIV/AIDS (GAIDS) US$ million US$ million prioritized in the Bank’s HIV/AIDS strategy: (i) HIV strategic intelligence and planning; (ii) prevention of sexual transmis- Cash contributions received 10 11 sion of HIV; and (iii) social protection for people affected by during the year HIV. The Bank is providing specialized HIV technical exper- Disbursements made during 7 10 tise and knowledge to operations and is helping to improve the year the Program efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability through evidence informed responses. A partnership between the Bank and the UK Department KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS for International Development (DFID) is supporting evalu- The World Bank provided strategic intelligence and planning ations to generate a strong evidence base to help policy support that enabled over 60 countries to develop priori- makers plan and implement an effective response at the tized, evidence informed and costed national AIDS strate- gies, and to improve their allocative efficiency, resulting in 14 A program description of GFATM is included above in the CFP VPU effective national responses based on epidemic dynamics. It section. has also helped to integrate HIV into National Development H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 75 Plans in four high burden countries, namely, the Kingdom Finally, in partnership with DFID, the UK NGO AIDS of Swaziland, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Botswana, and Consortium, and other partners, the Bank has undertaken Namibia. an evaluation of community responses in six countries The Bank has provided support to generate evidence on (Burkina Faso, Kenya, India, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa “what works in prevention” in various epidemic contexts and Zimbabwe) to determine the extent to which a strong to ensure that effective and efficient prevention strate- community response helps strengthen the national AIDS gies and programs are designed and funded. HIV regional response. Preliminary results indicate the ways in which epidemic, policy and response syntheses were undertaken community-based activities are at the core of prevention in the United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Burundi, activities. South Africa, Southern Sudan, and Niger. Further, the Bank has helped to increase understanding of how services are Participating Donors: the United Kingdom and UNAIDS— being provided, and what works to reduce HIV transmis- United Nations AIDS Program. sion and under what circumstances. In India, for example, Sectors & Themes Covered: an independent impact evaluation has found that, due to Sectors: JA–Health, JB–Other Social Services, and the Bank’s support to the country’s National AIDS program, EZ–General Education. GAIDS has helped to avert an estimated 3 million new Theme: 88–HIV/AIDS infections by reducing HIV infection among young pregnant Geographic Coverage: Global women in high burden southern states by almost 50 percent. In partnership with UNDP, WHO and UNAIDS, the Bank has concluded a major new synthesis analysis of the global epi- CONTACT demics of HIV in MSM. The report has found that addressing Mr. David Wilson the MSM epidemic has significant impacts on a country’s Program Director epidemic–even in generalized epidemic scenarios such as Human Development those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tel:+1 202 458-7358 The Bank and USAID have co-hosted a bimonthly high E-mail: dwilson@worldbank.org level global debate series on emerging issues in the HIV response. The Bank’s global video conference and web- Mr. Martin Lutalo based technologies enable country teams in Africa and other Operations Officer partners from across the globe to participate in real time Global HIV/AIDS Program in the debates. By attracting about 400 participants, each Tel: +1 202 458-1406 debate provide a platform for exchange of ideas and knowl- E-mail: mlutalo@worldbank.org edge with policy makers and practitioners around the world. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/aids 76. Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) BACKGROUND a platform for partnerships that support the implementation Founded in 2004 by the World Bank and the Governments of of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability Finland, Italy, and Norway, the GPDD is a dynamic initia- (CRPD) and ensure inclusion of disability into international tive to accelerate inclusion of people in developing countries development programs. with disabilities, and their families, into development poli- The GPDD vision is a world of inclusive communities, cies and practices. It is a unique global network of devel- where children, youth, and adults with disabilities, regard- oping and developed country governments, bilateral and less of gender, age, or type of disability, as well as their par- multilateral donors, UN agencies, disabled people’s organiza- ents and families, enjoy the same individual rights and have tions (DPOs), and other civil society organizations, national access to the same opportunities enjoyed by other citizens. and international development agencies, universities, and In such inclusive communities people with disabilities are many others with the principal goal of fostering interna- accepted, have a voice and participate actively in all aspects tional cooperation to improve well-being of persons with of the community and the nation. Its objective is to combat disabilities in developing countries. This network provides the social and economic exclusion and impoverishment that 76 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds can be associated with disabilities. GPDD’s primary actions 2010 in Buenos Aires for around 100 participants, including lie in capacity building, knowledge sharing, research, and members of the MERCOSUR Working Group on the promo- networking. tion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and officers of the Argentine FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Government, as well as invitees from civil society in the Region. Global Partnership For Communities of practice on Women with Disabilities Disability & Development FY2009 FY2010 in Development; and on Inclusive Education continued to (GPDD) US$ million US$ million provide a platform for discussions and knowledge sharing, Cash contributions received 0.5 0.2 and a Working Group on Haiti Reconstruction provided a during the year platform for various stakeholders to raise awareness on how Disbursements made during 0.1 0.5 to include disability in the reconstruction activities. the year Lastly, a Development Partners’ Forum for knowledge sharing on disability and development and networking was organized in September 2010 with representatives and dis- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS ability focal points from twenty-two government donor agen- GPDD Institutional development: GPDD has strengthened cies, United Nations agencies, Multilateral Organizations, its governance structure and its membership base. and Private Foundations. Knowledge sharing and capacity building activities: Participating Donors: Italy, Finland, and Norway. The Inclusive Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Planning Sectors & Themes Covered: Workshop was organized in Mozambique in February 2010 Sectors: JB–Other Social Services, BE–Compulsory pension for more than 80 representatives from organizations of per- and unemployment insurance, BS–Public Administration– sons with disabilities from around the country, government, Other Social Services, and EZ–General Education. civil society, private sector and academia. Themes: 52–Natural disaster management, 53–Poverty A Regional Seminar on Accessibility of the Environment, strategy, analysis, and monitoring, 54–Social safety nets, Universal Design, Tourism and Development was organized 87–Social risk mitigation, 51–Improving labor markets, in March 2010 to demonstrate how disability issues can be 55–Vulnerability assessment and monitoring, 65–Education effectively mainstreamed in development goals and priori- for all, 59–Gender, 61–Social analysis and monitoring, ties using an example of tourism development. The Seminar 65–Education for all, and 68–Nutrition and food security. focused on the Southern African Region and also included Geographic Coverage: Global participants from Portuguese speaking less developed coun- tries. Some 70 participants from Angola, Botswana, Brazil, Capo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Italy, the Kingdom of Lesotho, CONTACT Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Ms. Aleksandra Posarac the Democratic Republic of Sao Tomé and Príncipé, South Lead Human Development Economist Africa, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the Democratic Republic Tel: +1 202 458-7873 of Timor Leste, the United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe E-mail: aposarac@worldbank.org attended the seminar. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/disability and A seminar on disability and development and the protec- http://www.GPDD-online.org tion of rights of persons with disability was held in March 77. Polio Buy-Down Program (POLIO) BACKGROUND financial support and focus on performance for health activi- The objective of the Polio Buy-Down Program (POLIO), ties with large cross-border externalities. The grant fund- which is a credit buy-down program, is to increase the ing was provided to support buy-downs of IDA credits and H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 77 supporting polio eradication. This funding was also intended The performance audit (independent assessment) for both to pilot the IDA and IBRD buy-down mechanism as a step was carried out by WHO and IDA buy-down has been trig- toward establishing it as an additional financing strategy for gered. A third project is now under implementation. communicable disease control. Participating Donors: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Foundation, Rotary International, and United FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sectors & Themes Covered: Polio Buy-Down Program FY2009 FY2010 Sector: JA–Health (POLIO) US$ million US$ million Themes: 64–Other communicable diseases Cash contributions received 64 — Geographic Coverage: Global during the year Disbursements made during 29 1 the year CONTACT Mr. Darren Dorkin Senior Operations Officer KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Tel: +1 202 458- 2345 The POLIO has provided support on polio eradication to the E-mail: ddorkin@worldbank.org governments of Nigeria and Pakistan. In recent years, two Website: http://go.worldbank.org/Z6V(V67NO0 polio projects in Pakistan have now been fully implemented. 78. Health Results-Based Financing Program (HRBF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The multidonor HRBF Program supports results-based During FY10, the HRBF Program continued to support: financing approaches within the health sector for the countries to design, implement, monitor and evaluate RBF achievement of the health-related Millennium Development mechanisms; seed grants for exploring the feasibility of RBF; Goals (MDGs), in particular MDGs 4 and 5. The HRBF analytical work; a global website for knowledge and learning Program finances activities to ensure access to basic health (http://www.rbfhealth.org); and an Interagency Working services using a variety of results based financing (RBF) Group on RBF that the Bank co-chairs, to share knowledge, mechanisms, and has four specific aims: best practices and lessons learned. RBF project disburse- (i) support design, implementation, monitoring and ments began with the provision of US$4 million to support evaluation of RBF mechanisms; (ii) develop and disseminate Rwanda in March 2010. the evidence base for implementing successful RBF mecha- RBF seed grants have been very successful in exploring nisms; (iii) build country institutional capacity to scale up the feasibility of RBF mechanisms and catalyzing interest in and sustain the RBF mechanisms, with the national health RBF, with demonstrable effects in the Dominican Republic, strategy and system; and (iv) attract additional financing to El Salvador, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Nicaragua, Panama, the health sector. and the Republic of Tajikistan. These seed grants have directly stimulated and expanded Bank policy dialogue with countries on health care financing and reform, and catalyzed FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS country investments in RBF through government budgets and Bank financing. Health Results-Based FY2009 FY2010 In December 2009, the HRBF Program helped support15 a Financing (HRBF) US$ million US$ million regional workshop in Cape Town, South Africa that com- Cash contributions received 20 50 bined intensive training in impact evaluation (IE) methods during the year Disbursements made during 3 11 15 The workshop was also financed by the Bank’s Spanish Impact the year Evaluation Trust Fund. 78 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds and hands-on clinics to further develop RBF IE in RBF pilot Participating Donors: Norway and the United Kingdom. countries. The purpose of the workshop was to build knowl- Sectors & Themes Covered: edge on the use of IE among policymakers and program Sectors: JA–Health, JB–Other social Services, managers and allow project teams to apply this knowledge BQ–Public Admin-Health, BH–Sub-national Government to the design and implementation of program-specific IEs. Administration, BC–Central Government Administration, and The Bank’s Africa Region units, through a regional BK–Comp Health Finance. trust fund financed by the HRBF Program, implemented an Themes: 54–Social Safety Nets, 59–Gender, 63–Child extensive set of RBF activities, including knowledge sharing, Health, 64–Other communicable diseases, 67–Health system capacity building, and technical assistance. This responded performance, 68–Nutrition and food security, 69–Population to the high demand for information about RBF and assis- and reproductive health, 70–Other human development, tance in implementing successful and sustainable RBF mech- 88–HIV/AIDS, 89–Non-communicable diseases and injury, anisms, and was supported by a partnership with the World 90–Managing for development results, 92–Malaria, and Bank Institute (WBI).16 The Africa Region also launched an 93–Tuberculosis. online RBF community of practice for Sub-Saharan Africa. Geographic Coverage: Global These extensive activities catalyzed strong interest in RBF in over 20 African countries. The RBF website (see below) was launched in July 2009, to serve as a global knowledge CONTACT and learning platform on RBF. Since then, the website has Mr. Darren Dorkin already posted over 70 knowledge and learning products. Senior Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 458-2345 E-mail: ddorking@worldbank.org 16 The programs specifically administered by WBI are included below in the WBI VPU section. Website: http://www.rbfhealth.org/rbfhealth/ 79. Human Resources for Health Program (HRH) BACKGROUND tool and development of new tools, e.g., fiscal impact of dif- The objectives of this analytic work are to: (i) fill key infor- ferent wage policies, costing of pre-service training, private mation gaps; (ii) strengthen the evidence base for human sector analysis); and (iv) capacity building and knowledge resources for health policy in developing countries; and management. (iii) develop tools for translating evidence into HRH strate- gies. Phase I of these trust funds intends to focus on the first objective of the work, with emphasis on areas of human FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS resources for health policy, where the World Bank has a Human Resources For Health FY2009 FY2010 comparative advantage. These areas include labor market (HRH) US$ million US$ million dynamics, fiscal constraints analysis, and costing analysis. The geographic focus in Phase I was on Sub-Saharan Africa, Cash contributions received 0.7 0.8 specifically in four focus countries: The Federal Democratic during the year Republic of Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia. Disbursements made during 0.4 0.7 Under Phase II, the geographic focus has been expanded the year beyond Sub-Saharan Africa to capitalize on innovations and lessons learned. Phase II is focusing on: (i) techni- cal assistance to support implementation of HRH reforms KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS in selected thematic areas (labor market, fiscal and cost- Recent technical assistance to support Implementation of ing analysis, pre-service training costing, and the political HRH Reforms includes the following: economy of HRH reform); (ii) creating an evidence base • Designing RBF in Nigeria. for innovative HRH strategies; (iii) refining and developing • Monitoring HRH impact of RBF in Zambia and Ghana. innovative analytical tools (further refinement of Phase I • Developing a regional strategy to manage nurse tools, e.g., contingent valuation tool, census tool, costing migration in the Caribbean. H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 79 • Making policy recommendations for coordinating HRH Sectors & Themes Covered: Activities for GFATM and GAVI.17 Sector: JA–Health • Analyzing health labor market in Vietnam, Ukraine, Theme: 67–Health System Performance Rwanda and Ghana. Geographic Coverage: • Analyzing health worker performance in Tanzania. Africa: Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, the United Republic of • Producing comprehensive book on the design and Tanzania, Rwanda, Liberia; Asia: Vietnam, India; Latin implementation of HRH policy in Africa. America & Caribbean: Caribbean; Europe & Central Asia: • Developing a one-week course for HRH policy makers. Ukraine. • Developing a website page (see below) for housing HRH- related materials of the Bank. CONTACT Participating Donors: Norway and Global Alliance for Ms. Akiko Maeda Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). Sector Manager Health, Nutrition and Population Tel: +1 202 473-3793 E-mail: amaeda@worldbank.org 17 The GAFTM and GAVI Programs are described above in the CFP VPU section. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/hrh 80. International Health Partnership (IHP+) BACKGROUND and guidelines for jointly assessing national health strategies The IHP+ was launched in 2007 by United Kingdom Prime was developed. The multi-agency endorsement of the JANS Minister Gordon Brown and the World Bank President Robert tool at global level gives it significant legitimacy at country Zoellick with the objective to deliver improved results in level. health by focusing on implementation of the principles of aid A common framework to monitor performance and evalu- effectiveness (Paris Declaration) for health. Together with ate progress in countries was developed in 2008—the IHP+ the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank is Common Evaluation Framework, which underpins efforts coordinating the IHP+ which also includes country partner, of the H8 to monitor progress towards the health-related H-8 agencies, bilateral donors, and civil society and private Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To operationalize this sector partners. framework at the country level, the country health systems The IHP+ supports the Bank’s 2007 Strategy for HNP surveillance (CHeSS) approach has been further developed Results, and is one of the Bank’s key efforts to increase during 2009. selectivity, improve strategic engagement, and reach agree- An annual global monitoring and evaluation report has ment with global partners on collaborative division of labor been commissioned to a north-south consortium of agencies— for the benefit of client countries. It has also been a vehicle for IHP+ Results. The first report on partner progress at global delivering on the strategic directions of the strategy, includ- and country levels will be presented at the upcoming World ing health systems strengthening (HSS), increased synergies Health Assembly. between health systems and priority diseases, and renewing the focus on health results. At the country-level, IHP+ and its partners are working FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS together to support implementation of national health strate- International Health FY2009 FY2010 gies by tackling high transaction costs and fragmentation and Partnership (IHP+) US$ million US$ million promote mutual accountability by developing a set of negoti- ated commitments outlining how partners will support the Cash Contributions received — 0.4 implementation of a single national health strategy—a country during the year compact. In response to concerns about Country Compacts Disbursements made during — 0.1 which had not been assessed for quality and feasibility, a tool the year 80 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS and Vietnam and more are in preparation or under Since September 2007 the IHP+ has succeeded in shift- consideration in Rwanda and Mali. ing the global health agenda towards an increased focus • A strategic framework to monitor performance and on country ownership and expanding the limits of what evaluate progress in countries has been developed; now can be done to streamline the global health architecture. needs to be considered at country level and linked to Global health partners that once competed for attention and results-focused evaluation frameworks. resources are now engaging regularly in open and frank • Country health monitoring and evaluation systems in discussions, participating in joint missions to countries, the context of annual health sector reviews have been building constituencies to represent one another, and, in assessed in four IHP+ countries–Burkina Faso, the some cases, even providing pooled financing to support Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, country-led development for health. This really is a change as well as in the People’s Republic of China, the Republic in the way the world has been doing business in health. of Armenia, and Georgia, using this framework. More specifically: • Progress has been made in developing a common • The IHP+ has improved ways of working amongst all fiduciary framework for all partners. partners through regular and strengthened coordination and joint work/missions. Participating Donor: World Health Organization • Partners actively participate in annual reviews of Sector: JA–Health progress by an independent consortium of North-South Geographic Coverage: Global organizations—IHP+ Results. • The IHP+ held its first Ministerial Review meeting in February 2009, bringing together ministers of health and CONTACT agency heads from IHP+ global compact signatories to Ms. Nicole Klingen collect feedback on progress in delivering commitments Senior Health Specialist and to provide an open forum for discussion of behavior Tel: +1 202 458-7413 change needed to hasten progress. E-mail: nklingen@worldbank.org • Joint assessment has taken place in Nepal, the Federal Website: http://www.internationalhealthpartnership.net Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, 81. Job Creation and Economic Growth (JOBCRT) BACKGROUND The research, capacity-building, and country-level The objective of the JOBCRT associated trust fund is to activities supported by the JOBCRT will further contribute promote effective policy making in the area of job creation to better policy-making and job creation. In part, this will in developing countries. To accomplish this objective, the be achieved through a strong link to the operational work of trust fund takes a three-pronged approach: (i) support the Bank and other international and bilateral organizations. cutting-edge research by the global academic and research The research results will also feed into the Bank’s com- community on key policy issues related to the creation of prehensive and integrated policy framework for promoting more and better jobs, as well as the reduction of inequality job creation and better labor market outcomes—the MILES and social exclusion; (ii) build capacity of policy-makers and (macroeconomics, investment climate, labor market institu- researchers on, evaluation techniques and good practices in tions, education and skills, and social protection) frame- labor market policy; and (iii) catalyze country-level analysis work. The latter also draws from existing diagnostic tools of local labor market conditions and piloting of promising developed by the Bank, such the growth diagnostics, the approaches. poverty diagnostics, the Doing Business indicators, and the investment climate surveys. H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 81 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS pilot work on a toolkit to analyze linkages between social protection and informality in the Western Balkans; sustain- Job Creation And Economic FY2009 FY2010 able employment in Kosovo, skills development for the infor- Growth (JOBCRT) US$ million US$ million mal sector in Nigeria; analysis of recent labor market trends Cash contributions received 0.6 1 and the informal sector in Uganda; policy-oriented work on during the year Ghana’s informal economy, a case study on raising produc- Disbursements made during 0.4 1 tivity and reducing risks of informal household enterprises the year in Rwanda; country- level analysis of crisis effects on work- ers in Pakistan, Tunisia, and Morocco; the second part of a national panel survey to determine crisis impacts and expo- KEY RESULTS sure to social protection programs in the United Republic The trust fund (JOBCRT) has had impacts in the areas of Tanzania; assessment of the labor market impacts and of research, capacity building, and country-level work. effectiveness of government policy responses in the Kyrgyz Research on “Migration and Labor Market Outcomes in Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan; evaluation of a Sending and ‘Southern’ Receiving Countries” has been major public works program in El Salvador; and analysis implemented. Publications and dissemination events in the of labor force survey data to determine crisis impacts on field, at international conferences, and at the World Bank vulnerable groups in Egypt. A call for proposals has been has been undertaken and all research activities have been released for a new survey instrument to measure the supply closely linked with capacity building activities. Research and demand of technical, cognitive and non-cognitive skills. on “Understanding Labor Market Informality in Developing Case studies are being implemented in 10 MDTF-donor prior- Countries” has also been on the way, with pilot studies in ity countries that will lead to a multi-country report. seven West African countries, in Peru, and Indonesia and research to be finalized by the end of 2011. Dissemination Participating Donors: Austria, Germany, the Republic of and capacity events have been equally linked to the research Korea, Norway, and Switzerland. results and are a key component of the activity. Regarding Sectors & Themes Covered: the work on labor market responses to the crisis, a joint Sectors: JB–Other social services ILO-WB global policy inventory has been developed. Themes: 51–Improving labor markets, 55–Vulnerability Publications of results and assessments of the data are Assessment and Monitoring, and 66–Education for the planned for FY12. Furthermore, the Jobswatch research knowledge economy. has been developing an early-warning monitoring system Geographic Coverage: Global that can be used to anticipate future crises and to forecast deterioration in employment opportunities for workers, as well as a documentation of how the crisis is affecting labor CONTACT market indicators for countries where labor market data is Mr. David Robalino available. Team Leader MDTF In terms of capacity building, the trust fund has suc- Tel: +1 202 473-4875 cessfully completed a multi-year training of trade union E-mail: drobalino@worldbank.org members from country/regional offices on key labor market issues, which included a six-months secondment to the Ms. Friederike Uta Rother Bank; training of stakeholders from pilot countries on labor Manager and Task Team Leader market issues (in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011); joint ILO-WB Tel: +1 202 473-0719 labor market training programs specific to Southeastern E-mail: frother@worldbank.org Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa; several conferences and dissemination events; Mr. David Locke Newhouse smaller monitoring and evaluation clinics in pilot countries. Jobswatch A range of country-level work has been implemented: Tel: +1 202 473-5266 a survey of labor demand and skills in the FYR Macedonia; E-mail: dnewhouse@worldbank.org 82 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 82. Rapid Social Response Program (RSR) BACKGROUND as well as, the scaling up of existing program benefits (IDA- Given the shared need to promote a global response to the eligible countries only); and (iii) knowledge management, social impact of the crises in developing countries, the World including South-South knowledge sharing and transfer. Bank has established a Rapid Social Response Program At present, it supports 34 projects. Of those, 27 are (RSR) as part of the Vulnerability Financing Facility (VFF), country-specific, whereas seven are either global or regional which is its overall crisis response framework. initiatives. The RSR has conducted two rounds of competi- The main objectives of the RSR Program are to safeguard tive task selection during the last 15-months. To-date, eight lives and livelihoods during and after the global crises by recipient-executed, and 23 Bank-executed grants are under promoting social protection measures such as social safety implementation. Many activities are still in the early stage nets and maintenance of access to basic health, nutri- of implementation. Nevertheless, there are already exciting tion, education and other vital services for communities, developments including: especially poor and vulnerable groups. The RSR builds on • the Haiti Household Development Agent (HAD) Pilot lessons learned from the success of safety net programs, designed to test an integrated delivery and accountability particularly in IBRD countries, in protecting the assets and mechanism to improve family health and nutrition livelihoods of vulnerable households. The RSR is the second practices to protect the poorest and help those that have window under the VFF alongside the Global Food Crisis been driven into extreme poverty as a consequence Response Program (GFCRP).18 of the global economic crisis and the devastating earthquake of January 2010. • the Sri Lanka–Strengthening Targeting, Monitoring and FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Evaluation of Safety Nets Technical Assistance designed to strengthen the community based targeting and Rapid Social Response FY2009 FY2010 administration of the country’s national Samurdhi cash Program (RSR) US$ million US$ million transfer program. Cash contributions received — 29 • the Gambia–Rapid Response Nutrition Security during the year Improvement Project to support cost-effective programs Disbursements made during — 0.5 that seek to mitigate the consequences of crises on the year human development outcomes such as the health and nutrition status of children. KEY RESULTS Participating Donors: Norway and the Russian Federation. The RSR was established in December 2009 with contribu- Sectors & Themes Covered: tions from the Russia Federation and Norway. It is designed Sectors: JA–Health, JB–Other social services, BS–Public to support mitigation and preparatory measures in low- Administration–Other social services, EC–Pre-primary educa- income countries (IDA-eligible countries) against systemic tion, and EV–Vocational training. shocks by: Themes: 54–safety nets, 56–other social protection and • Strengthening the protection of the transient poor and risk management, 68–nutrition and food security, 70–other the vulnerable. Human development, and 87–social risk mitigation. • Strengthening the protection of the chronic poor against Geographic Coverage: Global additional negative impact caused by shocks. • Enhancing/improving the existing—or creating a new— country system to allow rapid expansion and better CONTACTS protection of the poor and the vulnerable under crisis. Mr. Hideki Mori Program Manager The RSR addresses market failures by financing: Tel: +1 202 458-5836 (i) technical assistance in IDA-eligible countries only; (ii) the E-mail: HMori@worldbank.org piloting of promising learning and innovation approaches, 18 A program description of GFCRP is presented below in the SDN VPU section H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 83 Ms. Sophie Warlop Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 473-7255 E-mail: swarlop@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/I5RWQ2EJA0 83. Rapid Social Response Catalyst Program (RSRC) BACKGROUND completed to-date providing a functional review of Albania’s Given the shared need to promote a global response to the social protection programs to improve the financial manage- social impact of the crises in developing countries, the World ment aspects for payments, reporting and controls; and sup- Bank has established a Rapid Social Response Program porting the participation of IDA-country participants in the (RSR) as part of the Vulnerability Financing Facility (VFF), South-South learning forum which stimulate cross-country its overall crisis response framework. The RSR leverages the learning on the design and implementation of public works Bank’s own resources through IBRD and IDA, and donor programs as safety net interventions. resources through, inter alia, the RSR Multidonor trust fund Other projects include support to the Government of and the RSR Catalytic (RSRC) trust fund. The objective of Togo to identify the main technical, administrative, insti- the RSRC is to set the stage for the launch and implementa- tutional, targeting issues and key success factors for a new tion of the RSR by supporting, in selected IDA countries: public works intervention using the Liberian experience with diagnosis, analysis, and strategy and guideline development the Cash-for-Work Program. in areas key to promotion of social protection measures In Rwanda, a grant supports the authorities to develop including Social Safety Nets, Labor Market Programs, and better ways to handle the allocation of Vision 2020 Protection of Access to Basic Services such as Nutrition, Umurenge Program funds for cash transfers, public works, Health and Education. and a third financial services sub-program in ways that would treat cash transfers for eligible families as a firm commitment. In the Kyrgyz Republic, the grant supports FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS the Agency for Social Protection in reforming the country’s social safety nets so that the poor and vulnerable house- Rapid Social Response FY2009 FY2010 holds receive faster and easier access to programs mitigating Catalyst Program (RSRC) US$ million US$ million potential negative effects of energy tariff increases. Cash contributions received — 2 during the year Participating Donor: the United Kingdom Disbursements made during — 0.6 Sectors & Themes Covered: the year Sectors: JA–Health, JB–Other social services, BS–Public Administration–Other social services, EC–Pre-primary educa- tion, and EV–Vocational training. KEY RESULTS Themes: 54–safety nets, 56–other social protection and Progress on the activities is monitored monthly with all risk management, 68–nutrition and food security, 70–other activities under the RSRC underway. It is funding 18 coun- Human development, and 87–social risk mitigation. try-level technical assistance and capacity building activities Geographic Coverage: Global aimed at improving the design, effectiveness and sustain- ability of social protection policies and programs focused on supporting crisis responses via safety nets, labor market and CONTACTS employment programs and protecting access to basic social Mr. Hideki Mori services for the poor and vulnerable. The RSRC is also fund- Program Manager ing seven Knowledge Management activities in support of Tel: +1 202 458-5836 cross-country and cross-sectoral learning. Two activities are E-mail: HMori@worldbank.org 84 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Ms. Sophie Warlop Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 473-7255 E-mail: swarlop@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/I5RWQ2EJA0 84. Russian Education Aid for Development (READ) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS The single donor READ Program was established in October The first year of READ implementation focused on firmly 2008 as a partnership between the Government of the establishing the Program at both the global and country Russian Federation and the World Bank to improve educa- levels: the Program’s structure and expert Technical Group tion quality and learning outcomes in low-income countries. were established; the Program was launched in all seven The associated trust fund amounts to US$32 million, to be READ countries; Self-Diagnosis exercises were conducted in executed by the Bank over a five-year period. The develop- each READ country to identify gaps and create Action Plans ment objective of the READ Program is to generate and for READ assistance; and a First READ Global Conference disseminate operational knowledge and services to help brought everyone working on READ together and built fast-track Initiative (FTI) countries strengthen their systems momentum for moving forward. and institutions responsible for evaluating educational qual- For 2010, in its second year, READ work at the global ity, measuring learning outcomes and using these results to level centered on establishing a clear Moving beyond the Self- improve teaching and learning. Diagnosis Reports, now equipped with Action Plans, coun- A core contribution of the READ Program is to ensure tries have begun to march forward in implementing their first capacity to take forward the country’s learning agenda, in set of activities. Specific results include: existing or newly established units or centers within the edu- cation ministries of selected countries (Angola, the Federal At the Global level: Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Kyrgyz Republic, • A Self-Diagnosis (SD) Template to help countries prepare the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Tajikistan, a report on the state of their assessment system and Vietnam, and Zambia) or other national institutions dealing related gaps. with basic education. Continuous involvement of country- • A Self-Diagnosis Synthesis report summarizing READ level experts will further ensure the sustainability of the countries’ SD reports. capacity development impact of the READ Program. In the • The First and Second READ Global Conferences. Program’s vision, the interventions and assessment tools • A Conceptual framework to help countries strengthen and systems introduced and tested under the program could their assessment system. be expanded to scale or for the longer term. • A knowledge base of Case Studies on one dimension of the framework, namely the Enabling Context (Australia (Queensland), Brazil, Chile, The Republic of Korea, New FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Zealand, Russia, and Uganda). • Partnership with other international donors for several Russia Education Aid For FY2009 FY2010 assessment-related events. Development Program (READ) US$ million US$ million • Two READ Council (governing body) meetings, Cash contributions received 5 18 coordination meetings with Russia. during the year • Sponsorship of three conferences. Disbursements made during 0.1 2 • Production of a Video, “When Children Learn, Nations the year Prosper.” At the Country level: • A Self-Diagnosis report prepared by each of the 7 READ countries. H.  HUM AN DEVELOPMENT NET WORK VPU 85 • Workshops around the SD report, allowing for Geographic Coverage: Global stakeholder consultations and consensus. • Action Plans and Funding proposals. • Greater awareness and commitment toward the READ CONTACT: agenda. Ms. Manorama Gotur Program TTL Participating Donor: the Russian Federation Tel: +1 202 473-5054 Sectors & Themes Covered: E-mail: mgotur@worldbank.org Sector: EZ–General Education Website: www.worldbank.org/readtf Themes: 65–Education for all and 66–Education for the Knowledge Economy. 85. Scaling Up Nutrition Program (SUN) BACKGROUND (Nepal, Malawi, Republic of Yemen, Morocco, Benin, Malnutrition impedes economic and human development. In Angola, Zambia, Islamic State of Afghanistan); policy dia- particular, undernourished children have higher mortality, logue and project preparation with national nutrition staff lower cognitive and school performance, and 10–17 percent in Nepal, the Republic of Yemen, Burkina Faso, Liberia, the lower income potential as adults. Improved nutrition can Republic of Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka among therefore be a driver of economic growth. Improving nutri- others; implementation of pilot projects to test innovative tion is a pro-poor strategy, with high potential rate of return approaches to addressing malnutrition including private on associated investments. sector investment in the production of food supplements The SUN Program is financed through contributions in The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; the testing from the Government of Japan and focuses on catalytic of a new community-based system for growth monitoring country-level activities as well as regional and global work, and promotion in Guatemala; building nutrition capacity the overall objectives of the SUN Program initiative are to at country level through technical assistance (The Gambia) expand nutrition interventions in countries where there and innovative training materials for community health exists demand, generate demand in countries where it is workers (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru); and the lacking, build operational capacities, and leverage IDA and completion of analytical work supporting the finalization of other resources for nutrition investments in high malnutri- the global action plan for a new global framework calling tion-burdened countries. Scaling Up Nutrition: A Framework for Action, endorsed by the Bank and more than 100 other agencies, donor partners, universities, and other members of civil society. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donor: Japan FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) US$ million US$ million Sectors: JA–Health Cash contributions received — — Themes: 68–Nutrition and Food during the year Geographic Coverage: Global Disbursements made during — 0.4 the year CONTACT Ms. Meera Shekar KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Lead Health and Nutrition Advisor, HDNHE Key results include: the completion of numerous studies at Tel: +1 202 473-6029 country level supporting the development of country nutri- E-mail: mshekar@worldbank.org tion strategies and plans to scale up nutrition programming Website: None at Present 86 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 86. Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Launched in September 2007, the SIEF supports the Bank Since its creation in 2007, the SIEF has helped shift the efforts to build evidence from operations on “what works” Bank’s role in knowledge generation, by promoting a move to promote human development outcomes. The SIEF throughout the Bank towards the more scientifically valid resources support: (i) prospective, rigorous impact evalu- estimates of the causal effects of development programs ations of programs in 11 eligible human development and on human development outcomes. This has been achieved sustainable development sectors and 72 eligible developing through well-designed impact evaluations that compare countries across all regions; (ii) intensive training programs outcomes for beneficiary groups with a validated compari- for government counterparts, Bank staff, and staff of partner son group (i.e., counterfactual analysis). In FY10, the SIEF’s development agencies in impact evaluation methods; and publications window supported six research papers, one (iii) publication and dissemination of evaluation results impact evaluation training handbook and toolkit, two policy through articles, meta-studies, and Web-based materials. notes, and numerous articles and disseminated results in The current SIEF activities are supporting country-level over 36 presentations in international conferences and other evaluations of programs in seven human development discussion fora. “clusters”: (i) health pay-for-performance; (ii) conditional cash transfers; (iii) active labor market/youth employment Participating Donors: Spain and the United Kingdom. programs; (iv) Malaria control; (v) education accountability Sectors & Themes Covered: reforms; (vi) HIV/AIDS prevention; and (vii) early childhood Sector: JA–Health development. Themes: All themes in Health SIEF is also supporting impact evaluations of innovative Geographic Coverage: Global human development interventions, and delivery of five train- ing workshops in five different regions. CONTACT Ms. Laura Rawlings FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Lead Social Protection Specialist Tel: +1 202 473-1274 Strategic Impact Evaluation FY2009 FY2010 E-mail: lrawlings@worldbank.org Fund (SIEF) US$ million US$ million Website: http://www.worldbank.org/sief Cash contributions received 1 0.7 during the year Disbursements made during 3 4 the year I.  HUMAN RESOURCES VPU 87 I.   HUMAN RESOURCES VPU 87. Donor Funded Staffing Program (DFSP) BACKGROUND number of TORs collected for the FY10 Bank-wide call for The Human Resources Vice Presidency has taken the lead in TORs: 47. responding to the Board’s and Bank management’s request to simplify, increase transparency, and seek harmonization JPO: As of November 30, 2010, 59 JPOs were actively by standardizing several existing commitments with donors, participating in the Program. To date, 166 JPOs have been i.e., the Donor Staffing Programs. As a result, the Externally brought on board. Approximately 47 percent of JPOs have Funded Staffing Program (EFSP) and Junior Professional been retained at the Bank after completing the Program. Program (JPO) were created. TORs collected at 2010 Bank-wide Call for TORs: 83 In 2010, HRSVP moved to further streamline the two Donor Staffing Programs (EFSP and JPO) under one Participating EFSP Donors: Austria, Denmark, Finland, umbrella, the Donor Funded Staffing Program (DFSP), which Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. was put in place during FY11. Its objective is to further con- Participating JPO Donors: Austria, Denmark, Finland, tribute to the achievement of the Bank’s diversity targets and France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, capacity building efforts, through the recruitment of both Kuwait, the Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, and mid-career (level GF and above) and Junior Professional Switzerland. Officers (JPOs, grade level UC) both at headquarters and Sectors & Themes Covered: Not applicable in-country offices. The program continues to allow donors Geographic Coverage: Not applicable and the Bank to leverage their development agendas more strategically. The DFSP (EFSP and JPO together) is the only program across the Bank for which grant funding is tied to CONTACT the nationality of the donor. Ms. Monica Singh Program Coordinator Tel: +1 202 458-4371 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS E-mail: msingh4@worldbank.org Externally Funded Staffing Ms. Julita Main Program (EFSP) Junior Tel: +1 202 473-5063 Professional Officer Program FY2009 FY2010 E-mail: jmain@worldbank.org (JPO) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 16 9 Ms. Rosario Anna Zorrilla during the year Human Resources Analyst Disbursements made during 11 13 Tel: +1 202 473-4218 the year Email: rzorrilla@worldbank.og Ms. Fe Rimando KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Program Assistant EFSP: As of November 30, 2010, EFSP has 29 active partici- Tel: +1 202 473-5292 pants and 45 alumni (including the participants from the Email: frimando@worldbank.org Donor Staffing Program which were amended to EFSP). The Website: http://go.worldbank.org/18FCY4NMV0 J .   I N D E P E N D E N T E VA L U AT I O N G R O U P 89 J.   INDEPENDENT EVALUATION GROUP 88. IEG Evaluation Program (IEGE) BACKGROUND participation in evaluation-related conferences and The IEGE Program shall promote cooperation between the workshops. donor, NORAD, and the Bank’s Independent Evaluation • Support dissemination and outreach activities for Group (IEG) in meeting the following developmental enhancing the development impact of evaluation objectives: activities. • To strengthen evaluation of development work. • Support development of impact evaluation methods and • To provide accountability and learning from experience. data availability. • To foster and better development outcomes. • To improve the capacity of client countries to conduct The Trust Fund helped fund evaluations in the areas evaluations of their own developmental work. of: Social and Environmental Safeguards, Social Safety Nets Impact Evaluation, Social Safety Nets Evaluation, GAC Implementation, Donor Coordination in Africa, Timor FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Leste Country Program Evaluation, and Evaluation of WBG Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). IEG Evaluation Program FY2009 FY2010 It also provided scholarships for developing country (IEGE) US$ million US$ million participants at IPDET. Cash contributions received 0.6 0.4 during the year Participating Donor: Norway Disbursements made during — 0.5 Sectors & Themes Covered: the year Sector: BZ–General Public Sector Administration Themes: 30–Other public sector governance and 90–Managing for development results. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: Global The contributed resources were used to finance evaluation activities in mutual areas of interest as follows: • Support expanded work on individual evaluations, CONTACT including case studies. dissemination workshops, and Ms. Victoria Monchuk other evaluation work that can enrich IEG’s evaluation Economist findings. Tel: +1 202 458-0916 • Support evaluation capacity development, including E-mail: vmonchuk@worldbank.org country capacity diagnostics, training, and client-country Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ieg 90 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 89. Regional Centers for Learning, Evaluation and Results (ECD) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS CLEAR (Regional Centers for Learning on Evaluation and CLEAR’s key results indicators are: Results) is a multiregional initiative, housed in IEG, with • By June 2012 four centers will provide M&E services on the goal to contribute to strengthening M&E and perfor- a regional basis. mance management in countries and their governments. • By June 2014 an external evaluation indicates that the CLEAR will support (1) regional centers (housed in existing centers are performing well against their business plans. academic institutions) to provide in-region capacity develop- • Intermediate Outcome Indicators: Specific, center-level ment and technical assistance services (recipient-executed indicators will be developed by each of the centers based component), and (2) global learning (Bank-executed com- on their plans. ponent) to strengthen practical knowledge-sharing on M&E • As of December 1, 2010, one center in East Asia is and PM across regions through development of courses (that operational, and one center in Africa has been selected. the centers will deliver) and organization of global learning events. CLEAR is a five-year program, started in 2010. Participating Donors: Sweden, the United Kingdom, Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the Philippines, African Development Bank (AfDB), and Tunisia. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: Sector: BZ–General Public Sector Administration Regional Centers For Themes: 30–Other public sector governance; and Learning, Evaluation & FY2009 FY2010 90–Managing for development results Results (ECD) US$ million US$ million Geographic Coverage: Global Cash contributions received — 2 during the year Disbursements made during — 0.08 CONTACT the year Ms. Nidhi Khattri Senior Evaluation Officer Head of CLEAR Secretariat Tel: +1 202 473-5255 E-mail: nkhattri@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/clear/ K .   L AT I N A M E R I C A A N D T H E C A R I B B E A N V P U 91 K.   LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN VPU 90. Alliance of Communicators (COM+) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The COMplus Sustainable Development Communications Alliance Of Communicators FY2009 FY2010 Alliance operational platform started in 2003 as a network of (COM+) US$ million US$ million existing communications organizations to provide a diverse communications platform on sustainable development. Cash contributions received 0.3 0.4 During the past seven years, it has shown remarkable suc- during the year cess through a synergistic approach across partners and the Disbursements made during 0.3 0.4 implementation of three business lines: the year • Multi-stakeholder platforms for dialogue. • Capacity building and knowledge sharing. • High-impact multimedia products. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The value-added of the COMplus platform in a nutshell: COMplus member organizations are drawn from across • Tracks opinion of 5,000 sustainable development the media, communications and sustainable development decision makers. sectors, global advocacy groups, and international organiza- • Reaches 300 million homes around the world through tions, providing a unique range of perspectives on current films, documentaries, and videos. strategic and thematic priorities. • Reaches mainstream and alternative media globally, especially in developing countries. Membership/Partners: BBC World Service Trust, • Trains hundreds of journalists annually and tracks skills Conservation International, Consultative Group on upgrade and use. International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Global • Establishes strategic alliances with legislators, private Environment Facility (GEF), GlobeScan, International sector, civil society and academia to move agendas Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ), Inter Press forward on key sustainable development areas. Service (IPS), International Union for Conservation of Nature • Decodes sustainable development information to fit the (IUCN), One Planet/DevTV, Thomson Reuters Foundation, global public’s daily needs. TVE, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), • Provides a platform for South/South cooperation. the World Bank, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and TVE- Asia Pacific. During 2009–10, COMplus successfully carried out a joint program with the Global Legislators Organisation Associate Partners: GREEN, a UK based communications (GLOBE) that shadowed the G8 and G20 Summit process agency specializing in sustainable development; and NHK through regional summits, COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009, Eco Channel, NHK’s brand new portal website, dedicated to and COP16 in Cancun in 2010, bringing a large group of climate change and sustainable development. NHK, Japan journalists and civil society representatives to these major Broadcasting Corporation is Japan’s sole public broadcaster. events. It also organized a series of on-the-job training pro- grams for more than 200 journalists across the world on key issues related to sustainable development, COP 15/16 and public-private partnerships in times of crisis. 92 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Participating Donors: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the CONTACT United Kingdom. Mr. Sergio Jellinek Sectors & Themes Covered: Tel: +1 202 458-2841 Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing and forestry, E-mail: sjellinek@worldbank.org CB–Media, and LE–Renewable energy. Website: http://www.complusalliance.org Themes: 91–Global food crisis response, 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies and insti- tutions, 85–Water resources management, and 86–Other environment and natural resources. Geographic Coverage: Global 91. Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest (BRF) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Launched in 1992, the Pilot Program to Conserve the FY2009 FY2010 Brazilian Rain Forest (BRF) is a joint initiative of the inter- Brazilian Rain Forest (BRF) US$ million US$ million national community, the Brazilian government and Brazilian civil society to promote innovative ways of conserving the Cash contributions received — — Amazon and the Atlantic Forest. The program is based on during the year international and local partnerships between different tiers Disbursements made during 5 5 of government and civil society to develop solutions that the year combine conservation of Brazil’s rain forest with its sustain- able economic use and the well-being of its population. It is the foremost example of cooperation among countries KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS in pursuit of solutions to an environmental problem with The BRF bet on innovation, social participation and partner- global dimensions. The BRF is managed by the Bank, which ships in support of natural resource management sustainable is also responsible for overall donor coordination and serves alternatives, matching conservation actions, income genera- as liaison with the Brazilian government, and prepares and tion and improved living conditions to local populations. supervises BRF-related projects. The main BRF results during FY10 were: The program’s long-term objectives are to: (i) demon- • Production of the first digital, continuous and official strate the feasibility of harmonizing economic and environ- cartographic base, in 1:100,000 scale of the Amazon. mental objectives in tropical rain forest; (ii) help preserve That is a key tool for policies on territory regulation, the biodiversity of rain forests; (iii) reduce the Brazilian such as ecological-economic zoning. rain forests’ contribution to global carbon emissions; and • Preparation of the Macro-Economic and Ecologic Zoning (iv) provide a concrete example of cooperation between of the Amazon. development and developing countries on global environ- • Strengthening of the Environmental Cadastre System. mental issues. The BRF finances projects under the pilot program and During this period the BRF held a seminar with minis- supports the administrative expenses incurred by the World ters, donors, recipients and beneficiaries, at which results Bank as the BRF administrator and as coordinator of other of all projects were presented, and a fair and exhibit of activities under the program. It also funds pre-investment products from community projects was made. These events work after consultation and in agreement with government helped highlight the achievements of the BRF since its cre- authorities. ation in 1992 among them: • Establishment of a sustainable timber management model, by fostering research and the adoption of forest management techniques and systems, emphasizing timber products exploitation and improvement of monitoring tools and systems in the region. K .   L AT I N A M E R I C A A N D T H E C A R I B B E A N V P U 93 • Strengthening of natural resources management in the • Over 400 publications (guides, manuals, studies) on Amazon flooded forests which house great ecological range of environmental, natural resources management and economic importance, notably the fishery and social issues and targeted to different audiences. production. • Identification and development of initiatives for Participating Donors: Germany, the European Commission, community-based fishery resources management, and the United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, The Netherlands, agreements and rules to access such resources, involving and the United Kingdom. governmental institutions, fishing communities, Sectors & Themes Covered: corporations and volunteer environmental agents. Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry. • Demarcation of over 43 million hectares of Indigenous Themes: 60–Indigenous peoples, 80–Biodiversity, 83–Land Land and support to Indigenous Land Monitoring administration and management, and 86–Other environment Projects; incentives to market-oriented productions; and natural resources management. dissemination of traditional knowledge on indigenous Geographic Coverage: Brazil resources management; recovery of indigenous culture. • Maintenance of the forest cover through the establishment of ecological corridors to enable CONTACT inspection actions, consolidation of existing protected Mr. Garo Batmanian areas and fostering of techniques for natural resources’ Amazon Cluster Coordinator sustainable use in these areas. The Amazon ecological Tel: +55-61-3329-8603 corridor comprises an area of 51 million hectares and E-mail: gbatmanian@worldbank.org the Atlantic Forest corridor accounts for 21.5 million Website: None at present hectares. 92. Haiti Education for All (HEFA) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The Haiti Education for All (HEFA) Multi Donor Trust Fund • 3,000 schools supported in the wake of the earthquake is a financing vehicle for implementing the Government of with financial compensation. Haiti’s priority activities in the education sector. The target • 70,000 children participating in school health and size of the MDTF is approximately US$50 million, with an nutrition program. initial US$22 million committed by the Catalytic Fund of • Technical assistance being provided on early childhood the Education for All Fast-Track Initiative (EFA FTI) global development programs (with UNICEF) and on partnership in September of 2009 (restructured in April 2010, curriculum development (with UNESCO). in light of the earthquake). The fund builds on five years • Results-based, time-bound institutional strengthening of Bank technical assistance to the education sector, and program of the Ministry of Education developed, to be is implemented by the Government and non-public actors financed with trust fund resources. alike, with the Bank serving as trustee. Participating Donor: Education for All Fast-Track Initiative (EFA FTI) Catalytic Fund19 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry. Haiti Education For All FY2009 FY2010 Themes: 60–Indigenous peoples, 80–Biodiversity, 83–Land (HEFA) US$ million US$ million administration and management, and 86–Other environment Cash contributions received — 22- and natural resources management. during the year Geographic Coverage: Haiti Disbursements made during — — the year 19 Donors for the EFAFTI Program are identified under its description provided above in the HDN-VPU section. 94 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Mr. Peter Holland Senior Education Specialist Tel: +1 202 473-8095 E-mail: pholland@worldbank.org Website: None at present 93. Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) The devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti gener- KEY RESULTS ated an enormous outpouring of international support. In the six months since its inception, the HRF has proven to Governments, private entities, non-governmental organiza- be an effective tool for rapid response to fill strategic financ- tions (NGOs), private and public sector creditors, and multi- ing needs. The Steering Committee has, in the span of six lateral agencies around the world have mobilized substantial months, allocated US$88 million for seven projects. volumes of resources to support relief and recovery. Some of these contributors have had the capacity and desire to man- Participating Donors: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, age their own resources on the ground while working with Cyprus, the Republic of Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, the Government of Haiti (GoH). Others prefer to combine the Republic of Latvia, Norway, Oman, Sweden, Spain, their support in a multi-donor effort to help finance the the United States, and the State and Peace Building Fund reconstruction process. (SPBF). In response to a March 2010 request from the GoH, Sectors & Themes Covered: the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the United Sectors: Multi-Sector Nations (UN) and the World Bank, along with contribut- Theme: 52–Natural Disaster Management ing donors, established a multi-donor financial intermedi- Geographic Coverage: Haiti ary fund called the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF). The role of the HRF is to support GoH’s post-earthquake Action Plan for the Recovery and Development of Haiti and related CONTACT initiatives. At GoH’s request, the International Development HRF Secretariat Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group serves as Trustee Mr. Joseph Lloyd Leitmann for the Fund, which finances activities through the IDB, the Program Manager UN and the World Bank as partner entities. Tel.: +1 202 379-5158 Email: jleitmann@worldbank.org FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS World Bank as Trustee Mr. Jonathan Caldicott Haiti Reconstruction Fund FY2009 FY2010 Senior Financial Officer (HRTF) US$ million US$ million Tel: +1 202 458-4868 Cash contributions received — 64 E-mail: jcaldicott@worldbank.org during the year Disbursements made during — — World Bank as Partner Entity the year Mr. Alexandre Abrantes Country Director Tel: +1 202 468-8301 E-mail: aabrantes@worldbank.org Website: http://www.Haitireconstructionfund.Org/Hrf/ K .   L AT I N A M E R I C A A N D T H E C A R I B B E A N V P U 95 94. Spanish Trust Fund for Latin America and Caribbean (SFLAC) BACKGROUND each country, the team worked with samples of individu- The SFLAC provides resources to enhance the impact of als in different settings (e.g., urban, semi-urban, rural) and development activities, both analytical and operational, in among different demographic groups (young, old, men, the Latin America and the Caribbean (LCR) Region. The women) to test the facility with which individuals were able main objective of the Trust Fund is to improve the har- to answer survey questions using cellular phones. This grant monization of policy advice and program design in a set also supported Second Regional Statistical Innovation Award of defined core themes: governance and accountability, Ceremony that took place in Washington, DC in October environmental sustainability, infrastructure, and private sec- 2010, 177 programs from 26 countries participated in the tor development. It helps client countries to build efficient competition. In a group comprised of 16 finalists, programs and accountable public sector institutions, develop stron- from Peru, Brazil and Mexico were the winners at a regional ger infrastructure, implement economic reforms, develop level. a stronger private sector through technical assistance and advisory services, and prepare projects. Activities under Chile—Remote Damage Assessment for Chile Mw 8.8 SFLAC benefit LCR Bank member countries with the excep- Earthquake—The purpose of this grant was to assess the tion of the British Caribbean, Belize, and Guyana. extensive damage through remote sensing using geospatial In July 2009, SFLAC became operational with a first data management and imagery analysis. Assistance was contribution of US$20 million from the Spanish Ministry provided to the government in best practices for activities of Economy and Finance. The sum of US$2 million was and establishing connections with groups and individu- dedicated to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to als that could be of assistance to the government. Per the conduct related activities for technical assistance to firms government’s request, aerial imagery was acquired and and SMEs in Latin America. Within the SFLAC themes of analyzed for the city of Constitución, including the analysis governance and accountability, environmental sustainabil- of advanced light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data from ity, infrastructure and private sector development, the Trust before and after the earthquake, which gives advanced topo- Fund supports three broad types of activities: (i) knowledge graphic information on the city–such as building heights. generation, sharing and dissemination (Bank-Executed On-going technical assistance continues to be provided to Knowledge and Learning Window); (ii) technical assistance the government in these areas. (Project Preparation Window, Bank- and Recipient-Executed TA Windows, and Recipient-Executed Implementation Latin America—Policy Assessment in the OECD— Window); and (iii) IFC related activities (IFC Window). Implications for Latin America—The goal of this grant was to facilitate dissemination and transfer of knowledge on the institutionalization of policy assessment between FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS selected OECD countries and LCR Middle-Income Countries (LCR MIC). The Seminar on ‘Strengthening Policy-Making Spanish Trust Fund For Capacity in Latin America: What can be learned from the Latin America & Caribbean FY2009 FY2010 OECD’ was held in June 2010. The Seminar was directed (SFLAC) US$ million US$ million to high-level policy-makers and practitioners from Mexico, Cash contributions received — 20 Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. during the year Disbursements made during — 1 Dominican Republic—Institutional Strengthening the year of Banco ADOPEM (Asociación Dominicana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer)—This is designed to assist Banco ADOPEM expand financial services to low-income people. A KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS pilot has been started in four branches to promote savings Peru and Two Other LAC Countries—Listening to LAC and term deposits and reduce the funding concentration of (L2L)—The objective of Listening to LAC (L2L) is to estab- Banco ADOPEM. The institution has hired new staff mem- lish a direct link with households throughout the region bers for the savings promoter position, which were trained through mobile phones in order to collect periodic timely by a consulting firm. One outcome of this component is that data. To date, pre-pilot testing was carried out in Peru and the funding concentration of the 20 highest depositors was Nicaragua to determine the viability of the L2L concept. In decreased from 71 percent to 64 percent. In July 2010, Banco 96 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds ADOPEM and IFC formally launched phase II of the advisory governance, 39–Infrastructure services for private sector services project by holding a press conference. development, regulation and competition policy, 41–Small and medium enterprise support, 42–Standards and finan- Participating Donor: Spain cial reporting, 43–State enterprise/bank restructuring and Sectors & Themes Covered: privatization, 44–Other financial and private sector devel- Sectors: BC–Central government, BG–Law, and opment, 45–Export development and competitiveness, Justice, BH–Sub-national government administration, 46–International financial architecture, 47–Regional integra- BZ–General public administration, BM–Public admin- tion, 48–Technology diffusion, 49–Trade facilitation and istration–Information and communications, BO–Public market access, 50–Other trade and integration, 52–Natural Administration–Finance, BT–Public administration– disaster management, 71–Access to urban services and Industry and trade, BU–Public administration–Energy housing, 72–Municipal finance, 73–Municipal governance and Mining, BV–Public administration transportation, and institution building, 74–Other urban development, BW–Public administration–Water, sanitation and flood 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental poli- protection, CA–Information technology, CB–Media, cies and institutions, 83–Land administration and manage- CT–Telecommunications, CZ–General information and com- ment, 84–Pollution management and environmental health, munications, FA–Banking, FK–Capital Markets, FC–Housing 85–Water resources management, and 86–Other environ- finance and real estate markets, FE–Micro and SME finance, ment and natural resources. FZ–General Finance; YC–Housing construction, YY–Other Geographic Coverage: Latin America and Caribbean domestic and international trade, YZ–General industry and Region with the exception of the British Caribbean, Belize, trade; LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, and Guyana. LB–Mining and other extractive, LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy; TV–Aviation, TP–Ports, waterways, and shipping, TW–Railways, CONTACT TA–Roads and highways, TZ–General transportation, Mr. Denis Robitaille WD–Flood protection, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, Manager (LCSDE) and SFLAC Program Manager WB–Solid waste management, WC–Water supply, and Tel: +1 202 458-4740 WZ–General water, sanitation, and flood protection. E-mail: Drobitaille@worldbank.org Themes: 20–Analysis of economic growth, 21–Debt man- agement and fiscal sustainability, 22–Economic statistics, Ms. Nicolette Bowyer-Walker modeling and forecasting, 23–Macroeconomic management, Trust Fund Coordinator (LCSDE) and SFLAC Window 24–Other economic management, 26–Decentralization, Manager 27–Public expenditure, financial management and procure- Tel: +1 202 473-8724 ment, 28–Tax policy and administration, 29–Other account- E-mail: Nbowyer@worldbank.org ability/anti-corruption, 30–Other public sector governance, Website: None at present 90–Managing for development results, 38–Corporate L.  LEGAL VPU 97 L.   LEGAL VPU 95. East-Asia and Pacific Justice for the Poor Initiative (EAP-J4P) BACKGROUND access to justice strategy, assisting the Government The EAP-J4P Initiative is supported by the AusAID EAP-J4P of Timor-Leste to design and incorporate community trust fund, which commenced disbursements in June 2009. complaints handling mechanisms into local development It has allowed the Bank to scale-up work on legal empower- programming, advising the Solomon Islands Government ment and access to justice by incorporating new country- on its “Justice Delivered Locally” strategy, advising the specific analysis and operational activities and undertaking Governments of Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands on regional work across four themes (legal pluralism; land community and public land governance (respectively). and natural resource governance; gender; and development • Development partner thinking and practice: influencing effectiveness). the design of World Bank country partnership strategies, The Initiative’s development objective is “to influence contributing to the development of thinking on issues advances in the theory and practice of development to of law, justice and equity in the World Development promote equity and improved conflict management in con- Reports 2011 and 2012, advising on flagship reports by texts where legal pluralism presents a central development development partners such as UNIFEM’s 2010 report on challenge.” It supports work in four main areas: (i) intensive women’s access to justice. qualitative and quantitative research to better understand • Publications and dissemination: publishing a wide issues of rights, equity and conflict and to inform policy and range of briefing and policy notes, research reports, operational dialogues; (ii) enhancement of capabilities in cli- working papers, book chapters and edited volumes, and ent countries to conduct policy research and evidence-based disseminating the program’s results in local, regional and policy reform; (iii) implementation of pro-poor justice initia- global fora. tives, including technical assistance and project components, and evaluation of their impact; and (iv) contribution to the Participating Donor: Australia global dialogue on pro-poor justice issues. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: BG–Law and Justice, BH–Sub-national govern- ment administration, BS–Public Administration–Other social FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS services, and LB–Mining and other extractive. Themes: 31–Access to law and justice, 32–Judicial and EAP Justice For The Poor FY2009 FY2010 other dispute resolution mechanisms, 33–Law Reform, Initiative 2008 (EAPJ4P) US$ million US$ million 34–Legal institutions for a market economy, 35–Legal Cash contributions received 2 4 services, 36–Personal and property rights, 54–Social safety during the year nets, 57–Participation and civic engagement, 58–Conflict Disbursements made during 0.06 2 prevention and post-conflict reconstruction, 59–Gender, the year 60–Indigenous peoples, 61–Social analysis and monitoring, 62–Other social development, and 83–Land administration and management. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: East-Asia and Pacific (Indonesia, Key EAP-J4P results include: Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Papua • Client country operations: supporting the Government New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu). of Indonesia to develop and implement its national 98 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Mr. Nicholas Menzies Justice Reform Specialist, Justice Reform Practice Group, Legal Vice-Presidency (LEGJR) Tel: +1 202 458-4176 E-mail: nmenzies@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/justiceforthepoor/ M.  MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VPU 99 M.   MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VPU 96. Multidonor Trust Fund for Addressing Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MNACC) BACKGROUND twelve of the countries in the Region and participants from The MNACC was established in December 2008 with contri- relevant international organizations, such as UN agencies, butions from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ICARDA, etc. European Commission with the objective to strengthen— An invitation to submit grant proposals to perform through a framework of regional cooperation—the capacity analytical work or technical assistance was announced of MENA countries to make more resilient to climate change in October 2009, and five proposals totaling more than their progress in development. The MDACC is organized US$1.3 million were approved by the two donors for funding into three components: (i) adaptation; (ii) mitigation; and under the program. (iii) dissemination and outreach. Participating Donors: Italy and the European Commission. Sectors & Themes Covered: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing & forestry, TZ–General transport, LE–Renewable energy, WZ–General Multidonor Trust Fund for water, sanitation, and flood protection. Addressing Climate Change Themes: 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies in the Middle East and North FY2009 FY2010 & institutions, 52–Natural disaster management, 62–Other Africa Region (MNACC) US$ million US$ million social development, and 85–Water resources management. Cash contributions received 1 — Geographic Coverage: Middle East and North Africa during the year Region. Disbursements made during 0.08 0.09 the year CONTACT Mr. Luis F. Constantino KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Sector Manager A conference to launch the program, and to discuss with Tel: + 1 202 458-7430 MENA countries the work program for the first year, was E-mail: lconstantino@worldbank.org held in Rome, in May 2009. This event was hosted by the Website: http://go.worldbank.org/JIFWOZHZL0 Government of Italy, and attended by delegations from 97. Emergency Services Support Program (ESSP) BACKGROUND Palestinian Authority to meet its budget requirements, by The objective of the ESSP is to mitigate the deterioration providing financing for non-salary operating expenditures in of basic services, brought about by the inability of the key social and service delivery sectors (health, education, 10 0 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds social assistance, water and sanitation, and electricity). The particular the poor and most vulnerable as they are particu- Project became effective in September 2006 and is expected larly dependent on public education and health systems. to close in June 2011. It likewise directly addressed the needs of individuals who often are most at risk, such as abandoned children and youth, the unskilled, the elderly, and refugees from precari- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ous family situations. In this, the ESSP has already garnered much appreciation among the population. Among other tan- Emergency Services Support FY2009 FY2010 gible outcomes that are beneficial to the broader economy, Project (ESSP) US$ million US$ million it continues to create an enabling environment that draws Cash contributions received 7 — in donor resources and helps focus those resources on areas during the year that are essential for maintaining the social networks and Disbursements made during 13 10 civil society. At the same time, serving as a catalyst for other the year donor funds, it becomes an important instrument for the PA to channel such funds quickly for the social services to meet emergency needs. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The ESSP has been one of the most successful funding Participating Donors: Austria, Australia, Belgium, mechanisms in channeling emergency funds under very Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the critical circumstances. The budgetary support provided by United Kingdom, and the European Commission. the ESSP sustained essential services in the key sectors of Sectors & Themes Covered: education, health and social welfare. Despite tremendous Sectors: SP–Social Protection and JB–Other social services. infrastructure damage and parents’ inability to pay school Themes: 54–Social Safety Nets and 56–Other social protec- fees for their children, the education sector was able to sus- tion and risk management. tain, to a large extent, its performance at the pre-crisis level Geographic Coverage: West Bank and Gaza. due to project support for operating- and education mate- rial costs. The same student/teacher ratio was maintained throughout the crisis, and net enrollment did not drop. In CONTACT health, the ESSP financed the procurement of essential drugs Ms. Samira Ahmed Hillis and operating costs, enabling health centers and hospitals Sr. Operations Officer to provide regular and emergency services. Through the Tel: +972 8 2833301 ESSP funding, the Ministry of Social Affairs managed to E-mail: shillis@worldbank.org keep its juvenile, rehabilitation and youth training centers operational. Ms. Eileen Murray The ESSP’s outputs were thus of significant importance Lead Operations Officer to the social welfare of the Palestinian people. In line with Tel: +972 2 236 6534 its primary objective, the project helped maintain a network E-mail: emurray@worldbank.org of public social services available to all Palestinians and in Website: None at present 98. Iraq Reconstruction Trust Fund (IRTF) BACKGROUND avoid duplication. The IRFFI’s structure also promotes The International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq close cooperation by including a joint donor committee. (IRFFI), which was endorsed at the Madrid Conference Seventeen donors have contributed US$494.4 million to the in October 2003 encompasses two trust funds: the World ITRF, which finances reconstruction and capacity-building Bank’s Iraq Trust Reconstruction Fund (IRTF) and the Iraq programs that focus on helping the government of Iraq Trust Fund (ITF) administered by UNDP. The IRFFI struc- strengthen its institutional capacity to deliver services, use ture was designed to ensure that activities support Iraq’s its resources in an efficient and transparent manner, and priority program, complement other donor programs, and implement key reforms. The ITRF’s grants finance projects in M.  MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VPU 101 education, electricity, environmental management, finance, trained in advanced trauma life support, and 22 doctors in health, private sector development, public administration, emergency preparedness and response. The IRTF supported rural development, and water & sanitation. the construction of five rehabilitation centers, and the train- ing of 15 rehabilitation center managers, 66 physiotherapists, 16 physicians, and 35 prosthesis and orthosis technicians. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Other completed or ongoing activities supported by the ITF include: the rehabilitation of 22 labor-intensive rural Iraq Reconstruction Trust FY2009 FY2010 water supply systems, creation of about 172,000 days of Fund (IRTF) US$ million US$ million employment, improvement of approximately 88,000 hect- Cash contributions received — — ares of irrigated areas, benefiting about 150,000 farmers; during the year installation of a high capacity telecommunications network Disbursements made during 107 92 to improve the communications infrastructure and help the year foster the development of the private and financial sectors; preparation of the Budget Strategy for 2011 and efforts to improve budget execution; improved management of Iraq’s KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS environmental resources; and technical assistance toward The IRTF supported the completion of the first nationwide strengthening capacity of Iraqi agencies to develop, manage, household income and expenditure survey since 1998, and monitor pension and social safety net reform programs. covering 18,000 households. The tabulation report was released in January 2009. The data enabled the authori- Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, European ties to understand the causes and nature of poverty, and to Commission, Finland, Iceland, India, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, establish a poverty line. The fund enabled 88 workshops to Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the be conducted for more than 2,000 Iraqi officials to provide United Kingdom, and the United States. essential project implementation tools and upgrade skills Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. in economic management, public sector management Geographic Coverage: Iraq and social safety nets. The fund financed the printing and distribution of more than 82 million textbooks, averaging approximately 11 textbooks per pupil, and benefiting six mil- CONTACT lion students. It permitted the rehabilitation of 133 schools Mr. Ousman Jah and the construction of about 80 new schools, benefitting Program Manager about 50,000 students. In addition, nine hospital emergency Tel: +1 202 473-5879 units were rehabilitated, essential equipment and drugs E-mail: ojah@worldbank.org supplied to 12 emergency units, 48 doctors and 60 nurses Website: http://www.irffi.org/ 99. West Bank and Gaza–IBRD Funded Trust Fund Program (WBGBK) BACKGROUND Reform and Development Plan (PRDP).20 Its overarching The Trust Fund for Gaza and West Bank (TFGWB) was objective is WB&G’s economic recovery. The TFGWB is established in 1993 with a US$50 million grant from the organized around four pillars: (i) to improve governance and World Bank to enable the Bank to finance projects in West support fiscal reform; (ii) to support human development Bank and Gaza (WB&G). Since WB&G is not a sovereign in health, education, and social safety nets; (iii) to support state, it cannot apply for membership to the IMF or the economic and private sector development; and (iv) to sup- World Bank Group, and thus is not eligible for the sources of port public infrastructure development. The TFGWB will financing available to member countries. Under the Bank’s current WB&G interim strategy, it is 20 Presented at the Paris donors’ Conference in December 2007, the PA’s supporting the Palestinian Authority’s three-year Palestinian PRDP 2008–2010 represents both a WB&G –owned plan for assigning resources to reform and other priorities, and a tripartite (the PA, Israel and the donor community) action plan for rehabilitating WB&G’s economy. 10 2 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds continue emphasizing policy reform and institutional devel- Bank resources to support the reform of the Palestinian opment in all four areas, using its resources and those of fiscal policy and public financial management. The DPG the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and has also contributed to leverage important donor resources of IFC. The TFGWB has been replenished by the Board nine through the Palestinian Reform Development Plan Trust times for a total allocation of US$685 million, most recently Fund (PRDP-TF)21 which is based on the same reform matrix in August 2010, when US$55 million was allocated. (US$190 million in FY10). Participating Donor: the World Bank FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: West Bank and Gaza West Bank & Gaza-IBRD Funded Trust Fund Program FY2009 FY2010 (WBGBK) US$ million US$ million CONTACT Cash contributions received — 55 Ms. Elena Kastlerova during the year Country Program Coordinator Disbursements made during 29 69 West Bank and Gaza the year Tel: +1 202 473-5563 E-mail: ekastlerova@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Fabrizio Zarcone Since its inception in 1993, the TFGWB has managed Sr. Country Officer projects to face both the short-term emergency situations West Bank and Gaza and the long-term construction of the WB&G institutions. Tel: +1 202 473-2338 Total commitments are US$1.2 billion, of which more than E-mail: fzarcone@worldbank.org US$200 million represent commitments in active projects. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ps The Development Policy Grants (DPGs) are the portfolio flagship projects. They have used a significant share of the 21 Program description of PRDP-TF is given immediately below. 100. Palestinian Reform Development Plan Trust Fund for West Bank and Gaza (PRDP-TF) BACKGROUND progressive strengthening of public finance management, The PRDP-TF was established by the World Bank at the while maintaining an acceptable level of social expenditures request of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and several donors and social protection. Key reform measures and targets which wanted to create an independently supervised mecha- are updated at the beginning of each new budget year, in nism for channeling budget support funds to West Bank consultation with the Bank and the International Monetary and Gaza (WB&G). A trust fund legal agreement was signed Fund. between the PA and the World Bank in April 2008. Since then, the PRDP-TF has disbursed US$540 million, although it was initially planned to disburse just US$108 million. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The Bank closely monitors the implementation of the Palestinian Reform policy agenda. In line with the Paris Declaration on Aid Development Plan—Trust Effectiveness, the PRDP-TF disburses untied, non-earmarked Fund (PRDF-TF) For West FY2009 FY2010 donor funds to the PA’s Central Treasury Account. Release Bank And Gaza US$ million US$ million of funds is based on satisfactory implementation of reforms identified in the PRDP 2008–2010 related to the goals of Cash contributions received 202 190 strengthening the PA’s fiscal position and improving public during the year financial management. Key policy reforms include expendi- Disbursements made during 189 202 ture containment (particularly wages and net lending) and the year M.  MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VPU 103 KEY RESULT/ACHIEVEMENTS Sectors & Themes Covered: The PRDP-TF has channeled donor resources beyond the Sectors: All sectors Bank’s and the client’s expectations, contributing substan- Theme: 21–Debt management and fiscal sustainability tially to the reform process in the West Bank and Gaza. It is Geographic Coverage: West Bank and Gaza an instrument that ensures transparency and clarity in the PA’s budget support process and its flow of funds is a dem- onstration of the excellent relations among the Bank, a cli- CONTACT ent, and the donor community. In October 2010, the donors Mr. Fabrizio Zarcone met with the Bank for the quarterly review of the PRDP TF. Sr. Country Officer for WBGaza The United Kingdom and Norway reported very positive Tel: +1 202 473-2338 findings based on their internal reviews and stated that they E-mail: fzarcone@worldbank.org consider PRDP-TF a best practice example among budget support activities to the PA. Donors are now considering an Ms. Elena Kastlerova extension of this trust fund for an additional three years. Country Program Coordinator—WBGaza Tel: +1 202 473-5563 Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, E-mail: ekastlerova@worldbank.org Kuwait, Norway, the Republic of Poland, and the United Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ps Kingdom. 101. Lebanon Trust Fund (LTF) BACKGROUND Implementation Support Project, to maintain the momentum In order to respond to the unforeseen circumstances fol- for social sector reform. lowing the Summer 2006 hostilities with Israel, and to assist Lebanon at a time of great need, the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the establishment of the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Lebanon Trust Fund (LTF) in September 2006, with a trans- FY2009 FY2010 fer of US$70 million from the Bank’s earnings surplus. The Lebanon Trust Fund (LTF) US$ million US$ million rehabilitation of damaged infrastructure, the provision of support to groups affected by the hostilities, and the jump- Cash contributions received — — starting economic activities were identified as priority areas during the year of distinct Bank comparative advantage that the LTF would Disbursements made during 10 10 fund. With the presentation of the Lebanese Government’s the year comprehensive reform and recovery plan at the Paris III Donor Conference held in January 2007, early reform imple- mentation has also become focus of the LTF funds. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Ongoing LTF assistance is targeting municipal and water • Physical reconstruction of the Municipalities affected infrastructure rehabilitation and supporting reform imple- by the 2006 hostilities is nearly complete and reliable mentation in the energy and social sectors. In addition, water supply has been restored in the Bekaa region. LTF financing is also being used by IFC to scale up its Risk A Municipal Finance Study is underway to review the Sharing Facility to Lebanese banks by providing a first loss Independent Municipal Fund’s operating modalities and grant and by providing technical assistance to expand the performance, identify measures to increase the Property coverage of Kafalat, the Lebanese small and medium enter- Tax productivity and assess the municipalities’ financial prise guarantee agency. The remaining funds are financing capacity. the Emergency Fiscal Management Reform Implementation • LTF assistance has proven effective in building the Support Project, to help strengthen public expenditure, capacity of the Ministry of Energy and Water, Electricité debt, and financial management capacity at the Ministry du Liban (EdL), and the Government’s inter-ministerial of Finance, and the Second Emergency Social Protection committee to accelerate the implementation of crucial 10 4 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds reforms and restructuring of EdL. A major outcome is Participating Donor: the World Bank the recent adoption by the Government of the Policy Sectors & Themes Covered: Paper for the reform of the electricity sector, in order Sectors: BO–Public Administration–Finance, BS–Public to reduce the burden that this sector places on public Administration–Other social services, BU–Public finances. Administration–Energy and mining, FE–Micro and • The LTF has supported the Government in the SME finance, TA–Roads and highways, WA–Sanitation, implementation of the package of reforms presented WS–Sewerage, WC–Water supply, WZ–General water, sanita- at the Paris III Donor Conference in the areas of social tion, and flood protection. insurance, safety nets and health expenditures. Other Themes: 27–Public expenditure, financial management, achievements include developing an admissions/ and procurement, 30–Other public sector governance, authorization system and a beneficiary database, 41–Small and medium enterprise support, 54–Social safety reducing per capita health spending and accreditation nets, 58–conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruc- of hospitals. The grant is also finalizing preparation of tion, 61–Social analysis and monitoring, 71–Access to urban the next household budget survey to enable a better services and housing. targeting of government social spending. Geographic Coverage: Lebanon • In the area of Fiscal Management Reform, progress in budget execution has been made especially on commitment control, expenditure verification and CONTACT cash management. An Action Plan to improve budget Mr. Stefano Mocci execution has been approved by the Ministry of Finance Senior Country Officer and implementation is underway with substantive Tel: +961 1 987-800 results expected by 2012. E-mail: smocci@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/lb N .   O P E R AT I O N A L P O L I C Y A N D C O U N T R Y S E R V I C E S V P U 105 N.   OPERATIONAL POLICY AND COUNTRY SERVICES VPU 102. Fragility and Conflict Partnership: UN-WB (FCP) BACKGROUND funded in the first round. Teams from other countries may In order to deepen cooperation between the World Bank’s also be encouraged to apply in subsequent rounds. and United Nations (UN) agencies’ funds and programs and Secretariat entities, and to foster closer mutual collaboration in the field, the Swiss Government initiated the FCP in 2010 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS with a contribution of US$3 million for a three-year period. As donor funding for the FCP was received in May 2010, no In addition to financing a staff exchange and smaller activi- results of grants made during FY10 are yet reportable. ties on a programmatic basis, the Partnership will conduct activities to support joint proposals by UN and Bank staff. Participating Donor: Switzerland These activities must support the FCP objectives, which are Sectors & Themes Covered: No sector/themes specific to: (i) exploit potential opportunities for joint initiatives and Geographic Coverage: Global approaches in key countries; (ii) strengthen capacity in both institutions to work effectively in partnership in fragile and conflict-affected situations; and (iii) collect good cooperation CONTACT practices emerging in the field. Ms. Anne Tully At the field level, four countries have been selected to Senior Operations Officer pilot this initiative. These are: Central African Republic, Tel: +1 202 473-1695 Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Liberia. E-mail: atully@worldbank.org These countries will have priority among activities to be Website: None at present 103. Korea Trust Fund to Support Transitions (KST) BACKGROUND with the Bank’s overall support to fragile and conflict- The Korea Trust Fund to Support Transitions for Economic affected countries, including the multidonor State and Peace and Peace-building (KST) was established in October 2009 Building Fund (SPBF),22 a multi—donor trust fund with through an agreement between the Korean Ministry of similar objectives, allowing for the sharing of knowledge Strategy and Finance and the World Bank. and administrative structures. In agreement with the donor, The two main objectives of the KST are: (i) to support about 20 percent of the KST funding may be made avail- measures to improve governance and institutional perfor- able to countries within regions outside of the East Asia and mance in East Asian countries and Pacific Islands, and other Region. member countries emerging from, or are at risk of sliding The donor committed and transferred the full amount into crisis or arrears; and (ii) to support the reconstruction of the KST initial funding of about US$5.5 million in and development of East Asia and Pacific Islands and other December 2009, and in December 2010, added an additional member countries, which are prone to, currently in, or emerging from conflict. These KST objectives are consistent 22 Program description of SPF is included below in this section. 10 6 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds US$10.6 million. The KST is managed by the Fragile and review to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Korea Conflict Affected States Group of the Operational Policy and for approval, however this project was rejected. Two further Country Services Group (OPCS) which also manages the projects from the EAP region and two from the Africa region SPF. have been submitted for review and a decision is pending. Participating Donor: The Republic of Korea FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: East Asia and Pacific Region, Global Korea Trust Fund To Support FY2009 FY2010 Transitions (KST) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received — 6 CONTACT during the year Ms. Roisin De Burca Disbursements made during — — Senior Operations Officer the year Tel: +1 202 458-4007 E-mail: rdeburca@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/5UM7K0PUD0 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The Korean TF has not funded any projects to date. Only one project from the EAP region was received and submitted for 104. Low Income Countries Under Stress Initiative (LICUS) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The World Bank launched the Low Income Countries Under Low Income Countries Under FY2009 FY2010 Stress (LICUS) Initiative in July 2002 to support countries Stress (LICUS) US$ million US$ million with weak policies and institutional capacity. In January 2004, the associated trust fund was approved by the Board Cash contributions received — — of Executive Directors through a transfer of US$25 million during the year from surplus Bank income. The trust fund was replenished Disbursements made during 15 12 in 2006 with another US$25 million, and again, in 2007 with the year a further US$30 million. Meanwhile, the Governments of Denmark and Norway decided to make significant contribu- tions as well. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The three main objectives of the LICUS Trust Fund are Since its establishment in 2004 the LICUS Initiative has to: (i) support the implementation of early policy and insti- successfully funded a total of 98 projects in 15 countries tutional reforms to improve performance, and facilitate reen- for US$94 million. Seven projects currently remain active, gagement with the international community; (ii) develop with the closing of 10 projects in December 2010, and the resilient systems for social service delivery, including HIV/ remaining ones scheduled to close by June 2011. The LICUS AIDS programs, that can continue to operate effectively, and Initiative will be officially concluded in December 2011. mobilize multi-donor support even during political instabil- ity; (iii) develop harmonized multi-donor approaches that Participating Donors: the World Bank, Norway, and combine scarce resources behind a selective strategy for Denmark. reform; and (iv) promote the delivery of visible results in Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. support of peace-building efforts. The LICUS Initiative has Geographic Coverage: Global been particularly important for countries in nonaccrual, which do not have access to other sources of Bank funds to sustain engagement. N .   O P E R AT I O N A L P O L I C Y A N D C O U N T R Y S E R V I C E S V P U 107 CONTACT Ms. Roisin De Burca Senior Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 458-4007 E-mail: rdeburca@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/5UM7K0PUD0 105. Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) BACKGROUND Policy and Country Services (OPCS), the NTF Vice-president The recently launched Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) is intended level Steering Committee providing overall direction and to help the World Bank develop an informed view on how guidance and the Director level Advisory Committee human rights relate to the Bank’s core mission of promoting providing guidance on the scope and content of activities; economic growth and poverty reduction, by identifying ways (ii) Delivery of 18 training and capacity building activi- to systematize and improve involvement in human rights ties through the NTF Knowledge and Partnership (K&P) related areas in the overall context of its analytical activi- program, 15 of which with international partners at global, ties and operations. It is primarily a Bank focused “learning regional and national level, reaching some 200 Bank staff, by doing” initiative based on pilot activities, learning and the establishment of an NTF website and of a NTF Bank partnership events, but it can also include select in-country staff network; and (iii) Launch of an NTF grant program and activities provided there is express interest from the respec- identification and approval of 27 pilot activities implemented tive government. by task teams across the World Bank Group to explore how human rights can improve existing and planned activities through applied research and studies, knowledge and learn- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ing events and partnerships. FY2009 FY2010 Participating Donors: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Nordic Trust Fund (NTF) US$ million US$ million and Sweden Cash contributions received 5 4 Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. during the year Geographic Coverage: Global Disbursements made during — 0.2 the year CONTACT Mr. Anders Zeijlon KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Coordinator Achievements to date include: (i) Establishment of the NTF Tel: +1 202 473-3354 management and governance structure including a fully E-mail: azeijlon@worldbank.org staffed program Secretariat in the World Bank’s Operations Website: http://ww.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund 106. Partnerships and Knowledge Work in Fragile States (PKNOW-) BACKGROUND work on effective approaches to working in FCS in coopera- The PKNOW- is financed by Australia, Canada, Norway, tion with internal and external partners. Initially, activities and the United Kingdom. It was established in 2006 with were organized under four main themes: state-building, US$1.29 million to provide a vehicle for joint knowledge 10 8 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds peace-building, international partnership, and institutional KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS responsiveness. PKNOW- has enhanced knowledge on selected topics on However, fragility and conflict is an evolving area of fragility and conflict. Outputs include: (i) customs admin- work. Our understanding of the drivers of conflict and istration in fragile states; (ii) robust economic governance fragility, and what constitutes effective intervention, is approaches; (iii) health service delivery in low-income rapidly changing. With this in mind, the PKNOW- expanded countries--Afghanistan country case study; (iv) natural its scope to include themes emerging out of international resource management and conflict prevention; (v) displace- academic research, the work being conducted at the ment and development in the Middle East; (vi) challenges in OECD-DAC’s INCAF network, the 2011 World Bank World implementing CDD projects in post-conflict countries: inno- Development Report, as well as the Bank-sponsored series of vative practices from Afghanistan; (vii) budget support to Headline Seminars on fragility and conflict, which took place fragile states, with the African Development Bank, European during 2008–2010 and covered the following topics: transi- Commission and International Monetary Fund; (viii) capac- tions from conflict to peace, responding to deterioration, rule ity development challenges in FCS; and (ix) effective trans- of law, regional and global dimensions of conflict and peace- port sector initiatives in conflict and recovery settings. building, promotion of inclusive growth, and employment in fragile situations. Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: Global Partnerships And Knowledge Work In Fragile States FY2009 FY2010 CONTACT (PKNOW) US$ million US$ million Mr. Nicola Pontara Cash contributions received 0.04 0.5 Senior Economist, OPCFC during the year Tel: +1 202 458-0400 Disbursements made during 0.2 0.2 E-Mail: npontara@worldbank.org the year Website: None at present 107. Post- Conflict Fund (PCF) BACKGROUND with early and flexible engagement; (ii) innovate and pilot A Framework for World Bank Involvement in Post-Conflict new approaches; (iii) improve knowledge; (iv) enhance Reconstruction, endorsed by the Bank’s Board of Executive partnerships and cofinancing; and (iv) reduce the impact of Directors in May 1997, laid the foundation for the estab- conflict and prevent recurrence. lishment of the Post-Conflict Fund (PCF) to enhance the Typically, the PCF finances sub-grants in areas such Bank’s ability to support innovative activities in conflict- as restoration of livelihoods and access to basic services, affected countries and countries in transition from conflict to including, reconstruction of social infrastructure, capac- sustainable peace and development.23 The PCF was initially ity and institution building, and addressing the needs of funded mainly by the Development Grant Facility, at about vulnerable groups, especially women and widows, youth, US$8 million annually, but it also received early contribu- and vulnerable children. In parallel to grant implementation, tions from donors, including Belgium, the Netherlands, knowledge management activities coordinated by the PCF and Switzerland, as well as from UNDP and the UN High Secretariat sought to capitalize on the innovative operational Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The objectives of potential of these grants. The PCF is scheduled to close in the PCF were to reinforce the Bank’s capacity to (i) provide December 2011. timely and strategic responses to reconstruction situations, 23 A Framework for World Bank Involvement in Post-Conflict Reconstruction (R97-411), April 28, 1997 N .   O P E R AT I O N A L P O L I C Y A N D C O U N T R Y S E R V I C E S V P U 109 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donors: Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, UN-United Nations High Commissioner for FY2009 FY2010 Refugees (UNHCR), UN United Nations Development Post-Conflict Fund (PCF) US$ million US$ million Program (UNDP), Norway, Brazil, Canada, and the World Cash contributions received — — Bank. during the year Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Disbursements made during 7 6 Geographic Coverage: Global the year CONTACT KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Ms. Roisin De Burca The PCF has funded 224 projects in about 50 countries Senior Operations Officer for a total amount of US$110 million. Five were closed in Tel: +1 202 458-4007 December 2010, and the remaining eight will be closed by E-mail: rdeburca@worldbank.org end-June 2011. Website: http://go.worldbank.org/5UM7K0PUD0 108. State and Peace Building Fund (SPBF) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The SPBF was created in 2008 to consolidate and advance State And Peace Building FY2009 FY2010 the Bank’s strategic approach to conflict and fragility. The Fund (SPBF) US$ million US$ million SPBF operates at the intersection of development, conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction, and peace-building, Cash contributions received 52 35 within the Bank’s legal and policy framework. The overarch- during the year ing objective of the SPBF is to address the needs of state and Disbursements made during 1 6 local governance and peace-building in fragile and conflict- the year affected situations. The Fund strives to capture and dissemi- nate the lessons of its activities in order to promote a better understanding of the dynamics of fragility and conflict issues KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS as well as effective strategic and operational approaches to The SPBF has become an increasingly important financing engagement in fragile and conflict situations. source and strategic instrument through which the Bank The SPBF promotes cross-cutting, innovative approaches provides support to Fragile and Conflict States. It is currently to the challenges of conflict and fragility. SPF projects that supporting 36 innovative approaches in 20 fragile, conflict- confront gender-based violence, for example recognize that prone, and conflict-affected countries, by addressing issues prevention of such violence touches on issues of health, rule such as improved governance, institutional performance, of law, economic opportunity, and cultural attitudes and reconstruction, and development. they work toward sustainable, holistic solutions that address The Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Unit (OPCFC) of the issue on all fronts. The SPBF started with a contribution the Bank reviewed the SPBF portfolio to strengthen imple- of US$100 million over three fiscal years (FY09–FY11) from mentation of activities in the context of the Bank’s fragile the Bank. states agenda. The first phase of this work, completed in February 2010, identified internal and external factors contributing to delays in project implementation. A sec- ond phase was initiated in April 2010 to help project teams address the various factors affecting implementation that were signaled in the first phase. 110 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds A recent internal review by the SPBF Secretariat has Participating Donors: the World Bank, the Netherlands, refocused Fund’s strategic outlook moving forward. In FY11, Norway, Australia, Denmark, and Sweden. the Fund aims to collaborate closely with Bank project teams Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. and country management units in order to sharpen the Geographic Coverage: Global application pool. It is intended to establish a new biannual call for the submission of concept notes—a streamlined pro- cess that will consolidate administrative procedures, hasten CONTACT project implementation, and allow the Secretariat to build Ms. Roisin De Burca a mutually reinforcing portfolio. To ensure that the SPBF Title: Senior Operations Officer maintains its rapid response capabilities, ad hoc submissions Tel: +1 202 458-4007 will still be accepted, especially when it is clear that they E-mail: rdeburca@worldbank.org will catalyze engagement and financing. Website http://go.worldbank.org/5UM7K0PUD0 O.  POVERT Y REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 111 O.   POVERTY REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 109. Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth (DFSG) provides As of January 2010, four calls for proposals have been issued operationally focused advice as well as financial and techni- resulting in financial support for studies informing work on cal support for country-level growth analytics that combine inclusive growth of 25 country teams. Country studies are growth diagnostics with the analysis of the linkages between making an impact on the country policy dialogue as inputs economic growth, equality of opportunity, and poverty to country economic memoranda (CEMs), public expendi- reduction. It also identifies and disseminates good practice ture reviews (PERs), country assistance strategies (CASs), methodologies and tools for inclusive growth analytics and poverty assessments, and other analytical and advisory captures and disseminates the policy findings of country assistance (AAA). In addition, the DFSG financed a number studies. of knowledge products including inclusive growth analytics The DFSG was created with the support of five donor classes, workshops, knowledge briefs and toolkits. agencies with the goal of encouraging in-country donor and government collaboration and collaboration and informa- Participating Donors: France, Germany, Sweden, tion exchange between the World Bank and donor agencies. Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In December 2009, the Netherlands became the sixth donor Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. to the DFSG. Sixty percent of the funds are earmarked for Geographic Coverage: Global the support of country teams’ analytical work on inclusive growth, while the rest of the funds are set aside for knowl- edge management activities. The Bank manages the facility, CONTACT and a steering committee consisting of representatives of Ms. Jennifer Keller the donor agencies and the Bank provides oversight. The Program Manager steering committee meets once a year to assess progress and Tel: +1 202 473-1448 discuss next steps. The last meeting was held in November Email: jkeller@worldbank.org 2009. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/inclusivegrowth FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Diagnostic Facility On Shared FY2009 FY2010 Growth (DFSG) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 0.05 0.5 during the year Disbursements made during 0.4 0.4 the year 112 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 110. Debt Management Facility for Low-Income Countries (DMF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Launched in November 2008, the Debt Management Facility As of end June, 2010, the PIU implemented in collaboration (DMF) for low-income countries (LICs) is a grant facility with the DMF’s Implementing Partners 16 DeMPAs, 9 MTDS financed through a multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) to sup- missions, and 5 Reform Plan missions. DeMPAs were under- port the scaling up and accelerated implementation of the taken in Benin, Cambodia, Djibouti, the Democratic Republic Bank’s debt management work program. It became opera- of Congo, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, tional in May 2009. The DMF has the specific objective of Maldives, Mauritania, Nepal, Pakistan, Samoa, Sierra strengthening debt management capacity and institutions Leone, Senegal and Tanzania. The Malawi DeMPA and the through the: (i) systematic application of the debt manage- Gambia DeMPA were the first repeat assessments, follow- ment performance assessment (DeMPA) tool; (ii) design of ing the pilot missions that took place in February 2007 and debt management reform programs; (iii) technical assistance March 2007, respectively. MTDS missions took place in Cape in developing medium-term debt management strategies Verde, Ghana (MTDS Follow-up), Kenya, Moldova (MTDS (MTDS); (iv) promotion of learning and knowledge gen- Follow-Up), Mozambique, Nicaragua (MTDS Follow-up), eration via an extensive program of training and outreach Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia, Bangladesh, Cameroon, the (such as the DMF Practitioner’s Program and the DMF Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Solomon Islands bene- Stakeholder’s Forum); and (v) research and development. fitted from Reform Plan missions. Training events comprised The DMF is implemented jointly with several provid- seven workshops, including five large regional workshops: ers of debt management technical assistance, including the (i) an MTDS workshop for IPs and government officials Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), the from Eastern European countries in Vienna; (ii) a DeMPA Commonwealth Secretariat (COMSEC), the United Nations workshop with COMSEC for Asian government officials in Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Debt Singapore; (iii) a DeMPA workshop with Pole-Dette in Dakar Management and Financial Analysis (DMFAS) Program, Debt for government officials from francophone African countries; Relief International (DRI), the Macroeconomic and Financial (iv) a DeMPA/reform plan workshop for IPs and govern- Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa ment officials from Eastern European countries in Vienna; (MEFMI), Debt Management Training Project in Central and and (v) an MTDS training event with CEMLA in Mexico City. West Africa (Pôle-Dette), and the West African Institute for Under the DMF’s Debt Management Practitioner’s Program Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM). The MTDS two debt managers, one from Uzbekistan and one from was developed and is implemented jointly with the IMF. The Bhutan, joined the PIU. The work program also includes an DMF’s Project Implementation Unit (PIU) consists of World annual stakeholders’ forum. The DMF’s first stakeholder’s Bank staff that administers this MDTF and manages the DMF forum took place at the end of March 2010, in Tunis and was work program on behalf of the donors. The DMF is guided co-hosted by the African Development Bank. The forum’s by a Steering Committee that, in turn, is supported by the underlying theme was “Sovereign Debt and the Financial DMF’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The TAG includes Crisis: Will This Time Be Different?” non-Bank experts selected on the basis of expertise in gov- ernment debt management. Participating Donors: AFDB, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. Sectors & Themes Covered: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors: BC–Central government administration, Theme: 21–Debt management and fiscal sustainability Debt Management Facility Geographic Coverage: Global For Low-Income Countries FY2009 FY2010 (DMF) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 5 2 CONTACT during the year Ms. Doerte Doemeland Disbursements made during 0.3 3 Program Manager the year Tel: +1 202 458-1238 E-mail: ddoemeland@worldbank.org O.  POVERT Y REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 113 Ms. C. Mirela Catuneanu Program Analyst Tel: +1 202 458-9424 E-mail: ccatuneanu@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/5V9TDVODH0 111. Commercial Debt Reduction Facility (DRF) BACKGROUND operations allowed beneficiary countries to extinguish The Debt Reduction Facility (DRF) was established in July around US$10.2 billion of external commercial debt. A 1989 by the boards of the IBRD and the IDA. The DRF is DRF-supported operation for Nicaragua was completed in administered by IDA as trustee. The DRF objective is to sup- December 2008, which helped extinguish US$1.4 billion in port reforming heavily-indebted, IDA-only countries in their Nicaragua’s external commercial debt. Also, in the recent efforts to reduce their sovereign commercial external debt past, the Board approved DRF preparations grants for Liberia as part of a broader debt resolution program, and thereby to (April 2008) and for Sierra Leone (January 2009). As Liberia contribute to growth, poverty reduction, and debt sustain- finalized preparing its strategy, in October 2008 the board ability. Initially, the DRF was established for a period of approved a DRF implementation grant to actually carry out three years but has already been extended several times. The the debt buyback proposed in the government’s commercial current closing date is July 31, 2012. debt reduction strategy. The buyback operation was com- The DRF provides support on a grant basis, and all such pleted in April 2009, and helped extinguish US$1.2 billion grants require approval of the IDA Board. The DRF provides of Liberia’s commercial external debt. The commercial debt grants for preparation and implementation of commercial buyback operations for Liberia and Nicaragua were particu- debt reduction operations: (i) DRF preparation grants sup- larly important since they retired most of the claims held by port eligible governments in hiring the professional services litigating creditors against these countries. necessary in preparing commercial debt reduction opera- tions; eligible governments hire financial and legal advisers Participating Donors: Canada, European Commission, in accordance with the Bank’s procurement guidelines; and Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, (ii) DRF implementation grants support eligible governments Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the in financing the costs of debt repurchase as part of the United States. implementation of commercial debt reduction operations. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: Global FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT FY2009 FY2010 Mr. Paul Moreno-Lopez Debt Reduction Facility (DRF) US$ million US$ million DRF Program Manager Cash contributions received 21 — Tel: +1 202 473-4331 during the year E-mail: pmorenolopez@worldbank.org Disbursements made during 40 0.1 the year Ms. C. Mirela Catuneanu Program Analyst Tel: +1 202 458-9424 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: ccatuneanu@worldbank.org Since its establishment, the DRF has supported 25 debt Website: http://go.worldbank.org/2CRHS4N500 reduction operations in 22 IDA-only countries. These 114 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 112. Gender Trust Funds (GENTF) BACKGROUND Water Users Organizations and build capacity amongst The objective of the Gender Trust Funds (GENTF) is to existing members. Lessons from the pilots helped bring promote gender mainstreaming in World Bank operations. the gender initiatives to scale by incorporating their GENTF consists of three multi-donor trust funds and two approach into a US$20 million lending project for the single donor trust funds. The MDTFs include: (i) the Gender Sierra Irrigation Subsector. Action Plan Multi-donor Trust Fund, which supports the • By the end of fiscal year 2010, more than 1,200 young implementation of the Gender Action Plan (GAP); (ii) the women in Liberia had started their training to smooth Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Economic Empowerment the transition between schooling and earnings, learning of Adolescent Girls (EPAG); and (iii) the Multi-Donor Trust skills that are in particular demand in the post-conflict Fund for the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI), both of which country. The training is part of the Adolescent Girls aim to promote the economic empowerment of adolescent Initiative (AGI) which develops and tests innovative girls. The Norwegian Trust Fund for Gender Mainstreaming interventions to promote the transition of adolescent (GENFUND) supports gender mainstreaming in World Bank girls from school to productive employment. Similar activities, and Australia is contributing to GENTF activities initiatives are under preparation in other countries through a single donor trust fund for the gender dimensions including Afghanistan, Lao PDR, Nepal, Rwanda, and of doing business. By fiscal year end FY10, total pledges of Southern Sudan. Recently, Jordan was added—a country US$58 million had been made to these trust funds. The larg- with one of the lowest female labor force participation est and the most active GENTF in FY10 was the GAP MDTF. rates in the world, coupled with high female youth unemployment. • In March 2010, the GAP launched in cooperation with FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS the Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency the website ‘Women, Business, and the Law’. FY2009 FY2010 The website and the accompanying report of the same Gender Trust Funds (GENTF) US$ million US$ million name looks at legal equity in a number of areas such as Cash contributions received 11 22 the right to register a business and own property. Based during the year on a database of over 2,000 legal provisions impacting Disbursements made during 7 11 women’s economic empowerment in 183 economies, the year this unique resource aims to promote research on linkages between legal differentiation and outcomes for women, and contribute to policy dialogues on how to KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS expand women’s economic opportunities. At the end of FY10 the Gender Trust Funds had funded some 220 initiatives, of which 87 projects had closed. In FY10 Participating Donors: Australia, Canada, Denmark, alone, nearly 40 initiatives were approved through one com- Germany, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, petitive Just-in-Time call for proposals along with several Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Nike Foundation. strategic allocations, all of which aim to advance women’s Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. economic empowerment in the World Bank’s client coun- Geographic Coverage: Global tries. Key results in FY10 include: • The World Bank decided to make gender and development the topic of the FY12 World Development CONTACT Report (WDR). This marks the first time in the series’ Ms. Pierella Paci history that gender is the central topic of the WDR. The Trust Fund Manager report will look at the state of gender equality, the links Tel: +1 202 458-2333 between gender and development, and will identify gaps E-Mail: ppaci@worldbank.org in knowledge and data. Websites: • To increase women’s participation in water management Gender Action Plan: www.worldbank.org/gender, in Peru, a series of pilots were designed with the support GENFUND: www.worldbank.org/gender of the GAP to raise the level of female participation in Adolescent Girls Initiative: www.worldbank.org/a O.  POVERT Y REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 115 113. Governance Partnership Facility (GPF) BACKGROUND are being used to ensure that governance and accountabil- Launched in December 2008, the Governance Partnership ity issues are now central to the way sectors in the Bank Facility (GPF) is a partnership of the World Bank with the design and implement projects. The GPF has provided a United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Norway which is facility that offers technical and financial support to project focused on increasing the awareness and acceptance of the teams to identify core governance challenges, drill down development importance of Governance and Anticorruption on accountability issues and monitor processes. The GPF (GAC) work across the Bank’s programs. Its strategy is two- grant has allowed teams to take forward Governance and fold: to make knowledge resources on GAC more available Accountability Assessments at the project and sector level, and, above all, to give a wide spectrum of Bank programs political economy analysis on cross cutting themes, expand hands-on experience of implementing GAC. understanding of how social accountability and demand Since its launch, 408 teams’ submitted expressions of side issues impact on governance and build capacity and interest, 147 followed through with formal project proposals understanding of risks and opportunities. In the Dominican and eighty-seven projects received funding. The third and Republic, through Window 2 support from the GPF, last round of GPF project selections by the GPF Standing demand-side actors have launched the FY10 Budget monitor- review Committee (SRC) was held in January 2010, fol- ing campaign, and significant progress has also been made lowed by a number of resubmissions made in May and June to commit to opening up its budget to the public by provid- 2010. The total number of GPF projects since its incep- ing real-time access to its financial management information tion is 88 projects, with a total value of US$61.7 million. system (SIGEF) in a user-friendly manner. The Bank has There are 19 Window 1 projects valued at US$29.6 million, been facilitating this process through a DPL (Performance 45 Window 2 projects with a total value of US$24.4 mil- and Accountability in the Social Sectors DPL I, DPL II under lion, and 24 Window 3 projects with a total value of preparation). Several activities with grassroots organizations US$7.7 million. are also underway, which are aimed at monitoring social expenditures at the national and municipal level. For exam- ple, public murals are being used to allow grassroots groups FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS in different neighborhoods to learn about and monitor such expenditures. In Albania, GPF funds are being used to Governance Partnership FY2009 FY2010 improve accountability in the education sector. Diagnostics Facility (GPF) US$ million US$ million have been undertaken to assess to what extent parents, Cash contributions received 21 15 teachers, and other stakeholders participate in accountability during the year and governance structures such as school committees. The Disbursements made during 1 9 analysis is being used to construct measures of household the year demand for accountability in education. The data will also serve as a baseline to evaluate the impact of reforms to improve governance and accountability in education. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Through Window 3, the GPF is also supporting the Some early examples of results and impact of GPF support Bank’s GAC Knowledge and Learning Portal (http:// can be found in Zambia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Dominican gacknowledge) which is already making a difference within Republic, and Albania. In Zambia, GPF funded political the Bank and is expected to be opened to the global public economy analysis provided a new vision and a basis for before the end of FY10. The portal not only provides Bank agreement ending a decade’s impasse over raising energy staff with a single access point for current governance tariffs, and the upcoming irrigation projects in Zambia will related knowledge materials, which can include a variety apply a pilot approach to improve feedback mechanism manuals, policy and best practice notes, case studies and from the project beneficiaries. While in Mongolia, GPF electronic learning modules, amongst others, on the website resources helped the Government to pass a much improved and, just as important, to make use of interactive facilities Fiscal Stability Law through refocusing policy attention on on the website so that the GAC Communities of Practice Mongolia’s natural resource challenges, in particular, to get (COP) supported by the GPF will in fact be increasingly policy makers and other stakeholders to think about the interactive. Those COPs supported by the GPF include: crisis impact as a symptom of a broader natural resource GAC in Human Development, GAC in Infrastructure, GAC dependency challenge. Similarly, in Nepal, GPF resources in Projects, Demand for Good Governance Thematic Group, 116 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Political Economy, and Governance of Natural Resources investment lending, the ORAF) for GAC implementation at Working Group. the country level. A major achievement was the Workshop on “Implementing Effective Country Level Governance Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, the Programs”, held in Cape Town from September 13–16, 2010. Netherlands, and Norway. The workshop was attended by 90 staff members, includ- Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. ing one Managing Director (MDI), two Vice Presidents Geographic Coverage: Global (PREM and OPCS) and by seven Country Directors and six other Directors. The majority of participants work in Bank operations and half were field-based. GPF donor partners CONTACT (the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Norway) also Mr. Kai-Alexander Kaiser participated. The workshop was designed to take stock and Program Manager learn from the implementation of GAC in Bank country pro- Tel: +1 202 458-1385 grams, and enable a dialogue with senior Bank management E-mail: kkaiser@worldbank.org on GAC implementation at country level. There were frank discussions on a range of topics, including progress with Mr. Piet Hein van Heesewijk implementation of governance programs at country and sec- Senior Program Officer tor level, how to demonstrate results and impact, as well as Tel: +1 202 458-9109 the implications of current Bank reforms (e.g., results based E-mail: pvanheesewijk@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/gpf 114. Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Public Expenditure Financial FY2009 FY2010 is a partnership made up of seven donor and multilateral Accountability (PEFA) US$ million US$ million development organizations. It aims to support integrated and harmonized approaches to assessment and reform in Cash contributions received 1 2 public financial management. The PEFA Program, which during the year began in December 2001, is managed by a steering com- Disbursements made during 0.8 1 mittee comprised of members of the partner organizations. the year The secretariat implements the work plan approved by the committee. The PEFA Program goals are to strengthen recipi- ent and donor ability to: (i) assess the condition of country KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS public expenditure, procurement, and financial accountabil- PEFA has become the most widely utilized PFM tool and as ity systems; and (ii) develop a practical sequence of reform of October 6th, 2010, some 206 PEFA assessments had been and capacity-building actions in a manner that: encourages completed in more than 119 countries. While the initial country ownership, reduces the transaction costs to coun- support and use of the took continues to be drawn from the tries, enhances donor harmonization, allows monitoring seven PEFA partners, at least 20 other donor/multilateral of progress of country PFM performance over time, better organizations have been involved in some capacity with the addresses developmental and fiduciary concerns, and leads PEFA assessments and a growing number of governments to improved impact of reforms. are leading the management of the assessment process and writing of the reports. The PEFA Framework’s popularity has also led to the development of guidelines for use of the Framework at sub-national level where over 55 sub-national entities have been assessed (some assessments cover multi- ple regions in a single report). It is expected the country cov- erage will slow, but the number of assessments conducted O.  POVERT Y REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 117 will maintain at a steady pace as countries conduct repeat Themes: 27–Public expenditure, financial management, and assessments and a growing number of sub-national entities procurement. are assessed, particularly in large countries. Participating Donors: the European Commission, France, CONTACT the IMF, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Mr. Frans E. Ronsholt World Bank. Program Manager Sectors & Themes Covered: Tel: +1 202 473-7519 Sectors: BC–Central government administration, BH–Sub- E-mail: fronsholt@worldbank.org national government administration. Website: http://www.pefa.org 115. Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) BACKGROUND progress is not always linear and cases are subject to lengthy The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) is a partnership legal proceedings and appeals, the launch of investigations between the World Bank Group and the United Nations and progress in legal cooperation are also important indica- Office on Drugs and Crime that supports international efforts tors of success. to end safe havens for corrupt funds. StAR works with StAR works with and helps to bring together govern- developing countries and financial centers to prevent the ments, donor agencies, financial institutions and civil society laundering of the proceeds of corruption and to facilitate organizations from both financial centers and developing more systematic and timely return of stolen assets. StAR countries, fostering collective action for deterrence, detection emphasizes that developed and developing countries share and recovery of stolen assets. StAR supports networks of a joint responsibility in tackling corruption and that inter- practitioners that can facilitate cooperation between national national collaboration and collective action are essential to authorities. Some networks are at a global level, such as the success. StAR supports this agenda by advocating for the StAR-Interpol network, others are regional, such as ARINSA effective implementation of international standards, promot- in Southern Africa. StAR is undertaking a partnership with ing partnerships, empowering stakeholders at the national Transparency International in collaboration with a broader level, and supporting innovation and the dissemination of group of civil society organizations to support the advo- good practices. cacy on asset recovery in financial centers and developing countries. StAR has worked with practitioners to consolidate FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS and disseminate international good practice on cutting edge issues such as non-conviction based forfeiture and Stolen Asset Recovery FY2009 FY2010 illicit enrichment. StAR has published policy analysis on Initiative (StAR) US$ million US$ million the Global Architecture for Asset Recovery and Politically Cash contributions received 2 2 Exposed Persons and guides for practitioners on Non- during the year Conviction Based Forfeiture, Income and Asset Declarations, Disbursements made during 0.6 2 and Managing Asset Returns. StAR’s Asset Recovery the year Handbook which serves as a guide to the asset recovery pro- cess will be launched in December 2010. Building on these foundations, StAR intends to make extensive use of knowl- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS edge products in capacity building. StAR has received requests for assistance from 23 countries. StAR has helped push asset recovery to the top of the Ten of these countries have asset recovery cases, six coun- international policy agenda in partnerships with key inter- tries have assets frozen, five are working on legal assistance national forums. Significant progress has been made over in on-going cases and a further two have asked StAR to act the last two years: the G20 includes specific measures to as an honest broker. Partner countries are making progress facilitate asset recovery in its anti-corruption action plan; towards future returns, though in an environment where the Financial Action Task Force is currently reviewing its 118 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds anti-money laundering standards to strengthen measures CONTACT against the proceeds of corruption; and the OECD Working Mr. Adrian Fozzard Group on Bribery recently started work on the proceeds of StAR Coordinator bribery. StAR Secretariat Tel: +1 202 473-8950 Participating Donors: Norway, Australia, Switzerland, E-mail: afozzard@worldbank.org Sweden, and France. Website: http://www.worldbank.org/star Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: Global 116. Multidonor Trust Fund for Trade and Development (TRTA) BACKGROUND countries in addressing challenges of regional externali- The Multi Donor Trust Fund for Trade and Development ties and pursuing regional integration. Work on regional (TRTA) is the largest source of donor trust funds for sup- integration include studies and technical assistance activities porting international trade activities in the World Bank. that help countries negotiate and implement regional trade Launched in November 2007, the TRTA is an important agreements, harmonize regulations, or undertake common resource for implementing the World Bank’s trade program, policies. Studies on EPAs in Africa, CAFTA implementation, which focuses on helping developing countries benefit from policy coordination among OECS countries, advisory work their integration into the global economy. The trust fund on establishing common EAC standards, and harmoniza- works at the country level to integrate trade into Bank lend- tion of services regulations in African regional economic ing and assistance programs, at the regional/cross country communities are key examples. The MDTF also supported level by helping shape the trade agenda on regionalism and projects that address international transit problems and bilateral agreements, and at the global level by providing facilitate intra-regional trade (especially cross-border and new knowledge. The trust fund supports countries through informal trade) facilitation issues, such as work on transit different Bank activities, including policy analysis and dia- regimes in South Asia, trade centered around bazaars in logue with government counterparts, technical assistance, central Asia, the and trade in the Great Lakes area of Africa. research, capacity building, and evidence-based advocacy on Notably, the MDTF also enabled the Bank to respond to global trade issues. increased demands from developing country governments for assistance on trade in services, including services-related regulatory reforms, trade negotiations, and export promotion FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS strategies. The MDTF enabled the Bank to fill critical gaps in the Trade And Development FY2009 FY2010 understanding of services trade by funding data, research, (TRTA) US$ million US$ million and capacity building materials produced by DEC, PREM Cash contributions received 10 8 and WBI trade units. The MDTF also supported policy analy- during the year sis and capacity building to help governments in Africa, the Disbursements made during 5 9 Middle East, the Pacific islands, South Asia and Southeast the year Europe in the areas of services trade competitiveness and the negotiation and implementation of services trade agreements. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The MDTF TD has given the World Bank the ability to Participating Donors: Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the respond more quickly and effectively to challenges posed United Kingdom. by the recent global economic crisis. The trust funds has Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. also proved to be an especially important tool for assisting Geographic Coverage: All countries, regions and global O.  POVERT Y REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT VPU 119 CONTACT Ms. F. Marlyn Caluag Ms. Mona E. Haddad Operations Analyst, PRMTR Sector Manager, PRMTR Tel: +1 202 473-0148 Tel: +1 202 473-6127 E-mail: mcaluag@worldbank.org E-mail: mhaddad@worldbank.org Website: http://go.worldbank.org/HVQS93YOU0 117. Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF) BACKGROUND Strategies (CAS’s) which concretely discuss trade, trade The Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF), a multi donor trust facilitation is frequently identified as an important issue. fund, was launched in July 2009. Its objective is to help In terms of lending, most trade-related lending currently developing countries implement reforms and invest in focuses on building trade infrastructure (principally trans- projects that reduce their cost to access international mar- portation, but also energy). Even among diagnostic trade kets and improve their competitiveness. The main areas and integration studies, trade facilitation needs are among of focus include: development and management of trade the most frequently cited in action matrices and are most related infrastructure (e.g., ports, transport and transit cor- often designated high priority. ridors, laboratories); development and regulation of support By end August 2010, a total of 28 projects that will services (e.g., logistic services, customs agents, inspection benefit 36 countries were approved. The current portfolio of services, trade finance); improvement in procedures (e.g., approved projects now comprises of country-specific proj- border procedures and regulations, customs modernization, ects, country and regional programs. Eight other promising trade finance, SPS measures); and regional cooperation and projects are in the review process: five of them are regional trade facilitation systems. The facility enables the World and three are single-country. Bank to respond more effectively to the increasing demand for support in these areas and to elicit more demand from Participating Donors: the Netherlands, Sweden, and the countries with weak trade facilitation performance. The United Kingdom. TFF complements existing financial resources for technical Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. assistance and advisory work by focusing on implementa- Geographic Coverage: Africa, Low Income Countries tion activities and providing substantive inputs on design (LICs), and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs) as part and monitoring activities. of regional program. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Mr. Dominique Njinkeu Trade Facilitation Facility FY2009 FY2010 Program Coordinator, PRMTR (TFF) US$ million US$ million Tel: +1 202 473-2642 Cash contributions received — 9 E-mail: dnjinkeu@worldbank.org during the year Disbursements made during — 1 Ms. Marlyn Caluag the year Operations Analyst Tel: +1 202 473-0148 E-mail: mcaluag@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Website: http://go.worldbank.org/E9FIPHW740 Trade facilitation continues to be a priority area of support for the World Bank. Among recent Bank Country Assistance P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 12 1 P.   SOUTH ASIA VPU 118. Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) was Afghanistan Reconstruction FY2009 FY2010 established in April 2002 as a temporary means to finance Trust Fund (ARTF) US$ million US$ million the Government’s wage bill. Six years later, ARTF has evolved into the main multi-donor funding mechanism in Cash contributions received 525 620 the country—financing both the essential running costs during the year of government as well as key Afghan national develop- Disbursements made during 677 435 ment strategy programs across the country. As of October, the year 2010, 32 ARTF donors have collectively contributed nearly US$4 billion. The ARTF objectives are to: (i) position the national budget as the key vehicle to align the reconstruction KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS program with national development objectives; (ii) promote The ARTF–through its recurrent cost window—has ensured transparency and accountability of reconstruction assistance; that civil servants are being paid on time and has rein- (iii) reduce the burden on limited government capacity while forced the establishment of effective budget and fiduciary promoting capacity building over time; and (iv) enhance processes. The ARTF Monitoring Agent (Price Waterhouse donor coordination for financing and policy dialogue. Coopers) has ensured that the ARTF does not reimburse The key sectors of ARTF investments are agriculture and operating expenditure that is not in compliance with the rural development, energy and private sectors development PFM framework. Afghanistan, which started without a (microfinance), comprising around there quarters of the total functioning finance ministry and central bank in FY2002, commitments. Other key sectors are education, in which now benchmarks well against even middle income coun- ARTF invests in basic, higher and vocational education, tries’ PEFA indicators. Over the last two years, the ARTF has capacity development and the justice sector. established an “Incentive Program” that benchmarks the The ARTF is managed by the management commit- implementation of critical economic governance reforms. tee consisting of: the Bank (as administrator), the Islamic This program–which offers considerable incentive resources– Development Bank (IDB), the ADB and UN agencies (United has been able to leverage a more robust and coordinated Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [UNAMA] policy dialogue among the key donors to the Government. and UNDP). The priority use of ARTF funds is for the In addition, ARTF has: Government’s operating budget and secondarily for national • Supported the construction of over 11,000 kms of rural development programs. Since the ARTF’s inception (through access roads built with local labor under the National October 2010), more than US$2.15 billion has been disbursed Rural Access Program. The project has helped connect to the Government to finance recurrent costs, and US$1.18 over 27,000 villages to markets and has generated billion has been disbursed for investment projects. significant employment. • Provided the National Solidarity Program (NSP) with over US$617 million to date, helping over 23,135 communities to rebuild vital local infrastructure in line with local needs and priorities. Approximately 16,785 communities have fully utilized their block grants and over 42,512 sub projects have been completed. Preliminary findings by a Harvard University study 122 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds reveal that the NSP has had a considerable impact on Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, the Republic of access to clean water, local governance and women’s Poland, the Russian Federation, the European Commission, empowerment in the villages. the United Nations Development Program, and the Kingdom • Phase III of the NSP was approved by the Bank Board of Bahrain. of Executive Directors on June 29, 2010 and project Sectors & Themes Covered: is expected to become effective by early December Sectors: AJ–Animal Production, AH–Crops, AI–Irrigation 2010. The NSP-III will provide repeater block grants to and Drainage, BC–Central Government Administration, communities that have fully utilized their first block BG–Law and Justice, BH–Sub-national Government grant and rollout to 11,000 new communities to complete Administration, BK–Compulsory Health Finance, BL– national coverage. Public Administration–Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry, • Financed the underwriting of Afghanistan’s back BN–Public Administration–Education, BO–Public to school program. Under this project 9,524 school Administration–Finance, BQ–Public Administration–Health, management committees have been established. The BU–Public Administration–Energy and Mining, BW–Public committees, made up of local community members, are Administration–Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection, JB– working together with local government to direct the Other Social Services, JA–Health, LD–Power, TA–Roads and management of basic education needs and ensure school Highways, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewage, WC–Water Supply. upgrading where needed. This support helps provide Themes: 21–Debt Management and Fiscal Sustainability, the 6.3 million children that have returned to school, 24–Other Economic Management, 25–Administrative and of which 2.2 million are girls, with decent educational Civil Service Reform, 27–Public Expenditure, Financial infrastructure and standards. Supported the design and Management, and Procurement, 28–Tax Policy and implementation of microfinance in Afghanistan, which Administration, 31–Access to Law and Justice, 32–Judicial has become one of the fastest growing microfinance and other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, 57–Participation programs in the world, with a 60 percent female client and Civic Engagement, 59–Gender, 58–Conflict Prevention base. and Post-Conflict, 61–Social Analysis and Monitoring, • ARTF has committed US$22 million to new project 63–Child Health, 65–Education for All, 69–Population Strengthening Health Activities for the Rural Poor and Reproductive Health, 73–Municipal Governance and (SHARP). The project is source of financing for the Institutional Building, 74–Other Urban Development, national basic package of Health. The Bank is assisting 76–Rural Non-Farm Income Generation, 77–Rural Policies to expand SHARP’s implementation capacity further and and Institutions, 78–Rural Services and Infrastructure, provision is being made to include: (i) mental health and 79–Other Rural Development. enhanced nutrition services in the new BPHS package; Geographic Coverage: Afghanistan and (ii) improve hospital services critical to reduce maternal and child mortality. CONTACT Participating Donors: Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Hugh Riddell Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, ARTF Coordinator/Senior Country Officer Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Kuwait, Japan, Belgium, Tel: 5232-326 Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Brazil, Ireland, E-mail: hriddell@worldbank.org Portugal, New Zealand, the Islamic Republic of Iran, India, Website: www.worldbank.org/artf 119. Promoting Climate Friendly Technologies in South Asia (SA-CCT) BACKGROUND new technology are critical to enabling countries to meet the Technology transfer has been identified as one of the key challenges of climate change, and the Bank can play a sup- pillars of the World Bank‘s South Asia Climate Change portive and catalytic role in this process. With the long-term Strategy. The pillar emphasizes promotion of research and goal of promoting and accelerating the implementation of the wider adoption of clean technologies. The strategy also climate mitigation technologies, the SA-CCT aims to evalu- suggests that development, deployment, and diffusion of ate the ease of doing ‘climate business’ in South Asia. This P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 12 3 rests on three pillars of project activity: (i) an assessment of KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS the regulatory frameworks for clean energy and energy-effi- The preparatory phase of SA-CCT involved extensive con- ciency; (ii) consultations with the private sector to identify sultations with private sector firms involved in electricity the main country-specific issues and challenges related to generation from renewable sources in India, Pakistan, and investment; and (iii) perception-based private sector surveys Sri Lanka. It also involved the completion of background that will enable a comparison of ‘enabling environments’ for studies on the regulatory frameworks for clean energy and clean energy and energy-efficiency investments and bench- energy-efficiency in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and marking of countries through suitably constructed Climate Bangladesh. A pilot exercise scoring and comparing South Change Technology Investment Index (CCTII). The project Asian countries with other high green-house gas emitting focuses on a number of key clean energy sectors-namely countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa based solar, wind, small-hydro and biomass. In energy-efficiency, on the existence of renewable energy and energy-efficiency the focus is on energy-efficient lighting, appliances and related laws and regulations and related instruments and ‘green’ building codes. incentives was also carried out. The project objectives are to: The lessons learnt from this pilot phase reveals that hav- • Provide information to help guide and target private ing well-developed regulatory frameworks and policies for sector investment in clean energy and energy-efficiency clean energy on paper may not suffice to attract private sec- in these countries. tor investments if, among others, the private sector perceives • Provide information to help guide and target donor that the implementation of these policies are weak, and, if assistance as well as developing country reforms to a number of other supportive policies such as transparency address key barriers which will improve the enabling and access to electricity grids and information are missing. environment for private sector investments in clean A more in-depth insight into private section perceptions energy and energy-efficient technologies. regarding attractiveness of enabling policies for clean energy • Provide a better understanding by developing countries investment and their effective implementation will be criti- of the key elements and status of their enabling cal. This will be taken up in the subsequent phase of the environments and barriers that need to be addressed in project. order to become more attractive to private investment in climate technologies. This will be facilitated by an Participating Donor: United States Agency for International analysis of what sort of clean energy-related policy Development. reforms have helped increase private investment flows Sectors & Themes Covered: into these countries over time. Sectors: LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy. Themes: 81–ENV Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Promoting Climate Friendly FY2009 FY2010 CONTACT Technologies (SA-CCT) US$ million US$ million Mr. Muthukumara S. Mani Cash contributions received — 0.2 Senior Environmental Economist during the year Tel: 91-11-41479178 Disbursements made during — 0.06 E-mail: mmani@worldbank.org the year Website: None at Present 120. Bangladesh Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change (BD-CC) BACKGROUND security, social protection and health; (ii) Comprehensive The objective of the Bangladesh Multi-Donor Trust Fund disaster management; (iii) Infrastructure; (iv) Research and for Clinic Change (BD-CC) is to support the implementa- knowledge management; (v) Mitigation and low carbon tion of the country’s climate change strategy and action development; and (vi) Capacity building and institutional plan (CCSAP). The CCSAP is built on six pillars: (i) Food strengthening. 124 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS • The first analytical work (under the Bank executed part of the BD-CC) is under preparation. The Study is entitled Bangladesh MDTF for FY2009 FY2010 “Cost of Adapting to Climate Change.” Climate Change (BD-CC) US$ million US$ million • The next step is for the Government to start selecting Cash contributions received — 2 projects that will be funded by the BD-CC as recipient during the year executed activities. Disbursements made during — 0.1 the year Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the European Commission. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh The BD-CC has sourced a total of US$113.5 million24 from five donors. All donor agreements have been signed to date and initial call of funds have been processed and funds have CONTACT been received from all five donors. Ms. Maria Sarraf • In December 2010 the Operational Manual of the trust Senior Environmental Specialist fund approved by the Prime Minister’s office. Tel: +1 202 473-0726 • In January 2011, a Gazette Notification for the E-mail: Msarraf@worldbank.org nomination of the Governing Council and Management Committee was issued. Ms. Sayeeda Salim Tauhid • In January 2011 a Communication Officer was recruited Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to work on the BCCRF jointly with the Ministry of Tel: +880 2 915001 ext 4353 Environment and Forest. E-mail: Stauhid@worldbank.org Website: None at Present 24 The agreement on contributions from donors is based on their own currencies—the equivalent USD amount will therefore vary with varying exchange rates. 121. Bangladesh Policy on Local Governance Programs (BD-LGO) BACKGROUND intergovernmental frameworks through accelerated policy A Local Governance Support Project (LGSP) was initiated development; (iii) strengthening downward and upward in July 2006, as a broad program to strengthen account- accountability at local level; and (iv) expanding long-term able forms of local governance across Bangladesh. The technical capacity at all levels to develop and manage a Project was developed to support the implementation of the multi-tiered system of governance. These objectives will be poverty reduction strategy paper and is the first of its kind undertaken through policy support for decentralization and in Bangladesh that seeks to support systemic, country-wide local governance. reforms in local governance. A trust fund Program, BD-LGO, supporting non-lending technical assistance (NLTA) on policy support for decen- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS tralization and local governance, was initiated in 2007, to Bangladesh Policy On Local FY2009 FY2010 strengthen the policy dialogue and enhancing citizen voice, Governance (BD-LGO) US$ million US$ million through coalition building with the media, civil society and local leaders. The trust fund’s development objective Cash contributions received 0.7 0.4 is to support the institutional environment for strengthen- during the year ing local governance in Bangladesh by: (i) advancing and Disbursements made during 0.4 0.4 broadening the knowledge base and dialog at the national the year level on decentralization in Bangladesh; (ii) strengthening P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 12 5 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS social audits and community score cards are being piloted in The political economy of decentralization in Bangladesh 50 UPs in Dhaka Division during 2010–2011. Between June requires a long-term commitment, consistent and ongoing and August 2009, six news clippings on LGSP were shown in advocacy, programmatic yet opportunistic engagement, flex- the national news of the BTV network. The clippings high- ibility in approach, and realism regarding expected results. light the activities of LGSP to viewers. The World Bank has started work on its future engage- A delegation of the Local Government Division led by ment in decentralization and local governance based on the the national project director, LGSP, made a study tour to request from the National Government and the experiences Kerala, India to learn about the cross-country experiences of the past four years of implementation of LGSP and NLTA for implementation of sustainable local government reform on local governance. programs in 2009. The members of the LGD expressed their A survey on local government finances has been com- satisfaction about the learning outcomes of the study tour. pleted, and the survey’s findings and recommendations would be shortly disseminated. The Public Expenditure Participating Donor: Switzerland Review (PER) findings on the local government is avail- Sectors & Themes Covered: able in the Bangladesh Public Expenditure and Institutional Sector: BH–sub-national government Review (PEIR) of the Bank. Another study was conducted to Theme: 26–decentralization assess how the Union Parishads (UPS’s) had performed in Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh the environmental management and social cohesion during the LGSP implementation. These studies would benefit the National Government’s policy development work towards CONTACT strengthening intergovernmental frameworks. The NLTA Mr. B.M. Parameswaran continued publishing the Bangladesh Local Government Senior Urban Specialist Bulletin. This newsletter, along with a related website, are Tel: +1 202 458-8027 found as important mediums that contribute to building the E-mail: bmenonparameswaran@worldbank.org knowledge base and expanding the dialogue on local gov- ernment reforms in Bangladesh. Ms. Nilufar Ahmad A one-year project to build awareness on LGSP rules Senior Social Scientist and procurement methods of the journalists and the UP Tel: +1 202 473-2106 citizen groups working in the 64 districts was completed in E-mail: nilufarahmad@worldbank.org March 2010. Based on an assessment by the citizen groups, Website: http://projportal.worldbank.org/servlet/secmain 122. Support to Phase II of Joint Technical Assistance Program for Bangladesh (BD-JTP) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The BD-JTP is designed to deliver an enhanced level of ana- Support To Phase II Of Joint FY2009 FY2010 lytical work and policy dialogue in reform and development Tech. Asst. (BD-JTP) US$ million US$ million in Bangladesh. The program purpose is to provide an evi- dence base for more effective country programs and policies Cash contributions received 1 0.8 in Bangladesh, and to engage the Government of Bangladesh during the year and Bangladeshi stakeholders in open policy debate. Disbursements made during 2 2 the year KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The BD-JTP trust fund has financed programs that provide analytical and technical support for a range of governance reforms and activities, including: a review of how formal 126 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds and informal justice systems are used; supported public Themes: 23–Macroeconomic management, 24–Other eco- expenditure reviews; a power sector governance study and nomic management, 25–Administrative and civil service operational risk assessment; promotion of inclusive method- reform, 27–Public expenditure, financial management, and ologies for participation and growth; work on accountability procurement, 29–Other accountability/anti-corruption, mechanisms in safety nets; supported civil service reform 30–Other public sector governance, 31–Access to law and and revenue management; promotion of clean air in cities justices. and addressing extreme poverty in Bangladesh; dissemina- Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh tion of a poverty assessment; support for development of an urban strategy with a focus on pro-poor resettlement; development of an education development index, work on CONTACT disability in Bangladesh; support for an investment climate Mr. Charles Undeland assessment; exploration of technology improvements for Senior Governance Specialist microfinance; research on fuel subsidies for marginal farm- Tel: +880 2 915 9001 ers; and promotion of women’s employment. E-mail: cundeland@worldbank.org Participating Donor: the United Kingdom. Ms. Workie Ketema Sectors & Themes Covered: Resource Management Officer Sectors: BC–Central government administration, BG–Law Tel: +1 202 458-1271 and justice, BO–Public Administration–Finance, BZ–General E-mail: wketema@worldbank.org public administration. Website: None at Present 123. Bangladesh—Strengthening Public Expenditure Management Program (BD-SPE) BACKGROUND executive branch of the Government with a particular Bangladesh’s public finance policies and institutions have emphasis on strengthening institutional capacity undergone a long and significant transformation over the within major spending ministries and introducing a last two decades. Substantial progress has been made performance orientation in overall public resources through the implementation of a series of first generation management. This part of the program is anchored in reforms. The upcoming agenda, however, is more challeng- the newly initiated Medium-Term Budgetary Framework ing as Bangladesh aspires to enter the family of the middle (MTBF), which allows the Government to address the income countries and move along a higher growth path. A supply side reforms for better budget management modernizing economy requires more fundamental institu- by strengthening the strategic focus of budgeting and tional changes, a deepening of the initiated reforms in Public establishing an automated accounting and treasury Financial Management (PFM) and a significant upgrade of management system. systems and skills in both central and line agencies. The • Second, to enhance the demand side for better budget Government has shown its strong commitment by develop- outcomes by improving the effectiveness of formal ing a home-grown PFM reform strategy and action plan in institutions of financial transparency and accountability. 2008 and by requesting continual support from development In particular, it aims to strengthen the capacity of the partners to continue and deepen the reform progress. Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) for higher In response, a multi-donor trust funded Program quality audits, and strengthening legislative oversight (BD-SPE) was established to help the Government imple- through a better functioning of the parliamentary ment its agenda. The BD-SPE is a comprehensive five-year committees that deal with allocation and monitoring Program with contributions from five donors and admin- of government resources. In addition, the team is also istered by the World Bank. The BD-SPE has the following pursuing the possibility of providing independent objectives. funding and support to CSO organizations directly, to • First, to strengthen and modernize core institutions strengthen the demand side for better budgeting and of budgeting and financial management within the service delivery outcomes. P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 12 7 The BD-SPE also provides just-in-time, practical ana- and road investment and review system management lytical and technical assistance (ATA) programs to comple- processes. The draft inception report is ready and being ment three individual projects. Each year, the annual ATA reviewed. program is prepared in consultation with government and • A public financial management roundtable was held development partners to provide most value adding support with civil society. program. As of March 2011, two projects that are Deepening • The Citizen’s perception survey on Public Financial MTBF and Strengthening Financial Accountability and Management has been completed revealing interesting Legislative Oversight are under implementation and the third results. project Strengthening Comptroller and Auditor General is starting negotiations soon. Participating Donors: the European Commission, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, and the Netherlands. Sectors & Themes Covered: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors: BC–Central government administration, BH–Sub- national government administration, BZ–General public Strengthening Public FY2009 FY2010 administration, BO–Public Administration-Finance. Expenditure Mgmt (BD-SPE) US$ million US$ million Themes: 21–debt management and fiscal sustainability, Cash contributions received 10 18 27–Public expenditure, financial management and procure- during the year ment, 28–Tax policy and administration, 53–Poverty strategy, Disbursements made during 0.01 8 analysis, and monitoring, 54–Social safety nets, 56–Other the year social protection and risk management. Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Major highlights to date include: CONTACT • Medium term budget framework (MTBF) was rolled out Mr. Junghun Cho in 57 ministries and budget wing was established in Senior Governance Specialist 27 ministries. Tel: +880-2-8159001 • The national and sectored Public Expenditure and E-mail: jcho@worldbank.org Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment was carried out and the preliminary result is ready. It has been Ms. Dilshad Dossani shared with government and donors. Operations Analyst • The Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for Tel: +880-2-8159001 the roads sector is being carried out in two pilot and E-mail: ddossani@worldbank.org control areas to track expenditures for road maintenance Website: None at present 124. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province & Federally Administered Tribal Areas Recovery Project (PKNW) BACKGROUND The PKNW became operational on August 5, 2010, and The objective of the Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will provide a coordinated financing mechanism for the Province & Federally Administered Tribal Areas Recovery Government of Pakistan’s sector and investment projects and Project (PKNW) multi-donor trust fund is to support programs in KP, FATA and Balochistan. It will also serve as implementation of a program of reconstruction and devel- a funding mobilization mechanism for the implementation opment aimed at facilitating the recovery of the affected of the Post-Crisis Needs Assessment (PCNA) and support regions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KP), the the PCNA’s comprehensive reconstruction and development Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Province strategy designed to restore infrastructure, services and live- of Balochistan from the impact of the armed conflict, and lihoods while addressing governance and other challenges reducing the potential for its escalation or resumption. that contribute to the crisis. 128 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds The PKNW activities are guided by four pillars which KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS reflect the findings and recommendations of the PCNA. Several projects are currently under preparation but are not These pillars are: (i) Restoration of damaged infrastructure yet active. and disrupted services; (ii) Improving local service delivery; (iii) Improving provincial governance and service delivery; Participating Donors: Austria, Denmark, European and (iv) supporting livelihood. Commission, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: Pakistan Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkh- wa Province & Federally CONTACT Administered Tribal Areas FY2009 FY2010 Mr. Robert Bou Joude Recovery Project (PKNW) US$ million US$ million Program Coordinator  Cash contributions received — 24 Tel: +1 202 473-4341  during the year Email: rboujaoude@worldbank.org Disbursements made during — — Website: None at Present the year 125. Pakistan Support to Education Sector Development (PK-ESD) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The overall objective of the US$1.6 million Pakistan Support PK-ESD provides a much needed policy dialogue mechanism to Education Sector Development (PK-ESD) trust fund is to through which the Government of Pakistan and develop- strengthen education service delivery in Pakistan. In support ment partners are able to move forward on critical education of this main objective, two inter-related priorities have been reform issues in pursuance of MDG targets. defined for funding: (i) developing a set of policy options for Government of Pakistan to improve access, quality, gover- Participating Donor: Australia nance and financing of education; and (ii)improving gover- Sectors & Themes Covered: nance in the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) education sector Sectors: EZ–General Education through strengthening capacity of the KP Government. Themes: 65–Education for all, 66–Education for the knowl- The analytical work funded by the PK-ESD trust fund edge economy. will deepen Government of Pakistan and development Geographic Coverage: Pakistan partner understanding of ongoing reform efforts and help design an education sector strategy for the future at both the national and provincial levels. CONTACT Ms. Huma Waheed Operations Officer FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Tel: +92 51 909 0154 E-mail: hwaheed@worldbank.org Pakistan Support to Website: http://www.worldbank.org/pakistaneducation Education Sector FY2009 FY2010 Development (PK-ESD) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received — — during the year Disbursements made during — 0.2 the year P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 129 126. Pakistan Poverty Reduction Support Credit Technical Assistance (PK-PRS) BACKGROUND establishing it as an autonomous authority to implement The Pakistan Poverty Reduction Support Credit Technical safety net programs. The provision of monthly income Assistance (PK-PRS) associated trust fund was designed support under BISP has reached almost 2.4 million to support development and implementation of economic families with a view to expand to 5 million ultra poor reforms in Pakistan, supported by the Poverty Reduction families. Support Credit series. It has operated since November 2006. • The Poverty Assessment Report provides important During this period, 25 sub-trust funds, each for a distinct findings for future pro-poor programming, especially activity, have been established. In particular, they have related to vulnerability, employment, demographic financed critical inputs to support tax policy and adminis- transition, and social protection. tration reforms and implementation of the Benazir Income • TA support to the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) Support Program (BISP). These two areas have been given has resulted in an important shift to an integrated very high priority in the use of trust fund resources, account- functional structure both at the headquarters and field ing for nearly 75 percent of allocations. In these activities offices. Tax enforcement has been strengthened with a the use of trust fund resources, in the form of intensive tech- new enforcement plan being implemented. Important nical assistance, has emphasized support for policy reform administrative arrangements have been made for the implementation. In addition, analytical outputs in poverty, introduction of Reformed General Sales Tax (RGST). education quality, and private sector development have been • Findings based on a review of School Based used to help develop consensus on the policy reform agenda management and accountability has been incorporated for the government and will lead to specific PRSC reforms in into the design of a program to empower school councils the future. in Punjab as part of the Government’s education sector reform program. • Best-practice results-based management approaches to FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS earthquake reconstruction have been established in Azad Jammu and Kashmir with support of implementing Pakistan Poverty Reduction partner International Labor Organization. Support Credit Technical FY2009 FY2010 • A set of 25 recommendations for Government Assistance (PK-PRS) US$ million US$ million policy actions have been endorsed by the Planning Cash contributions received 3 0.9 Commission’s PSD Task Force, providing an during the year investment climate framework for the Growth and Disbursements made during 2 3 Competitiveness pillar in the new PRSC series. the year Participating Donor: the United Kingdom Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: Pakistan The PK-PRS has provided a flexible mechanism for fund- ing a range of analytical and technical assistance activities undertaken by the Bank. Specific results from completed and CONTACT ongoing activities include: Mr. Erik Nora • On the basis of the safety nets technical assistance Country Officer, Pakistan program, the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Tel: + 1 202 458-4735 has implemented a targeting system based on a poverty E-mail: enora@worldbank.org scorecard for the first time in the region. The BISP bill Website: None at Present was approved by the Senate and the National Assembly, 130 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 127. South Asia Region Food Security & Nutrition Initiative Program (SAFI) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The South Asia Region Food Security & Nutrition Initiative Although created in early 2010, the achievements to date (SAFI) Program aims to promote food and nutrition security include: in the region by addressing issues relating to availability, • A Work Plan formulated and reviewed with DFID at the access and utilization of food with a view to impacting nutri- end of the 6-month Inception Phase (ending Sep 2010). tional outcomes. The long-term goal of SAFI is to contribute • Support of on-going innovations of the 21 finalists of the towards improving food and nutritional outcomes across the SAR Development Marketplace for Nutrition (Dhaka, South Asia Region in line with MDG1c targets.25 Towards this Aug 2009). end, the development objective of SAFI is to increase com- • Co-sponsoring of the IFPRI organized global conference mitment of Regional governments and development partners on “Leveraging Agriculture to Improve Nutrition and to more effective and integrated food and nutrition security Health Outcomes” (Delhi, February 2011). (FNS)-related policies and investments. • A work-program for supporting/enabling platforms—in A three-pronged approach is being undertaken to partnership with various government agencies—for achieve this objective: (i) improved evidence and analysis on domestic stewardship of the food and nutrition security the most effective ways to achieve FNS outcomes in South agenda in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Islamic Asia; (ii) improved awareness of FNS-related challenges, State of Afghanistan. and advocacy for action, amongst relevant stakeholders; • Pioneering in the Region the use of multi-sector tools for and (iii) strengthened regional and in-country policy and more effective programming and assessment of FNS- programming capacity to achieve FNS outcomes. related investments. The target audience of this Initiative are: (i) high-level • Adopting of a “rolling plan approach” (involving regular policy and decision-makers in the Region who will be updates) to nimbly respond to emerging opportunities assisted by the availability of improved evidence and analy- as created by intensifying government and development sis for decision-making and the opportunity to dialogue with partner engagement on FNS issues in the Region. and learn from colleagues in other countries in the region; • Support of the Bank’s emerging Regional Assistance (ii) development partners who will benefit from the assimila- Strategy (RAS) for Nutrition for the Region. tion and sharing of innovations and good practices in formu- lation, implementation and monitoring of programs aimed Participating Donor: the United Kingdom at enhancing FNS; and (iii) the policy groups, civil-society Sectors & Themes Covered: organisations, and experts/opinion-makers who participate Sectors: AB–Agricultural Extension & Research, JA–Health), in the thematic groups. The implementation of SAFI will be CZ–General Information /Communications, AZ–General via a series of tasks. Each task will consist of a set of activi- Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest, CB–Media ties with a defined results framework. Themes: 68–Nutrition and Food Security, 54–Social Safety Nets, 77–Rural Policies and Institutions, 47–Regional Integration. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region South Asia Region Food Security & Nutrition Initiative FY2009 FY2010 CONTACT (SAFI) US$ million US$ million Mr. Animesh Shrivastava Cash contributions received — 2 Senior Agricultural Economist during the year Tel: +1 202 473-3652 Disbursements made during — — E-mail: ashrivastava@worldbank.org the year Website: None at Present 25 Target 1c: Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger: 1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age 1.9 Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 13 1 128. South Asia Policy Facility for Decentralization and Service Delivery (SA-DSD) BACKGROUND donor funds to the tune of US$9.22 billion. These funds The objective of South Asia Policy Facility for have been strategically used to assist client governments Decentralization and Service Delivery (SA-DSD) is to facili- with major institutional change that will have impacts many tate the effort of Bank clients to develop and implement years into the future. the institutional and policy reforms needed for efficient and The work in Afghanistan that looked at inter-govern- accountable service delivery at the local level. The reforms mental fiscal flows led to a request from the Government target the institutional frameworks (fiscal, administrative, for assistance to look at the entire framework with special regulatory and accountability) required at the national, state attention to the sub-national level. The property tax adminis- and local levels for local service delivery. These reforms in tration work has led to the training of tax officers in Punjab the form of shifts in policy, budgetary allocations, new and province in Pakistan to implement the new property tax better forms of service delivery, among others, would lead to reforms. Citizens in Bangladesh at the level of the lowest tier direct strengthening of sub-national and local governance for of local governments (LG) will be holding LGs accountable delivery of services through social audits for the first time. The metro area of Within the South Asia Regional units of the Bank, the Greater Raipur in Chhattisgarh state in India will for the first effort is to galvanize a cross-sector regional support pro- time have an Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority for gram for institutional reform focusing on decentralization, better coordination in planning and implementing transport governance and service delivery. This would enable sector networks. In Bhutan, funds will flow to the local level based units to think about the linkages to decentralization, and in on development indicators that take into account both pov- particular, to local governance and service delivery. erty and infrastructure deficit. The SA-DSD is also contrib- The support offered by the Facility covers the entire uting to the establishment of the first National Innovation spectrum of the policy and institutional change process from Fund for Education in India, and to local level interventions policy advocacy, dialogue, design, implementation to moni- to tackle malnutrition in Sri Lanka. toring and evaluation. The activities funded include capac- ity building, knowledge sharing and networking to perform Participating Donor: Australia new roles, learning from regional and global best practices Sectors & Themes Covered: and maximizing innovations and synergies across sector and Sectors: BH–Sub-national government administra- geographical boundaries within South Asia. All countries in tion, EC–Pre-primary education, EP–Primary educa- the Region are covered. The sector areas covered are health, tion, ES–Secondary education, ET–Tertiary education, education, water and sanitation, infrastructure and eco- EV–Vocational education EZ–General education, JA–Health, nomic governance. JB–Other social services, LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy, TA–Rhodes and highways, TZ–General FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS transportation, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, WB–Solid waste management, WC–Water supply, WZ–General water, Policy Facility For FY2009 FY2010 sanitation, and flood protection. Decentralization (SA-DSD) US$ million US$ million Themes: 26–Decentralization, 24–Other economic manage- Cash contributions received 0.5 1 ment, 27–Public expenditure, financial management, and during the year procurement, 28–Tax policy and administration, 29–Other Disbursements made during 0.6 0.8 accountability/anti-corruption, 52–Natural disaster manage- the year ment, 57–Participation and civic engagement, 68–Nutrition and food security , 70–Other human development, 61–Social analysis and monitoring, 62–Other social development, KEY RESULTS /ACHIEVEMENTS 71–Access to urban services and housing, 72–Municipal The SA-DSD became operational in January 2007. With four finance, 73–Municipal governance and institution building, rounds of call for proposals, 46 activities have been funded. 74–Other urban development, 77–Rural policies and institu- The SA-DSD has deepened the impact of the US$ 3.9 million tions, 78–Rural services and infrastructure. from AusAID by linking the policy engagement and institu- Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region tional reform activities funded by Bank lending and other 132 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Ms. Tara Sharafudeen Mr. Ming Zhang Program Administrator Program Manager Tel: +1 202 473-2373 Tel: +1 202 473-4915 E-mail: tsharafudeen@worldbank.org E-mail: mzhang1@worldbank.org Website: None at Present 129. Infrastructure for Growth Program (INFGRW) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The objectives of the Infrastructure for Growth (INFGRW) Infrastructure for Growth FY2009 FY2010 program are twofold: (i) to foster an enabling environment (INFGRW) Program US$ million US$ million for infrastructure development and facilitating infrastructure service delivery; and (ii) to enhance cooperation between Cash Contributions received 8 2 AusAID and the World Bank in improving aid effectiveness during the year in South Asia. Sectors covered are transport, urban develop- Disbursements made during 2 4 ment, water and sanitation, energy, telecom and irrigation. the year Within these priority areas are urbanization and decentral- ization, infrastructure planning and management, energy efficiency and clean energy, public-private partnerships and KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Regional coordination and energy markets. The INFGRW has been operational since April 2008. In the The INFGRW enhances the Bank’s ability to engage with three years it has funded 37 activities in the Islamic State of partner governments on policy reform and where institu- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, tional changes are associated with complex projects or new and Maldives. The infrastructure sectors covered are energy, approaches to investment and service delivery are needed. It transport, urban development, water and sanitation, irriga- helps to scale up Bank’s engagement with clients on sector tion and telecom. The US$10.33 million of funds received governance reform and innovations essential to improve from the INFGRW donor has leveraged into US$ 0.96 billion infrastructure services. It also provides resources to under- in funding from the Bank and other co-financing donors. take regional knowledge management work for shaping The impact of the TF is beginning to be felt. Seven future Regional priorities. activities are in the process of closing. The PPP work in It finances Bank-executed analytical and advisory ser- Pakistan has contributed to a revised PPP policy and to the vices, policy dialogue, sector economic work and knowledge Infrastructure Project Development Facility and a Viability management. It also supports lending development, project Gap Fund. In the energy sector the first performance man- appraisal and supervision and evaluation of lending opera- agement system has been developed for power utilities in tions. This support is expected to lead to: (a) improved Bangladesh which is now under implementation. The cross policy and institutional frameworks, (b) strengthened border energy work has resulted in two deals for energy capacities for policy design and regulation, and (c) improved trade between India and Nepal and India and Bangladesh. preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects. It The task supporting the Sustainable Urban Transport Project would also lead to a more strategic partnership between the in India has led to a pilot for Bus Rapid Transport System in INFGRW donor and the South Asia Region units of the Bank. the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad in India and in the develop- ment of Citizen’s Score Cards for community evaluation of urban transport investments. Participating Donor: Australia Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, CT– Telecommunications, CZ–General Information and com- munications, LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 13 3 energy, TV–Aviation, TP–Ports, waterways, and shipping, CONTACT TW–Railways, TA–Roads and highways, TZ–General trans- Mr. Dan Biller portation, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, WB–Solid waste Program Manager management, WC–Water supply, WZ–General water, sanita- Tel: +1 202 473-3037 tion, and flood protection. E-mail: dbiller@worldbank.org Themes: 61–Social analysis and monitoring, 62–Other social development, 71–Access to urban services and housing, Ms. Tara Sharafudeen 72–Municipal finance, 73–Municipal governance and institu- Program Administrator tion building, 74–Other urban development, 78–Rural ser- Tel: +1 202 473-2373 vices and infrastructure, 47–Regional integration, 50–Other E-mail: tsharafudeen@worldbank.org trade and integration. Website: None at Present Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region 130. Strategic Partnership for India –III (DFIDIN) BACKGROUND related to inclusive economic growth; and (v) strengthening In April 2004, the World Bank and Department for the Bank’s implementation support. International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, together with India, entered into a partnership agreement to enhance their mutual effectiveness and coordination in FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS support of the achievement of India’s development goals and Strategic Partnership For FY2009 FY2010 the Millennium Development Goals. India (DFIDIN) US$ million US$ million Trust funded programs are one element of this broader partnership. The first India-specific fund was set up by DFID Cash contributions received 6 5 in October 2001 (£4 million) to help broaden and deepen the during the year Bank’s support for reforms for poverty reduction in India, Disbursements made during — 1 especially at the state level. This was followed by a second the year India-specific fund in September 2005 (£19.5 million), which was in support of the Bank’s India country strategy. This Participating Donor: the United Kingdom financed both Bank-executed and recipient-executed activi- Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. ties and closed on June 30, 2009. The DFID-World Bank Geographic Coverage: India Strategic Partnership for India III was established in March 2009, with a total allocation of £20 million, and finances both Bank- and recipient-executed activities. The fund’s CONTACT objective is to enhance Bank effectiveness in helping the Ms. Giovanna Prennushi government of India to reduce poverty in India, particularly Economic Advisor, India in low-income states. Tel: +91 11 41479244 The fund has five key themes: (i) strengthening capaci- E-mail: gprennushi@worldbank.org ties and systems in low-income states; (ii) strengthening service delivery, including through the government of India’s Ms. Mandakini Kaul centrally sponsored schemes; (iii) strengthening knowledge, Senior Country Officer India capacity and systems for helping the poor to adapt to climate Tel: + 91 11 41479230 change; (iv) strengthening knowledge, capacity and systems E-mail: mkaul@worldbank.org 134 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 131. Tsunami Relief Fund (TRF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT The Tsunami Relief Fund (TRF) was established in support At this time, a comprehensive inception plan has been devel- of the Bank’s India Tsunami Disaster Recovery Project. The oped, a small coordination office established in the State Project is based on a 2006 scoping study conducted jointly of Tamil Nadu’s Department of Fisheries, and all national by FAO, the Bank and DFID, which suggested that by bet- specialists recruited. Two world class international special- ter management and reform of marine fisheries, there is ists in fisheries economics and policy, and fisheries liveli- significant potential for sustainable livelihoods enhancement hoods have also been recruited and are providing technical and economic growth. Fisheries Management for Sustainable advisory services. Progress is now underway on the seven Livelihoods (FIMSUL) will finance technical, analytical and packages as per the work plan. consultative work across seven packages. It was designed to assist the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Participating Donor: the World Bank Puducherry in developing a participatory policy framework Sectors & Themes Covered: and capacities for improved fisheries management and Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, revival of livelihoods of coastal communities. The Project BL–Public Administration–Agriculture, fishing, and forestry. covers seven integrated work packages: Stakeholder Analysis Themes: 33–Law reform, 53–Poverty strategy, analysis, and and Visioning; Fisheries Policy Development; Livelihoods monitoring, 76–Rural non-farm income generation, 77–Rural Support and Best Practice; Institutional and Legal services and infrastructure, 86–Other environmental and Frameworks; Fisheries Management Systems; Livelihoods natural resources management Status and Impacts; Knowledge Management for Change; Geographic Coverage: India (State of Tamil Nadu and the and Future Planning Union Territory of Puducherry) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT Mr. Grant Milne FY2009 FY2010 Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist Tsunami Relief Fund (TRF) US$ million US$ million Tel: +1 202 458-8425 Cash contributions received — — E-mail: gmilne@worldbank.org during the year Website: None at Present Disbursements made during — 1 the year 132. Maldives Climate Change Trust Fund (MACC) BACKGROUND • Strengthen knowledge and leadership in the Government The objective of the Maldives Climate Change Trust Fund of Maldives to deal with climate change issues, both (MACC) Program is to support the development and imple- domestically and internationally. mentation of a climate change strategy and action plan for • Improve capacities, and regulatory and governance Maldives, which will be aimed at building a climate resilient frameworks to integrate climate risk management issues economy and society in Maldives through adaptation to into sector strategies and plans. climate change impacts, as well as through mitigation along • Build adaptive capacity and climate resilience in key a low carbon development path. sectors through tangible pilot interventions. Specifically the MACC is intended to achieve the • Increase energy access through renewable energy following: generation and distribution and energy efficiency in the public and private sectors through low carbon renewable energy options. P.   S O U T H A S I A V P U 13 5 • Improve institutional and management capacities in Participating Donors: Australia, the European Commission the public and private sectors to deal with adaptation Sectors & Themes Covered: and mitigation interventions that will produce both Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, developmental and climate change benefits. LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, LE–Renewable energy, WB–Solid waste management, WZ–General water, sanitation, and flood protection. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Themes: 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies and institutions, Maldives Climate Change FY2009 FY2010 84–Pollution management and environmental health, Trust Fund (MACC) US$ million US$ million 85–Water resources management. Cash contributions received — 5 Geographic Coverage: Maldives during the year Disbursements made during — — the year CONTACT Ms. Priti Kumar Senior Environmental Specialist KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Tel: +91-11-41479365 The projects under the MACC are presently under prepara- E-mail: pkumar2@worldbank.org tion. No results are as yet reported. Website: None at Present Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 13 7 Q.   SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK VPU 133. Agriculture Finance Support Facility (ARFF) BACKGROUND Uganda (US$1 million), and AMRET, Cambodia (US$1.1 mil- The Agriculture Finance Support Facility (ARFF) aims to lion). First tranches of grants to Banque Populaire du scale up access to financial services for smallholder farmers Rwanda and Centenary Bank were disbursed in December and rural enterprises in developing countries by support- 2010. Prospective grants relate to Hatton Bank Ltd. ing financial institutions in developing scalable models of (Sri Lanka), Caisse Mutuel du Senegal, Banque Nationale agriculture finance through targeted grants and custom- de Développement Agricole (Mali), Nirdhan Utthan Bank ized learning activities. Grants are expected to range from Ltd. (Nepal), and Banco Oportunidade de Mocambique US$500,000 to about US$1 million, and will partially (up to (Mozambique). The ARFF website has been designed and is half) finance the business development costs of a financial now placed in operation. institution’s agriculture initiatives. The program also has a large knowledge generation and Participating Donor: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation learning component, which will include study tours, confer- Sectors & Themes Covered: ences, and case studies for dissemination. Sectors: AZ–General Agriculture, fishing and forestry, FE–Micro and SME finance. Themes: 78–Rural non-farm income generation, 79–Other FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS rural development, 41–Small and medium enterprise sup- port, 44–Other financial and private sector development. Agriculture Finance Support FY2009 FY2010 Geographic Coverage: East Asia, South Asia, Africa Facility (Agrifin) (ARFF) US$ million US$ million Regions. Cash contributions received 8 9 during the year Disbursements made during — 0.8 CONTACT the year Ms. Renate Kloeppinger-Todd Rural Finance Adviser Tel: +1 202 473-7921 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: rkloeppingertodd@worldbank.org Three grants have been approved to date–to Banque Website: www.Agrifinfacility.org Populaire du Rwanda (US$950,000), Centenary Bank 138 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 134. Carbon Funds and Facilities (CARBON) BACKGROUND Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) There are ten trust funds/facilities that are managed by the Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 Carbon Finance Unit (ENVCF) that make purchases of carbon Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2003 assets under the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period. Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 In aggregate, they were capitalized at the end of December Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 45 2010 at US$2.30 billion with the share of participation split ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 between 53 percent private and 47 percent public. Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Together they have signed 146 active Emission Purchase Reduction Agreement (ERPA) contracts with a combined Netherlands European Carbon Facility (NECF) value of US$1.73 billion. Fourteen percent of the contracts Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (See note below*) have been signed with projects in the World Bank’s Africa Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2004 Region, whilst twenty five percent have been signed both Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 in the Latin America and Caribbean and East Asia Pacific Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 0 regions. The remaining sixty-one percent of contracts are ERPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 projects distributed within South Asia, the Middle East North Africa Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The projects represent a range of emission reduction technologies from hydro- BioCarbon Fund (BioCF ) power, energy efficiency, to waste management to afford TRANCHE 1 station and reforestation. Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2004 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 51 ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 projects Carbon Fund Programs FY2009 FY2010 Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects (CARBON) US$ million US$ million TRANCHE 2 Cash contributions received 305 156 Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 during the year Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2007 Disbursements made during 194 148 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 the year Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 44 ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 projects Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects KEY RESULTS Italian Carbon Fund (ICF) Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.8 Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2004 Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2000 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 30 Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 58 ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 projects ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 projects Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 projects Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 projects Danish Carbon Fund (DCF) Netherlands Clean Development Mechanism Facility Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 (NCDMF) Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 2005 Fund Capital ($ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (See note below*) Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2002 Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 78 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 projects Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 0 Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 projects Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 projects Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 139 Spanish Carbon Fund (SCF) Government of the Netherlands, Government of the Walloon TRANCHE 1 Region, Belgium, Japan International Cooperation Agency Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 (JICA), and the KfW Group. Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2005 Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Private Entities: Aalborg Portland, Azuliber 1, S.L., Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 23 BASF AG, BP p.l.c., Canadenis (managed by Natsource), ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 projects Cementerie Aldo Barbetti S.p.A., Cementos Portland Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects Valderrivas, Cepsa, Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc., Chugoku TRANCHE 2 Electric Power Co. Inc., Consensus Business Group, Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd, Deutsche Bank, Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2008 DONG Energy A/S, E.ON Generación, E.ON Italia S.p.A., Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 0 Eco-Carbone, Elecrabel N.V., Endesa, Enel Trade S.p.A, ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 projects Energias de Portugal (EDP), ERG S.p.A., Fondo Portugues Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 projects de Carbono-Portugal, Fortum, FUJIFILM Corporation, Gas Natural SDG SA., GDF Suez, Göteborg Energi AB, HC Umbrella Carbon Facility (UCF) Energia, Iberdrola, Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., IRIDE Mercato TRANCHE 1 S.p.A., Italcementi S.p.A., Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.1** Ltd., Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., Maersk Olie og Gas Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2006 AS., Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Natsource Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Asset Management LLC, Nippon Oil Corporation, Nordjysk Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 78 Elhandel A/S, Norsk Hydro, Oficemen, Public Power ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects Corporation S.A., Rautaruukki Oyj, Repsol YPF, RWE, Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 projects Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc., Statkraft Carbon Invest AS, TRANCHE 2 StatoilHydro ASA, Sumitomo Chemicals Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Joint Electric Power Co. Ltd., Suntory, Swiss Re, Syngenta Date Operational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 2010 Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Tamarisk (managed Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 by Natsource), The Japan Iron and Steel Federation, The Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . 92 Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc., Tohoku Electric Power ERPAs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 projects Co., Inc., Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Trading Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 projects Emissions PLC, and Zeroemissions Carbon Trust S.A. Carbon Fund for Europe (CFE) Sectors & Themes Covered: Fund Capital (€ million). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Sectors: AB–Agricultural extension and research, AH–Crops, Date Operational.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2007 AJ–Animal production, AT–Forestry, AZ–General agricul- Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ture, fishing and forestry, EZ–General Education, JA–Health, Private % (by capital invested).. . . . . . . . . . . 20 LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, LC–Oil ERPAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 projects and gas, LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General Pipeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 projects Energy, TZ–General transportation, and WB–Solid waste management. Notes: Themes: 81–Climate Change, 84–Pollution management * Not publicly available and environmental health, and 86–Other environment and **Includes €224.54 million total participation of PCF, NCDMF, ICF, DCF, and SCF natural resources management. Geographic Coverage: Global and Regional Participating Donors: Public Entities: Government of Austria, Government of CONTACT Canada, Government of Denmark, Government of Finland, Ms. Joëlle Chassard Agence Française de Développement, Government of Manager, Carbon Finance Unit Ireland, Government of Italy, Government of Luxembourg, Tel: +1 202 458-1873 Government of Norway, Government of Spain, Government E-mail: jchassard@worldbank.org of Sweden, Government of the Brussels Capital-Region, Website: http://www.carbonfinance.org Belgium, Government of the Flemish Region, Belgium, 14 0 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 135. Persistent Organic Pollutants Program (POPs) BACKGROUND • It helps countries undertake priorities identified in The Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Program was estab- their National Implementation Plans for POPs. Program lished in 2000 by the Canadian International Development resources have been valuable in phasing out the global Agency (CIDA) in the amount of Can$20 million. It was threat of POPs, and in meeting their commitments to the set up to support developing countries and economies in Stockholm Convention. transition to build capacity for ratification and implementa- • Since inception, the Program, the World Bank, as tion of the Stockholm Convention on POPs and to reduce Trustee and implementing Agency has allocated parallel or eliminate releases of POPs from these countries. The resources to more than 50 projects and activities in more POPs Program provides financial support and technical than 30 countries in all regions. expertise and access to technology to assist, encourage and • Program resources have contributed to mobilizing equip developing countries and countries with economies co-financing of projects worth an estimated in transition to: (i) reduce or eliminate production of POPs; US$575 million for POPs-related activities. (ii) reduce or eliminate the use of POPs and switch to safer, more sustainable alternatives; (iii) safely dispose of stock- Participating Donor: Canada piles and wastes; and (iv) reduce emissions of POPs. Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: Non-sectoral Themes: 50–Other Trade and Integration, 81–Climate FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Change, 82–Environmental Policies and Institutions, 84–Pollution Management and Environmental Health. Persistent Organic Pollutants FY2009 FY2010 Geographic Coverage: Global (POPs) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received — — during the year CONTACT Disbursements made during 2 5 Ms Karin Shepardson the year Program Manager Tel: +1 202 458-1398 kshepardson@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS • Since inception, the Program has financed projects, Mr. Laurent Granier studies, and capacity building efforts on a wide range of Sr. Environmental Specialist issues that include environmental and human exposure Tel: +1 202 473-9034 to dioxins and furans, PCB management, obsolete lgranier@worldbank.org pesticide management, risk assessment of impacts to Website : http://www.worldbank.org/pops chemical exposure, site decontamination, and others. 136. Carbon Partnership Facility (CPF) & Carbon Asset Development Fund (CADF) BACKGROUND CPF collaborates with governments and market participants The Carbon Partnership Facility (CPF) is one of the Bank’s on investment programs and sector-based interventions major new carbon finance instruments. It is designed to that are consistent with low-carbon economic growth and develop emission reductions and support their purchase on a sustainable development priorities of developing countries. larger scale through the provision of carbon finance to long- The CPF utilizes the CDM Program of Activities approach to term investments focused on delivering post-2012 emission systematically support partner country initiatives to move in reduction assets. In order to scale up carbon finance, the the direction of low- carbon economies. Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 141 The CPF draws on the World Bank’s financial and €35 million Carbon Fund Buyer Participation Agreement was knowledge resources to strategically integrate carbon finance signed with Endesa, a Spanish energy company. The amount with sustainable development by linking carbon finance to of €30 million of the Spanish Government contribution to Bank operations. It facilitates the implementation of low car- the Carbon Fund was received in FY09. bon programs across an array of sectors and technologies— In FY10, the first seller participation agreement was energy efficiency, waste management, energy generation and signed with Morocco’s leading municipal bank (FEC) on distribution, and transportation—where policy measures or solid waste management. Four additional seller participa- investments by governments are needed. tion agreements have been signed, with: (i) Brazil’s Caixa The CPF brings together industrial country buyers and Economica Federal for a waste management program; developing country sellers of emission reductions, as well as (ii) Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade for a renew- developing and donor country governments, into a partner- able energy program; (iii) the Greater Amman Municipality ship with shared decision making. The CPF consists of a for a city-wide carbon finance program; and (iv) Thailand’s Carbon Asset Development Fund (CADF), which supports Provincial Electricity Authority for a clean energy program. the preparation of the emission reduction programs, includ- Five other programs are under design. ing through client executed grants, and the CPF Carbon Fund, which will purchase the emission reductions gener- Participating Donors/Buyer Participants: ated by CPF programs. Italy, Norway, Spain, and the European Commission are CADF donors, Spain and Endesa are CPF Buyer Participants. Sectors & Themes Covered: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors: LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, LB–Mining and other extractive, LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power, Carbon Fund for Carbon FY2009 FY2010 LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy, WD–Flood Partnership Facility (CPF) US$ million US$ million protection, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, WB–Solid waste Cash Contributions received — 1 management, WC–Water supply, WZ–General water, sanita- during the year tion, and flood protection. Disbursements made during — — Themes: 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, the year 82–Environmental policies an institutions, 83–Land admin- istration and management, Pollution management and Carbon Asset Development FY2009 FY2010 environmental health, 85–Water resources management, Fund (CADF) US$ million US$ million 86–Other environment and natural resources management, 71–Access to urban services and housing, 72–Municipal Cash Contributions received 10 1 finance, 73–Municipal governance and institution building, during the year 74–Other urban development. Disbursements made during 1 2 the year CCS TF: Sectors: LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power, LB–Mining and other extractive, YZ–Industry and trade. KEY RESULTS Themes: 81–Climate change The CADF became operational with the signing of the Donor Geographic Coverage: Global Contribution agreements with the Governments of Spain and Norway. The following CADF Donor Contributions have been received (as of end December 2010): €5 million from CONTACT the Government of Spain, €2 million from the Government Mr. Richard Zechter of Norway; €2 million from the Government of Italy; and Lead Carbon Finance Specialist €2 million contribution from the European Commission. Tel: +1 202 473-9788 A €65 million CPF Carbon Fund Buyer Participation E-mail: rzechter@worldbank.org Agreement was signed with the Government of Spain, and a Website: http://www.carbonfinance.org/cpf 14 2 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 137. Cities Alliance Program (CITIES) BACKGROUND • Following the 2010 Mexico City meeting, the Consultative The Cities Alliance (CITIES) Program adopted a new Charter Group decided to heighten the attention paid to sub- in 2010, which emphasizes its role as a global partnership Saharan Africa in its future work. for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of • The Uganda Land, Services & Citizenship (LSC) program, cities in sustainable development. In strengthening the role financed by core funds and the Bill and Melinda Gates of cities, Program members are committed to strengthen- Foundation, was launched by the Government in ing synergies amongst members and partners alike, thereby May 2010 to achieve its declared goal of Sustainable improving the quality of urban development cooperation Urbanization. and lending. • The Executive Committee decided to offer a partnership Program activities assist improvements in local gov- to the Government of Burkina Faso, in the next phase of ernance to the benefit of all residents through adopting the LSC program. long-term comprehensive approaches, and implementing necessary reforms to achieve delivery at scale. In particular, Participating Donors: Asian Development Bank, Australia, Program activities promote and support the decentralization Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, European Commission, of resources to empower local government. France, Germany, Habitat for Humanity International The Cities Alliance is managed by a Consultative Group (HFHI), Italy, Japan, Metropolis, the Netherlands, Nigeria, (CG) comprising all members, which meets annually and is Norway, the Philippines, Slum Dwellers International (SDI), co-chaired by UN-Habitat and the World Bank. A strength- South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, UN ened Executive Committee, chaired by United Cities & Local Environment Program (UNEP), UN-Habitat, United Cities Governments (UCLG) and with a combination of fixed and and Local Governments (UCLG), the United States, and the rotating membership, performs a range of duties on behalf World Bank. of the CG. The activities of the Cities Alliance are managed Sectors & Themes Covered: by a Secretariat, located at the offices of the World Bank in Sectors: Non-sectoral Washington, DC. In addition, the Secretariat also has staff Themes: 71–Access to urban services and housing, co-located in the World Bank offices in New Delhi, Pretoria, 73–Municipal governance and institutional building, Addis Ababa and Abidjan, as well as a small office (three 74–Other urban development. personnel) located in São Paulo. Geographic Coverage: Global (Restricted to the DAC List of Aid Recipients) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS CONTACT FY2009 FY2010 Mr.William Cobbett Cities Alliance (CITIES) US$ million US$ million Program Manager Cash contributions received 23 8 Tel: +1 202 458-9695 during the year E-mail: wcobbett@citiesalliance.org Disbursements made during 9 12 the year Mr. Kevin Milroy Senior Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 473-5264 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: kmilroy@citiesalliance.org • During FY10, the Secretariat prepared for the adoption of Website: http://www.citiesalliance.org a new business model. The existing grant operation was closed. It has been replaced by a Catalytic Fund in FY11. • The new Charter and business model marked a significant turning point by adoption of a Partnership governance model for greater alignment with the World Bank. Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 143 138. Commodity Risk Program (CRISK) BACKGROUND • Haiti–Provided technical /policy support on the Risk and uncertainty are inherent in agriculture and com- management of food price volatility. modity supply chains due to the prevalence of multiple risks • Jamaica–Undertook agriculture weather risk mapping facing the agriculture sector (not only weather and price) exercise, an agriculture weather risk transfer strategy, and the failure to address them on an ex-ante holistic basis. prefeasibility study for the coffee farmers in the Blue Since inception of the Commodity Risk (CRISK) in FY03, Mountains. the Bank’s Agricultural Risk Management Team (ARMT) • Ghana–Developed two-year non-leading technical has provided technical assistance to developing countries to assistance program on agriculture risk management enable them to better comprehend the complexity of agricul- (implementation currently commencing). ture risk management and develop appropriate solutions to • Various research and documentation: Assessment of mitigate-transfer-cope risks associated with agriculture. Innovative Approaches to Flood Risk Management; Brief on Reinsurance: Options for Developing Countries; Brief on al Reinsurance in a Climate Change Context; Paper FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS on Crisis in the Cotton Sector and Analytic Paper on the Changes in Global Price Relationships in Wheat. Commodity Risk (CRISK) FY2009 FY2010 • Workshops and conferences: Organized the Caribbean Program US$ million US$ million Regional Symposium on Agriculture Risk Management. Cash contributions received 3 4 • Training: for Eastern Africa Fine Coffee Association in during the year conducting training in coffee price risk management; on Disbursements made during 2 2 the pricing of agricultural commodities for Government the year of Malawi personnel; in Nicaragua on index insurance; on weather index insurance training and coffee price risk management training in Central and an online platform KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS for the wider dissemination of ARMTs’ training material • Conducted supply chain risk assessments in Cameroon, (www.agrisktraining.com). Guyana, Haiti, the Republic of Mozambique, Uganda, • Secured supplemental contribution of US$3.8 million Belize, Samoa, and Grenada. in donor funding for continuing and expanding the • Provided technical assistance to index insurance pilots in activities of Bank’s ARMT Unit. Malawi, Kenya, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Indonesia. • Organized the inaugural workshop for the Forum Participating Donors: the European Commission, the for Agricultural Risk Management in Development Netherlands, and Switzerland. (FARMD). Created online platform for knowledge Sectors & Themes Covered: sharing and agricultural risk management practitioners’ Sector: AZ–General agriculture, fishing and forestry. community (www.agriskmanagementforum.org). Themes: 75–Rural Markets • Assisted the Government of Malawi in the development Geographic Coverage: Global of a risk transfer product to enable them to better manage drought risk. • In Burkina Faso, organized a workshop on weather CONTACT risk management, undertook a feasibility study on Mr. Marc Sadler risk transfer products for managing weather risks, and Senior Agriculture Economist developed a draft work-plan for index insurance pilot Tel: +1 202 458-2633 project for the cotton sector. E-mail: msadler@worldbank.org Website: www.worldbank.org/agrm 14 4 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 139. Communities and Small-Scale Mining Initiative (CASM) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is poverty-driven Key results of the CASM Initiative include: (i) sponsorship of activity, typically practiced in remote or peri-urban areas the annual CASM Conference, which brings together miners, of the world’s poorest countries by largely itinerant, poorly government officials, donor partners, companies, civil soci- educated people with few employment alternatives. Despite ety, practitioners, academics, and others to discuss and share harsh working and living conditions in a high-risk envi- experiences on a range of issues related to ASM; (ii) good ronment, the number of artisanal and small-scale miners practice guidance in regard to conflict management between continues to grow. It is estimated that as many as 20 million large-scale and artisanal and small-scale mining; (iii) good people are engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining, and practice guidance on formal legalization of ASM, including that a further 100 million people depend on this sector for in about 40 specific country cases; (iv) contributions to fair their livelihood. trade artisanal gold and precious metals and to the safe use The Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) of mercury in artisanal gold mining; and (v) support to ASM Initiative was launched in 2001 by a coalition of donors, issues in World Bank mining technical assistance projects. governments, mining companies, NGOs, and artisanal min- Following internal review and end of funding, the CASM ers, in response to a critical need for integrated, multidisci- initiative embarked on a reinvention process at the end of plinary solutions to the complex social and environmental FY10. The objective is to review CASM’s purpose, gover- challenges faced by ASM communities and for improved nance model and business plan; work is ongoing with the coordination between those working in this sector. The help of consultants. CASM Initiative provides support to, and mobilizes practical expertise from, its global network of members. Its activi- Participating Donors: Denmark, The Tiffany & Co. ties range from ASM initiatives—working with companies, Foundation, and the United Kingdom. governments, civil society and, of course, miners them- Sectors & Themes Covered: selves—to engagement in international development policy Sectors: LB–Mining and other extractives dialogue. The Initiative’s engagement in capacity building Themes: Non-thematic and community-level projects with country partners and Geographic Coverage: Global miners has helped in its important advocacy role to com- municate to international forums and development agencies the potentially positive development influence that ASM can CONTACT have, based on the evidence of practical experience. Mr. Gotthard Walser CASM Program Manager Tel. +1 202 473-4234 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS E-mail: gwalser@worldbank.org Communities And Small- Mr. Rémi Pelon Scale Mining (CASM) FY2009 FY2010 Mining Specialist Initiative US$ million US$ million Tel. +1 202 473-8313 Cash contributions received 0.4 0.3 E-mail: rpelon@worldbank.org during the year Website: http://www.artisanalmining.org/ Disbursements made during 0.3 0.4 the year Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 145 140. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Consultative Group On Research (CGIAR) is a strategic global partnership created International Consultative FY2009 FY2010 to address pressing global challenges related to agriculture Research (CGIAR) US$ million US$ million and rural development such as food security and climate change. Founded in 1971, the CGIAR has become a global Cash contributions received 104 143 partnership of 64 public and private sector members sup- during the year porting the work of 15 international agricultural research Disbursements made during 108 128 centers. In 2009, CGIAR members approved a set of reforms the year to strengthen the CGIAR by establishing a results-oriented research agenda, clarifying accountability across the system, streamlining governance and programs for greater efficiency, KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS and strengthening partnerships. Taking a more program- • Combating water scarcity in the Middle East. CGIAR matic approach than in the past, research will be conducted scientists launched an ambitious seven-country effort through “Mega Programs” that bring CGIAR scientists to build on early gains of practices such as the use of and partners together to address critical issues and deliver supplemental irrigation and water harvesting to double international public goods that advance global development wheat yields and water productivity in rain fed areas. objectives. • Realizing Africa’s rice potential. Capitalizing on the The two core elements of the reforms are a new Fund award-winning success of New Rice for Africa, or and a Consortium of the CGIAR Centers. The Fund har- NERICA, an Africa-wide Rice Breeding Task Force was monizes donor contributions to improve the quality and established to pursue the aim of doubling of Africa’s rice quantity of funding, engender greater financial stability, and production within a decade. reverse the trend toward restricted funding. The Consortium • Biological control of cassava pests in Southeast Asia. unites the Centers in delivering research by building on the With technical support from two CGIAR Centers, Thai CGIAR’s strengths—improving major food crops for added scientists released hundreds of thousands of parasitic resilience and nutritional value, and enhancing the manage- wasps to achieve biological control of the cassava mealy ment of crops, livestock, trees, water, soil, and fisheries. A bug. Strategy and Results Framework (SRF) sets common goals, • New system for producing vegetables with drip strategic objectives, and results to be achieved by the Fund, irrigation. As famine unfolded in West Africa’s Sahelian the Consortium, and bilateral funders to the Centers within a region, an option to rain fed agriculture, referred to as specific time frame. the African Market Garden, is being implemented with The World Bank played a key leadership role in the about 7,000 small-scale farmers at 100 locations in four reform process, and the new CGIAR enjoys a strong rela- countries. tionship with the Bank. The Fund Office is the operational • The promise of drought-tolerant maize in Africa. arm of the Fund Council and Funders Forum (which brings A CGIAR study shows that widespread adoption of together donors, CGIAR leaders and other stakeholders), and recently developed drought-tolerant varieties of maize is located at the Bank’s Headquarters in Washington. The could boost harvests in 13 African countries by 10 to 34 Fund Council is chaired by a Bank vice president and the percent, generating up to US$1.5 billion in benefits for Bank serves as Trustee of the CGIAR Fund. producers and consumers. In February 2010, the Bank’s Board of Executive • Rapid spread of flooding-tolerant rice in India. A Directors approved establishment of the CGIAR Fund, and novel approach to seed dissemination has put a new rice the Fund Council met three times between February and variety in the hands of 100,000 Indian farmers within November, making a series of landmark decisions. Swift just one year after its release. and sure progress with CGIAR reforms were made in 2010, • Opening the door for agriculture in climate change setting the stage for even improved performance in 2011. negotiations. The CGIAR worked with a broad Major new research programs are underway, buoyed by new coalition of partners to organize Agriculture and Rural leadership, strategies, governance arrangements and donor Development Day 2010, held in parallel with the United support. Nations Conference on Climate Change. 14 6 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Participating Donors: Australia, Austria, Arab Fund for and forestry, BL–Public Administration–Agriculture, fishing, Social & Economic Development, Asian Development and forestry, YA–Agricultural marketing and trade, YB–Agro- Bank, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, the Bill & Melinda industry, WD–Flood protection, WC–Water supply. Gates Foundation, Canada, the People’s Republic of Themes: 68–Nutrition and food security, 75–Rural mar- China, Colombia, Denmark, the Arab Republic of Egypt, kets, 77–Rural policies and institutions, 78–Rural services the European Commission, Finland, France, Food & and infrastructure, 79–Other rural development, 91–Global Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ford Food Crisis Response, 83–Land administration and manage- Foundation, Germany, Gulf Cooperation Council, India, ment, 85–Water resources management, 86–Other environ- Indonesia, Inter-American Development Bank, International ment and natural resources management, 36–Personal and Development Research Centre, International Fund for property rights, 41–Small and medium enterprise support, Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Islamic Republic 52–Natural disaster management. of Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kellogg Foundation, Geographic Coverage: Global Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, OPEC Fund for International Development, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, CONTACT Rockefeller Foundation, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Ms. Fionna Douglas Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Syngenta Foundation, Program Manager Syria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, United Nations Agriculture and Rural Development Unit Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Environment Tel: +1 202 473-8913 Program (UNEP), the United States, and the World Bank. Email: fdouglas@worldbank.org Sectors & Themes Covered: Websites: http://www.cgiar.org and http:// Sectors: AB–Agricultural extension and research, AH–Crops, www.cgiarfund.org AI–Irrigation and drainage, AZ–General agriculture, fishing 141. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Energy Sector Management FY2009 FY2010 (ESMAP) is a global, multi-donor technical assistance Assistance Program (ESMAP) US$ million US$ million program that is administered by the World Bank Group and governed by a Consultative Group (CG) of donors that Cash contributions received 34 8 meets annually. ESMAP focuses “upstream” through three during the year core functions: (i) think tank; (ii) knowledge clearinghouse; Disbursements made during 19 23 and (iii) operational leveraging—all aimed at helping client the year* countries make better informed choices, enhance capacity, * Include disbursements made under the Clean Energy Investment Framework (CEIF) of the Environment Unit and the AFREA Program. and adopt cutting-edge solutions. Under its current Strategic Business Plan (2008-2013), ESMAP is extending its engage- ment with client countries to encompass the nexus of energy security, energy poverty, and climate change. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Program management is the responsibility of a unit Since its establishment, ESMAP has supported more than within the Bank’s Sustainable Energy Department. ESMAP’s 100 countries through more than 800 activities covering work program consists of a combination of annual block a broad range of energy issues. With an early focus on grants to the Bank’s regional energy sector units for analyti- Country Energy Assessments, ESMAP has since expanded its cal and advisory activities to support clients and own-man- product line to include targeted technical studies, strategic aged research, analysis and knowledge products of a global advice, best practice dissemination, knowledge products, nature. and pre-investment work. Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 147 Below are recent highlights of ESMAP’s achievements: solar, geothermal, wind, and small hydroelectric power. • Energy Security: In FY10, ESMAP supported diagnostic Examples of support under REMTI include (i) the vulnerability assessments for 19 developing countries Philippines Renewable Energy Market Reform; (ii) the covering the period up to 2015 focusing on the need for Middle East & North Africa- Regional Concentrating critically important investments in the power sector. Solar Power Scale-up Program; and (iii) the Mexico ESMAP has also completed a major study that draws Renewable Energy Assistance Program to assisting the policy lessons from the experience of 12 regional power Government in the design of policies and regulations sector integration schemes around the world which have needed to implement its new Renewable Energy Law. been increasingly pursued by client counties to enhance security of energy through regional cooperation. Participating Donors: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, • Energy Poverty: In FY10, ESMAP supported three main Germany, Iceland, the Republic of Lithuania, Norway, the initiatives under its Pro-Poor Energy Access Technical Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Assistance Program: (i) the Africa Electrification Sectors & Themes Covered: Initiative; (ii) the Energy Access for the Urban Poor Sectors: LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, Initiative; and (iii) the Gender and Energy Development LB–Mining and other extractive, LC–Oil and Gas, LD–Power, Strategies Initiative. LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy). • Climate Change: ESMAP has supported the preparation Themes: 71–Access to urban services and housing, of Low Carbon Growth Studies in Brazil, the People’s 72–Municipal finance, 73–Municipal governance and insti- Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the tution building, 74–Other urban development, 76–Rural Republic of Poland and South Africa. Country-level non-farm income generation, 78–Rural services and infra- climate vulnerability assessments for the energy sector structure, 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies have been supported in Albania and the Republic of and institutions, 84–Polution management and environ- Uzbekistan, and a Hands-on Energy Adaptation Toolkit mental health, 45–Export development and competitive- (HEAT) documents this experience and approach in an ness, 47–Regional integration, 48–Technology diffusion, online guide for use by other countries. 57–Participation and civic engagement, 59–Gender, 61–Social • Energy Efficient Cities Initiative (EECI): In FY09, analysis and monitoring, 52–Natural disaster management, ESMAP launched the five-year EECI aimed at helping 39–Infrastructure services for private sector development. city mayors, planners and administrators in developing Geographic Coverage: Global countries to make better informed decisions on energy- efficiency programs and planning, across six key sectors—buildings, water, transport, public lighting, solid CONTACT waste and heating and power. Mr. Rohit Khanna • Renewable Energy Market Transformation Initiative Program Manager (REMTI): In FY09, ESMAP launched the REMTI as a Tel: + 1 202 458-2685 multiyear initiative to help countries build institutional E-mail: RKhanna2@worldbank.org capacity to develop and implement strategies to deploy Website: http://www.esmap.org grid-based renewable energy technologies—chiefly 142. Extractive Industries Technical Advisory Facility (ETAF) BACKGROUND managed with a view to long term, positive impacts. The Extractive industries are key components of many devel- objective of the ETAF is to assist resource-rich, developing oping economies. When well-managed, solid mineral and countries to correctly structure extractive industry trans- hydrocarbon resources offer real opportunities for such actions and related sector policies from the outset, thus countries to achieve sustainable economic growth. However, reducing the risk of costly or politically difficult remediation resource-rich, developing countries often suffer from weak at a later stage. The ETAF facilitates rapid-response, third- institutions, poor legal frameworks, and insufficient local party advisory services and capacity building for extractive capacity, resulting in extractive industry resources not being industry resource policy frameworks and transactions. It also 14 8 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds supports the production and dissemination of global knowl- • Good Practice Source Book. To underpin country advisory edge products on extractive industry sector issues to help services, a ‘Source Book’ of global good practice in the address the lack of an integrated body of good practice for extractive industries is being developed in a consultative sector governance and management. The multi-donor trust manner with several leading universities in the fund supporting the ETAF was established in June 2009. petroleum and mining sectors. Participating Donors: Norway, Switzerland, the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS International Finance Corporation, and the World Bank. Sectors & Themes Covered: Extractive Industries Tech FY2009 FY2010 Sectors: LB–Mining and Other Extractive, Oil and Gas Advisory Facility (ETAF) US$ million US$ million Themes: 29–other accountability/anti-corruption, 30–other Cash contributions received — 1 public sector governance, 42–Standards and Financial during the year Reporting, 57–Participation and civic engagement, and Disbursements made during — 0.5 86–Other environment and natural resource management. the year Geographic Coverage: Global KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS CONTACT • Advisory Services. Liberia is the first country to Mr. Michael Stanley receive ETAF support to assist with proposed iron ore EI-TAF Program Manager transactions and related policy framework reforms. In Tel: +1 202 473-6165 concessioning deposits with a potential cumulative E-mail: mstanley@worldbank.org investment value of over US$10 billion, it is critical that future iron ore investments are configured and Ms. Diana Corbin negotiated to optimize direct and indirect contributions Operations Officer—Donor Relations to Liberia’s development. A second ETAF grant, to Tel: +1 202 473-1705 support the Government of Rwanda in negotiations E-mail: dcorbin@worldbank.org around petroleum exploration, is expected to be signed Website: http://go.worldbank.org/NGJ46W9J80 soon. A third grant to support a petroleum exploration round is now being prepared for the Republic of Yemen. 143. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) BACKGROUND governments implement the EITI principles, working very With 3.5 billion people living in countries rich in oil, gas closely with World Bank country teams and country offices. and minerals, good governance in the exploitation of these Globally, the EITI has become an established standard resources can generate large revenues to foster economic and framework for transparency in resource areas with clear growth. However, when governance is weak, it may consensus on EITI objectives, principles and methodology. result in poverty, corruption and conflict. The extractive There is a wide range of supporting entities and countries: Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), based in Oslo, oil, gas and mining majors, civil society, and bilateral aims to strengthen governance by improving transparency agencies like DFID and NORAD. More and more MDBs and accountability in the extractives sector through the endorse and support EITI (African Development Bank, Asian verification and full publication of company payments and Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and government revenues from oil, gas and mining. The EITI is Development, and Inter-American Development Bank). a coalition of governments, private companies, civil society There is also increasing reference to EITI in global form like groups, investors, and international organizations and is UN, G8 and in related actions—e.g., recent legislation passed supported by two trust funds that provide funding for Bank- in the USA on disclosure. and recipient-executed grants to help candidate country Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 149 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Extractive Industries FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: Transparency Initiative (EITI) US$ million US$ million Sectors: LB–Mining and Other Extractive, LC–Oil and Gas Cash contributions received 3 10 Themes: 29–Other accountability/anti-corruption, 30–Other during the year public sector governance, 42–Standards and financial Disbursements made during 2 4 reporting, 57–Participation and civic engagement, 86–Other the year environment and natural resource management. Geographic Coverage: Global KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS There are currently 56 interested and/or implementing CONTACT countries under the EITI portfolio, of which 33 are formal Mr. Anwar Ravat EITI candidate countries with 18 countries having issued Program Manager one or more EITI reports (as of January 2010) and five EITI Tel: +1 202 473-2028 Compliant countries (the Azerbaijan Republic, Liberia, the E-mail: aravat@worldbank.org Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Mongolia, and Ghana as of November 2010). In addition, an array of knowledge Ms. Diana Corbin dissemination products and learning events were planned Operations Officer—Donor Relations and delivered. Tel: +1 202 473 1705 E-mail: dcorbin@worldbank.org Participating Donors: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Websites: http://www.worldbank.org/eititf and http:// the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, www.eiti.org 144. Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFCRP) BACKGROUND In addition, grant funding has been made available The Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) was through three externally-funded trust funds in support of the established in May 2008 as part of the World Bank Group’s full range of interventions available under the GFRP. They response, which included making additional grant funding are: (i) Food Price Crisis Response Core Multi-Donor Trust available for emergency response in low-income countries Fund; (ii) Russia Food Price Crisis Rapid Response Trust hardest hit by food price increases. The Food Price Crisis Fund; and (iii) European Union Food Crisis Rapid Response Response (FPCR) trust fund26 is one of four funding sources Facility Trust Fund. under the GFRP. It aims to: (i) reduce the negative impact of high food prices on the poor in a timely manner; (ii) support developing country governments in the design of policies FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS that mitigate the adverse impacts of more volatile food Global Food Crisis Response FY2009 FY2010 prices; and (iii) support broad-based growth in productivity Program (GFCRP) US$ million US$ million and market participation in agriculture to ensure an ade- quate supply response as part of a sustained improvement in Cash contributions received 149 242 food supply. Activities funded through the FPCR trust fund during the year in FY10 complement those financed through other funding Disbursements made during 141 86 sources under the GFRP, including US$1.8 billion in IDA/ the year IBRD resources. 26 This covers only the amount from the IBRD surplus, which is only one of four GFRP TF accounts. 150 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS local government officials in the Republic of Tajikistan Food Price Crisis Response (FPCR) Trust Fund: on agriculture and food security has been completed. Progress has been made against each of the three objectives stated previously through the FPCR trust fund; support for European Union Food Crisis Rapid Response Facility social protection programs is estimated to have impacted Trust Fund: 3.7 million people. Support for short and medium term food • In The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, a supply response measures through the FPCR TF are esti- US$26.98 million grant has supported 293,000 additional mated to have reached to date 0.3 million farm households beneficiaries in the face of localized drought and crop or 1.67 million beneficiaries. failure. • In the Republic of Yemen, US$24.67 million from the EC Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF): Food Facility will provide a workfare assistance program The types of interventions financed through the MDTF to 12,000–16,000 households and temporary cash range from budget support and social protection, including assistance to about 41,000 poor households. 78 workfare school feeding programs, cash-for-work programs, health sub-projects are currently under implementation. and nutrition programs, and social transfers, to agricultural • The US$7.47 Gambia Emergency Agriculture Production interventions such as the provision of quality seed and Project aims to improve access to agricultural inputs fertilizer, irrigation rehabilitation, and agricultural extension and equipment, as well as seed and storage capacity by programs. Some examples: targeted farmers in nine vulnerable districts. Distribution • In Cambodia, an US$8 million budget support grant was of 300 power tillers is ongoing. provided for the Cambodia Smallholder Agriculture and Social Protection project. Participating Donors: Australia, the European Commission, • In Senegal, an US$8 million grant was provided for Canada, the International Finance Corporation, the Republic the Child-Focused Social Cash Transfer and Nutrition of Korea, the Russian Federation, Spain, and the World Security Project. Bank. • In Zimbabwe, a US$7 million grant was provided for Sectors & Themes Covered: the Zimbabwe Emergency Agricultural Input Project Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, (ZEAIP). JA–Health, JB–Other social services. Themes: 91–Food Crisis Response, 54–Social safety nets, Russia Food Price Crisis Rapid Response Trust Fund: 68–Nutrition and food security, 87–Social risk mitigation. • As of October 2010, the ongoing project to which Geographic Coverage: Global additional financing from the Russia Trust Fund is being provided, benefited about 94,000 households in the Republic of Tajikistan—far exceeding the original target CONTACT of 28,000 households. Mr. Christopher Delgado • Also, as of October 2010, 20 percent of the technical Strategy and Policy Adviser assistance on “Role of Government in Improving Agriculture and Rural Development Agriculture Sector Development and Food Security in Tel: +1 202 458-9455 Rural Areas” has been disbursed. The baseline survey of E-mail: cdelgado@worldbank.org Website: http://www.worldbank.org/foodcrisis/ 145. Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) BACKGROUND forest degradation, providing a fresh source of financing The FCPF aims to assist developing countries in their efforts for the sustainable use of forest resources and biodiversity to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation— conservation, and for the more than 1.2 billion people who called REDD+—by providing value to standing forests. The depend to varying degrees on forests for their livelihoods. FCPF is designed to set the stage for a large-scale system of The FCPF builds the capacity of up to 37 develop- incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and ing countries in tropical and subtropical regions to reduce Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 151 emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to signed grant agreements, and five countries have had tap into any future system of positive incentives for REDD+. Readiness Preparation Proposals (R-PPs) assessed. In some of these countries, the FCPF will also help reduce the rate of deforestation and forest degradation by providing Participating Donors/Buyer Participants: France, Australia, an incentive per ton of carbon dioxide of emissions reduced the European Commission, Denmark, Finland, Germany, through specific Emission Reductions Programs targeting the Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, The drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. Nature Conservancy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sectors & Themes Covered: FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Sectors: AT–Forestry Themes: 81–Climate change Forest Carbon Partnership FY2009 FY2010 Geographic Coverage: Global Facility (FCPF) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 20 4 during the year CONTACT Disbursements made during — 0.2 Ms. Eliza Winters the year Fund Manager, FCPF Tel: +1 202 458-7181 E-mail: ewinters@worldbank.org KEY RESULTS Since the Facility became operational in June 2008 and the Ms. Erin Conner main governing body was elected in October of that year, Fund Analyst, FCPF 37 developing countries have been selected to participate Tel: +1 202 473-6640 in this unique partnership. Twelve countries have currently E-mail: econner@worldbank.org Website: http://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org 146. Carbon Capture and Storage Program (CCS) BACKGROUND • Development of financing mechanisms. The CCS Program is supported by a World Bank adminis- • Assessment of environmental impacts. tered multi-donor trust fund established in FY10 which is scheduled to be fully disbursed by the end of 2013. The Activities to be supported by the program will be objectives of the CCS Program are to support strengthening implemented using Bank implementation instruments such capacity and knowledge sharing, creating opportunities for as technical assistance programs—both stand-alone and developing countries to explore CCS potential, increasing connected to investment operations (e.g., investment loans, access to carbon markets and realizing benefits of domestic credits and grants) and development policy operations—and CCS technology development, and facilitating inclusion of analytical advisory activities such as Economic Sector Work CCS options into low-carbon growth strategies and policies and Knowledge Products. developed by national institutions and supported by World The program aims to coordinate its activities with Bank Group interventions. These objectives cover five areas other institutions and initiatives providing CCS assistance of activities: to avoid duplication of efforts. The specific activities to • Integration of CCS into sustainable development plans achieve the objectives of the Trust Fund will be identified and/or low-carbon strategies and policies. during in-country consultations and through dialogue with • Building in-country management skills and expertise. counterparts. • Structuring legal and regulatory frameworks. 152 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Participating Donors: Norway, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, Ltd. (Australia). Carbon Capture and Storage FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: (CCS) Program US$ million US$ million Sectors: YZ–General industry and trade, LB–Mining and Cash contributions received — 8 other extractives, LC–Oil and gas, and LD–Power. during the year Themes: 81–Climate Change Disbursements made during — 0.1 Geographic Coverage: Global the year CONTACT KEY RESULTS Mr. Richard Zechter The CCS Program was declared established at the first Lead Carbon Finance Specialist Steering Committee teleconference in December 2009. Tel: +1 202 473-9788 Subsequently to the signing of the Administration E-Mail: rzechter@worldbank.org Agreements, contributions from the Government of Norway and the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute Ms. Nataliya Kulichenko (GCCSI) were received, activating the CCS Trust Fund. A Senior Energy Specialist call for Expressions of Interest was issued in February 2010. Tel: +1 202 458-9859 Received proposals were discussed at the second Steering E-Mail: nkulichenko@worldbank.org Committee meeting held in March 2010. Work programs Website Address None at Present were agreed in June 2010 and implementation began in early FY11. 147. Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) BACKGROUND cost-effective way to address natural hazards. The facility is Established in 2006, the GFDRR is a Bank-managed global effectively responding to the growing needs and demands of partnership of 35 countries and 6 international organiza- countries, funding more than 120 disaster risk reduction and tions, committed to helping developing countries reduce inter-related climate risk management programs. their vulnerability to natural hazards and adapt to climate change and ensuring rapid recovery after disasters. The partnership’s mission is to mainstream disaster risk reduc- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS tion (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in country Global Facility for Disaster development strategies by supporting a country-led and Reduction & Recovery FY2009 FY2010 managed implementation of the Hyogo Framework for (GFDRR) US$ million US$ million Action (HFA). Since its inception, the GFDRR has received more than US$242 million in donor pledges and commit- Cash contributions received 17 30 ted more than US$96.5 million in technical and financial during the year assistance in the form of grants to disaster-prone low- and Disbursements made during 15 21 middle-income countries. This includes US$20 million for the year global and regional cooperation programs in risk assessment and modeling, early warning systems, safe infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, and catastrophe risk insur- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS ance pools, managed in close coordination with the United During FY10, GFDRR stepped up its efforts to mainstream Nations agencies and regional organizations. In managing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate adaptation in disaster risk, the GFDRR has effectively contributed to a country policy dialogue; the study on the economics of shift in focus from a post-disaster centered agenda, to one disaster risk reduction (EDRR). The GFDRR’s effort to main- where prevention and resilience combined become the most stream DRR and to strengthen national DRM frameworks Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 153 has also enabled the Bank to provide innovative risk financ- Participating Donors: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, ing products to high risk countries. Connected with the lend- the European Commission, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, ing program proposed in the new CASs on which GFDRR Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands ,Norway, Spain, provided technical advice, the Bank-approved CAT DDOs in Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United Costa Rica (US$65 million) and Guatemala (US$85 million). States, and the World Bank. Using Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process Sectors & Themes Covered: and Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) tools, GFDRR Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, AZ–General agriculture, has provided financial (over US$13 million) and technical fishing, and forestry, BZ–General public administration, BW– assistance for as many as 31 PDNAs in response to cyclones, Public administration–water, sanitation and flood protection, floods, earthquakes, typhoons, mudslides in Bangladesh, BN–Public administration–education, BO–Public administra- Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, the People’s Republic tion–finance, BQ–Public administration–health, BS–Public of China, East Asia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, administration–other social services, BV–Public administra- Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Republic of Madagascar, Malawi, tion, transportation, CA–Information technology, CZ–General Myanmar, Nepal, Namibia, the Philippines, Samoa, Saudi information and communications, JB–Other social services, Arabia, Senegal, West Africa, and the Republic of Yemen. FD–Non-compulsory pensions, insurance, and contractual The PDNA is established as the global template for quantify- savings, TZ–General transportation, WD–Flood protection, ing damage, loss and needs, for formulating the post-disaster WZ–General water, sanitation, and flood protection. recovery and reconstruction strategy and, increasingly, for Themes: All themes leveraging additional post-disaster development assistance Geographic Coverage: Global that integrate disaster risk reduction. Finally, the GFDRR has launched GFDRR Labs. The Labs mission is to inspire innovation in DRM through partner- CONTACT ships and technology, and to mainstream this approach. The Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha Labs team is expanding innovative regional projects into Manager, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery the global arena and establishing a consistent and unified Tel: +1 202 458-2726 methodology, based on lessons learned, to apply innovation E-mail: sjha1@worldbank.org in new and existing projects in the regions. Website: http://www.gfdrr.org 148. Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) BACKGROUND GGFR’s work illustrates how a Public-Private Partnership The GGFR is a public-private partnership and was launched can harness potential opportunities to reduce the waste of at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in a valuable resource, expand access to energy, and contrib- Johannesburg in 2002. It supports national efforts for ute to climate change mitigation. Global gas flaring has increasing the use of associated natural gas and thus declined by a total of 22 billion cubic meters (bcm) over the reducing flaring and venting, which waste resources and past three years despite a 5 percent rise in crude oil produc- increase global CO2 emissions. GGFR aims to improve energy tion over the same period, according to the latest satellite efficiency, expand gas markets, and mitigate climate change estimates. through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from flar- GGFR partners started a new phase in FY10 focused ing. The GGFR also globally promotes effective regulatory on implementing concrete gas flaring reduction projects in frameworks and investments in infrastructure to support high-impact countries. The GGFR partners approved a new gas utilization in local and international energy markets. Charter and a work program for 2010–12. GGFR will focus its Poverty reduction is also an integral part of the GGFR pro- work on key flaring countries—Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, gram through the supply of clean fuels and the expansion of Qatar, and the Russian Federation—and on countries that employment. may directly lead to larger flare reduction projects and programs. 154 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS methodology improvements, for gas flaring reduction projects. Global Gas Flaring Reduction FY2009 FY2010 • Several countries and companies in the Middle East and Partnership (GGFR) US$ million US$ million Latin America have already expressed their interest in Cash contributions received 2 2 the GGFR initiative, and some may join the partnership during the year this year. Disbursements made during 2 3 the year Participating Partners/Donors: Algeria (Sonatrach), Angola (Sonangol), the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Cameroon (Societe Nationale de Hidrocarbures), Chad, Ecuador KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS (PetroEcuador), the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, France, • Seventeen major oil companies, the OPEC Secretariat, Gabon, Indonesia (PERTAMINA), Iraq, the Republic of and 15 countries that contribute a significant share of Kazakhstan, Khanty-Mansijsysk (the Russian Federation), the world’s flaring (more than 50 percent) have joined Mexico, Nigeria (NNPC), Norway, Norsk Hydro ASA, Qatar, the GGFR. the United Arab Emirates (Masdar), the United States, • The majority of partners have endorsed the Global the Republic of Uzbekistan, British Petroleum, Chevron, Standard for gas flaring reduction. ConocoPhillips, ENI, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil, Maersk Oil • Eight demonstration projects for associated gas & Gas, Pemex, Qatar Petroleum, Shell, Statoil, TOTAL, OPEC utilization were implemented by GGFR. Secretariat, the European Commission, and the World Bank. • GGFR is assisting Indonesia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sectors & Themes Covered: Mexico, Nigeria, Qatar, the Russian Federation, and Sectors: LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power other countries to reduce flaring to minimum levels, Themes: 81–Climate change, 84–Pollution management and through collaboration between operators, the national oil environmental health. company and the regulator. Geographic Coverage: Global • Nigeria and the Russian Federation, the two major flaring countries in the world, are taking firm steps to reduce gas flaring. CONTACT • The Russia Federation has established a mandatory Mr. Bent Svensson 95 percent associated gas utilization rate by 2012; Program Manager increasing penalties from 2012 for flaring volumes Tel: +1 202 473-6976 exceeding the 5 percent limit; and drafting amendments E-mail: bsvensson@worldbank.org to the Electricity Law which aim to ease access to the national power grid for electricity produced by AG fired Mr. Mauricio Rios power generators. Communications Officer • The GGFR formed a methodology group that is Tel: +1 202 458-2458 examining ways of increasing the use of clean E-mail: mrios@worldbank.org development mechanisms (carbon credits), based on Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ggfr 149. Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) BACKGROUND the poor in developing countries by broadening the use of The GPOBA is a multidonor program initiated in 2003 output-based aid (OBA) approaches. by the United Kingdom and the World Bank. Since then, OBA involves the use of explicit performance-based sub- Australia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the sidies to delegate service delivery to third parties—typically Netherlands, and Sweden have joined as additional donors. private firms, but also in some cases NGOs, community- The GPOBA’s goal is to help increase access to reliable infra- based organizations and state-owned companies—under structure and social services (water, sanitation, electricity, contracts that tie the disbursement of public funding to the telecommunications, transport, health, and education) for actual delivery of services or outputs. GPOBA’s vision is to Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 155 mainstream OBA with development partners by end FY13 This is in accordance with GPOBA’s vision of being a Center and by that time transform itself into a Center of Expertise. of Expertise by end FY13. Recently, GPOBA’s donors approved funding for an expan- sion of GPOBA’s mandate to Results Based Financing Participating Donors: Australia, IFC, the Netherlands, activities that may not necessarily be pro-poor, but which Sweden, and the United Kingdom. incorporate some of the OBA principles such as performance Sectors & Themes Covered: risk allocation to that entity most able to bear it, and third Sectors: JA–Health, LA–District heating and energy party verification of results. efficiency services, LD–Power, LE–Renewable energy, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, WB–Solid waste man- agement, WC–Water supply, EP–Primary educa- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS tion, ES–Secondary education, ET–tertiary education, CT–Telecommunications, TA–Roads and highways, FE–Micro Global Partnership On FY2009 FY2010 and SME finance, and AI–Irrigation and drainage. Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) US$ million US$ million Themes: 63–Child health, 67–Health system perfor- Cash contributions received 30 38 mance, 69–Population and reproductive health, 71–Access during the year to urban services and housing, 72–Municipal finance, Disbursements made during 8 14 39–Infrastructure services for private sector develop- the year ment, 40–Regulation and competition policy, 41–Small and medium enterprise support, 44–Other financial and private sector development, 54–Social safety nets, 27–Public expen- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS diture, financial management, and procurement, 29–Other Mainstreaming of OBA within the Bank is now in sight accountability/anti-corruption, and 90–Managing for devel- through the development of a Results Based Investment opment Results. Lending (RBIL) instrument. Furthermore, a number of Geographic Coverage: Global development partners and governments are adopting OBA approaches. The GPOBA’s staff is in demand to structure Result Based Financing (RBF) components into operations. CONTACT Knowledge and Learning platform has greatly expanded, Ms. Patricia Veevers-Carter including e-learning. An OBA public database was launched Program Manager in October 2010. Tel: +1 202 473-2163 With respect to the pilot subsidy funding operations, E-mail: pveeverscarter@worldbank.org 31 projects are under implementation with a value of US$126 million. Cumulative disbursements based on outputs Ms. Cathy Russell are more than US$33 million and the total number of poor Communications Officer people benefiting is nearly one million. With respect to tech- Tel: +1 202 458-8124 nical assistance and dissemination, the GPOBA approved E-mail: crussell@worldbank.org 20 technical assistance activities for US$2.65 million and Website: http://www.gpoba.org 19 dissemination activities for US$1.6 million during 2010. 150. Program on Fisheries (PROFISH) BACKGROUND effective sector governance and reform; (ii) improving the The PROFISH is a programming and funding partnership quality of investments made by both public and private between key fishery sector donors, international financial sectors entities; and (iii) aligning donor interventions on sus- institutions, developing countries, stakeholder organizations, tainable fisheries. and international agencies. Its objective is to strengthen The PROFISH is focused on making concrete prog- governance of the world’s marine fisheries by (i) assist- ress towards meeting the World Summit on Sustainable ing countries and regions to establish roadmaps to achieve Development’s goals in fisheries through three 156 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds complementary activities: (i) initiatives to include sustain- Indicators; and (v) development and maintenance of able fisheries in national plans and poverty reduction strate- internal and external portals. gies; (ii) the building of national and regional consensus on • Contributions to loan preparation and supervision: the implementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; Republic of Yemen, Senegal, the United Republic of and (iii) the alignment and enhancement if international Tanzania, Kenya, West Africa Region (nine countries), assistance (including the World Bank operations) on fisher- Vietnam, and Bangladesh. ies and sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems and catalyzing • Workshops and Conferences: African Fisheries Ministers implementation of collaborative initiatives. (Gambia); International Institute for Fisheries Economics The PROFISH also has a particular focus on global public and Trade Special Sessions (France); ACP Fisheries goods, including pro-poor fisheries reform, on combating Reform (Seychelles); FAO COFI (Rome), Fisheries illicit fishing and on building awareness and responses to Dependent Information (Galway); Marine Stewardship the impact of climate change on oceans and on dependent Council Stakeholder (Washington); PROFISH Forum coastal communities. (Rome), Chatham House Meeting on IUU (London), Property Rights Workshop (Santa Barbara); Global Aquaculture Outlook Conference GOAL 2010 (Malaysia). FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS • Oversight of separate partnership with the private sector, Alliance for Sustainable Fisheries (ALLFISH) Program On Fisheries FY2009 FY2010 www.allfish.org. (PROFISH) US$ million US$ million Cash contributions received 0.3 0.9 Participating Donors: Finland, France, Iceland, New during the year Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Disbursements made during 1 0.7 Sectors & Themes Covered: the year Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing and forestry, BL–Public administration—agriculture, fishing and forestry. Themes: Non-thematic KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: Global • Studies on global fisheries governance reform, climate change and fisheries, global fisheries GDP estimate, legal issues, tenure and fishing rights, and country/fishery CONTACT case studies. Mr. James L. Anderson • Knowledge products: (i) Political Economy of Natural Adviser Resource Use: Lessons for Fisheries Reform; (ii) Draft– Tel: +1 202 473-3470 Hidden Harvests: the Contribution of Global Fisheries; E-mail: janderson8@worldbank.org (iii) PROFISH Briefs on line; (iv) Bank-wide capacity Website: http://www.worldbank.org/fish building on fisheries, (iv) Draft–Fisheries Performance 151. Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) BACKGROUND at strengthening global, regional and country capacity to The GRSF was established in 2006 in response to a man- improve road safety outcomes. date from the United Nations, pursuant to the landmark Every year, approximately 1.3 million people are killed World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention launched and up to 50 million injured on the world’s roads. The by the World Health Organization and the World Bank on principal development objective of the Facility is to reduce World Health Day 2004. The Facility continues its mission the negative impacts of the economic and social losses to increase the development responsiveness to the grow- incurred by road crashes, which can prevent people from ing scale of road crash deaths and injuries in low- and escaping poverty or push them back into it. Measured as a middle-income countries, and to support initiatives aimed global burden of disease, road deaths and injuries surpass the health losses associated with malaria and tuberculosis Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 157 and, by 2015, are projected to be the leading cause of health between low- and middle-income country road safety losses for children (ages from 5 to 14), and the second lead- data collection managers and experts in high-income ing cause for men by 2030. countries; (iv) and the Road Traffic Injury Researchers. • The GRSF published Guidelines on the conduct of Country Road Safety Management Capacity Reviews FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS facilitating the creation of Safe System projects which emphasize lead agency development in road safety. Global Road Safety Facility FY2009 FY2010 • The GRSF is engaged in road infrastructure safety rating (GRSF) US$ million US$ million and capacity review initiatives, and conducted related Cash contributions received 0.4 2 high-level launches of these activities in China and India during the year in FY10. Disbursements made during 2 3 • GRSF staff members also served on the World Bank Road the year Safety Taskforce which led to the adoption of a new organizational rule aimed at protecting Bank staff when they travel. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS • The UN General Assembly Resolution in March 2010 Participating Donors: Australia, Bloomberg Family (A/64/L.44) called for a Decade of Action in Road Safety, Foundation, Inc., FIA Foundation, the Netherlands, Sweden, which will target a 50 percent reduction in projected the United Kingdom, and the World Bank. deaths and injuries during 2011–2020 period, resulting in Sectors & Themes Covered: an estimated 5 million lives saved and up to 50 million Sectors: TA–Roads and highways, TZ–General trans- serious injuries avoided in the developing world, with an portation, JA–Health, and BV–Public administration, estimated social benefit of US$3 trillion. An affiliated UN transportation. Global Plan for the Decade under development endorses Themes: 27–Public expenditure, financial management, support for GRSF. and procurement, 78–Rural services and infrastructure, and • The International Road Policing Organization, 47–Regional integration. established by the GRSF, and its high-level Law Geographic Coverage: Global Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP), undertook missions in Argentina, the Republic of Moldova, and Georgia to assess command “readiness for change” models in CONTACT road policing, tied in with Bank projects. The exchange Ms. Tawia Addo-Ashong led to the opening of a new driver testing center in the Program Coordinator Republic of Moldova. Tel: +1 202 473-3157 • Ongoing research work continues through grants E-mail: taddoashong@worldbank.org to (i) Harvard School of Public Health to develop a standardized cross-country knowledge management Mr. Marc Shotten framework for road safety; (ii) Government of China Operations Officer through a GRSF-financed road traffic training center Tel: +1 202 473-4866 in the Hubei Province; (iii) OECD’s International E-mail: mshotten@worldbank.org Road Traffic Accident Database facilitating exchanges Website: http://www.worldbank.org/grsf 152. Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) BACKGROUND World Bank consider the poverty, social and distributional The overarching goal of this multi-donor trust fund, estab- impacts of key policy reforms and operational activities. lished in early 2010 and operating over a period of three Its two goals are (i) to support the effective use of poverty, years (FY11–FY13), is to help partner governments and the social and distributional analysis in guiding the Bank’s 158 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds policy dialogue and program lending; and (ii) to strengthen KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS client country capacity to implement and use the results of Implementation of trust funded activities was started in poverty, social and distributional analysis to inform national early FY11. As of November 2010, program implementa- policies. tion is fully under way with all regional units being in the The trust fund is operated through two windows: a process of selecting, approving, and implementing proposals regional stream (80 percent of resources) distributed among for PSIA analytical activities. Commitments and disburse- the six World Bank regions and an anchor stream (20 per- ments increased considerably during FY11. First results and cent of resources) allocated equally between SDV and PRM achievements from implementation of PSIA analytical activi- units of the Bank. The regions use their funds to enhance ties and capacity building efforts are expected to be reported country-led PSIA and capacity building, and are encouraged in the very near future. to support country-level poverty, social and distributional analysis that can be managed either by the Bank or national Participating Donors: Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, stakeholders in partner countries. The regions carry out the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. PSIA-type work in accordance with proposals submitted to Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. them directly, while the anchors provide a monitoring and Geographic Coverage: Global advisory role on the regional work programs. CONTACT FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Ms. Maitreyi Das Lead Social Development Specialist Multi-Donor Fund for Tel: +1 202 473-0197 Poverty and Social Impact FY2009 FY2010 E-mail: mdas@worldbank.org Analysis (PSIA) US$ million US$ million Website: http://www.worldbank.org/psia and Cash contributions received — 7 http://go.worldbank.org/RTE2T7E850 during the year Disbursements made during — 0.1 the year 153. Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector (NTFPSI) BACKGROUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS The overall objective of the NTFPSI is to act as a catalyst Norwegian Trust Fund for FY2009 FY2010 for and consolidate Norwegian grant resources for activities Private Sector (NTFPSI) US$ million US$ million in the private sector and infrastructure units for the World Bank Group, including IFC. The NTFPSI concentrates on the Cash contributions received 15 12 poorest countries, and half the resources are earmarked for during the year Africa. The Trust Fund comprised of the following windows: Disbursements made during 7 5 (i) Investment Climate and Governance; (ii) Infrastructure the year Service Delivery to the Poor; and (iii) the Joint Norway/ World Bank Group Initiative on Petroleum Resources and Governance (the Petroleum Governance Initiative). Norway’s KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS support to global programs was taken out of the NTFPSI The NTFPSI has financed over 60 activities and global pro- starting in FY11. grams since its inception in 2002. It has served as a vehicle for stimulating synergies and collaboration between the World Bank and IFC, and the Trust Fund has been piloting innovation across different sectors in the World Bank Group. The activities span broad thematic areas, including climate Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 159 change, water, transport, energy, private sector development, CONTACT and access to finance. Mr. Joshua Gallo Program Manager Participating Donor: Norway Tel: 51-1-615-0660 Sectors & Themes Covered: E-mail: jgallo@worldbank.org Sectors: LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy, LC–Oil and gas, LA–District heating and energy efficiency services, Ms. Heidi Stensland YY–Other domestic and international trade, YZ–General Operations Officer industry and trade, FZ–General finance, TZ–General Tel: +1 202 458-2026 transportation. E-mail: hstensland@worldbank.org Themes: Non-thematic Website: http://www.worldbank.org/ntfpsi Geographic Coverage: Global 154. Ozone Trust Fund (OTF) BACKGROUND with only 44 percent of the total resources. The impressive OTF was established in 1991 at the World Bank in order cost-effective phase-out is directly linked to the innovative to channel resources from the Multilateral Fund for the delivery mechanisms that partner countries have embraced Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF) to develop- through Bank projects. Cumulatively, over US$900 million ing countries. The MLF is an independent financial mecha- have been disbursed to achieve this goal. Looking forward, nism that provides investment and non-investment grants the Bank has begun working with selected countries on to countries to permit them to meet the agreed incremental the phase out of hydro-fluorocarbons, taking into account costs of reducing and eliminating the consumption and climate linkages. production of ozone depleting substances (ODS) under their Montreal Protocol obligations. The Bank serves as one of the Participating Donor: United Nations Environment four Implementing Agencies of the MLF. Programme (UNEP) Sectors & Themes Covered: Sectors: Non-sectoral FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Themes: 50–Other Trade and integration, 81–Climate change, 82–Environmental policies and institutions, and Ozone Phase Out Trust Fund FY2009 FY2010 84–Pollution management and environmental health. (OTF) US$ million US$ million Geographic Coverage: Global Cash contributions received 41 20 during the year Disbursements made during 61 32 CONTACT the year Ms Karin Shepardson Program Manager Tel: +1 202 458-1398 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS E-mail: kshepardson@worldbank.org FY10 marks the year that the Bank partner countries have completely eliminated consumption and production of Mr. Laurent Granier halons and CFCs. Through the Bank’s role as Implementing Sr. Environmental Specialist Agency of the MLF, developing partner countries have Tel: +1 202 473-9034 eliminated over 300,000 metric tons of consumption and E-mail: lgranier@worldbank.org production of ozone depleting substances. This represents Website: http://www.worldbank.org/montrealprotocol 68 percent of the total phase-out achieved under the MLF 16 0 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 155. Program on Forests (PROFOR) BACKGROUND governance—US$2.5 million; innovative financing— The PROFOR is a multidonor partnership formed to pursue US$0.8 million; and cross sectoral—US$1.7 million), which a shared goal of enhancing forests’ contribution to pov- is an increase of over 50 percent increase from CY09. There erty reduction, sustainable development, and protection of has been a significant expansion of activities in the gover- environmental services. Through improved knowledge and nance thematic area, up from US$1.2 million in commit- by developing innovative approaches for sustainable forest ments in 2009, and a steady growth in both livelihoods and management (SFM), the PROFOR seeks to encourage the cross sectoral areas. Ten new activities led by regional staff transition to a more socially and environmentally sustain- have been established through the programmatic window. able forest sector supported by policies and institutions that Highlighted activities completed this year include a South- take a holistic approach to forest conservation and man- South exchange supported in the Latin American and agement. Its goal is to strengthen contributions, through Caribbean Region on the potential of community forestry in analytic work, knowledge dissemination and partnerships, to addressing REDD, the development of guidelines for carrying the capacity of institutions and stakeholders in forest policy out forest sector public expenditure reviews, the comple- processes for addressing more effectively poverty alleviation, tion of a major initiative on land acquisition, and a series of national economic development, climate change (including activities launched to improve forest law enforcement and REDD+), and forest conservation. governance. Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, Japan, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Switzerland, Finland, the European Commission, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Program on Forests FY2009 FY2010 Sectors & Themes Covered: (PROFOR) US$ million US$ million Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, Cash contributions received 3 4 BZ–General public administration. during the year Themes: 86–Other environment and natural resources Disbursements made during 2 2 management, 79–Other rural development, 62–Other social the year development, 62–Other social development, 30–Other public sector governance, 37–Other rule of law, and 44–Other financial and private sector development. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Geographic Coverage: Global In CY10, the PROFOR initiated 13 new activities, and had an active portfolio of 44 projects, up from 33 projects the previ- ous year. The 44 activities under implementation during the CONTACT calendar year, of which 12 were completed, are distributed Mr. Peter A. Dewees across four thematic areas (livelihoods—14 activities; gover- Program Manager, PROFOR nance—14 activities; innovative financing—5 activities; and Tel: +1 202 458-4021 cross-sectoral cooperation—11 activities). Total commitments E-mail: pdewees@worldbank.org; profor@worldbank.org in 2010 reached US$6.8 million (livelihoods—US$1.8 million; Website: http://www.profor.info 156. Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) BACKGROUND infrastructure through different types of activities, such as The PPIAF was created in 1999 to act as a catalyst to (i) framing infrastructure development strategies; (ii) design- increase private sector participation in emerging mar- ing and implementing policy, regulatory and institutional kets. PPIAF provides grants to help governments create a reforms; (iii) stakeholder consultation workshops; (iv) build- sound enabling environment for private participation in ing government institutional capacity; and (v) design and Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 161 implementation of pioneering projects. PPIAF also produces the International Finance Corporation, Italy, Millennium and disseminates knowledge and best practices on private Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Netherlands, Norway, participation in infrastructure. Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States PPIAF is governed by a Program Council composed of Agency for international Development (USAID), and the its donors. An independent technical advisory panel reviews World Bank. PPIAF activities and provides strategic advice to the Program Sectors & Themes Covered: Council. The Project Management Unit (PMU) manages Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, BH–Sub-national day-to-day operations. To facilitate outreach and monitoring government administration, BL–Public administration– of its technical assistance activities, the PMU maintains field agriculture, fishing, and forestry, BM–Public offices in Delhi, Lima, Manila, and Nairobi. administration–information and communica- tions, BU–Public administration–energy and mining, BV–Public administration–transportation, BW–Public FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS administration–water, sanitation and flood protec- tion, CT–Telecommunications, LA–District heating and Public-Private Infrastructure FY2009 FY2010 energy efficiency services, LC–Oil and gas, LD–Power, Advisory Facility (PPIAF) US$ million US$ million LE–Renewable energy, LZ–General energy, TA–Roads Cash contributions received 20 21 and highways, TP–Ports, waterways, and shipping, during the year TV–Aviation, TW–Railway, TZ–General transportation Disbursements made during 19 22 Sector, WA–Sanitation, WB–Solid waste management, the year WC–Water supply, WD–Flood protection, WS–Sewerage, and WZ–General water, sanitation and flood protection. Themes: 26–Decentralization, 28–Tax policy and administra- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS tion, 39–Infrastructure services for private sector develop- PPIAF uses outcome and impact indicators to track the ment, 44–Other financial and private sector development, performance and effectiveness of its technical assistance 47–Regional integration, 49–Trade facilitation and market activities. Monitoring impact indicators are, among others, access, 58–Conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruc- additional private investment in a specific sector, increased tion, 71–Access to urban services and housing, 72–Municipal number of poor people with access to infrastructure services finance, 73–Municipal governance and institution building, and improved level of services to the poor. PPIAF’s system- 74–Other urban development, 78–Rural services and infra- atic approach to monitoring results is an ongoing process structure, 81–Climate change, and 82–Environmental policies that begins with an application form focused on expected and institutions. outputs, outcomes, and impacts, and continues as the activ- Geographic Coverage: Global ity progresses with biannual project status reports. The pro- cess ends with a close-out form and post-completion reports. PPIAF also communicates how its upstream CONTACT work has had an impact on the ground through its Ms. Adriana de Aguinaga de Vellutini Impact Stories series, published on the PPIAF website Program Manager (http://www.ppiaf.org/ppiaf/page/ppiafs-impact-stories). Tel: +1 202 458-8857 E-mail: aaguinaga@ppiaf.org Participating Donors: the Philippines, Asian Development Website: http://www.ppiaf.org Bank (ADB), Australia, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, 157. Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD) BACKGROUND and poverty dimensions of sustainable development into the The TFESSD is a multidonor trust fund that provides grant World Bank work. It develops World Bank and client coun- resources aimed at mainstreaming the environmental, social, try capacity, promotes inclusion of sustainable development 162 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds issues into the Bank operations, and fosters cooperation Participating Donors: Finland and Norway. between different units within the Bank and external agen- Sectors & Themes Covered: cies and groups. The TFESSD currently funds around 162 Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, activities in 80 countries with half of funding going to activi- JB–Other social services, BS–Public administration–other ties in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cumulative cash receipts since social services, and BW–Public administration–water, sanita- inception have reached US$104.7 million with US$81.6 mil- tion and flood protection. lion disbursed as of FY08. Themes: 52–Natural disaster management, 53–Poverty strategy, analysis, and monitoring, 54–Social safety nets, 55–Vulnerability assessment and monitoring, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 57–Participation and civic engagement, 58–Conflict pre- vention and post-conflict reconstruction, 59–Gender, Trust Fund for 60–Indigenous peoples, 61–Social analysis and monitor- Environmentally and Socially ing, 62–Other social development, 68–Nutrition and food Sustainable Development FY2009 FY2010 security, 79–Other rural development, 91–Global Food (TFESSD) US$ million US$ million Crisis Response, 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate change, Cash Contributions received 14 2 82–Environmental policies and institutions, 83–Land during the year administration and management, 85–Water resources man- Disbursements made during 12 14 agement, and 86–Other environment and natural resources the year management. Geographic Coverage: Global (but at least 50 percent for Africa Region). KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS In recent years, TFESSD has been at the forefront of the expansion of work on climate change, in particular the CONTACT social and poverty aspects of climate action, as well as on Mr. Rasmus Heltberg vulnerability. Major earlier achievements include the piloting Program manager and subsequent mainstreaming of Country Environmental Tel: +1 202 473-5396 Analysis, Strategic Environmental Assessments, Poverty and E-mail: rheltberg@worldbank.org Social Impact Analysis and Social Accountability. TFESSD Website: http://www.worldbank.org/tfessd also supported the development of sector strategies for envi- ronment and social development and a number of influential reports and capacity building programs. 158. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) BACKGROUND the WSP provides customized, in-country support while The WSP is a multidonor global partnership administered leveraging global knowledge and Bank collaboration. by the World Bank with the mission of helping poor people Two years ago, WSP initiated a strategic planning exer- in developing countries gain access to affordable, safe, and cise to strengthen its business planning and management sustainable water and sanitation services. The WSP has sup- processes. The resulting FY09–18 Global Strategy: scaling-up ported many of the advances made in the water and sanita- sustainable services was endorsed by the WSP Council and tion sector over the last three decades. provided a roadmap for the program going forward. A pre- It provides evidence based technical assistance, capacity liminary results framework was also developed to measure building, and knowledge management to facilitate knowl- the program’s effectiveness in achieving the Strategy. During edge exchange and promote sector dialogue, and gives its FY10, WSP refined the basic results framework, implement- clients the capacity and tools they need to plan, manage, ing a significant shift towards monitoring for the results of scale up, and monitor water and sanitation services. With WSP’s engagement in the sector, strengthening the linkage over 125 technical staff in 24 countries across four regions, Q .   S U S TA I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T N E T W O R K V P U 163 between the global results framework for each country pro- international response to the urgent need to get countries gram and every staff member. back on track for the WSS MDGs. Identifying low cost climate change adaptation strate- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS gies for communities. In India, the new National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) guidelines emphasize Water and Sanitation FY2009 FY2010 “water security” through decentralized planning at village, Program (WSP) US$ million US$ million block and district levels. NRDWP has allocated US$1.9 bil- Cash contributions received 46 54 lion in 2010–11 to be matched by state funds and Planning during the year Commission grants for water security plans. In FY10, WSP Disbursements made during 34 36 provided inputs to the national guidelines articulating the the year process/content for the water security plans and drafting the implementation handbooks. SELECTED KEY RESULTS Leveraging global knowledge locally–Mainstreaming Sanitation Marketing. In Bangladesh, there has been shift south-south learning. In Bangladesh, WSP coordinated by government and partners to support a community-led development of the horizontal learning program through movement to eradicate open defecation. WSP improved which local stakeholders identify their capacities and access to technical options and credit facilities for entrepre- establishing peer-to-peer systems for the identification and neurs resulting in 16,000 consumers using improved quality replication of good practices. This program has grown to sanitation services. The program in Cambodia revolved 235 union parishads with constituencies totaling 5.6 mil- around marketing the “Easy Latrine,” developed last year lion people and indirectly reaches more than 2,000 union with WSP support, and includes demand creation, marketing parishads comprising 50 million people through the support and supplier training. Over 3,000 latrines (30 percent of the partner network. In FY10, 118 union parishads allocated program target) were sold by nine trained suppliers in two US$847,998 from their own funds for the replication of vali- provinces supported by WSP and USAID, and some of them dated good practices in 23 upazilas across the country (see started to employ sales agents working on commission. http://horizontallearning.net/). Creating Sustainable Services through Domestic Private Participating Donors: Australia, Austria, the Bill and Sector Participation (SS-DPSP). An estimated 16 million Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, Denmark, Finland, people benefitted from improved services from 275 providers France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, in 10 countries. WSP’s experience in Cambodia, the Republic Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United of Mozambique, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, the Philippines, and States, and the World Bank. Uganda has shown that correctly allocating risks can help Sectors & Themes Covered: draw the private sector into these markets. In Rwanda, over Sectors: WA–Sanitation, and WC–Water supply. 160,000 people access improved rural water supply services Themes: 25–Administrative and civil service reform, through local PPPs, while in Mali, 20 PPP contracts have 26–Decentralization, 30–Other public sector governance, been implemented delegating management of rural piped 90–Managing for development results, 39–Infrastructure ser- systems covering more than 250,000 people. vices for private sector development, 41–Small and medium enterprise support, and 44–Other financial and private sector Sector monitoring and benchmarking. Country Status development. Overviews (CSO) to assess the performance of African Geographic Coverage: Global countries in delivering the WSS MDGs were conducted in 32 countries to assess progress towards the MDGs and the underlying factors and is being delivered in a partner- CONTACT ship led by the WSP working with AFDB, UNICEF, and Ms. Jaehyang So WHO. Findings of the CSO have fed into the Global Annual Manager Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) Tel: +1 202 473-7654 report and are supporting the international policy dialogue E-mail: Jso@worldbank.org for the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) initiative, an Website: http://www.wsp.org 164 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 159. Water Partnership Program (WPP) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The WPP was launched in 2008 as a joint initiative of the Enhancement of the impact of the World Bank water-related World Bank, the Governments of Denmark, the Netherlands, activities is achieved through: (i) leveraging direct, inno- and the United Kingdom. By addressing the water sector as a vative support for World Bank operations (downstream whole and reinforcing the actions of all participating donors, activities) that are directly involved in instituting and imple- the WPP provides improved realignment and restructuring menting water management and/or water services in client through a multi-donor trust fund. The program is admin- countries; and/or (ii) developing and mainstreaming new istered by the World Bank’s Water Anchor Unit of the knowledge (upstream activities) by testing, evaluating, and Department of Energy, Transport and Water, with oversight disseminating new approaches and innovations for future of the Water Sector Board. The WPP’s goal is to enhance the projects and/or by supporting the development of strategic Bank’s efforts in reducing poverty through two overarching work (i.e., institutional strengthening, policy reform, and objectives: (i) sponsorship and mainstreaming of pragmatic strategic planning). and principled approaches for water resources management and development; and (ii) improvement of the quality and Participating Donors: Denmark, the Netherlands, and the effectiveness of water service delivery. United Kingdom. Activities are implemented through six Regional Sectors & Themes Covered: Windows. An additional Global Projects Window is designed Sectors: AI–Irrigation and drainage, BW–Public to enhance Bank operations by promoting innovative ideas Administration-Water, sanitation and flood protection, across regions. WPP also supports three Expert Support WD–Flood protection, WA–Sanitation, WS–Sewerage, Teams–the Sanitation, Hygiene and Wastewater Support WB–Solid waste management, WC–Water supply, and Service (SWAT), the Groundwater Management Advisory WZ–General water, sanitation and flood protection. Team (GW-MATE), and the Hydrology Expert Facility (HEF). Theme: 85–Water resources management. These teams stand ready to provide just-in-time advice to Geographic Coverage: Global Bank Task Managers on request. In addition, WPP pro- vides support to the World Bank Institute (WBI) to ensure that cross-cutting training is appropriately designed and CONTACT implemented. Mr. Diego J. Rodriguez Program Manager Tel: +1 202 473-3432 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS E-mail: drodriguez1@worldbank.org Water Partnership Program FY2009 FY2010 Mr. Matthijs Schuring (WPP) US$ million US$ million Program Coordinator Cash contributions received 4 2 Tel: +1 202 473-3441 during the year E-mail: mschuring@worldbank.org Disbursements made during 0.2 4 Website: http://www.worldbank.org/water/wpp the year R .  WORLD BANK INSTITUTE VPU 165 R.   WORLD BANK INSTITUTE VPU 160. Carbon Finance Assist Program (CFASST) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The World Bank is committed to support its developing Cities and Climate Change country partners in their pursuit of climate resilient devel- • Development of e-Learning Course on Cities and opment. The Carbon Finance Assist (CFASST) Program Climate Change. CFASST has initiated work to develop complements the Carbon Finance operations of the Bank this course, which will benefit city stakeholders from all by providing capacity building and technical assistance. regions by offering an introductory overview on basic CFASST focuses on strengthening developing country capa- concepts, policies, institutions, and financial instruments bilities to enable their effective participation in the global relevant to low-carbon development in the urban carbon market, and therefore promote sustainable develop- context. ment. It supports Bank clients in scaling up Carbon Finance, • Carbon Finance Capacity Building (CFCB) Program expanding Carbon Finance in Cities, and integrating Carbon of Megacities. In cooperation with ECOS and the C40 Finance with climate finance and domestic actions for low- Cities Initiative, CFASST is working in select cities (e.g., carbon growth. Key objectives of CFASST include designing Dar es Salaam, Jakarta, Quezon City, and Sao Paolo) and delivering targeted training to different stakeholders and to strengthen knowledge of carbon finance; highlight facilitating knowledge exchange between practitioners and project priorities and provide continuous advice on experts. project development and implementation; support and Through these activities, CFASST helps developing facilitate institutional networking; build capacity of countries and economies-in-transition to facilitate the cre- city staff through technical assistance; and facilitate ation and management of carbon assets, reduce the costs peer-to-peer learning by establishing a network among of market participation, and help achieve their sustainable participating cities. development goals while contributing to global environmen- tal benefits. The objectives of CFASST, as such, are consis- Scaling Up through Program of Activities (PoA): tent with the Bank priorities, sector strategies, and, with the • Development of e-Learning Course on Clean Millennium Development Goals. It is the principal program Development Mechanism (CDM) Program of Activities of the Bank to address the capacity issues and provide (PoA). Building on an earlier developed course on technical assistance to the developing countries and the Basics of CDM and Joint Implementation (JI) (which economies in transition. Its activities focus on strengthening was launched in April 2010), CFASST is working on the regulatory institutions, helping put procedures in place, and development of a course on PoA, which will enable assisting in project portfolio development. stakeholders to understand the rationale for developing PoA, understand rules and structure, identify potential sectors where PoA can be effectively applied, understand FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS financial issues and contractual arrangements, and identify possible linkages with other policy instruments. Carbon Finance Assist FY2009 FY2010 • Regional Workshops on Program of Activities (PoA). (CFASST) Program US$ million US$ million In collaboration with various partners, CFASST hosted Cash contributions received 3 2 workshops in Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, during the year Middle East, and North Africa Regions to address Disbursements made during 3 2 opportunities and challenges faced in those respective the year Regions using PoA. The main capacity development 166 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds objectives were to raise awareness, enhance stakeholders; the Carbon Expo is a global trade fair understanding and facilitate practitioner knowledge and knowledge-sharing platform on current and future exchange on the development of PoA. Beyond addressing carbon investments. It is a meeting place for large lessons learned and emerging issues around PoA and small companies operating in the CO2 market, development, the workshops also explored how the PoA as well as government representatives and climate approach can effectively support implementation of experts interested in the latest CO2 projects and climate low-carbon development policies and measures, and can developments. It provides a showcase for introducing be used as an instrument to mobilize carbon finance for projects to investors and carbon buyers, providing climate-smart development. sessions for matchmaking and deal facilitation. • Regional Carbon Fora. CFASST co-organized regional Blending Carbon Finance with other forms of Climate events in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, aiming Finance at respective regional carbon finance stakeholders. • Development of Low Carbon Development e-Learning These regional fora bring together the main actors Program. In collaboration with the Energy Sector in the carbon market, and provide ample business Management Assistance Program (ESMAP),27 CFASST and networking opportunities. Project owners and is developing a low- carbon development e-learning developers, national climate change focal points program, targeting policy makers and mid-level and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offices, government officials. The program will feature modules investment promotion agencies, and Designated National on power, household, and transport models. It will focus Authorities (DNAs) learn about the latest developments on energy use forecasting based on a tool developed regarding emission trading schemes and the future of the under India’s low- carbon growth country study CDM. program. • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Participating Donors: Australia, Denmark, France, Spain, Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD). and Switzerland. CFASST28 has worked with the Forest Carbon Partnership Sectors & Themes Covered: Facility (FCPF) in terms of developing methods and tools Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, for advancing opportunity cost analysis of foregone land LZ–General energy, TZ–General transportation, and use change in forest landscapes, e.g., training material WZ–General water, sanitation, and flood protection. on REDD Opportunity Cost Estimation Methods. Themes: 81–Climate change. Geographic Coverage: Global Knowledge Exchange/Cross Cutting • Global Carbon Expo. CFASST co-organized the Seventh Edition of this event in Cologne, which was CONTACT attended by approximately 3,000 Carbon Finance Mr. Kai-Uwe Schmidt Senior Environmental Specialist 27 This Program is described in the earlier section that covers the Social Tel: +1 202 473-1535 Development Network VPU. E-mail: kschmidt@worldbank.org 28 This Program is likewise describe in the earlier section that covers the Social Development Network VPU Website: http://www.cfassist.org 161. Development Marketplace (DM) BACKGROUND by the World Bank and funded by various partners, DM The DM is a competitive grant program that identifies and has awarded, in aggregate, approximately US$60 million funds innovative, early stage projects with high potential to finance innovative projects identified through country, for development impact and replication. Administered regional, and global competitions. R .  WORLD BANK INSTITUTE VPU 167 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Agriculture for DM2008, and Climate Adaptation for DM2009. The 26 winners of the 2009 competition will help Development Marketplace FY2009 FY2010 vulnerable communities in 19 countries adapt to drought, (DM) US$ million US$ million flooding, and other adverse effects of climate change. Cash contributions received 1 2 Supported by a consortium of partners including the during the year World Bank Group, DM is a centerpiece of WBI’s new Disbursements made during 1 0.8 Innovation Practice. This year, DM is piloting a range of the year next generation tools and partnerships to support a more sustained engagement with winners throughout their life cycles including linking past winners to additional sources of KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS growth financing and business advisory services. Since 2000, an estimated 20,000 entrants, and 1,000 finalists have been vetted by thousands of expert jurors and asses- Participating Donors: the Bill and Melinda Gates sors, resulting in 220 global DM projects. The program has Foundation, Denmark, GEF, IFAD, and IFC. also held 58 country or region-based competitions and Sectors & Themes Covered: disbursed US$23 million to over 1,200 projects that oper- Sectors: AZ–General agriculture, fishing, and forestry, ate at the grass-roots level. Winning ideas receive up to JB–Other social services, WZ–General water sanitation and US$200,000 in seed money, as well as guidance, training, flood protection, and LE–Renewable energy. and technical support for implementation. Over US$60 mil- Geographic Coverage: Global lion dollars has been awarded through these global and regional competitions for early stage innovation with strong potential for development impact and replication. CONTACT Winners of DM competitions are bringing better health Mr. Aleem Walji care, clean water, and other tangible benefits to hundreds of Innovation Practice Manager, WBI thousands of poor people in developing countries. Each year, Tel: +1 202 458-9171 a global competition selects a thematic focus. The themes E-mail: awalji@worldbank.org selected in the past include Environment for DM2005, Water, Website: http://www.developmentmarketplace.org Energy and Sanitation for DM2006, Health for DM2007, 162. The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (MCNA) BACKGROUND three Executive Directors and other senior management staff The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program was estab- of the Bank. lished in 1982 by a resolution of the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors to award fellowships for full-time study or research at the postgraduate level in fields related FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS to economic development. The program has been restruc- Robert S. Mcnamara FY2009 FY2010 tured several times. The latest restructuring was approved Fellowship Program (MCNA) US$ million US$ million by the Board in July 2007, and in the current structure, research grants target university scholars from developing Cash contributions received — — member countries, who are preparing a doctoral thesis. during the year The grant covers residence costs in a university or research Disbursements made during 0.2 0.2 center in a member country of the World Bank other than the year the home country or country of residence of the candidate. Fellowships are awarded for a period of five to ten months. The maximum grant amount is US$25,000. Management of KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS the program is performed by the World Bank Institute and Since the inception of the Program in 1982, 284 fellowships oversight is provided by a Steering Committee, consisting of have been granted to fellows from a pool of more than 9,200 16 8 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds applicants representing various member countries of the CONTACT World Bank. In FY10, 18 fellowships were awarded to fel- Ms. Danielle Carbonneau lows from 18 countries. Scholarship Administrator Tel: +1 202 458-2507 Participating Donors: Bangladesh, the People’s Republic E-mail: dcarbonneau@worldbank.org of China, India, Kuwait, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, and former Website: http://www.worldbank.org/scholarships Yugoslavia. Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. Geographic Coverage: Global S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 169 S.   INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC) ADVISORY SERVICES Economic development can often be enhanced in coun- end of FY10, the active portfolio contained 144 projects in tries where private enterprises are encouraged to operate 67 countries, valued at more than US$185 million. efficiently and grow. To help the private sector in emerging markets, companies need more than financial investment Public-Private Partnerships. IFC advises governments to thrive—they need a legislative environment that enables on structuring public-private transactions in infrastructure entrepreneurship, and advice on business best practices. IFC and other public services. Such advice helps governments offers advice through more than 1,000 Advisory Services achieve long-term economic growth and better living staff in 84 offices across 66 countries. Funding comes from standards by harnessing the potential of the private sec- donor partners, IFC, and client contributions. In FY10, tor to increase access, enhance quality, and improve the Advisory Services expenditures totaled US$268 million, efficiency of public services such as electricity, water, health, of which 61 percent went to International Development and education. At the end of FY10, the active portfolio Association (IDA) countries. IFC Advisory work is organized included 91 projects in 53 countries, valued at more than into four business lines: US$130 million. Access to Finance. IFC helps to increase the availability Sustainable Business Advisory. IFC supports the sustain- and affordability of financial services, particularly to micro, able development of markets that work for all members of small, and medium enterprise clients. Priority is given to society. IFC sustainable Business Advisory was created on build bank and nonbank financial institutions; develop July 1, 2010, from the merger of the Corporate Advice and financial infrastructure; and improve the legal and regula- Sustainability business lines. At the end of FY10, the two tory framework. At the end of FY10, IFC had an active business lines together had an active portfolio of 263 proj- portfolio of 238 projects in 68 countries, valued at almost ects in about 70 countries, valued at US$225 million. US$290 million. Investment Climate. IFC helps client governments design FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS and implement investment climate reforms that foster open, The following table provides consolidated contribution and productive and competitive markets and unlock sustain- disbursement figures for all trust funded programs adminis- able investments in key sectors that contribute to economic tered and managed by IFC units. growth and poverty reduction. Assisted by donors and other development partners, IFC works closely with other International Finance FY2009 FY2010 parts of the World Bank Group, in particular, the Bank’s Corporation—IFC US$ million US$ million Financial and Private Sector Development Network (FPD), Cash contributions received 305 1,143 the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), as during the year well as IFC’s own industry-specific departments. At the Disbursements made during 286 1,017 the year 170 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds REGIONAL PROGRAMS IFC offers advice through various regional and global programs delivered through its regional, country, and Washington offices. 163. IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean BACKGROUND portfolio of US$2 billion), creating access to finance for IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean microentrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises is a multi-donor initiative that provides advisory services to (SMEs) in the Region. private businesses and governments in developing coun- • Despite the financial crisis, signed agreements for tries.29 Donor contributions and support have allowed IFC over US$13.5 million in donor commitments, received to produce a real impact on private sector development to US$14.8 million in grant contributions, US$2.4 million reduce poverty in the region, with projects selected based from the TATF Program30 and US$0.92 million in parallel on demand, resources, and fit with the IFC regional strat- financing. egy. This work is focused on four strategic areas: Access to Finance (A2F), Investment Climate (IC), PPP Transaction Participating Donors: Belgium (Societe de Financement Advisory (PPP), and Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA). de l’Exportation et de l’Internationalization des Entreprises Walloones (SOFINEX), Brazil/The Brazilian Development Bank, Canada, Finland, Norway, Spain (Catalonia), Sweden, KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the Overall, IFC Advisory Services in LAC has had solid devel- United States, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), opmental results. As of the end FY10, its Advisory Services Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and Caribbean work has Development Bank (CDB). • Helped improve the productivity and income of close to Sectors & Themes Covered: Technical Assistance. 25,000 small farmers in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Geographic Coverage: Latin America and Caribbean Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, and Region. Uruguay, generating gross sales of US$15.1 million. • Promoted the registration of some 186,000 newly licensed firms, helping entrepreneurs save over CONTACT US$14 million. Ms. Mary Porter Peschka • Helped local governments to invest US$72.6 million in Regional Head of Advisory Services, LAC public projects to benefit their communities. Tel: +511-611-2500 • Allowed more than 1.1 million people to access the SME E-mail: MPeschka@ifc.org Toolkit to improve their managerial skills. Website: http://www.ifc.org/lac • Working with 35 financial institutions, facilitating the disbursement of 2.2 million loans (an outstanding 29 The IFC LAC AS Office started its operations in 2003, and is currently in 30 The Technical Assistance Trust Fund (TATF) Program is described later in its second five-year cycle renewal (FY09–FY13). this IFC Advisory Services section. 164. IFC Advisory Services in Europe and Central Asia BACKGROUND facilitate the growth of small and medium enterprises. To The IFC Advisory Services Program in Europe and Central date, the program has reached more than 31,000 companies Asia (ECA) was launched in 2000 to improve the region’s with trainings and consultations, with 1,837 companies investment climate, promote private investment, and reached with in-depth assistance and 3,000 entities reporting S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 171 implementing project recommendations. IFC has helped cli- • Promoted adoption of a voluntary Corporate Governance ent companies attract over US$5 billion in additional invest- Code in Georgia, developed with the Association of ment and contributed to drafting 391 laws that have been Banks of Georgia and the Georgian Stock Exchange. adopted by governments. • Helped the governments of Macedonia and Serbia enact The program has helped introduce international best legislation on solid waste management and packaging. practices in corporate governance, strengthen banking opera- • Contributed to a presidential decree establishing the tions, support the development of microfinance leasing, National Investment and Privatization Agency in agri-business and mortgage finance industries, as well as Belarus. improve energy efficiency and recycling. Innovations cover • Promoted a government decree on inspections reforms in such initiatives as food safety, agri-insurance, agri-fiance, Armenia. cleaner production, renewable energy, and residential energy • A government decree on inspections reforms in the efficiency. Kyrgyz Republic. Participating Donors: Austria, Canada, Denmark, the KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT IN FY10 European Commission, Finland, Germany, GEF, IFC, Italy, • Scaled up of large Climate Change projects in the the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Russian Federation on Renewable Energy and Residential Kingdom, and the United States. Energy Efficiency; these initiatives are expected to avoid Sectors & Themes Covered: Corporate Governance, 630,000 tons/year of GHG emissions. Banking Operations, Microfinance Leasing, Agribusiness • Achieved US$78 million in cost savings from regulatory and Mortgage Finance Industries, Energy Efficiency and simplification in Serbia and Bosnia. Recycling. • Achieved US$31 million in cost savings in Ukraine from Geographic Coverage: Europe and Central Asia Region. changes in procedures involving licenses/permits for entrepreneurs. • Supported the disbursement of over 77,000 loans to CONTACT micro-entrepreneurs and farmers in the Republic of Mr. Jesper Kjaer Tajikistan. Regional Head of Advisory Services in Europe and Central • Launched the first Health PPP in the Republic of Asia Uzbekistan. Tel: 90-212-385-2566 E-mail: jkjaer@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/eca 165. IFC Advisory Services in East Asia and the Pacific BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS IFC’s Advisory Services Program in East Asia and the Pacific In the area of access to finance, IFC supported banks in promotes private sector development by supporting the China and the Philippines in lending over US$1.7 billion for growth of small and medium enterprises, addressing busi- energy efficiency projects, enabling borrowing companies ness enabling environment-related issues, and strengthening to avoid generating the equivalent of 57 million metric tons the developmental impact of IFC investment in key sectors. of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. In Cambodia, IFC designed This is achieved through the program’s work in Cambodia, and launched the Wing mobile phone-based money trans- China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Pacific Island coun- fer system along with the Australian bank, ANZ. Wing has tries, the Philippines, and Vietnam in the areas of access reached 90,000 new customers, bringing the total number to finance, sustainable business advisory (corporate advice to 150,000, of whom 30 percent are women. It has also together with environment and social sustainability), reduced the cost of transferring funds to family and friends public-private partnerships (infrastructure), and investment far away from between US$2 and US$3 to between US$0.20 climate. and US$0.40. IFC also helped financial institutions in the 17 2 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Region provide more than US$6 billion in loans to small and supported alternative dispute resolutions, such as, media- medium enterprises in 2010. tion in the Pacific island of Tonga. These negotiations have In the area of sustainable business advisory, IFC contributed to reducing the average number of days to settle partnered with multinational banana exporter, Unifrutti- commercial disputes from more than 350 to just 24. Chiquita, and the NGO Rainforest Alliance to certify the sus- tainable farming practices of three pilot banana farms in the Participating Donors: Australia, Finland, Norway, IFC, Philippines. Similarly, within its environmental and social Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the Netherlands, sustainability framework, IFC is supporting forest planta- Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European tions on degraded lands in Indonesia by helping companies Commission, Ireland, and Canada. cope with costs associated with planting on land that is of Sectors & Themes Covered: Access to Finance, Investment lower quality and difficult to access. Such reforestation helps Climate, Sustainable Business Advisory, Public Private to quell one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gases—the Partnerships, AB–Agricultural extension and research, cutting down of trees. AT–Forestry, BH–Sub-national government administra- In the area of public-private partnerships, or infrastruc- tion, FA–Banking, FC–Housing finance, FE–Micro and SME ture, IFC’s largest programs in the Region focus on power finance, and FZ–General finance. generation, power distribution, and off-grid systems plus Geographic Coverage: East Asia and Pacific Region renewable. Air transport is another focus. Advisory projects in public-private partnerships completed since FY09 should facilitate approximately US$20 million of private investment, CONTACT over US$20 million in reduced subsidies and thus increased Ms. Tania Lozansky revenue for governments and about 340,000 people with Regional Head of Advisory Services, East Asia and the new and/or improved access to electric power. Pacific In the area of investment climate, IFC has advised gov- Tel: +852 5755 8158 ernments on 10 legal reforms and 55 policy and institutional E-mail: tlozansky@ifc.org reforms to improve investment climate. Specifically, it has Website: http://www.ifc.org/eastasia IFC ADVISORY SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 166. Private Enterprise Partnerships Africa (PEP-AFRICA) BACKGROUND US$140 million during the five-year period. PEP-Africa The PEP-AFRICA was launched in July 2005 against a back- programs are delivered by four Business Lines: Access to ground of stronger economic growth in Africa, a greater will- Finance, Investment Climate, Sustainable Business Advisory, ingness to reform, and widespread recognition of the role of and Public-Private Partnership. the private sector as the engine for growth. The PEP-AFRICA establishes partnerships with donors, governments, and the private sector to design and implement a range of advisory KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS services with a strategic focus on improving the investment Over the period, FY06 to FY10, PEP-Africa’s Advisory ser- climate; unlocking sector growth and mobilizing private sec- vices resulted in financing/investments of over US$1.3 bil- tor investment; and enhancing the competitiveness of micro, lion in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in small, and medium enterprises. Sub-Saharan Africa and facilitated over US$1.1 billion in On June 14, 2009, the renewal of the PEP-AFRICA for loans disbursed by financial institutions that we worked a second five-year cycle was approved by IFC’s Board of with to provide loans to MSMEs. Revenues of our clients Directors. The Board also approved US$47 million over increased by over US$453 million as a result of the capacity the five-year period (FY11-FY15) for PEP Africa overhead. building services provided to them. This core budget of US$47 million would be leveraged with The PEP AFRICA’s activities to improve the business target donor funding for program implementation of about environment in Sub-Saharan countries, including activities S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 173 in conflict affected countries, resulted in US$80 million in Coca Cola, Capespan (Pty) Ltd/RSA, Nigeria National savings by the MSMEs due to simplified and improved busi- Petroleum Corp, and African Petroleum Technology ness processes PEP-AFRICA infrastructure (health, educa- Development Fund. tion, water, etc.) and ICT (Village Phone, Phone banking) Sectors & Themes Covered: TA–Technical Assistance activities resulted in more than 7.3 million people receiving (Non-Lending). access to improved services. Geographic Coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa. Additional indicators include actuals as of December 2010: (i) number of programs: 55; (ii) country coverage: 24; (iii) number of staff: 107; and (iv) donor funds-Raised: CONTACT 137 (US$ million). Mr. Jan W. Shwier Regional Head of Advisory Services, Africa Participating Donors: African Development Bank, Austria, E-mail: jschwier@ifc.org Belgium, Canada, Spain (Catalonia), Denmark, Finland, Japan, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Mr. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi Luxembourg, Cape Verde, Islamic Development Bank, Acting General Manager France, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tel: +27 11 731 3000 (Johannesburg, South Africa) the United Kingdom, the United States, Kansanshi Mining, E-mail: enyirinkindi@ifc.org Mopani Copper Mines, Lumwana Mining, First Quatum Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/africa.nsf/Content/ Mining and Operations, Lonmin Plc/RSA CASE Foundation, Advisory_PEP_Africa Sasol Petroleum LDA, Cervejas de Mozambique, MOZAL, 167. Health in Africa Initiative (HIA) BACKGROUND The HIA Initiative forms a key part of IFC’s larger com- The HIA Initiative was launched in late 2009 as an IFC- mitment to create opportunities in emerging markets to World Bank joint collaboration supported by the Bill and improve people’s lives. Melinda Gates Foundation. It is based on the publication of The Business of Health in Africa, Partnering with the Private Sector to Improve People’s Lives, a report which studied the KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS profile, role, and impact of the private health sector in Sub- The Initiative has four inter-related components: (i) policy Saharan Africa. In response to the report’s findings, IFC and engagements and reforms in Kenya, Ghana, and Mali to the World Bank developed a strategy to better engage the improve their governments’ understanding and ability to private health sector by mobilizing up to US$1 billion over effectively engage private health sector stakeholders to meet the next five years in investment and advisory services to their respective national health goals; (ii) a policy toolkit boost socially responsible health care in Sub-Saharan Africa. for Sub-Saharan Africa to help equip policymakers with the The HIA strategy is strongly based on collaborating with tools necessary to engage the private sector by providing partners within and outside the World Bank Group—part- practical advice, examples, and case studies on how the ners who bring complementary expertise to assist African private sector can play a role in achieving national health governments to better integrate the private sector into their goals; (iii) detailed policy notes to inform policymakers national health systems. This includes: and other interested parties globally on how policy alterna- • Health economics, systems, and policy. tives can be used to harness the private health sector; and • Private sector development. (iv) further engagement and reforms are being conducted in • Regulatory practices. Burkina Faso and the Republic of Congo. • Public-private partnerships. In addition, the Initiative is focused on developing and • Outsourcing. publishing a comparative policy report (similar to “Doing Business”) with the aim of encouraging appropriate policy reform (scheduled for publication in FY11). It also includes completing market surveys in a number of countries with 174 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds the aim to establish facilities with local banks, improve 40–Regulation and competition policy, 42–Standards and access to finance for SME health care providers, as well as financial reporting, and 44–Other financial and private sec- identify and design key advisory services needed by private tor development. SME health institutions to expand their operations. Geographic Coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa Participating Donors: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, France, Japan, Kenya, CONTACT and the Netherlands. Ms. Therese Fergo Sectors & Themes Covered: Operations Officer Sectors: JA–Health. Tel: +1 202 458-5599 Themes: 41–Small and medium enterprise support, E-Mail: tfergo@ifc.org 39–Infrastructure services for private sector development, Website: http://www.ifc.org/healthinafrica 168. Mozambique SME Initiative (MSI) BACKGROUND The MSI Investment Committee approved eight invest- In June 2004, the IFC Board of Directors approved a proposal ment projects which led to US$1.3 million being disbursed for the establishment of the Repblic of Mozambique SME as quasi-equity loans to finance SMEs. Initiative (MSI) to offer risk capital and advisory to selected As part of the sustainability strategy, Business Partners SMEs. The MSI is a five-year pilot Program whose main International (BPI), a reputable SME fund manager objective is to offer a sustainable SME funding mecha- (http://business partners.co.mz) was attracted by the MSI nism which is supported by tailored advisory interven- to develop a new fund to target SMEs and will take over the tions designed for SMEs. The Initiative has four objectives: MSI portfolio. Currently, BPI is in the process of setting up a (a) raise financial resources through other donors; (b) build subsidiary investment firm in the Republic of Mozambique the capacity of BDS providers so that they can better and has secured US$10 million funding for SMEs for the next serve the SMEs, (c) facilitate access to finance by SMEs; 5–10 years. and (d) develop an exit and sustainable risk-capital SME financing mechanism. The MSI provides long-term funding, Participating Donors: Finland, IFC, the Netherlands, and hands-on partnership, and support in key business func- Switzerland. tions, including marketing, management, human resources, Sectors & Themes Covered: TA–Technical Assistance and accounting, and finance and information technology. SP–Special Financing. Geographic Coverage: the Republic of Mozambique KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Since its inception, the MSI has investigated a total of CONTACT 170 projects, of which 48 percent were indigenous owned Mr. Babatunde Onitiri and 22 percent were owned by women. Of the 170 enquiries Country Manager, Africa Department received, 18 companies were assisted and the initiative has Tel: +258 21 483 066 completed 70 comprehensive technical assistance inter- E-mail: bonitiri@ifc.org ventions that include business planning, accounting and Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gms.nsf/Content/ financial management system support, financial auditing, Mozambique+Initiative environmental and social support, and legal support. S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 175 IFC ADVISORY SERVICES IN SOUTH ASIA South Asia is home to more poor people than any other IFC advises governments on improving business operating region in the world, with a billion people living on less environments and shares knowledge and best practices on than US$2 a day. To help South Asia address the challenges public-private partnerships in infrastructure. It supports of widespread poverty, unequal economic growth, severe the private sector on environmental and social sustainabil- infrastructure gaps, and major climate change impacts, ity, reaches out to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) IFC Advisory Services seeks to help create jobs, enhance through microfinance institutions and banks, and helps incomes, build business skills, and facilitate policy reform. SMEs develop capacity, business skills, and value chains. 169. South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) BACKGROUND to improving the investment climate in these countries to The SEDF was established in 2002 as a facility for assisting create new jobs and generate foreign and domestic invest- sustained growth and development of small and medium ments; reduce the cost of doing business; and address enterprises (SMEs), in order to reduce poverty in South Asia. regulatory constraints. Most SEDF projects have compo- The SEDF’s goal is to enhance the performance, competitive- nents directed at adapting to and mitigating risks of climate ness and growth of SMEs in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and change, as well as mainstreaming marginalized women. Northeast India. It does so by helping SMEs access finance, sustain their value chains, and operate in a better business environment. The first phase of SEDF ended in December KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS 2008 and the second phase commenced from January 2009. As earlier mentioned, the SEDF started its second phase of The Access to Finance (A2F) business line works with operations in 2009. Over its first six years, since 2002, some the financial intermediaries in Bangladesh and Nepal, to key outcomes achieved by SEDF’s work in including: build their capacity in financing SMEs. The SEDF works • Developed and introduced new financial products such to support its Partner Financial Institutions in extending as SME tailored products, factoring and operating lease. finance to SMEs as well as developing new and standardized • 12 active partner financial institutions provided finance products targeted for SMEs. Additionally, the SEDF promotes to over 150,000 SMEs, triggering sector-wide interest in sustainability by assisting financial institutions develop financial services for SMEs, even in specific sectors, such products that take environment and social risks into account as, light engineering. and helps them identify and invest in innovative environ- • Introduced energy efficient technology resulting in ment-related business opportunities. 29 percent gas savings (US$2.9 million annual savings) The Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA) component in 21 assisted re-rolling mills. aims to increase the competitiveness of SMEs in selected • Facilitated a US$62 million fund allocation for storage sectors by addressing the overriding market failures. The facility, R&D, and certification agency for seeds through SBA focuses on developing key economic sectors by engag- Public Private Dialogue. ing directly with private sector firms, service providers and • Assisted garment industry association in implementing trade associations in the sector value chains. It leverages a system of industry-wide monitoring to enable social these engagements to scale up interventions into broader, compliance. more sustainable market development activities. Sector • Analysis of barriers to formal trade between selection and project design are made with a view to help Bangladesh and North East India identified customs mitigate environment and social risks. The key sectors in infrastructure, harmonization of classification, standards which the SBA is currently engaged are Agri-business, and and certification, connectivity and information for Textiles and Apparels. entrepreneurs as main barriers. An advocacy campaign The Investment Climate (IC) business line works to facil- resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual itate the easing of constraints to business operation, forma- Recognition Agreement between the Governments of tion and expansion in Nepal and Bhutan. Projects contribute Bangladesh and India. 176 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Participating Donors: the United Kingdom and Norway. CONTACT Sectors & Themes Covered: Projects encompass the Access Mr. Ian Crosby to Finance, Sustainable Business Advisory and Investment Manager, Advisory Services Bangladesh Climate Business Lines. IFC Advisory Services South Asia Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and United House Northeast India. 10 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-1 Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Tel: +880 2 8833752-66 Fax: +880 2 9899255 E-mail: icrosby@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/southasia 170. South Asia Infrastructure Facility (SAIF) BACKGROUND • Health PPP project, Andhra Pradesh, India. The SAIF was setup in 2008 with the objective to partner • Wheat silos project, Punjab, India (concession awarded with South Asian governments to address the infrastructure yet to be signed). gap in the Region and help remove obstacles for greater private sector investment that leads to overall economic The other projects the SAIF is currently involved in the development. In particular, the SAIF focuses on the short- region include: age of well-designed private infrastructure transactions with • Highways Project, Andhra Pradesh (Northern section focus being on the public-private partnership (PPP) model and Southern section), India. for infrastructure projects. • Vizhinjam Port, Kerala, India. SAIF services include project preparation and develop- • Health Diagnostics PPP, Andhra Pradesh, India. ment, tendering and selection, transaction advisory and • Higher University PPP, Gujarat, India. structuring services related to private sector participation • Hospital PPP project, Meghalaya, India. and investment. The Facility engages in the following activi- • Metro O&M PPP, Tamil Nadu, India. ties, encompassing all stages of the development process of • Solid Waste Management, Maldives. infrastructure PPP projects, including: • For Government Originated Projects: designing and Besides these projects, the SAIF is also involved is implementing PPP transactions. This is the Facility’s providing technical assistance (TA) for infrastructure related main activity and involves working in an advisory activities. The key TA activities been undertaken by SAIF capacity for governments to identify, structure, presently include: and award PPP projects. This is the core focus of • Review of Model Concession Agreement for Highways SAIF, largely adopting Corporate Advisory Services Sector, India. Department’s successful business model. • Review of Model Concession Agreement for Power • For Project Development Partnerships: creating Sector, India. partnerships with domestic institutions (private, where • Assess potential for developing rice husk based power practical) engaged in project development activities—by plants, Punjab, India. either contributing to project development pools and/ or jointly provide advisory services to governments to Participating Donors: the Netherland- IFC Partnership design and implement PPP projects Program (NIPP), Australia, Japan, Spain, and Infrastructure Development Collaboration Fund (DEVCO).31 Sectors & Themes Covered: Cross-cutting across all infra- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS structure projects. The unit successfully closed (project awarded to private Geographic Coverage: South Asia Region concessionaire) three projects in FY10: • Male International Airport privatization, Maldives. 31 The DEVCO is described later in this IFC Advisory Services section. S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 177 CONTACT Mr. Vipul Bhagat Manager Tel: +91 11 4111 1000 E-mail: vbhagat@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/southasia 171. South Asia Enterprise Development Facility for Sri Lanka and the Maldives (SLDF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The SLDF was launched in July 2004 with the objective is The SLDF has reached until now more than 90,000 MSMEs to facilitate micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and contributed to creation of over 5,000 jobs. Total revenue growth and to promote inclusive economic development. increased by participating entities was about US$17 million. The first phase of the program ended in June 2009 and was The amount of avoided GHG emissions is 17,000 MT CO2e subsequently extended for an additional period of five years annually. until 2014.The major program components are implemented The project highlights: the Access to Finance and Sustainable Business Advisory • SME Toolkit training with Dialog Axiata retailers— business lines. conducted 178 capacity building workshops for SMEs The Access to Finance component focuses on increasing since June 2010 including 800 SMEs from post conflict the flow of finance and other appropriate financial services affected regions. to the MSMEs. There is an emphasis on strengthening the • Capacity building of tourism sector SMEs in response to the financial crisis through risk mitigation and Hikkaduwa—training programs tailored for 93 risk management in financial institutions. The program entrepreneurs, and conducted a linkage program for 100 also focuses on developing commercial micro-finance for local transport providers to expanded their customer improving access to finance to the bottom of the pyramid. base and revenues through improved outreach and There is also a focus on social performance measurement for marketing which has resulted in connecting them to financial institutions to be able to better assess the impacts hotels. of work done under financial inclusion. • Capacity building by the Housing Development Finance Sustainable Business Advisory is geared to foster SME Corporation in the Maldives—319 housing loans were growth in such sectors as agribusiness, tourism, and infor- disbursed. The loan portfolio of US$3.4 million was mation and communication technology. The program chan- booked and US$13 million worth of additional finance nelizes its efforts in the area of enhancing competitiveness, was facilitated. productivity and market linkages for SMEs in Sri Lanka and • SME Capacity building in the less developed Southern the Maldives through training and capacity building. Districts—working through five district chambers of In alignment with the overall theme of rural inclusion commerce 1,500 SMEs were reached. Over 300 bank and reaching out to the base of the pyramid, the SLDF staff members have been trained. Additional income endeavours to include the micro entrepreneurs as a key generated by participating SMEs is US$2.7million and component of its program implementation and delivery. An 400 new jobs were created. Income earned by district environmental component of the program addresses issues chambers through programs is over US$92,000. relating to climate change and focuses on conducting cleaner • Access to Finance (A2F) program expansion—increase production assessments to promote resource efficiency the flow of funds to the MSME sector and the bottom of mechanisms, and other climate change mitigation measures. the pyramid. The effort is focused on the lagging regions, The SLDF also promotes renewable energy initiatives in col- and the post-conflict areas. laboration with the World Bank. Participating Donors: Norway, the Netherlands Global Environmental Facility, Ireland, and Japan. 178 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Sectors & Themes Covered: Micro and SME Finance, CONTACT Banking, Renewable Energy, Other Industry. Mr. Pavol Vajda Geographic Coverage: Sri Lanka and Maldives. Program Coordinator, Advisory Services for Sri Lanka and Maldives IFC Advisory Services South Asia Tel: +94-11-474-0957 E-mail: pvajda@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/southasia 172. Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The BICF was established in 2007, as a response to a request The BICF is currently in final year of its first four-year phase, from the Government of Bangladesh, to provide advisory the key outcomes in the past years include: services to help create a better operating environment for • Time to register a business with the RJSC reduced from businesses. Government agencies and the BICF, in close 57 days in 2008 to three days in 2010. This reduced time collaboration with the private sector and civil society in taken to start a business from 73 days in 2008 to 19 days Bangladesh, jointly design and implement programs to in 2010. Company registration in 2009 has thus increased institute business friendly policies, laws and regulations, and by approximately 62 percent compared to 2008. to strengthen the institutions that implement them. BICF’s • Time to obtain Bonded Warehouse Licensing reduced prime focus is on business regulations; economic zones; by 81 percent (3 months) and cost by 44 percent. institutional capacity building, public private dialogue and Preliminary estimates indicate benefits equivalent to stakeholder advocacy and communications support. The sec- an investment of US$250 million and the generation of ond phase of the BICF’s work was commenced in January 100,000 jobs. 2011. The Regulatory Reforms pillar supports the agenda • Time to register a property has been reduced from 425 to for increased investment, innovation and economic growth 245 days. through the reduction of regulatory costs and risks of doing • The Parliament passed the Post Office Amendment Act- business in Bangladesh. 2009 in order to raise the standard of the postal service. The Economic Zones pillar assists the government in This amendment allows courier service companies to developing and implementing an effective policy and regula- legally do business in the country. tory framework to enable private investment in serviced • The Economic Zones (EZ) Act enacted, creating an industrial land; and to ensure environmentally and socially enabling environment for private sector participation in responsible business practices within zones. Compliant zones. zones will lead to increased investment promotion and job • Two recommendations by the BICF supported creation. Bangladesh Better Business Forum, led to the The Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Building pil- establishment of 100 SME service centers in 6 months lar works on several levels with a wide variety of stakehold- in 2008, disbursing loans to 20,000 clients and creating ers: (i) enhancing the knowledge and awareness of mid-level 30,000 jobs. and senior public officials of investment climate issues; (ii) improving government institutions so that they can Participating Donors: the United Kingdom and the promote a more enabling business environment; (iii) bring- European Commission. ing together public and private sectors to facilitate dialogue Sectors & Themes Covered: Projects encompass the and identify investment climate reforms in a consultative Investment Climate Business Line. and mutually beneficial manner; and (iv) building media, Geographic Coverage: Bangladesh business membership organizations and academia, sustain- able local capacity in order to research, recommend, and advocate for investment climate reforms in Bangladesh. S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 179 CONTACT United House Mr. Ian Crosby 10 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-1 Manager, Advisory Services Bangladesh Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh IFC Advisory Services South Asia Tel: +880 2 8833752-66 Fax: +880 2 9899255 E-mail: icrosby@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/southasia 173. India Advisory Program (CSAAP) BACKGROUND Highlights from existing projects, and demonstration of The India Advisory aims at significantly increasing IFC’s replicable models: development impact through the following three strate- • Modified GLOBAL GAP standard launched with Jain gic pillars: Economic Inclusion, Clean Growth and Global Irrigation–first food processing company in India to do Integration. this; possible uptake and scale up to other fruit and The Economic Inclusion targets interventions in the vegetable companies in India, poorest and least developed regions of the country known as • Initial success with productivity improvements for the Low Income States (LIS). It also helps to expand access sugarcane farmers through DSCL Sugar being scaled up to finance by micro, small, and medium enterprises, develop across the sugar sector: IFC plans to work with sugar the market for affordable housing, and encourage electronic companies to support productivity gains to 80,000 payments for the government’s health, education, and other farmers by FY14, welfare programs. IFC also works with National and Sub- • Low-income housing finance initiative being scaled up national governments to improve the quality of business to the rest of the region. A capacity building program regulation and encourage domestic and foreign investment piloted the IFC Global Mortgage Toolkit for new in the low-income regions of India. entrants in this space, and ultimately encouraged equity The Clean Growth Pillar supports cleaner production investment in a new Housing Finance company focused assessments for the private sector as well as energy effi- on lower income segments. This approach is now being ciency financing, to mitigate the impacts of climate change. replicated in Bangladesh, and It helps to “make the market” for renewable energy through • Tax reforms facilitated in Bihar to reduce and process improvements, market assessments, industry work- simplify the compliances required to be completed ing groups, and policy dialogue in areas such as large scale by small businesses, which are expected to result in solar manufacturing, innovative technologies and the scale US$15 million of savings for the private sector by FY13. up of mini grids. The Global Integration pillar supports public policy Participating Donors: the Netherlands, the Netherlands-IFC reforms to facilitate regional trade and investment, as well Partnership Program, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, as, capacity building and reform advocacy support to institu- Gates, and Omidyar Foundation. tionalize regional mechanisms of public private dialogue. Sectors & Themes Covered: Projects encompass all Business Lines and are aligned with the three regional stra- tegic pillars. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Geographic Coverage: India and selected South Asia New India Advisory projects launched in FY10 are expected Regional programs. to reach about eight million people. These include: • Knowledge Partnership with Rajasthan State Government, CONTACT • Study to identify opportunities for Government-to-Person Mr. Anil Sinha Payments in the Low-Income State of Bihar, and Regional Head of Advisory Service, South Asia. • Inter regional Trade and Investment program with the Tel: +91-11-4111-1000 United Kingdom donor, DFID. E-mail: asinha@ifc.org Website: hppt://www.ifc.org 18 0 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 174. IFC Advisory Services in the Middle East and North Africa BACKGROUND • 5,100 people in the Republic of Yemen, 41 percent of IFC Advisory Services in MENA focus on promoting private who were women, improved their business skills using sector development in the Region, which includes a varied Business Edge, IFC’s management training product. spectrum of countries with different economic features and constraints. Participating Donors: the United States, the United The MENA Region covered by IFC comprises 20 coun- Kingdom, Japan, Islamic Development Bank, Canada, tries, with a total population of about 580 million. It the Netherlands, Kuwait, France, Switzerland, Denmark, includes three International Development Association coun- Visa International, and the OPEC Fund for International tries—the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Development. the Republic of Yemen—two of which, the Islamic Republic Sectors & Themes Covered: of Afghanistan and the Republic of Yemen conflict-affected • Financial and Private Sector Development: corporate countries, together with West Bank and Gaza. governance, Infrastructure services for private sector development, SME, Housing finance and banking. • Investment Climate: Doing Business Better, Business KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Regulatory Reform, Industry Specific Policy Reform, and • Helped facilitate US$2.7 billion in financing through Alternative Dispute Resolution. the disbursement of about two million loans to MSMEs • Environment: Biodiversity and Climate Change. by working with financial institutions and other • Energy and Mining: renewable energy. intermediaries. • Transport: roads and highways. • Through enhanced corporate governance practices, Geographic Coverage: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, assisted businesses in becoming more sustainable and Algeria, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Qatar, the Arab Republic attracting US$203 million of investment capital, US$10 of Egypt, Libya, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, million of which is private sector financing from IFC. Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, • Supported infrastructure improvements, and promoted the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, public-private partnerships and privatizations, resulting West Bank and Gaza, and the Republic of Yemen. in an estimated US$1.3 billion in private infrastructure investment Helped improve the business environment in several countries through the reform of 26 laws, CONTACT regulations, and codes as well as 130 procedures and Mr. Luke Haggarty policies. Regional Head of Advisory Services, MENA • Through our alternative dispute resolution projects, Tel: +20-2-2461-4330 enabled the successful resolution of 907 cases, resulting E-mail: LHaggarty@ifc.org in the release of US$62 million in SME funds tied up in Website: http://www.ifc.org/mena litigation and aggregate private sector savings of about US$17 million. 175. Iraq Business Assistance Facility (IBAF) BACKGROUND development, help create new investment and employ- The IBAF is a multi-donor private sector development ment opportunities and stimulate private sector led growth. advisory services program operating in Iraq. Due to changes It also provides a targeted advisory services program, in the country’s business environment, It was agreed to complemented by capital support to Iraqi microfinance transfer donor resources initially granted to the Iraq Small organizations. IBAF’s total funding of some US$38 million Business Finance Facility (ISBFF) and rename it to IBAF was provided by the United States, the United Kingdom, to support the Iraqi Government’s economic and social Japan, and Spain. It is currently proposed to re-program S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 181 US$28 million of this sum for advisory interventions and • Assisting in improving the regulatory environment in maintain US$10 million for capital support to microfinance selected sectors to encourage private sector investment institutions. and allow Iraq to reach its potential in these sectors. Participating Donors: the United Kingdom, the United KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS States, Japan, and Spain. While pursuing investment opportunities through its tra- Sectors & Themes Covered: Financial and Private Sector ditional work, IFC stands ready to provide capital to any Development. suitable opportunities that may arise from the work con- Geographic Coverage: Iraq ducted under the IBAF, which is focusing on the following areas for implemented by IFC in conjunction with the Iraqi Government: CONTACT • Increasing Access to Finance through improved financial Mr. Luke Haggarty infrastructure, improved operation and reach of micro- Regional Head of Advisory Services, MENA finance institutions, and assistance to banks to increase Tel: +20-2-2461-4330 lending to SMEs. E-mail: LHaggarty@ifc.org • Improving management capacity of SMEs through Website: http://www.ifc.org/mena improved training programs. GLOBAL PROGRAMS Global Programs are generally programmatic in nature that support an agenda of activities over multiple years and are typically global in geographic scope. Such Programs are both single- and multi-donor. 176. Infrastructure Development Collaboration Partnership Fund (DEVCO) BACKGROUND • Busembatia water (Uganda). The DevCo supports the development and implementation • Comoros, telecoms and oil distribution company of transactions that bring the private sector into a better privatization. provision of infrastructure services. It provides funding • Druk Air, Bhutan. for (i) technical assistance from specialized consultants to perform due diligence, provide inputs to the development of In total 17 mandates have been closed successfully since strategic options and policy choices regarding the structur- the inception of DevCo. It is estimated that these projects ing of transactions for client governments, and assist in the will generate about US$2.4 billion in private investment, implementation of transactions; and (ii) costs of IFC staff yield US$1.7 billion in fiscal benefits for client governments and travel involved directly with the development, supervi- and improve access to services for some 9 million people. sion and delivery of DevCo Advisory projects. Participating Donors: Austria, IFC, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom Spain, and Kuwait. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Sectors & Themes Covered: Private Sector Participation FY2010 saw the following projects successfully closed by transactions within water, electricity, sanitation, and trans- DevCo: port, housing, solid waste handling, and other physical • Cotonou port (Benin). infrastructure services. • Monrovia power management contract (Liberia). Geographic Coverage: Least Developed Countries, Low • Haiti telecommunications company. Income Countries, and Lower Middle Income Countries and • Male airport (Maldives). Territories as defined by the current DAC list of ODA recipients. 182 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds To continue to provide adequate support for targeted CONTACT intervention in Lower Middle Income Countries, the follow- Mr. Laurence Carter ing countries or sub-regions are eligible for inclusion within Director, PPP Transaction Advisory Department any Low Income Country resource allocation: Tel: +1 202 473-8628 • Low income or lagging states in India, as defined by the E-mail: LCarter@ifc.org Government of India. Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/psa.nsf/content/Devco • Countries in “fragile situations” as defined by the World Bank Group: ”Harmonized List of Fragile Situations.” 177. Joint World Bank Group Investment Climate Advisory Service (FIAS) BACKGROUND the number of regulations; and/or the implementation of The FIAS is the World Bank Group’s global funding and best-practice legislation or institutions. In FY10, major FIAS partnership platform for investment climate reform in programs supported five of the top-ten global Doing Business developing countries. Through it, the World Bank Group and improvers identified in the 2011 report, including the its donor partners assist developing countries and transi- Republic of Kazakhstan (top performer), Rwanda, Peru, the tion economies to improve their business environment, Republic of Tajikistan, and Zambia. In line with its strategic with a focus on regulatory simplification and investment priorities, 53 percent of FIAS expenditures in FY2010 were generation. Current priority areas under the FY08–FY11 for client-facing projects supported activities in Sub-Saharan operational cycle include investment climate reform in Africa; 77 percent were allocated to investment climate Sub-Saharan Africa including IDA and conflict-affected reform activities in IDA countries, and about 31 percent sup- countries. The FIAS supports a wide range of knowledge ported activities in fragile and conflict-affected states. management activities related to best practices and serves as an incubator for private sector development and invest- Participating Donors: Australia, Austria, the European ment climate reform. Many FIAS activities are undertaken in Commission, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the close cooperation with internal and external partners, under Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, a partnership. As a cross-cutting global program with about the United Kingdom, and the United States. Spain and Japan 30 percent of its implementation capacity in the field, the provide additional project-specific support to FIAS via their FIAS works closely together with IFC’s regional Advisory respective Technical Assistance Trust Funds.32 Services units, as well as, the Bank’s FPD network. FIAS is Sectors & Themes Covered: Investment Climate expected to launch its next five-year strategy cycle at the Reform, Business Enabling Environment, Private Sector beginning of FY12. Development, Regulatory Simplification, Investment The FIAS program is managed by the World Bank Generation, Doing Business Reform Advisory, Sector-specific Group’s Investment Climate Department, under the joint Investment Climate Reform, Agri-business, Tourism, Fragile supervision of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Conflict-affected Countries. the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and Geographic Coverage: Global/IDA Countries, CAC the World Bank (IBRD). CONTACT KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Pierre Guislain Over the most recent three years (FY08–FY10), FIAS proj- Director, Investment Climate Department (CIC) and FIAS ects supported over 500 investment climate interventions Tel: +1 202 458-7705 in 115 countries, and contributed to about 150 business E-mail: pguislain@worldbank.org environment reforms as documented in the Doing Business reports. These results typically consist of a reduction in the time, cost or procedures negatively affecting private 32 These are part of the TAFT Program, which is described later in this sector companies; a rationalization of or improvements in Advisory Services section. S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 183 Mr. Beat Heggli Lead Operations Officer/Donor & Partner Coordination, CIC and FIAS Tel: +1 202 458-5566 E-mail: bheggli@worldbank.org Website: www.wbginvestmentclimate.org 178. IFC Sustainability Business Innovator (SBI) The SBI supports IFC’s Sustainable Business Advisory • US$34.3 million equivalent in incremental increase in Services that work toward the large-scale adoption of busi- sales revenues for project-relevant entities. ness models that are profitable, good for the environment, • US$4.8 million equivalent in savings by clients as a and promote social development. Projects address the mar- result of the project. For example, savings resulted from ket barriers that keep the private sector from adopting those energy efficiency or use of streamlined standards audits. models, testing and demonstrating practices and technolo- • US$282.0 million equivalent in total funds were gies that can be adopted by the entire sectors. The SBI’s catalyzed from all sources (IFC and others). areas o priority include: Resource Efficiency, Clean Energy, • US$54.8 million equivalent in IFC financing was SME Capacity Building and Competitiveness, Local Impact facilitated by advisory services. A Sub-set of this Advisory and Community Engagement, Environmental, indicator measures the amount of funds (loan or equity) Social and Technical Standards, Corporate Governance and catalyzed from IFC’s investment side. Sustainable Investing. Participating Donors: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., Gender Action Plan, Global KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Environment Facility, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Below is an estimation of the results for the FY10 under the Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South areas of focus of IFC advisory services in environmental and Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trust Fund for Environmentally social sustainability, the Women in Business program and and Socially Sustainable Development, and the United other SBI-funded projects. Kingdom. • 3,800,000 Tons of greenhouse gas emissions are expected Sectors & Themes Covered: Renewable Energy, to be avoided per year from technology/improvement/ Biodiversity, Climate Change, Gender, and Improving Labor plantation that benefited from advisory services. Markets. • 760,000 megawatt hours per year of renewable energy Geographic Coverage: Global produced by IFC’s clients and/or their sub-borrowers who benefited from IFC’s advisory services during the reporting period. 2,700,000 of energy in megawatt hours CONTACT per year saved by IFC’s clients or their sub-borrowers Ms. Monika Weber-Fahr during the reporting period that benefited from IFC Senior Manager advisory services. Tel: +1 202 473-0879 • 1,400,000 people received access to improved (non- E-Mail: Mweberfahr@ifc.org financial) services (water and electricity) enabled by an advisory services project. Mr. Francis Gagnon • 350,000 hectares of land were used productively while Donor Relations Officer maintaining or improving environmental, social and Tel: +1 202 473-2149 economic characteristics and qualities. E-mail: fgagnon@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/SustainabilityAdvisory 184 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 179. Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF) BACKGROUND • Emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa; however, active in all Located in the IFC Sustainable Business Advisory global regions. Department, the GCGF serves as a catalyst for reform activi- • Strong focus on gender, 45 percent of women ties that garner broad-based regional and local support for participants. enhanced corporate governance standards and practices. • 47 CG and Director Associations supported (14 in IDA Co-founded by the World Bank Group and the OECD in priority countries). 1999, the Forum has embarked on Phase III, a five-year • 30 CG Codes developed (10 in IDA priority countries). strategy (fiscal years 2011-2015) to strengthen its global • 387 master trainers trained on Board Leadership (203 in Knowledge Management Platform in which it is gradu- IDA priority countries). ally moving away from direct assistance delivery to enable • 190 financial journalists trained on CG reporting (127 in existing corporate governance centers to serve as a key IDA priority countries). distribution mechanism for the Forum’s knowledge products and their local application. This new phase of activities will Participating Donors: Austria Development Bank, Flanders build on the following three strategic objectives: Investment and Trade/Belgium, France, IFC, Japan, • Develop and disseminate cutting-edge knowledge Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. products to provide implementation guidance for Sectors & Themes Covered: Technical Assistance international best practices in corporate governance. (non-lending). • Build the capacity of corporate governance centers Geographic Coverage: Global that will distribute and apply the Forum’s knowledge products locally and regionally while supporting South- South collaboration. CONTACT • Develop a monitoring and evaluation mechanism to Mr. Philip Armstrong ensure that the Forum’s knowledge products remain Head, Global Corporate Governance Forum relevant to the beneficiaries’ changing needs. Tel: +1 202 458- 9114 E-mail: parmstrong@ifc.org Website: http://www.gcgf.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS • 72 countries supported over FY06–10 (43 percent IDA priority countries). 180. Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund (COMMDEV) BACKGROUND opportunities for the extractive industry community. It seeks The CommDev Find is a financing mechanism for practical to be both knowledge and funding resource for community capacity building, training, technical assistance, implemen- development in this sector, drawn from the experience of tation support, awareness-raising, and tool development. partner institutions and CommDev-funded projects. IFC’s Operating flexibly and efficiently, the CommDev Fund serves goal for CommDev is for it to “raise the bar” on how com- as an integral component of extractive industry projects by munity development is implemented. enhancing, accelerating, and extending the value-added sup- port given to communities beyond the compliance required of IFC investment projects and the World Bank loans. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The Fund promotes trilateral partnerships among • Financial Planning and Valuation Tool—two pilots with communities, local governments, and extractive industry Newmont, Ghana, and Cairn, India finalized. companies to effectively reduce poverty and create further S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 185 • Peru LNG Community Participatory Monitoring—86 • CommDev Information Clearing House—daily visitors community monitors trained for environmental and increased from 1250 to 1500. social performance of Peru LNG during its construction; completed Peru LNG Linkages Project (ForPyme) won Participating Donors: the Netherlands-IFC Partnership several awards as the best corporate social responsibility Program (NIPP) and Norway Oil for Development Program. project in Peru. Sectors & Themes Covered: TA–Technical Assistance. • IFC Lonmin Women in Mining project—IFC helped Geographic Coverage: Global Lonmin increase the number of women employee by 40 percent; women make up 6.7 percent of the company’s workforce. CONTACT • New publications launched: (i) Projects and People: Ms. Dafna Tapiero A Handbook Addressing Project-Induced In-Migration; Manager (ii) Strategic Community Investment: A Good Practice Tel: +1 202 458-5499 Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging E-mail: dtapiero@ifc.org Markets; and (iii) Case Study: the Lonmin-IFC Women in Website: http://www.commdev.org Mining Program. 181. SME Management Solutions (SMEMGMT) BACKGROUND and improve the performance of SMEs in their value chain The SMEMGMT aims to improve the business performance Examples include Dialog Telecom (Sri-Lanka), Seabord- and competitiveness of SMEs in developing countries Midema (DRC), Raw Bank and Access Bank (DRC and through innovative solutions that enable their access to Rwanda), Standard Chartered (Kenya), and Apollo Tyre management skills and information. The SMEMGMT utilizes (India). two IFC products, Business Edge and SME Toolkit, to pro- Results reported by SMEs and clients include: 97 percent vide appropriately localized solutions for SMEs. In addi- participant satisfaction rate after training; 62 percent of tion, it builds in-country capacity of trainers and business training participants able to apply new skills; improved qual- development service providers. Business Edge offers clients ity of banks’ SME portfolios (Standard Chartered Pakistan applicable management training solutions through a com- 2010); and two-thirds of SME Toolkit users consider it best prehensive set of study books and training modules adapted in class for online training resources supporting SMEs. As to the local business context and delivered by a network of of the end-FY2010, SME Management Solutions results local franchised providers and certified trainers. Leveraging included: more than 135,000 classroom training seats sold the latest information and communication technologies, SME by intermediaries; more than 68 local training firms accred- Toolkit works with global partners and a network of local ited to distribute Business Edge and 680 trainers accred- distribution partners to provide SMEs online and mobile ited; more than 350,000 Business Edge workbooks sold in phone access to business management information, interac- Vietnam and across Middle Eastern markets; 32 SME Toolkit tive tools, and training resources. Websites receiving more than 5 million unique visitors per year, of which more than 80 percent were from developing countries; and content available in 17 languages. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS The SMEMGMT enabled 9,129 individuals (3,984 SMEs) Participating Donors: Spain (Catalonia), Japan, the to receive Business Edge and SME Toolkit classroom-based Netherlands-IFC Partnership Program (NIPP), and Austria. management training; 4.9 million accessed SME Toolkit, Sectors & Themes Covered: Micro and SME Finance, online business management resources, worldwide in SME support, and Other Financial and Private Sector FY2010. Throughout 2010, SME-MS has also been used by Development. Corporate and Commercial Banks to build the capacity Geographic Coverage: Global 18 6 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds CONTACT Ms. Janice Ryu Mr. Michel Botzung Program Officer Senior Operations Officer Tel: +1 202 458-8380 Tel: +20 2 2461-4370 E-mail: jryu@ifc.org E-mail: mbotzung@ifc.org Website: http://www.smetoolkit.org; for Business Edge, in Africa (www.ifc.org/africa/smedevelopment); and in the Middle East (http://www.businessedge-me.com) 182. Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) BACKGROUND workshop for Western Africa was held in Dakar, Senegal, The GIIF is a comprehensive risk mitigation program created in May, 2010. to address the scarcity of affordable insurance protection • Three grant agreements for projects in Kenya and against weather and natural disasters in developing coun- Rwanda were signed in November 2010. tries. The objective of GIIF is to promote the development of • A Program Management Unit (PMU) has undertaken effective and sustainable markets for index-based weather targeted publicity to increase awareness and visibility of and catastrophic risk insurance and thereby to foster sustain- the GIIF. able development in the agricultural sector of developing • The GIIF expansion discussions are underway, including countries. It was launched operationally in December 2009 with IFC and IBRD regional offices, targeting East Asia with an initial focus on the African Region where a number and Pacific, South Asia, and Latin America. of initiatives have recently started. However, as a global pro- • There have been seven project approvals with three gram, GIIF is expanding its activities in other regions of the signed grant agreements, and the remainder is pending world mainly, Caribbean, Pacific, Latin America, and Asia. grant agreement finalization and start-up. The European Commission and the Secretariat of the African Caribbean and Asian Group of States (ACP) are the Participating Donors: the European Commission, ACP primary donors. The Facility is also supported by Japan and Secretariat, the Netherlands, and Japan. the Netherlands. The funding from Japan and other future Sectors & Themes Covered: Insurance, SME Banking, donors will be used to fund the expansion of GIIF activities Agriculture/Agribusiness Finance, Microfinance, Sustainable beyond ACP regions. Energy Finance, Housing, and Leasing. At the core of the Facility is the GIIF Trust Fund (GTF) Geographic Coverage: Global which was created to provide funding to projects contribut- ing to achieving the GIIF objective of GIIF. The GTF provides support in four areas: (i) local capacity building; (ii) finan- CONTACT cial assistance to partner financial institutions; (iii) perfor- Mr. Peter Maina mance-based premium support; and (iv) regulatory policy Senior Program Officer, CAIGP advice and capacity building. Tel: + 27 11 731 3223 E-mail: pmaina@ifc.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Ms. Sherry-Lee Abrahams The GIIF has made significant progress toward achieving its Operations Officer objective of promoting the development of effective and sus- Tel: + 27 11 731 3174 tainable markets for indexed weather and catastrophic risk E-mail: SAbrahams1@ifc.org insurance in developing countries, and established a strong foundation for further programmatic work in FY11. Ms. Selin Konrat Achievements in FY2010 position GIIF well for the Operations Analyst upcoming years as the program continues to expand its Tel: +90 212 385 3025 reach and global presence. They include: Email: SKonrat@ifc.org • A formal launch of GIIF was held in Nairobi in Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gfm.nsf/Content/ December 2009, and a second regional launch event and Insurance-GIIF S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 187 183. Technical Assistance Trust Funds Program (TATF) BACKGROUND • Piloted an M&E system in Africa that was very successful IFC’s TATF Program is a key instrument for funding and and will be gradually rolled out regionally in FY11. managing advisory and investment related work. The • The SME Management Solutions (SME-MS) enabled Program covers all sectors, regions, and advisory services 9,129 individuals (3,984 SMEs ) to receive Business Edge business lines where IFC is active and provides funding for (BE)and SME Toolkit classroom-based management one-time, short-term assignments involving consultancy training; 4.9 million accessed the SME Toolkit; more work. Since its creation in 1988, the TATF program has been, than 68 local training firms accredited to distribute and continues to be instrumental in piloting many innova- BE, and 680 trainers accredited; more than 350,000 BE tive ideas that are now central to IFC’s work. In particular, it workbooks sold; 32 SME Toolkit Websites receiving has played a catalytic role in the development of long-term more than 5 million unique visitors per year, of which advisory services programs. TATF projects have facilitated more than 80 percent are from developing countries; and new investments and supported existing ones through feasi- content available in 17 languages. bility and capacity-building activities, and have also helped provide client government agencies with high-quality sector Participating Donors: Austria, Canada, Spain (Catalonia), and industry studies. Denmark, Finland, Belgium (Flanders Region), France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Switzerland, Visa International/USA, and Belgium (Wallonia The Global Trade Finance Program which received fund- Region). ing from a number of TATF donors is an example of TAFT Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. achievements. It has: Geographic Coverage: Global • Delivered 121 training programs conducted in 46 countries. • Trained 2,836 bankers from 366 banks representing CONTACT 80 countries. Mr. Urkaly Isaev • Developed a certification program in trade finance (IFC Manager FIT Initiative Program also called E-learning training). Tel: +1 202 473-2825 • Developed new training courses to meet client’s needs E-mail: uisaev@ifc.org (i.e., Trade Finance Risk Management Training, Trade Sales Training, Know Your Customer workshops, Back Ms. Margaret Ghobadi Office Training). Assisted banks develop trade finance Associates Operations Officer operations manuals upon clients’request (i.e., XacBank, Tel: +1 202 473-9620 Continental Paraguay). Website: www.ifc.org/tatf IFC INVESTMENT TRUST FUND PROGRAMS IFC receives funds from member governments and their reflows to the donors (to the extent money flows back from donor agencies for investment purposes and invests these the investments). IFC’s portfolio of investment-making funds, along with its own resources, through trust funds. trust funds has recently grown in volume because of donor Donor funds used for investment purposes are provided contributions to IFC’s crisis response initiatives such as the to IFC either on a grant basis or reimbursable grant basis GTLP, which currently account for 77 percent of IFC’s trust with interest, dividend, principal, and any other investment fund portfolio. 18 8 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds 184. Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) BACKGROUND Participating Donors: IFC, Canada, the Netherlands, Saudi The GTLP is a unique, coordinated global initiative that Development Fund, the United Kingdom, and OPEC Fund brings together governments, development finance institu- for International Development (OFID). tions, and private sector banks to support trade in develop- Sectors & Themes Covered: YZ–General industry and ing country markets and to address the shortage of trade Trade. finance resulting from the ongoing global financial crisis. Geographic Coverage: Global Started in 2009, the GTLP channels much-needed funds to support trade in developing countries. It raises funds from international finance and development institutions, govern- CONTACT ments, and banks, and it works through both global and Mr. German Vegarra regional banks to extend trade finance to importers and Senior Manager exporters. Tel: +1 202 458-8209 E-mail: gvergarra@ifc.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Urkaly Isaev As of the end of the first quarter of FY11, GTLP-supported Manager trade since inception reached over US$8.8 billion, through Tel: +1 202 473-2825 approximately 6,300 transactions. About 82 percent of these E-mail: uisaev@ifc.org transactions were for small and medium enterprises. Some Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/gfm.nsf/Content/GTLP 18 percent of the trade volume reached Sub-Saharan African countries, and about 36 percent reached Lower Income Countries, of which 31 percent of supported IDA countries. 185. Microfinance Enhancement Facility (MEF) BACKGROUND Participating Donors: Sweden, Germany, IFC, Austrian Despite the continued strong performance of the microfi- Bank for Development (OeEB), the Netherlands nance industry, some microfinance institutions face prob- Development Finance Company (FMO), European lems refinancing debt as a result of the global financial Investment Bank, and OPEC Fund for International crisis. The MEF provides microfinance institutions (MFIs) Development (OFID). in developing countries with the short- to mid-term funding Sectors & Themes Covered: FE–Micro and SME Finance. required in the current crisis situation. Its aim is to instill Geographic Coverage: Global confidence in the microfinance industry, catalyze funding and safeguard deposits. The MEF is expected to provide refinancing to strong microfinance institutions operating CONTACT worldwide which were affected by the financial crisis. It Mr. Urkaly Isaev will support lending to millions of low-income borrowers in Manager many of the world’s poorest countries. Tel: +1 202 473- 2825 E-Mail: uisaev@ifc.org KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Martin Holtman As of December 2010, MEF has provided 34 loans for Chief Microfinance Specialist US$115 million to 22 MFIs operating in Latin America, Tel: + 1 202 458-5348 Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and East Asia. E-Mail: MHoltman@ifc.org Website: http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/about.nsf/Content/ FinancialCrisis_MEF S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 189 186. Netherlands European Carbon Facility (NECAF)33 BACKGROUND33 industrial gas projects and is no longer accepting new The NECaF, managed jointly by IFC and IBRD, is an arrange- projects. ment under which carbon credits are purchased for the ben- efit of the Government of the Netherlands under the “Joint Participating Donor: the Netherlands Implementation” (JI) scheme of the Kyoto Protocol. Sectors & Themes Covered: Carbon Finance Geographic Coverage: Eastern Europe KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS IFC has committed €3.3 million in two transactions to CONTACT purchase emission reductions from coal bed methane and Mr. Vikram Widge Head, Climate Financial Products, Climate Business Group Tel: +1 202 473-1368 E-mail: carbonfinance@ifc.org 33 The World Bank counterpart of NECAF is briefly listed under the CARBON Program of the SDN-VPU section. Website: http://www.ifc.org/climatechange 187. IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility (INCAF) BACKGROUND energy (wind farms, small hydrous), landfill, and methane The IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility (INCAF) was created in projects. It is no longer accepting new projects. 2002 and consists of an arrangement by which IFC pur- chases carbon credits for the benefit of the Government of Participating Donor: the Netherlands the Netherlands under the Clean Development Mechanism Sectors & Themes Covered: Carbon Finance (CDM)34 of the Kyoto Protocol. Geographic Coverage: Global KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS CONTACT The Facility has committed €65 million in 10 transactions to Mr. Vikram Widge purchase emission reductions from more than 40 renewable Head, Climate Financial Products, Climate Business Group Tel: +1 202 473-1368 E-mail: carbonfinance@ifc.org 34 Likewise, the World Bank counterpart of INCAF is briefly listed as NCDMF under the CARBON Program of the SDN-VPUsection. Website: http://www.ifc.org/climatechange 188. Financial Mechanisms for Climate Change Facility (FMCC) BACKGROUND financing in other areas that would contribute to address- The FMCC Facility supports initiatives in emerging markets ing the climate change challenge. In summary, the FMCC that (a) seek to achieve transformation towards low-carbon Facility provides a vehicle to respond to the growing demand and climate sensitive market environments; (b) support for climate change interventions and support the testing and private sector engagement in climate change adaptation deployment of greenhouse gas reducing of adaptation (resil- strategies for economies; or (c) encourage private sector ience) interventions. 19 0 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds The Facility’s primary sources of funding are the Climate • CTF/SCF Financial Procedures Agreement signed. Investment Funds (CIF)35 through: • Three IFC Projects approved. • The Clean Technology Fund, to promote scaled-up • One disbursed during FY10 (US$10 million). financing for demonstration, deployment and transfer of • Two disbursed to date during FY11 (US$20 million). low carbon technologies with a significant potential for long-term greenhouse gas emission savings. Programs Participating Donors: The FMCC Facility’s current donors are focused on: include the CTF, SCF, and IFC as follows: • Power sector: renewable energy and highly efficient • CTF: Australia, France, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Spain, technologies. the United States, and the United Kingdom. • Energy efficiency: buildings, industry and • SCF-PPCR: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, agriculture. Japan, Norway, the United States, and the United • Transport sector: efficiency and modal shifts. Kingdom. • Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) targets programs that • SCF-FIP: Australia, Denmark, Japan, Norway, the United provide financing that pilot new approaches in response States, and the United Kingdom. to the challenge of climate change: • SCF-SREP: Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, • Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), to the United States, and the United Kingdom. demonstrate approaches to integrate climate risk and resilience into development policies and planning. Sectors & Themes Covered: • Forest Investment Program (FIP), to support reduced Sectors: LE–Reneable Energy, AT–Forestry, and FA–Banking. emissions from deforestation and forest degradation Theme: 81–Climate Change. by financing investments that address these issues. Geographic Coverage: Global. • Program for Scaling up Renewable Energy in Low However, current funding has a country and regional focus: Income Countries (SREP), to encourage low income • CTF: Colombia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Indonesia, countries exploit small scale renewable energy the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, the potential to move toward low carbon energy paths. Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, and regional MENA Program. Facility funds are used for administration, project cycle • SCF-PPCR: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, the Republic cost, advisory services, knowledge management and invest- of Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, the Republic of Tajikistan, ment—including any combination of debt, equity, and/or the Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and two regional guarantee/risk sharing instruments. programs (Caribbean and South Pacific). • SCF-FIP: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, and Peru. KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS • SCF-SREP: Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Maldives, Mali, Accomplishments during FY10 included: and Nepal. • Eleven CTF Country Investment Plans were endorsed by the CTF Trust Fund Committee (TFC). • Two CTF-IFC Programs approved by the CTF-TFC CONTACT (valued at US$61.7 million). Ms. Stacy Swann • Developed CTF, SCF PS principles and financing Senior Program Manage documents. Tel: +1 202 473-7139 E-mail: sswan@ifc.org 35 The Clean Technology Fund and Strategic Climate Fund are both Website: http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/ elaborated upon in the CFP-VPU section. 189. Public-Private Sector Partnership Facility (PPSPF) BACKGROUND of accelerating the emergence and replication of innovative The PPSPF is a program that supports environmental inno- business models, technologies, or technology applications vations and engages with the private sector for the purpose that will generate global environmental benefits. The FMCC S .   I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I N A N C E C O R P O R AT I O N ( I F C ) 191 provides a vehicle to leverage private sector funds to gener- KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS ate global environmental benefits in a sustainable and cost- The GEF funds have been allocated to four GEF effective manner. Implementing Partners (IFC, IBRD, UNEP, and IDB). An The current size of the PPSPF is US$65.5 million during external mid-term evaluation was undertaken during 2010. the life of the facility, with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as the primary source of funding by contributing Participating Donors: GEF and IFC FMTAAS. US$55.5 million. IFC’s Funding Mechanism for Technical Sectors & Themes Covered: Assistance Advisory Services (FMTAAS) is contributing Sectors: AT–Forestry and FA–Banking. US$10 million. PPSPF funds are used for program admin- Themes: 81–Climate Change and 80–Biodiversity. istration, project cycle cost, advisory services, knowledge Geographic Coverage: Global management and investment, including any combina- tion of variation of debt, equity, or guarantee/risk sharing instruments. CONTACT Ms. Stacy Swann Senior Program Manager Tel: +1 202 473-7139 E-mail: sswan@ifc.org Website: http://www.thegef.org/gef/node/1293 JOINT-INITIATIVE 190. African Management Services Company (AMSCO) BACKGROUND KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT The ATMS Project was launched in 1989 as a joint initia- Improved revenue/sales and profitability of client companies tive of IFC, the United Nations Development Programme grew by 22 percent. Over 10,000 persons trained in AMSCO’s (UNDP), and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). client companies of which 3,454 were women in FY08 The Project consists of two interrelated components: the and FY09 in the areas of Corporate Governance, Executive AMSCO and the Stitching African Training and Management Leadership development, Quality Management, HIV/AIDs, Services (ATMS) Foundation; with the AMSCO carrying out Health and Safety, Environmental Standards, and Diversity the operational part of the ATMS Project and the Foundation Management and Company Specific Programs. collecting and making available funds to the ATMS Project for, among others goals, the development of entrepreneur- Sectors & Themes Covered: Financial Services, Advisory ship education and training of local managers and staff. The Services, Agriculture and Forestry, Tourism and Hospitality, AMSCO provides comprehensive training and management and other. services to its private sector clients in Africa. This includes Geographic Coverage: Africa (a) recruiting experienced executives for top and middle management positions in African companies for periods up to three years; (b) identifying and collaborating with CONTACT training providers in Africa and abroad to provide training Ms. Mary-Jean Ndlovu and capacity building to client companies; (c) introducing Country Manager effective planning and implementing client specific training Tel: +244 312 052 (Accra, Ghana) programs. These projects principally apply to SMEs. E-Mail: MNdlovu@ifc.org Participating Donors: African Development Bank, Finland, Japan, IFC, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and UNDP. 19 2 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds Ms. Eva Bakonyi Ms. Anabela Appleton Head, Partnerships & Donor Relations Donor Relations Coordinator (AMSCO) Sub-Saharan Africa Department Tel: +31 6 13407628 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Tel: +27 11 731 3000 (Johannesburg, South Africa) E-Mail: anabela.appleton@amscobv.com E-Mail: Ebakonyi@ifc.org Website: http://www.amsco.org T.   M U LT I L AT E R A L I N V E S T M E N T G U A R A N T E E A G E N C Y ( M I G A ) 193 T.   MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY (MIGA) The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) was Thanks to partnerships with donors and the establish- created in 1988 to promote the flow of foreign direct invest- ment of specialized guarantee trust funds, MIGA is able to ment (FDI) into emerging economies to improve people’s promote FDI in new and innovative ways. lives and reduce poverty. MIGA fulfills this mandate and contributes to development by offering political risk insur- ance (guarantees) to investors and lenders. Leveraging FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MIGA’s limited resources through partnerships with trust The following table provides consolidated contribution and fund donors has proven to be an important element of the disbursement figures for all four trust funded programs Agency’s business strategy. administered and managed by MIGA. Collaboration with donors gives MIGA the needed flex- ibility to explore the development of new and innovative Multilateral Investment FY2009 FY2010 products and leverage its insurance capacity. They provide Guarantee Agency (MIGA) US$ million US$ million the expanded flexibility needed to: Cash contributions received 3 1 • Jointly develop, with external partners, new products during the year that address the evolving needs of the private sector. Disbursements made during 0.2 0.3 • Help MIGA mobilize guarantee capacity in countries the year where it could not otherwise operate. • Underwrite certain highly developmental projects that it could not otherwise support due to restrictions in the MIGA Convention. 191. Environmental and Social Fund for Africa BACKGROUND habitats, development of management systems, and treat- In March 2007, MIGA launched a trust fund (TF) to pro- ment of artisanal miners. vide technical advice/assistance on environmental and social matters related to MIGA-supported projects in Africa. This TF is supported by a seed grant from the Government KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS of Japan for an initial three-year pilot phase, which was During FY09 and FY10, the TF completed eight engagements extended with a new contribution in December 2010, It is with five MIGA clients in Africa, as follows: open on a case-by-case basis to investors already receiv- • UGACOF—A coffee processor and exporter based in ing, or being considered for, MIGA guarantees for projects Kampala, Uganda. An environmental, health and safety in Africa. The goal of the TF is to improve the social and audit was completed in order to help the client improve environmental performance of MIGA supported projects. its EHS management system and prepare for ISO 14001 As such, the TF provides good industry advice on challeng- certification. ing issues, such as, resettlement, human rights, workers’ • West Africa Gas Pipeline—A company responsible for and community health and safety, pollution control, natural the construction and commissioning of a Gas Pipe 194 Directory of Progr a ms Supported by Trust Funds line through West Africa. Two Trust Funds supported Participating Donor: Japan through PHRD Program36 engagements were completed which provided a Sectors & Themes Covered: consultant to train staff on livelihoods restoration Sectors: All sectors projects for project affected people, as well as how to Themes: 51–Improving Labor Markets, 52–Natural monitor success of the initiatives. Disaster Management, 53–Poverty Strategy, Analysis • Kenmare Resources—A mining company which manages and Monitoring, 54–Social Safety Nets, 55–Vulnerability a nickel mine in the Republic of Mozambique. A Assessment and Monitoring, 56–Other Social Protection malaria action plan was developed for the mine in order and Risk Management, 80–Biodiversity, 81–Climate Change, to reduce the cases of malaria in the workforce and 82–Environmental Policies and Institutions, 83–Land surrounding community. Administration and Management, 84–Pollution Management • Orzone–A mining company which managed a gold and Environmental Health, 85–Water Resources mine in Burkina Faso. Two Trust Funds supported Management, 86–Other Environment and Natural Resources engagements were completed which provided the Management, and 87–Social Risk Mitigation. company with a strategy for implementing the Voluntary Geographic Coverage: Africa (for any MIGA investor Principles on Security and Human Rights, as well as client). a study on the interface between the company and artisanal miners working within the mine footprint. • Banque Rwandaise de Developpment (BRD)—A CONTACT development bank in Rwanda Two Trust Funds Ms. Deniz Baharoglu supported engagements were completed which Sector Leader, Environmental and Social Unit developed a Social and Environmental Management Tel: +1 202 458-9598 System for the bank and then provided training for E-mail: dbaharoglu@worldbank.org the staff on how to integrate the new system into their Website: http://www.miga.org/guarantees/ existing risk assessment. index_sv.cfm?stid=1555 36 This Program is described in the earlier section that covers the Concessional Finance & Global Partnerships VPU. 192. Afghanistan Investment Guarantee Facility (AIGF) BACKGROUND The investments insured generated 830 employment The AIGF was established in 2004, to assist the Islamic opportunities. Republic of Afghanistan in attracting Foreign Direct Investments, and, in turn, to promote local private sector Participating Donors: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, investments and contribute to the reconstruction of the Asian Development Bank, and the United Kingdom. Country. The Facility offers private sector investors with an Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. insurance instrument that allows them to manage non-com- Geographic Coverage: The Islamic Republic of mercial risks inherent to their investments, e.g., expropria- Afghanistan. tion, transfer restriction, breach of contract, and war and civil disturbance risks. CONTACT Mr. Nabil Fawaz KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Sector Leader/Task Team Leader Since its inception, the Facility has issued direct Guarantee Tel: +1 202 473-8437 (insurance) Contracts worth US$3.5 million for five projects E-mail: NFawaz@worldbank.org in the manufacturing, agribusiness, services, and infrastruc- Website: http://www.miga.org/guarantees/ ture sectors. Coverage by the Facility enabled the mobiliza- index_sv.cfm?stid=1555 tion of an additional US$103 million worth of investments. T.   M U LT I L AT E R A L I N V E S T M E N T G U A R A N T E E A G E N C Y ( M I G A ) 195 193. West Bank and Gaza Guarantee Facility (WBG-TF) BACKGROUND Participating Donors: Palestinian Authority (PA), Japan, The WBG-TF was established in 1997, to assist the West and European Investment Bank (EIB). Bank and Gaza in attracting Foreign Direct Investments, Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. and, in turn to promote local private sector investments and Geographic Coverage: West Bank and Gaza. contribute to the reconstruction and economic growth of the West Bank and Gaza. The Facility offers both foreign and local private sector investors with an insurance instrument CONTACT that allows them to manage the non-commercial risks inher- Mr. Nabil Fawaz ent to their investments, e.g., expropriation, transfer restric- Sector Leader/Task Team Leader tion, breach of contract, and war and civil disturbance risks. Tel: +1 202 473-8437 E-mail: NFawaz@worldbank.org Website: http://www.miga.org/guarantees/ KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT index_sv.cfm?stid=1555 Since its inception, the Facility has issued direct Guarantee (insurance) Contracts worth US$5 million for one project in the Tourism sector. 194. The EU Investment Guarantee Trust Fund for Bosnia and Herzegovina BACKGROUND Participating Donor: the European Commission. This Trust Fund was established in 1997, to assist Bosnia Sectors & Themes Covered: All sectors and themes. and Herzegovina in attracting Foreign Direct Investments, Geographic Coverage: Bosnia and Herzegovina. and, in turn promote private sector investments and con- tribute to the reconstruction and economic growth of the country. The Trust Fund offers private sector investors with CONTACT an insurance instrument that allows them to manage the Mr. Nabil Fawaz non-commercial risks inherent to their investments, e.g., Title: Sector Leader/Task Team Leader expropriation, transfer restriction, breach of contract, and Tel: +1 202 473-8437 war and civil disturbance risks. E-mail: NFawaz@worldbank.org Website: http://www.miga.org/guarantees/ index_sv.cfm?stid=1555 KEY RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENT Since its inception, the Facility has issued direct Guarantee (insurance) Contracts worth nearly US$30 million for five projects in the financial, manufacturing and service sectors.