The world bank monthly operational summary

Mekong Delta Agriculture Modernization: The objective is to pro-

tect and enhance the utilization of water resources in the Mekong

Delta region in an integrated manner in order to sustain gains in agri-

culture productivity, raise living standards, and accelerate climate

change adaptation measures. Decision Meeting scheduled for 29 No-

vember 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA

Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de-

termined.

Red River Delta Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Additional

Financing: The objective is to improve water and household level

sanitation services and their effective use in four selected provinces

in the Red River Delta in ways that are financially, technically, socially

and environmentally sustainable, thereby contributing to poverty al-

leviation in participating rural communities. Bank Approval completed

on 6 April 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P113496. US$ 65.3 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Nam Dinh

Provincial Project Management Unit, 2 Cua Truong, Nam Dinh, Nam

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Dinh, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: vuongduynam@

yahoo.com, Contact: Vuong Duy Nam, PMU Director. Thai Binh

Provincial Project Management Unit (PPMU), Thai Binh PCERWASS,

Thai Binh, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: banqlnsnt@

vnn.vn, Contact: Vu Ngoc Thai, PMU Director. Hai Duong Provincial

Project Management Unit, PCERWASS Hai Duong, Hai Duong, Viet

Nam, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: bql-

[e-mail], Contact: Vu Van Dai, PMU Director. Ninh

Binh Project Management Unit (PPMU), Chi cuc Phat trien Nong

thon Ninh Binh, Ninh Binh, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: [phone], E-

mail: [e-mail], Contact: Nguyen Huu Thoa, PMU

Director. National Center for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, 73

Nguyen Hong Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: [phone], Fax:

(84-43) 776-0439, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Le Thieu

Son, Director

Red River Delta Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Phase II:

The objectives are to expand access to water and sanitation provision

in a sustainable manner and thus contribute to improving the quality

of life and alleviating poverty in selected rural communities. This pro-

ject is currently on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment

Category B. US$ 96.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants are now working to

prepare project document, especially to propose financing option for

phase 2 as project based or National Target Program (NTP). The pro-

ject is planned for FY 2012. National Center for Rural Water Supply and

Sanitation, 73 Nguyen Hong Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: [phone]-

5821, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Dr. Le Van Cahn, Director

Urban Water Supply and Wastewater: The objective is to increase

coverage and services in the water and wastewater sector. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 15 December 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and im-

plementing agency(ies) to be determined.

South Asia

Afghanistan

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Improving Inputs Delivery System: The objectives are: (a) to

consolidate, improve and extend the existing system of improved seed

supply; and (b) develop and implement policies and institutions that

will serve the needs of farmers for appropriate fertilizers and other agro-

chemical. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 June

2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 47.1 (ARTF). Con-

sulting services to be determined. Government of Afghanistan, Darul

Amaan Rd., Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: [phone], E-mail: tariq.is-

[e-mail]

(R) On-Farm Water Management: The objective is to assist farm-

ers to adopt improved farm practices that increase agricultural pro-

duction and productivity by enhancing the efficacy of water used for

raising crops in conjunction with other farm inputs. Appraisal sched-

uled for 22 September 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

Project: P120398. US$ 29.5 (ARTF). Consulting services to be deter-

mined. Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock, Afghanistan,

Contact: Asadullah Zamir, Director-General. Government of Afghanistan,

Darul Amaan Rd., Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]

Strengthening Ag Production Base: The objective is to increase farm-

ers’ incomes through sustainable increases in production of agricul-

tural commodities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28

July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA

Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture

Irrigation and Livestock, Afghanistan

Education

(N) Strengthening Higher Education Additional Financing: The

objective remains the same as the parent project, to progressively re-

store basic operational performance at a group of core universities in

Afghanistan and provide an institutional base for an agenda focusing

on tertiary education development, capacity building and reform. Ne-

gotiations scheduled for 25 May 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category C. Project: P121805. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants

are required. Ministry of Higher Education, Main Road, Kar-e-char,

Afghanistan 

Energy and Mining

(R) Second Sustainable Development of Natural Resources:

The objective is to sustain achievements to date by further strength-

ening the institutions and regulatory capacity in the sector, attracting

additional FDI through new international offerings, and deepening

economic linkages within resource corridors. Project Concept Review

Meeting scheduled for mid-May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implement-

ing agency(ies) to be determined.

Rural Solar Electrification: The objectives are to focus on Daikundi

and Bamiyan provinces by: (a) seeking rapid expansion of access to

basic electricity services; and (b) small battery charging for lighting

and mobile phones, in remote communities. Project Appraisal Docu-

ment scheduled for 30 August 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. Project: P121298. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be

required for province-level implementation and technical advice on

solar products. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Strengthening Health Activity for the Rural Poor: The objective

is to improve the Health Status of the Afghanistan people. Negotiations

completed on 4 May 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for 3 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120669. US$ 49.0 (IDA

Credit). Consultants will be required for Essential Package for Hos-

pital Services in implementation. Ministry of Public Health, MOPH,

Great Shah Massoud Road, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: [phone]

Support to Basic Package of Health Ser vices (Strengthening

Health Activity for Rural Poor: The objective is to improve health

status of the people of Afghanistan by increasing accessibility and

quality of the BPHS in the provinces of Balkh, Samangan and urban

Kabul. The loan was signed on 14 March 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category C. US$ 17.9 (JSDF). Consultants will be required.

Ministry of Public Health, MOPH, Great Shah Massoud Road, Kabul,

Afghanistan, Tel: [phone] 

Industry and Trade

(R) Export Competitiveness Additional Financing: The objectives

are to: (a) firm level competitiveness, and (b) the development of for-

ward and backward linkages. Project Concept Review Meeting com-

pleted on 21 April 2010. Preparation is underway.

Environmental

Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/ARTF). Consulting

services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Development of Industrial Park in Kunduz Province: The objective

is to construct two industrial parks at Kamari, near Kabul and at Kun-

duz province. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 July

2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit).

Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(N) Additional Financing AFGHANSTAT: Strengthening the Na-

tional Statistical System: The objective is to strengthen statistical ca-

pacity in Afghanistan by operationalizing the Afghanistan National

Statistical Plan (ANSP). Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P121883. US$ 14.0

(SRTF). Consultants will be required. Central Statistics Organization,

Ansari Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]

(R) Development Policy Program Series: The objective is to focus

in particular on the following reform areas: Macroeconomic manage-

ment and public financial management, public administration reform,

social protection and pensions, power and mining. Project Concept Re-

view Meeting scheduled for mid-May 2010.

Environmental Assessment

Category U. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple-

menting agency(ies) to be determined.

(R) Second Public Financial Management Reform: The objective

is to develop an efficient and effective PFM system and human resource

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capacity of the Ministry of Finance and the CAO. Project Concept Re-

view Meeting scheduled for mid-May 2010.

Environmental Assessment

Category C. US$ 60.0 (ARTF). Consulting services and implementing

agency(ies) to be determined.

(R) Strengthening the National Statistical System: The objective

is to strengthen statistical capacity in Afghanistan by operationalizing

the Afghanistan National Statistical Plan (ANSP). This project is no

longer in the lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P121493. US$ 14.0

(SRTF). Consultants will be required. Central Statistics Organization,

Ansari Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]

Transportation

(R) Second Customs Reform and Trade Facilitation: The objec-

tive is to improve the release of legitimate goods in a fair and efficient

manner. Bank Approval scheduled for 25 May 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P112872. US$ 50.5 (IDA Credit). Con-

sultants will be required. Afghan Customs Department, Customs and

Revenue Head Quarter building, Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan,

Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Mr. Bismellah Kammawie, Director General of Customs

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Third National Solidarity Program: The objective is to build,

strengthen, and maintain community development councils as recog-

nized institutions for local governance that promotes transparent, ac-

countable, inclusive decision making and fund management,

social-economic development, and solidarity amongst its people, and

with its institutions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30

April 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117103.

US$ 40.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Rural

Rehabilitation and Development, AREDP, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-

773) 624-214, E-mail: [e-mail]; javaid. zerrak@gmail.

com

Bangladesh

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Integrated Fisheries Livelihoods: The objective is to increase

the incomes of fisheries communities and the availability of fish prod-

ucts for domestic consumption and local sale through improved fish-

ing productivity, product quality, and market access. Project Concept

Review Meeting completed on 12 May 2010. Project Concept Note sched-

uled for 28 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0

(IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for preparation, particularly

with specialized skills and experience with inland fisheries management

and community based fishing. Department of Fisheries, Ministry of

Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL), Matsya Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka,

Bangladesh, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail] and [e-mail]

(R) Modern Food Storage Facilities: The objective is to support the

development modern food storage facilities in the country and provide

food security particularly during disaster. Project Concept Review Meet-

ing scheduled for mid-May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category

A. US$ 190.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Dis-

aster Management Bureau, Ministry of Food and Disaster Manage-

ment, Bangladesh

Dairy Livelihoods Development: The objective is to increase incomes

and improve livelihoods of poor rural households. Project Concept Re-

view Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to

be determined. Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Dhaka, Kr-

ishi Khamar Sarak, Farm Gate, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone]-

7593, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], dg_dls@

yahoo.com

Education

(R) Primary Education Development Support: The objectives

are to improve the quality and relevance of primary education, to im-

prove access and equity, and to strengthen educational management

capacity. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0/200.0/265.0 (IDA

Credit/ASDB/ZBIL).

Consulting services and implementing agency(ies)

to be determined.

(R) Reaching Out-of-School Children Additional Financing: The

objective is to reduce the number of out-of-school children through im-

proved access, quality and efficiency in primary education, especially

for the disadvantaged children, in support of Government of

Bangladesh’s Education For All (EFA) goals. Bank Approval completed

on 4 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P120804. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry

of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), Bangladesh Secretariat,

Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone] 

(R) Vocational Training: The objective is to build on sector work cur-

rently underway. Key components may include organization and man-

agement reform, financing reform and encouraging private provision

of training. Negotiations completed on 10 May 2010. Bank Approval sched-

uled for 10 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P090807. US$ 79.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry

of Education, Bhaban-6 Room1809 Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka,

Bangladesh, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-

mail: [e-mail], Contact: Mr. Md. Momtajul Islam, Secretary

of Education

Energy and Mining

(N) GPOBA: Solar Home Systems: The objective is to expand ac-

cess to electricity services to the poor population in rural Bangladesh.

Signing scheduled for 10 May 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. US$ 7.2 (GPBA). No consultants are required. Infrastructure

Development Company Limited (IDCOL), UTC Building, 16th Floor,

8 Panthapath, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone]-

1235, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Islam Sharif, Executive Director and CEO

(R) South Zone Power Distribution: The objective is to deliver

power more widely by establishing a power distribution company and

improving and expanding the power distribution network. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category B. Project: P087861. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting

services to be determined. Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy

and Mineral Resources, Bhaban 6, Rooms 124 and 125, Bangladesh

Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone], Fax:

(880-2) 717-0740. Bangladesh Power Development Board, WAPDA

Building, Motijeel C/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone]. Distribution Power Zone, Power Development

Board, Bidyut Bhaban, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-

31) 712-200, Fax: [phone], Contact: Aminul Islam, Chief En-

gineer

Finance

Investment Promotion and Financing Facility Additional Fi-

nancing: The objective is to: (a) supplement the resources of the

Bangladesh financial markets to provide long term finance for infra-

structure and other investment projects beyond the capacity of local

financial institutions; and (b) scale up the financing of public-private

partnership (PPP) ventures in infrastructure. Negotiations completed

on 20 March 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for 4 May 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Category F. Project: P117542. US$ 257.0 (IDA

Credit). Consultants will be required for FM, procurement, environ-

ment, and social issues, to strengthen implementation. Bangladesh

Bank, Bangladesh Bank Head Office, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka,

Bangladesh, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: fidp-

[e-mail], Contact: Abul Qashem, Executive Director

Health and Other Social Services

(R) National Protection: The objective is to target beneficiaries in

selected rural and urban areas will utilize social assistance programs

and/or insurance products delivered through an efficient and ac-

countable decentralized mechanism. Appraisal scheduled for mid-May

2010.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P102542. US$

90.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Local Gov-

ernment, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2)

716-2159/3566/8578, Fax: [phone], E-mail: NA, Contact: Mr.

Monzur Hossain, Secretary

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Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Development: The ob-

jective is to support the Government’s health sector by contributing

to the acceleration towards achieving the health related MDGs. Pro-

ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 11 June 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category B. US$ 350.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services

and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Industry and Trade

(R) Empowerment and Livelihood Improvement Nuton Jibon:

The objective is to support the Government’s strategy for reducing

poverty amongst the rural people, currently outside the reach of most

development interventions. Negotiations scheduled for 17 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P073886. US$ 115.0

(IDA Credit).

No consultants are required. Bangladesh SIPP 2 (Liveli-

hoods), Social Development Foundation (SDF), House 4, Road 21,

Sector 4, Uttara Model, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh, Tel: [phone]-

3094, Fax: [phone], Contact: Muhammad Fazlur Rahman,

Managing Director, SDF

Northern Areas Reduction of Poverty Initiative: The objective is

to support women from lagging areas to participate in the thriving tex-

tile based industry. If the pilot succeeds, employment in other sectors

can also be addressed. Its broader goal is to support women in wage

employment. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment

Category B. Project: P114841. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will

be required. Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority, BEPZA

Complex House: 19/D, Road: 6, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel:

(880) 2967-0530, Fax: [phone], Contact: A.K.M. Mahbubur

Rahman, Member

Private Sector Development: The objective is to support the devel-

opment of zones based on the countries past experience in export

processing. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory A. Project: P120843. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services

and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(N) Municipal Services Additional Financing: The objective is to

scale up rehabilitation or construction of urban infrastructure and mu-

nicipal capacity building, and to prepare a new generation of urban im-

provement programs. Negotiations scheduled for 18 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117740. US$ 42.0 (IDA

Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be

determined.

Employment Generation Program: The objective is to support the

Government’s program for employment generation. Decision Meeting

scheduled for 27 May 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

Project: P118701. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and im-

plementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Strengthening the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor Gen-