Economics & Development

The development objective of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to improve regional collaboration and the socioeconomic and climate resilience of border-zone communities in the target northern regions of the Gulf of Guinea countries exposed to conflict and climate risks. The additional financing responds to the rising influx of refugees from the Sahel, mounting pressures on basic services and natural resources, and deteriorating security in northern border areas, and seeks to scale up support so that refugee and host communities can access services, documentation, livelihoods, and climate-resilient local infrastructure while consolidating social cohesion. The Bank will work through existing project components to expand community-driven investments in approximately 250 refugee-hosting localities across six northern regions, financing climate-resilient water and sanitation facilities, health posts, school infrastructure, agro-pastoral and irrigation assets, rural markets, energy and information and communication technology installations, and mixed refugee-host income generating activities; these interventions will include at least 300 income generating activities and are expected to create at least 12,000 job opportunities with an emphasis on women and youth. Capacity building will strengthen inclusive local development processes and institutional support for refugee protection by assisting the Directorate for Aid and Assistance to Refugees and Stateless Persons (DAARA) to clear registration backlogs, issue refugee identity cards, facilitate birth registration for refugee children, and improve access to education and health, including temporary school cost support and enrollment in the national health coverage scheme, implemented in coordination with national authorities and with attention to climate and conflict risks. Regional collaboration will be reinforced through cross-border dialogue, data and research on fragility and displacement, and peer learning to harmonize approaches across the subregion, while project management will sustain fiduciary, environmental and social, and monitoring and evaluation functions and maintain a zero-allocation Contingent Emergency Response Component for eligible crises. The project intends to reach about 270,000 additional beneficiaries, including roughly 50,000 refugees and 220,000 members of host communities, by translating recent policy advances on refugee protection into tangible improvements in access to services, legal identity, livelihoods, and community infrastructure, strengthening trust between citizens and local authorities, reducing resource-related tensions, and enhancing climate adaptation through resilient designs and participatory risk assessments, thereby contributing to improved regional collaboration and sustained prevention of fragility spillovers.

This document outlines the procurement plan for the Sustainable Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program Phase II in Tanzania, focusing on water supply, sanitation, health facilities, and public administration. It details project components and procurement arrangements for regional development.

This document outlines the procurement plan for the OECS Skills and Innovation Project in the Caribbean, covering education and public administration sectors. It provides structured guidance and details regarding project procurement activities.

This document provides an implementation status and results report for the Cameroon Power Sector Reform Program. It covers public administration, energy, and extractives as well as energy transmission and distribution sectors.

Le projet d'inclusion productive Yokk Koom Koom (PYKK) a ete mis en ceuvre au Senegal entre 2018 et 2019 aupres de 15 000 menages beneficiaires des transferts monetaires du PNBSF dans quatre zones urbaines et peri-urbaines. Cette initiative visait a favoriser l'autonomisation economique des populations vulnerables grace a des mesures d'accompagnement productives. Une evaluation d'impact menee dans cinq pays du programme ASP (Burkina Faso, Mauritanie, Niger, Senegal et Tchad) a permis d'optimiser les interventions et d'ameliorer l'efficacite du projet. En parallele, des evaluations qualitatives et des seances de travail collaboratives ant contribue a restructurer les mesures initiales pour une mise en ceuvre plus efficiente lors des phases d'extension. Un atelier technique national s'est tenu au Senegal debut decembre 2023 et a reuni les differents acteurs impliques dans la conception, la mise en ceuvre et le suivi du PYKK. L'objectif etait de tirer les leçons apprises de la phase 1 d'extension et de formuler des recommandations operationnelles et strategiques pour les prochaines phases. Ce document technique explore les parametres cles de l'extension du projet, notamment la repartition des roles, les equipements et la communication, ainsi que les mesures d'accompagnement comme la formation en competences de vie et micro-entrepreneuriat, la subvention productive et le coaching. II met egalement en avant les mecanismes de suivi-evaluation, essentiels pour assurer la qua lite et l'impact des interventions. Enfin, ii detaille la gestion des reclamations via le Systeme d'lnformation et de Reclamations (SIR), garantissant transparence et equite dans l'execution du programme.

Au Sénégal, le programme d’inclusion économique Yokk Koom Koom a été étendu à l’ensemble du territoire national, en s’appuyant sur ses effets positifs et durables sur les revenus des activités économiques et la consommation des ménages. Afin de maximiser les résultats, cette expansion s’est appuyée de manière continue sur les enseignements tirés de la mise en œuvre du programme pour renforcer son impact. Ce document technique présente 10 enseignements opérationnels et organisationnels tirés de la deuxième phase d’expansion du programme, couvrant l’ensemble du cycle de mise en œuvre. Chaque enseignement présente les bonnes pratiques identifiées, les recommandations prioritaires ainsi que des pistes de réflexion à mesure que le programme entre dans de nouvelles phases d’expansion.

This document contains an official letter agreement for grant E7830-MR, outlining the terms and conditions for the agreement. It serves as an official legal and administrative record regarding the grant.

This procurement plan outlines the goods, works, and consulting services to be acquired under the Angola Strengthening Governance for Enhanced Service Delivery Project. It details the procurement methods, prior review thresholds, and schedules agreed between the government and the World Bank.

This document outlines the procurement plan for the Urban Resilience Emergency Project in Burundi, focusing on public administration, water, sanitation, and solid waste management. It serves as an administrative and operational guide for project implementation.

This document is an implementation status and results report for the Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa project. It covers public administration and ICT services development.

This document outlines the procurement plan for Phase 3 of the Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector project in the West Bank and Gaza. It focuses on public administration, energy generation, and infrastructure development within the region.

For workers moving from coal-related employment to non-coal sectors, one-time friction costs associated with making the transition can amount to 0.70-4.59 years of average annual South African wages for coal mine workers and 0.12-3.74 years for electricity-sector workers. Once in non-coal sectors, these workers can also face annual wage losses of 29-57 percent and 37-61 percent, respectively, in the absence of transition support. These estimates do not account for sectoral amenity values, such as differences in occupational health risks and working conditions, which may offset some of the welfare losses implied by wage differences alone. Together, the estimates quantify barriers to worker reallocation that transition-support programs, including CIF ACT, are designed to address by easing mobility frictions and supporting workers through the transition.

The objective of the project is to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Istanbul against earthquake and multi-hazard risks by building institutional capacity in three areas: gender-responsive shelter management, inclusive emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations, and BCP for industrial zones. This will be achieved through diagnostic assessments, guideline development, and targeted capacity-building activities. The grant will support the development and piloting of a gender-based violence (GBV) Prevention and Response Guideline for disaster shelters, strengthen AFAD’s capacity, improve first responders’ ability to support vulnerable populations, and enhance community-level preparedness in targeted districts. It will also strengthen the resilience of Organized Industrial Zones by expanding business continuity planning approaches. The resulting tools, guidelines, and trained personnel will improve preparedness, coordination, and economic resilience in Istanbul, while providing replicable models for Türkiye’s national DRM system.

This document is a restructuring paper regarding the Ethiopia Expressway Development Support Project. It outlines project adjustments within the framework of public administration and transportation development.

This document is the audited financial statement for the Guinea Commercial Agriculture Development Project in Western and Central Africa. It provides financial records and auditing information related to agricultural markets, commercialization, and related public administration.