Summaries of Operations Approved During Fiscal 2012, Africa
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Country/Project name
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Date of approval
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SDR
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US$
Africa IDA Horn of Africa Emergency Health and Nutrition Emergency Recovery Grant supports the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' response to targeted refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia by implementing emergency health and nutrition services. Total cost: $30 million.
HDN
9/15/2011
n.a.
18.8
30.0
◊ IBRD Fourth Central African Backbone Adaptable Program Loan increases geographical reach and use of regional broadband network services and reduces their prices in Gabon. Total cost: $109 million.
SDN
3/28/2012
2018/2034
n.a.
58.0
◊ IDA Kafue-Muzuma-Victoria Falls Regional Transmission Line Reinforcement Specific Investment Credit improves the reliability of the regional bulk power trade transmission network through upgraded infrastructure along the Kafue Town–Muzuma-Victoria Falls corridor. Total cost: $100 million.
SDN
5/15/2012
2022/2052
37.1
60.0
◊ IDA East Africa Public Health Laboratory Specific Investment Additional Financing Grant establishes a network of high-quality public health laboratories to diagnose communicable diseases and share information to mount an effective regional response. Total cost: $15 million.
HDN
5/17/2012
n.a.
9.7
15.0
◊ IDA West Africa Agricultural Productivity Adaptable Program Credit (Second Phase) increases the generation, dissemination, and adoption of improved technologies in priority commodity areas through regional cooperation and collaborative mechanisms. Total cost: $131.8 million.
SDN
5/22/2012
2022/2052 2022/2052
38.7 38.7
60.0 c 60.0 c
◊ IDA West African Power Pool Integration and Technical Assistance Adaptable Program Credit/Grant increases utility-level electrical supply at a reduced cost through improved technical integration, and increases the export capability of Côte d’Ivoire. Total cost: $476 million.
SDN
5/31/2012
2022/2052 n.a.
93.3 20.4
144.5 c 31.5 g
◊ IDA Abidjan-Lagos Trade and Transport Facilitation Adaptable Program Grant (Second Phase) reduces trade and transport barriers in the port and on the roads along the transportation corridor through the four-country region. Total cost: $148 million.
SDN
5/31/2012
n.a.
57.9
90.0
◊ IDA Improved Investment Climate within the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa Technical Assistance Grant strengthens the organization’s institutional capacity to support selected investment climate reforms in member countries, including improved corporate financing reporting. Total cost: $15 million.
FPD
6/26/2012
n.a.
9.7
15.0
◊ IDA South Africa Power Market Adaptable Program Additional Financing Grant expands transmission capacity for better servicing domestic and regional power demand and supports regional power-market integration and telecommunication development. Total cost: $201.5 million.
SDN
6/28/2012
n.a.
130
201.5
PREM
12/19/2011
n.a.
19.0
30.0
◊ IDA Heath System Performance Specific Investment Additional Financing Grant increases the coverage of and accessibility to quality maternal, neonatal, and child services in eight targeted districts. Total cost: $10 million.
HDN
3/15/2012
n.a.
6.5
10.0
◊ IDA Decentralized Community Driven Services Adaptable Program Credit improves access to decentralized basic social services through community infrastructure development, and mainstreams the communitydriven development approach for services. Total cost: $46 million.
HDN
5/3/2012
2022/2052
29.6
46.0
PREM
7/26/2011
n.a.
78.9
125.0
Benin ◊ IDA Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Grant accelerates economic growth and reduces incidents of poverty by strengthening the public sector to deliver more effective public services. Total cost: $30 million.
Burkina Faso ◊ IDA Eleventh Poverty Reduction Support Grant supports efforts for economic growth through improved country competitiveness and diversification, and the implementation of a revised poverty reduction strategy. Total cost: $125 million.