Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (WB-P176570)

Regions
  • Middle East and North Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Yemen
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jun 24, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
United Nations Office for Project Services
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 450.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 150.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 12, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 31, 2021

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, the project objective is to provide essential health, nutrition, water and sanitation services to the Yemeni population.

Component 1: Improving Access to Healthcare, Nutrition, and Public Health Services (US$104.95 million equivalent). This component aims to ensure continuity of delivery of Minimum Services Package (MSP) services and provision of an integrated package of services at Primary and Secondary Health Care levels including facility, outreach, mobile, and community with a particular focus on integrating the maternal and newborn health (MNH), and child nutrition services including treatment of children with SAM without complication.

Component 2: Improving Access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) and Strengthening Local Systems (Implemented by UNOPS - US$26.24 million equivalent). This component will support the provision of WSS services for the population of Yemen through rehabilitation of medium to large WSS infrastructure and strengthening the capacity building of the local water and sanitation institutions.

Component 3: Project Support, Management, Evaluation and Administration (implemented by UNICEF, WHO, and UNOPS - US$18.81 million equivalent). This component will support administration and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities to ensure smooth and satisfactory project implementation. The component will finance: (i) general management support for WHO, UNICEF and UNOPS; (ii) hiring of Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) agents, with terms of reference satisfactory to the World Bank, that will complement the existing TPM arrangements for the implementing agencies; and (iii) technical assistance.

Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response (implemented by UNICEF, WHO, and UNOPS - US$0). The zero-dollar Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) will be in place to provide expedited response in case of emergency. There is a probability that an epidemic or outbreak of public health importance or other emergencies may occur during the life of the project, causing major adverse economic and/or social impacts. An Emergency Response Operational Manual will be prepared and agreed upon with the World Bank to be used if this component is triggered.

 

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World Bank:
Jorge A. Coarasa
Senior Economist, Health

Miyuki T. Parris
Operations Officer

Naif Mohammed Abu-Lohom
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist

Borrower:
United Nations Office for Project Services
Bana Kaloti
Regional Director
banak@unops.org

World Health Organization
Adham Ismail
Representative
ismaila@who.int

United Nations Children's Fund
Philippe Duamelle
Representative
pduamelle@unicef.org

Implementing Agency:
United Nations Children's Fund
Philippe Duamelle
Representative
pduamelle@unicef.org

World Health Organization
Adham Ismail
Representative
ismaila@who.int

United Nations Office for Project Services
Bana Kaloti
Regional Director
banak@unops.org 

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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