Early Warning System

Regions

South Asia

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Afghanistan

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

Active

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

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

Dec 7, 2023

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

World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Education and Health
Humanitarian Response

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Fund

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 267.00 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.

Grant Amount (USD)

$ 267.00 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)

$ 267.00 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.

Bank Documents

Other Related Projects

WB-P178775 AFGHANISTAN HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE (HER)

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Apr 13, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Sep 6, 2023

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

As stated by the World Bank, the Project Development Objective is to increase the utilization and quality of essential health services in Afghanistan.

The proposed Additional Financing (AF) for the amount of US$267 million will be financed through the Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF) for US$247 million and the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for US$20 million. The AF will entail (a) revising the PDO wording to add nutrition in addition to health services, (b) adding a new component to promote nutrition and health service use among vulnerable pregnant women and mothers of young children, (c) adding a new implementing partner (WFP) for the new component, (d) revising the scope of components 1 and 2 given available funding and ADB parallel financing, (e) adding disbursement categories for the new component; (f) extending the closing date to March 31, 2025, and (g) revising the results framework to reflect the project’s expanded timeline and revised scope.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental and Social Risk Classification
Substantial

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

World Bank (WB)

PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions)

SUMMARY
Total Project Cost 267.00
Total Financing 267.00
of which IBRD/IDA 0.00
Financing Gap 0.00

DETAILS
Non-World Bank Group Financing
Trust Funds 267.00
Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund 247.00
Global Financing Facility 20.00

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

The clients and implementing agencies are UN agencies - namely, the UNICEF and the WFP - that work to provide humanitarian assistance in emergency contexts worldwide.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
-	-	-	-	UN World Food Programme (WFP)	Client	Humanitarian Response
-	-	-	-	UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)	Client	Humanitarian Response

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

World Bank Team Leaders:

Mickey Chopra - Lead Health Specialist
Christopher Thomas Andersen - Health Specialist
Cristobal Ridao-Cano - Lead Economist

Borrowers and Implementing Agencies -

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):

Fouzia Shafique - Principal Advisor, Health
Email: fshafique@unicef.org

World Food Programme (WFP):

Hsiao-Wei Lee - Representative and Country Director, WFP
Email: hsiaowei.lee@wfp.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

To submit an information request for project information, you will have to create an account to access the Access to Information request form. You can learn more about this process at: https://www.worldbank.org/en/access-to-information/request-submission

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. Information on how to file a complaint and a complaint request form are available at: https://www.inspectionpanel.org/how-to-file-complaint