Emergency Social Protection Enhancement and COVID-19 Response Project - Third Additional Financing (WB-P181468)

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
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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 13, 2024
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
UNICEF, UNDP
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 600.00 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
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 5, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Feb 15, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the project development objective is to provide cash transfers, temporary employment, and increased access to basic services and economic opportunities to food-insecure populations affected by COVID-19, the conflict and climate-related shocks, as well as to strengthen the capacity of national institutions.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The Environmental Risk Rating is "Substantial" as the AF3 project will support activities that may result in risks and impacts on workers and community health and safety, as well as on the environment, if the project’s activities are not managed adequately. Nonetheless, environmental risks and impacts are expected to be site-specific, reversible, and generally of low magnitude that can be mitigated following appropriate measures. There is a risk for serious injuries or fatal incidents to occur under the project, particularly under the labor-intensive community subprojects of Component 2. These risks could potentially materialize in subsequent AFs when financing for Component 2 becomes available. Furthermore, there is a risk of injuries due to explosion of remnants of war (ERW).

The project’s social risk rating is high primarily due to the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UTC), Cash for Nutrition (CfN) and Cash for Work (CfW) activities, which present security and safety risks for the workforce, the risk of elite capture, as well as the potential for social conflict or the exclusion of vulnerable and disadvantage individuals, including women, as a result of inadequate/poor targeting of project beneficiaries and restriction of movement of women (including women project workers). These activities may also lead to an increased Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment (SEA/SH) risk.

Investment Description
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A proposed additional grant in the amount of SDR 112.80 million (US$150 million equivalent).


Contact Information
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World Bank

Andras Bodor
Senior Social Protection Economist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Peter Hawkins
Representative
phawkins@unicef.org

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Zeina Ali Ahmad
Resident Representative
zena.ali-ahmad@undp.org

Implementing Agencies

Public Works Project
Saeed Abdo Ahmed
Executive Director
saeedobad@yahoo.com

Social Fund for Development
Abdullah Al-Dailami
Managing Director
aaldailami@sfd-yemen.org

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