Myanmar Strengthening Community Resilience Project (WB-P508006)

Countries
  • Myanmar
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
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
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
May 29, 2025
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
International Committee of the Red Cross / 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
  • Infrastructure
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)
$ 41.20 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)
$ 41.20 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
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 3, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Feb 12, 2025

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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.

According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to strengthen the resilience of targeted communities of Myanmar.

The project would strengthen the capacity of vulnerable communities to address short- to medium-term development priorities through training, facilitation support, community-based infrastructure, and livelihoods support. The project would also support emergency response activities for communities affected by crisis or disaster through the provision of livelihoods support and essential services such as water, sanitation, shelter, and other critical needs.

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.

The Environmental risk rating is Substantial. The potential environmental risks associated with the project include: environmental pollution and community health and safety issues due to rehabilitation and construction activities, safety risks to project workers and construction workers and beneficiaries, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO); illegal or uncontrolled use of forests and other resources; overuse of water resources; impacts on natural and critical habitats and ecosystems; improper disposal of construction waste, food packaging, and non-food items; health and safety risks and pollution arising from inappropriate methods of transportation; distribution, use and handling of agricultural chemicals; risks of incidental introduction of invasive alien species through distribution of vegetable seeds; possible food safety issues from improper methods of transportation and storage of food assistance; and climate related risks.

The social risk associated with this project is classified as Substantial. Potential social risks include the exclusion of vulnerable beneficiaries from the project activities, risks to project and construction workers (health and safety, security, and sexual exploitation or abuse/sexual harassment (SEA/SH)), risks to beneficiaries when collecting assistance (security, discrimination, SEA/SH), community health and risk of the inadequate and culturally inappropriate stakeholder engagement (particularly for ethnic people) and grievance redress mechanism (GRM) function. Communities hosting beneficiaries (who may be internally displaced) also may be exposed to safety and security risks due to the location of project activities in their communities. UNOPS and ICRC both have a solid track record in successfully delivering the activities to be supported under the project. Given the overall volatile context of Myanmar and heightened security risks, the recommended social risk rating is substantial rather than moderate.

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

IDA Grant: US$ 41.20 million

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Client -
- - - - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Client -

Contact Information
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CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Sean Bradley
Title: Lead Social Development Specialist
Email: sbradley@worldbank.org

TTL Contact: Ei Ei Htwe
Job Title: Social Development Specialist
Email: ehtwe@worldbank.org

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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

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