Early Warning System

Countries

Ivory Coast

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

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

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

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

Jan 24, 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

GOUVERNEMENT DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE ET DES FINANCES

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

Sectors

Education and Health

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

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 33.82 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 32. 53
Converted using 2023-02-27 exchange rate.

Bank Documents

Project Information

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Feb 27, 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.

PROJECT GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The proposed operation concerns a EUR 32 533 500 ADB loan to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire to finance the third and last phase of the Economic and Social Reform Support Programme - Phase III (PARES III). PARES is a programme-based budget support operation that initially covered the period 2019-2021. The second phase of the programme initially scheduled for 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19-related health crisis. Following Government's request, the Bank provided support through the health response plan to combat the pandemic by financing the COVID-19 Response Support Programme (PARC) in 2020. Through uninterrupted dialogue on reforms and measures supported by PARES, the second phase of the programme was approved in 2021 and implemented satisfactorily. Hence, the third phase of the programme (PARES III) is being implemented in 2022, one year behind schedule. The programme is co-financed by JICA and the OPEC Fund. PARES III will consolidate the economic and social reforms implemented during previous phases. It aligns with the second phase of the Government Social Programme (PSGouv 2) for the 2022 - 2024 period. The two components of PARES III mentioned above are the same as those of the programme's first two phases (PARES I and PARES II) and are complementary and will help to enhance the efficiency and transparency of public finance management and to implement the social reforms needed for better sharing of the fruits of growth. Specifically, these are: (i) Support for the effectiveness and transparency of public spending and (ii) Support for social inclusion reforms.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

This programme aims to improve the effectiveness and transparency of public spending in favour of the disadvantaged segments of the population by increasing access to basic social facilities and reinforcing social inclusion actions.

BENEFICIARIES

PARES III will benefit the entire population of Cote d'Ivoire. Activities supported by the programme will directly benefit the people. Specifically, the component on the improvement of public spending effectiveness and transparency will benefit: (i) young people and women through the protection of social expenditure (health, education, youth employment, etc.) and the allocation of substantial resources to social sectors (more than 45% of resources allocated for pro-poor spending) and (ii) the private sector which will benefit from transparency and fair competition in public procurement. The implementation of redistributive economic policies in favour of vulnerable groups will help reduce social inequalities and strengthen social inclusion with a positive impact on labour productivity. Cash transfers to households (with more than 250 000 households registered in 2022) living in extreme poverty will have a positive impact on domestic demand.

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.

People Affected By This Project

People Affected By This Project refers to the communities of people likely to be affected positively or negatively by a project.

Investment Description

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African Development Bank (AFDB)

Private Actor Relationship

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.

Private Actors Description

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.

Alain Fabrice EKPO

a.ekpo@afdb.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/request-for-documents. Under the AfDBÕs Disclosure and Access to Information policy, if you feel the Bank has omitted to publish information or your request for information is unreasonably denied, you can file an appeal at https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/appeals-process.

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AfDB

The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM), which is administered by the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a dispute resolution dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the AfDB complied with its policies to prevent environmental and social harms. You can submit a complaint electronically by emailing crmuinfo@afdb.org, b.kargougou@afdb.org, b.fall@afdb.org, and/or s.toure@afdb.org. You can learn more about the IRM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.afdb.org/en/independent-review-mechanism/