Niger River Basin Management Project (WB-P149714)

Countries
  • Guinea
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
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
Jan 28, 2015
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
Government of Guinea
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Hydropower
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 7.50 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 Feb 13, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Oct 1, 2014

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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.

The objective of the Niger River Basin Management Project for Africa is to strengthen the institutional framework for regional cooperation in water resources in the Niger River Basin.

There are two components to the project:

  1. Strengthening the Niger Basin authority for sustainably delivering its mandate. This component will support the institutional and financial strengthening of the NBA to enhance its capacity to implement its mandates. It will also support the implementation of the water charter, focusing on the process of adoption and operationalization of the Niger Basin water charter’s annex two on water management regulation for the large regulating dams. Specific activities under this component are as follows: Further analysis and operationalization of selected financing mechanisms for the NBA, Implementation of the Water Charter, and Strengthening the institutional and organizational systems of the NBA.
  2. Facilitating evidence based-decision making in the Fomi multipurpose project. The component will facilitate sound decision making, support an exemplary preparation process for the Fomi multipurpose development project, and, in parallel, build the capacity of the NBA through its hands-on involvement in this complex project. Through this component, the project will support NBA as they link national level needs and plans with regional processes, dialogue, and supporting analytics. The specific activities to be supported under component two are as follows: process of engagement and decision making around Fomi, institutional frameworks for Fomi multipurpose project, complementary environmental and social assessments, and donor and investor roundtables.

This project is part of the Programme for Infrastructure Development In Africa (PIDA)

Investment Description
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Borrower:
Name: Niger Basin Authority (NBA)
Contact: Collins R.U. IHEKIRE
Title: Executive Secretary
Tel: (277) 20723103
Email: secretariat.abn@gmail.com


Implementing Agency:
Name: Niger River Basin (NBA)
Contact: Collins R.U. Ihekire
Title: Executive Secretary
Tel: 27720723103
Email: secratiar.abn@gmail.com

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