Third Development Policy Operation (WB-P155066)

Countries
  • Tuvalu
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
U
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 9, 2016
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 Tuvalu
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Technical Cooperation
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)
$ 3.00 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)
$ 3.00 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.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 2, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Sep 16, 2016


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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 operation is aimed at supporting the reform agenda of the Government of Tuvalu (GoT) in the critical areas of: (a) improving social service delivery and (b) building macroeconomic sustainability. Building human capital is a key pillar to the national development strategy and fostering access to economic opportunities and public services has been identified by the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) as an area of priority action for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The reforms in this area are in turn focused on enhancing inclusiveness and equity of secondary education and supporting improved health sector outcomes and its financing sustainability. The national development strategy and SCD also reiterated that exogenous shocks create poverty traps, which are amplified by weaknesses in macroeconomic management. Building resilience to shocks and sustainability is particularly important to Tuvalu, in light of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the recent Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam, which resulted in losses exceeding 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Tuvalu Trust Fund (TTF) and damage and losses exceeding 30 percent of GDP. To mitigate against this, the reforms under the second pillar of the operation are focused on improving macroeconomic sustainability by strengthening investment management of reserve assets, which will be complemented by reforms to improve the effectiveness of payroll controls, and increasing oversight on the banking sector. Financing provided through this proposed operation will not only support the maintenance of buffers and meet long-term financing needs, but more importantly focus on the reform agenda while sustaining the reform momentum built through the previous operations.
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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.
Mr. Letasi Iulai Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Tel: + 688 20202 Email: LIulai@gov.tv ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF 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. You can learn more about the Inspection Panel and how to file a complaint at: http://ewebapps.worldbank.org/apps/ip/Pages/Home.aspx.

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