Congo: Additional Financing for Forest and Econ. Diversification Proj. (WB-P158604)

Countries
  • Congo, Republic of
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
May 4, 2017
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
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 38.24 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 Sep 18, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Nov 1, 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 objective of the Forestry and Economic Diversification Project for Congo, Republic of is to increase the capacity of the forest administration, localcommunities, and indigenous peoples to co-manage forests. The AF is required to scale up the development effectiveness of the project and more comprehensively achieve the project’s objective of improving co-management of forest resources. By scaling up activities in terms of both geographic coverage and intervention types, additional households in Northern Congo are expected to be able to better manage forest resources and improve their livelihoods, biodiversity of global importance across 427,000 ha will be better protected, and the GOC will be better equipped to fight wildlife crime. Structuring the GEF funds as AF would allow the GOC to utilize the FEDP PIU. The FEDP has illustrated that it can take a significant amount of time to get a PIU in the ROC to become effective in managing a World Bank-financed project. The PIU is now functioning increasingly well, and there is value in the MEFDDE preserving one such center of competence to execute its projects, also in light of the increasing REDD+ funds, including from the Forest Investment Program, that are expected to come online in the near future. This approach should also achieve economies of scale across the portfolio. The size of the AF in relation to the parent project’s budget indicates that the FEDP can accommodate the proposed scale-up of activities. The changes aim to improve co-management of forests. Additional funds would be allocated to component two to support implementation of simplified management plans and agro-forestry approaches, benefiting households through increased incomes, while reducing deforestation and forest degradation.
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