Shire Valley Transformation Program - I (WB-P158805)

Countries
  • Malawi
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
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
Oct 18, 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
GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI
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.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 160.00 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)
$ 234.59 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
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 28, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Jul 27, 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 development objective of the Shire Valley Transformation Program for Malawi is to increase agricultural productivity and commercialization for targeted households in the Shire Valley; and to improve the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources.

There are five components in this project. The first component, irrigation service provision will finance the works, goods and services necessary to develop bulk irrigation and drainage infrastructure in the SVIP Phase 1 area. This includes preparation of detailed designs and construction supervision and quality assurance, construction of the physical bulk water conveyance and main distribution system, major drainage and service and access roads.This component has 2 sub-component, (i) infrastructure development and (ii) support to effective and sustainable irrigation management, operation and maintenance.

The second component, land tenure and natural resources management support the piloting of the new land legal framework in a development setting,formation of consolidated farm blocks by smallholders with secure land tenure, for commercial agriculture, based on a flexible approach, modeled on successful regional examples. It supports natural resources management to broaden the multi-sectoral benefits of the program and enhance environmental sustainability within the modernization program. The program will invest in protected areas, the Elephant Marshes and associated activities that will support improved natural resource management and the development of a broader land use plan for the Shire Valley. This component has two sub-component, (i) supporting land governance and land consolidation, and (ii) natural resources management; The third component, agriculture development and commercialization finances on-farm investments in irrigation and drainage, land leveling, and commercial farm development.

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Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
Erica Maganga
Permanent Secretary

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