Tunisia Irrigated Agriculture Intensification Project (WB-P160245)

Countries
  • Tunisia
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
Approved
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 29, 2018
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 Tunisia
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 Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 140.00 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)
$ 170.50 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 Jul 11, 2018

Disclosed by Bank May 9, 2017

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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 objectives of the project are to improve the reliability and efficiency of the irrigation and drainage services and strengthen market linkages for irrigated products in selected irrigation schemes. The project comprises four components.

  1. Institutional modernization. It consists of following sub-components:
    1. establishment of a new irrigation management entity; and
    2. irrigation efficiency improvement.
  2. Rehabilitation and improvement works. It consists of following sub-components:
    1. rehabilitation and improvement works; and
    2. common services and goods.
  3. Support to agricultural development and market access. It consists of following sub-components:
    1. strengthening the capacity of producers (and producer organizations) and linking them to the market; and
    2. boosting product marketing and developing competitive value chains.
  4. Project management, This will cover:
    1. the equipment cost for the unit;
    2. training of project management unit staff;
    3. short term expertise;
    4. impact assessment studies;
    5. training, communication, and expertise related to the implementation of the project’s environmental and social management framework (ESMF); and
    6. the incremental operating costs for the project at both central and regional levels. 
Investment Description
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Borrower:
Ministry of Development, Investments and International Cooperation
Kalthoum Hamzaoui
Directrice Générale de la Coopération Internationale
k.hamzaoui@mdci.gov.tn


Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MARH)
Ridha Gabouj
Directeur Général
ri.gabouj@yahoo.fr 

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