Tonga First Resilience Development Policy Operation (WB-P171071)

Countries
  • Tonga
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
Proposed
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."
Borrower
Government of Tonga
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 5.50 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 5.50 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 Jan 24, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Nov 9, 2019

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, "The proposed program supports policy reforms under three pillars: i) strengthen public finances; ii) enhance resilience to the effects of climate change and natural disasters; and iii) improve skills and labor mobility. To strengthen public finances, policy actions include: the adoption of new revenue services regulations to strengthen revenue compliance and collection; the introduction of a fiscal target for the cash liquidity buffer to support fiscal discipline; and the strengthening of the new public-sector remuneration framework and Performance Management System (PMS). To enhance resilience to the effects of natural disasters, this operation supports: the establishment of an overarching policy framework to enhance the quality and timeliness of future event-specific housing reconstruction programs; and a new policy to improve the management, recording and reportingof public fixed asset. To support improved skills and labor mobility, the operation supports: the adoption of a new TVET sector policy framework to support greater sectoral coordination and alignment between skills training and labor market needs; and the introduction of the nation’s first labor mobility strategy to maximize the development impact of overseas employment opportunities while mitigating the negative social effects."

Investment Description
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World Bank
Andrew Blackman, Economist

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Kingdom of Tonga
Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa
Minister of Finance
minister@finance.gov.to

Implementing Agencies
Ministry of Finance
Balwyn Faotusia, Chief Executive Officer
bfaotusia@finance.gov.to

 

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