ADDITIONAL FINANCE :GAZA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RBF PROJECT (WB-P171328)

Countries
  • Palestine, West Bank, Gaza
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
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
Jun 1, 2020
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
Palestine Liberation Organization
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 2.00 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS May 7, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Apr 8, 2020

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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.

According to bank documents, the current objective of this project remains to improve solid waste management services in the Gaza Strip. 

The project has four components:

Component 1: Solid Waste Transfer and Disposal Facilities
Component 2: Institutional Strengthening
Component 3: Primary Collection and Resource Recovery
Component 4: Project Management

The GPRBA grant scheme is sought to provide complementary operational funds in the form of additional financing to the infrastructure investment supported under GSWMP. The results-based financing employs a mechanism where by the service provider, JSC-KRM, receive payments in the form of a subsidy from GPRBA, upon confirmation of independently verified achieved targets for service quality and cost recovery. This grant is provided to the service provider for two years to offset the increased operational costs while incentivizing the JSC to improve its service quality and delivery. The US$ 2M additional funds acquired from GPRBA is primarily targeted for operational improvements and to support two key
outcomes: (i) improvement in solid waste service delivery and; (ii) strengthening the financial sustainability of JSC-KRM though improved cost recovery.

Investment Description
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World Bank:
John Morton
Senior Urban Environment Specialist

Borrower:
Palestine Liberation Organization (for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority)
Laila Sbaih
Acting Director General

Implementing Agency:
Municipal Development and Lending Fund
Dr. Tawfiq Albudairi
Director General

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: https://www.inspectionpanel.org.

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