Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project Additional Financing (WB-P171779)

Countries
  • Bangladesh
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Cox's Bazar
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
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Voting Date
Mar 19, 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
Government of Bangladesh
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Humanitarian Response
  • Infrastructure
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 100.00 million
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Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 13, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Oct 1, 2019

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Project Description
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Accoridng to bank documents, the project objective is "to strengthen the Government of Bangladesh systems to improve access to basic services and build disaster and social resilience of the displaced Rohingya population of Cox’s Bazar district."

Investment Description
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The proposed grant of US$100 million comprises of:

US$83.33 million from the IDA-18 Regional Sub-Window for Refugees and Host Communities and
US$16.67 million from Bangladesh’s National Performance-Base Allocation (PBA).


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World Bank
Swarna Kazi

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Endashaw Tadesse Gossa
Sr Social Protection Specialist

Ignacio M. Urrutia Duarte
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient:
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Monowar Ahmed Secretary, Economic Relations Division
secretary@erd.gov.bd

Implementing Agencies:
Local Government Engineering Department
Md. Khalilur Rahman
Chief Engineer
ce@lged.gov.bd

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
Md. Shah Kamal
Sr. Secretary
secretary@modmr.gov.bd

Department of Public Health Engineering
Md. Saifur Rahman
Chief Engineer
ce@dphe.gov.bd

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