Lesotho COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (WB-P173939)

Countries
  • Lesotho
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
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
May 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
Government of Lesotho
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 7.50 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)
$ 7.50 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
Other Related Projects
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS May 8, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Apr 29, 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 project objective is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 to the Kingdom of Lesotho.

The project has two components:

  1. Emergency COVID-19 Response. This component comprises of three focus areas: (i) COVID-19 case detection, confirmation, contact tracing, recording and reporting; (ii) Containment, isolation and treatment through enhanced clinical care capacity; and (iii) Community engagement, prevention and risk communication.

  2. Project Implementation and Monitoring & Evaluation. This component will support program coordination, management and monitoring, operational support and logistics, and project management. This will include support for the COVID-19 Incident Management System Coordination Structure; operational reviews to assess implementation progress and adjust operational plans; and provide logistical support. To this end, the project will support technical assistance, rapid surveys as needed, and operating costs.

The World Bank has classified this project as having Substantial environmental and social risks.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank:
Marelize Prestidge
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Subhashini Rajasekaran
Young Professional

Borrower:
Kingdom of Lesotho
Honorable Dr. Moeketsi Majoro
Minister of Finance
financeminister2018@gmail.com

Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Health
Minister Nkaku Kabi
Minister of Health
masabatamashea@gmail.com 

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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