Additional Financing COVID-19 Response - OECS Regional Health Project (WB-P174096)

Regions
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
OECS Countries
Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.
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
Jun 26, 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.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
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)
$ 10.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 10.00 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)
$ 10.00 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 Jun 27, 2021

Disclosed by Bank May 28, 2020

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, the project aims to improve preparedness capacities of health systems for public health emergencies in the OECS region.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Borrower/Client: 

Commonwealth of Dominica

Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister and Minister

roosevelt.skerrit@gmail.com

 

Grenada

Dr. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister & Minister of Finance

PrimeMinister@gov.gd

 

Saint Lucia

Allen Chastanet, Prime Minister and Minister

allen.chastanet@gmail.com

 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadine

Camillo Gonsalves, Minister

camillogonsalves@gmail.com

 

Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)

Joy St. John, Executive Director

exedir@carpha.org

 

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Didacus Jules, Director General

didacus.jules@oecs.int

 

Implementing Agencies:

 

Dominica - Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment

Kenneth Darroux, Minister

darrouxkm@dominica.gov.dm

 

Grenada - Ministry of Health, Social Security and International Business

Nicholas Steele, Minister

min-healthgrenada@spiceisle.com

 

St. Lucia - Ministry of Health and Wellness

Mary Isaac, Minister

healthminister@gosl.gov.lc

 

St Vincent and the Grenadines - Public Sector Investment Programme Management Unit (PSIPMU) – MOEPD

Recardo Frederick, Director of Economic Planning (Ag)

cenplan@svgcpd.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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