Mauritania Health System Support Project (WB-P179558)

Countries
  • Mauritania
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
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
Mar 21, 2024
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 Mauritania - Ministry of Health
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, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 42.30 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.
Grant 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)
$ 90.00 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 30, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Nov 16, 2022

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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 the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the availability of quality maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition services and their equitable utilization in the selected regions.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The environmental risk is rated moderate under the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). No civil works are planned at this stage. Main environment related risks will be linked to the management of the increase in biomedical waste as a result of the increase in the use of health services; and occupational health and safety (OHS) related to working conditions in health centers and hospitals.

The social risk is rated moderate based on the performance of implementation of the safeguard measures of the INAYA Project and based on social risks that could arise during the project implementation. These risks include: (i) a potential social risk related to marginalized, vulnerable or remote social groups being unable to access health screening services; (ii) the exclusion and discrimination of certain categories of people, such as vulnerable refugees, from access to basic social services as health; (iii) labor conditions; and (iv) risks of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual harassment (SEA/SH), including gender-based violence (GBV), related to the distribution of cash within households.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

- A PROPOSED CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 1.80 MILLION (US$2.30 MILLION EQUIVALENT);

- A PROPOSED CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 22.60 MILLION (US$30.00 MILLION EQUIVALENT);

- A PROPOSED CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 7.60 MILLION (US$10.00 MILLION EQUIVALENT);

- A PROPOSED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 7.60 MILLION (US$10.00 MILLION EQUIVALENT).


Contact Information
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World Bank

Mohamed Vadel Taleb El Hassen, Kazumi Inden, Samuel Lantei Mills
Senior Economist, Health

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Health
Moctar Ould Dahi
Health Minister
oulddahimoctar@yahoo.fr

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