Additional Financing to the Myanmar Community Support Project (WB-P181413)

Countries
  • Myanmar
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
Mar 20, 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
World Food Programme (WFP), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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)
$ 9.20 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)
$ 9.20 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 Mar 27, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Oct 4, 2023

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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 objective of this project is to improve food security and livelihoods of vulnerable populations in selected areas of Myanmar.

Components:
Protect Human Capital
Improve Nutrition of Vulnerable Groups
Support Sustainable Livelihoods
Ensure Access to Basic Services

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.

Environmental and Social Risk Classification: Substantial

The environmental risk classification remains Substantial. The inherent environmental risks from the nature and scale of activities are considered low to moderate, and arise mostly from community level civil works. However, the current political and conflict situation in Myanmar and potential mismatch between the short project implementation period, time required to implement larger civil works and the climate-driven seasonality of civil works elevate the risks.

 

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

A PROPOSED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF US$9.2 MILLION FROM THE MYANMAR PARTNERSHIP MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND.


Contact Information
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World Bank

Task Team Leader: Sean Bradley / Title: Lead Social Development Specialist
Email: sbradley@worldbank.org

Borrower/Client/Recipient

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Elena Ajmone Sessera
Head of Delegation
esessera@icrc.org

World Food Programme (WFP)

Samuel Clendon
Head of Programs
samuel.clendon@wfp.org

Implementing Agencies

ICRC
Elena Ajmone Sessera
Head of Delegation
esessera@icrc.org

WFP
Samuel Clendon
Head of Programs
samuel.clendon@wfp.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE 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. Information on how to file a complaint and a complaint request form are available at: https://www.inspectionpanel.org/how-to-file-complaint

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