Support for Social Recovery Needs of Vulnerable Groups Phase II (WB-P506127)

Countries
  • Lebanon
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
Proposed
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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."
Borrower
International Rescue Committee Inc
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 5.60 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)
$ 5.60 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 Jul 31, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to expand support for the immediate social recovery needs of vulnerable groups in Lebanon.

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 determined as Moderate. Although there are no civil works interventions, for the support of Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) and NGO-run Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in their outreach teams to PWDs (under Component 1.3), there are risks associated with the handling of the medical waste.

The SRP Phase 2 is rated as having 'moderate' social risks similar to the SRP Phase 1 because the potential adverse risks and imacts on human populations are not likely to be significant, the project is not complex and/or large, and does not involve activities that have a high potential for harming people, risks are predictable and expected to be temporary and/or reversible, low in magnitude and the risks and impacts can be readily mitigated.

Investment Description
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) will act as the grant recipient and implementing agency.

Component 1: Support for Social Services for Vulnerable Groups (US$ 4.2 million)
Sub-Component 1.1: Enhanced Support for Survivors and those at-risk of GBV & Children (US$ 1.6 million)
Sub-Component 1.2: Enhanced Support for Psychosocial Wellbeing (US$ 1.2 million)
Subcomponent 1.3: Enhanced Support for Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities (US$ 1.4 million)

Component 2: Capacity Building (US$ 0.5 million)

Component 3: Project Management (US$ 0.9 million)

Private Actors Description
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International Rescue Committee Lebanon is a branch office of International Rescue Committee Inc, a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, United States of America.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - International Rescue Committee Client -
- - - - International Rescue Committee Lebanon Subsidiary -

Contact Information
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World Bank

Marcelo Jorge Fabre
Senior Social Development Specialist

Jeremy Mark Tomlinson
Social Development Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

International Rescue Committee Inc
Nicholas Jaeger
Regional Program Officer - Middle East and North Africa
nicholas.jaeger@rescue.org

Implementing Agencies

International Rescue Committee Lebanon
Juan Wells
Country Director
JuanGabriel.Wells@rescue.org
Cherine Obeid
Project Lead - Social Recovery
Cherine.Obeid@rescue.org

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