Roads to Development (WB-P506423)

Countries
  • Philippines
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
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."
Borrower
Government of Philippines - MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND AGRARIAN REFORM
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
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)
$ 4.00 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)
$ 4.00 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 Mar 10, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Oct 3, 2024

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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 is to improve rural road access in selected MILF camp communities.

This project will rehabilitate and build selected rural roads, including farm to market roads (FMRs), in selected areas of the six formally acknowledged MILF camps, to improve the accessibility and market access of these communities. These roads are part of the long list of priority FMRs included in the Camps Transformation Investment Program (CTIP) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) which was developed through a series of consultations with camp communities. Several road alignment options were validated and investigated on the ground by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) from February to March 2024 and subsequently endorsed by the Joint Task Force on Camp Transformation.

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 project activities are expected to cause loss of vegetation, cutting of trees, localized impacts on rivers and water bodies, soil excavation and spoils generation. Construction stage impacts such as dust, health and safety, local contamination of water and inconveniences to the local communities are also expected. Environmental Risks for the project are assessed to be 'Moderate'. Social impacts are moderate owing to the small investment amounts and the length of the roads. Two of the proposed roads have been screened to involve a handful physical displacement of structures. Land acquisition needs to be verified and there is a need to establish if the structures encroached on existing right-of-way. Indigenous Peoples will be involved mostly as beneficiaries and some of the roads traverse or lead to their ancestral domains. Labor influx is not expected as local labor is available and no complex infrastructure work will be involved. Given the sensitive context, land and acquisition and relocation could become contentious and the road's increased benefits to some groups within the camps could become sensitive issues.

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

Trust Funds: US$ 4.00 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Pratap Tvgssshrk
Senior Transport Specialist

John Kobina Richardson

Borrower/Recipient

Department of Finance
Joven Balbosa
Undersecretary - International Finance Group
jbalbosa@dof.gov.ph

Implementing Agency

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND AGRARIAN REFORM
Ismail Guiamel
Director
iguiamelmafar@gmail.com

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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