Pacific Region Preparedness, Adaptation and Resilience - Samoa (WB-P507749)

Countries
  • Samoa
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
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
Aug 28, 2025
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 Samoa - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment / and others
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Law and Government
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)
$ 30.00 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)
$ 35.28 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 Feb 28, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Oct 28, 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 objective of this project is to improve the capacity of the Government Samoa to prepare for and manage the impacts of natural hazards effectively, to strengthen the resilience of select urban areas, and in case of an eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it.

The proposed project is structured under four components as described below, with tentative funding to be confirmed during project preparation. Activities would be determined based on: (i) strategic alignment with national development planning and DRM strategies; (ii) recommendations from technical assessments and diagnostics;6 (iii) funding availability; and (iv) complementarity with other DRM programs and initiatives.

Component 1: Strengthening Hazard Monitoring and Early Warning Systems

Component 2: Emergency Preparedness and Response

Component 3: Urban Resilience

Component 4: Project Management and Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)

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 risk is rated as ‘Substantial’ mainly due to the potential downstream environmental risks and implications such as greenspaces, natural environment, nature conservation and biodiversity, flooding, water quality, land use, and climate change associated with the Salelologa masterplan. Other project typologies described in Section C likely cause moderate temporary and reversible impacts in scale and magnitude. Key environmental risks and impacts of the emergency management infrastructure may be direct, indirect and cumulative and relate to dust, noise, erosion and sedimentation, resource consumption, waste generation, worker safety, and hazardous waste disposal (e.g., contaminated oil and e-waste).

Social risk has been assessed as ‘Substantial’ due to the potential for i) land and livelihood impacts associated with proposed investments in emergency management infrastructure, master planning in Salelologa (and associated downstream impacts of planning decisions) and investments in resilient public facilities; ii) community health and safety risks associated with construction/labor influx (i.e. antisocial behavior, transmissible disease and sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment); and iii) labor and working condition risks. There is also a risk of exclusion of vulnerable groups and inequity in the supply and access to emergency management equipment, emergency relief supplies, and delivery of community-based outreach programs.

Investment Description
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IDA Grant: US$ 30.00 million

Non-World Bank Group Financing: US$ 5.28 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Yong Jian Vun
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Vica Rosario Bogaerts
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Jessica Rachel Schmidt
Urban Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Independent State of Samoa

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Lealaisalanoa Frances Debra Brown-Reupena
Chief Executive Officer
fran.reupena@mnre.gov.ws

Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure
Fui Tuapi Mau Simanu
Chief Executive Officer
mau.simanu@mwti.gov.ws

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