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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible crisis or emergency in Niger.
The Emergency Response Project (CERP) is one of the instruments that can be used to channel the 10% of undisbursed and uncommitted funds in the country portfolio available through the Rapid Response Option (RRO). This IPF is prepared in advance, with no initial funding. It can be activated to use RRO funds to respond to natural disasters, public health emergencies, political or security crises, and economic or social crises. Funds will be executed based on a positive list of eligible expenditures, including funding for essential imports (e.g., food, medicine), cash transfers to affected households, key sector salaries to improve emergency response and replenishment of emergency or solidarity funds. This list will be prepared and agreed with the government during preparation.
The CERP’s environmental risk is assessed as moderate. The Project activities may present certain localized and temporary risks, including: (i) Waste production from the distribution of food, water, and certain agricultural inputs, including packaging and expired products, requiring proper management; (ii) Emergency agricultural inputs could contribute to localized resource depletion if not managed sustainably; (iii) increased transportation of goods and materials may lead to temporary air and noise pollution and potential stress on road infrastructure; (iv) Occupational health and safety (OHS): emergency response activities, such as debris clearing and supply distribution, may expose workers and communities to safety risks.
The CERP's social risk is assessed as moderate. The main social risks identified are: i) potential exclusion from project benefits, as well as benefit capture, particularly for socio-economically vulnerable groups, including internally displaced persons; ii) the possibility of increased targeting of vulnerable beneficiaries, such as female-headed households, as well as members of other vulnerable groups, particularly when receiving cash transfers in contexts of civic insecurity; iii) potential risks of sexual exploitation and abuse/harassment, particularly if the payment of disaster benefits were conditional on the provision of sexual services; iv) occupational risks related to the deployment of intervention measures in conflict zones, which could endanger the integrity of project workers.
The Emergency Response Project (CERP) is one of the instruments that can be used to channel the 10% of undisbursed and uncommitted funds in the country portfolio available through the Rapid Response Option (RRO). This IPF is prepared in advance, with no initial funding. It can be activated to use RRO funds to respond to natural disasters, public health emergencies, political or security crises, and economic or social crises. Funds will be executed based on a positive list of eligible expenditures, including funding for essential imports (e.g., food, medicine), cash transfers to affected households, key sector salaries to improve emergency response and replenishment of emergency or solidarity funds. This list will be prepared and agreed with the government during preparation.
CONTACT POINT - World Bank
Task Team Leader: Mare Lo
Title: Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Email: marelo@worldbank.org
TTL Contact: Claudia Soto
Job Title: Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Email: csoto@worldbank.org
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