Proposed ida grant in the amount of

Document of

The World Bank

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Report No: PAD2384

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Project Appraisal Document

ON A

PROPOSED IDA GRANT
IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR20.6 MILLION

(US$30 MILLION EQUIVALENT)
and
A Proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Grant

in the amount of US$5 million
TO THE
Republic of the gambia

FOR AN

EDUCATION SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAM

March 7, 2018
Education Global Practice

Africa Region

BASIC INFORMATION
Is this a regionally tagged project?	Country(ies)	Financing Instrument
No		Investment Project Financing

[] Situations of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints [] Financial Intermediaries [] Series of Projects

OPS_BASICINFO_TABLE_3
Approval Date	Closing Date	Environmental Assessment Category
28-Mar-2018		B - Partial Assessment
Bank/IFC Collaboration
No

Proposed Development Objective(s)

To increase access to early childhood development and basic education and improve quality of teaching and learning.

Components

Component Name	Cost (US$, millions)
Component 1. Enhancing Access to ECD and Basic Education	9.70
Component 2. Improving Quality of Teaching and Learning	18.00
Component 3. Technical and Institutional Support	7.30

Organizations

Borrower :	The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
Implementing Agency :	The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology

PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions)

FIN_TABLE_DATA
[ ] Counterpart Funding	[ ] IBRD	[ ] IDA Credit	[ ] IDA Grant	[ ] Trust Funds	[ ] Parallel Financing

FIN_COST_OLD
Total Project Cost:	Total Financing:	Financing Gap:
35.00	35.00	0.00
	Of Which Bank Financing (IBRD/IDA): 30.00
Financing (in US$, millions)

FIN_SUMM_OLD
Financing Source	Amount
EFA-FTI Education Program Development Fund	5.00
IDA Grant	30.00
Total	 35.00

Expected Disbursements (in US$, millions)

Fiscal Year							2018	2019	2020	2021
Annual							4.70	10.20	6.00	9.10
Cumulative							4.70	14.90	20.90	30.00

INSTITUTIONAL DATA

Practice Area (Lead)

Education

Contributing Practice Areas

Climate Change and Disaster Screening

This operation has been screened for short and long-term climate change and disaster risks

Gender Tag

Does the project plan to undertake any of the following?

a. Analysis to identify Project-relevant gaps between males and females, especially in light of country gaps identified through SCD and CPF

b. Specific action(s) to address the gender gaps identified in (a) and/or to improve women or men's empowerment

c. Include Indicators in results framework to monitor outcomes from actions identified in (b)

SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL (SORT)

Risk Category	Rating
1. Political and Governance Substantial 2. Macroeconomic High 3. Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate 4. Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate 5. Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial 6. Fiduciary Moderate 7. Environment and Social Moderate 8. Stakeholders Moderate 9. Other 10. Overall Substantial

COMPLIANCE

Policy

Does the project depart from the CPF in content or in other significant respects?

[] Yes [] No

Does the project require any waivers of Bank policies? [] Yes [] No

Safeguard Policies Triggered by the Project

Yes

No

Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01
Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04
Forests OP/BP 4.36
Pest Management OP 4.09
Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11
Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10
Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12
Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37
Projects on International Waterways OP/BP 7.50
Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60

Legal Covenants

Sections and Description

Dated covenant: External Auditor The Recipient shall, no later than six (6) months after the Effective Date, recruit an external independent auditor, with qualifications and under terms of reference acceptable to the Association, to conduct annual financial audits of the Project.

Conditions

Type	Description
Effectiveness	The Project Implementation Manual has been adopted in accordance with Section I.B of Schedule 2 to Financing Agreement

Type	Description
Effectiveness	The Co-financing Agreement has been executed and delivered, and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness or to the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals under said Co-financing Agreement have been fulfilled.

Type	Description
Disbursement	No withdrawal shall be made: (a) for payments made prior to the Signature Date; or (b) under Category 1, until the Co-financing has been fully disbursed

PROJECT TEAM

Bank Staff

Name	Role	Specialization	Unit
Ryoko Tomita	Team Leader(ADM Responsible)		GED07
Mamata Tiendrebeogo	Procurement Specialist(ADM Responsible)	Procurement	GGOPF
Mouhamadou Kabir Ndoye	Procurement Specialist	Procurement	GGOPF
Mountaga Ndiaye	Procurement Specialist	Procurement	GGOPF
Tahirou Kalam	Financial Management Specialist	Financial Management	GGOAW
Alison Marie Grimsland	Team Member	Education	GED07
Christiaan Johannes Nieuwoudt	Team Member	Finance	WFACS
Frank Anthony Fariello	Counsel	Counsel	LEGAM
Gernot Brodnig	Social Safeguards Specialist	Safeguards	GSU01
Kebede Feda	Team Member	Economic analysis	GED07
Lalaina Noelinirina Rasoloharison	Team Member	Team assistant	GED07
Maiada Mahmoud Abdel Fattah Kassem	Team Member	Finance	WFACS
Ruma Tavorath	Environmental Safeguards Specialist	Safeguards	GEN07

Extended Team

Name

Title

Organization

Location

I.STRATEGIC CONTEXT 9

A. Country Context 9

B. Sectoral and Institutional Context 10

C. Higher Level Objectives to which the Project Contributes 16

II.PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 17

A. PDO 17

B. Project Beneficiaries 18

C. PDO-Level Results Indicators 18

III.PROJECT DESCRIPTION 18

A. Project Components 18

B. Project Cost and Financing (US$ millions) 24

C. Lessons Learned and Reflected in the Project Design 25

IV.IMPLEMENTATION 26

A. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements 26

B. Results Monitoring and Evaluation 27

C. Sustainability 27

D. Role of Partners 28

V.KEY RISKS 28

A. Overall Risk Rating and Explanation of Key Risks 28

VI.APPRAISAL SUMMARY 29

A. Economic and Financial (if applicable) Analysis 29

B. Technical 31

C. Financial Management (FM) 33

D. Procurement 33

E. Social (including Safeguards) 34

F. Environment (including Safeguards) 34

H. World Bank Grievance Redress 35

VII. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND MONITORING 35

ANNEX 1: DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION 47

ANNEX 2: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 61

ANNEX 3: IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT PLAN 76

ANNEX 4: OVERVIEW OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AND LINKAGES WITH EDUCATION SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN 79

ANNEX 5: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 89

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