Contact Details:
Head Office
address
World Bank
Website:
www.worldbank.org/gm
Country Program Coordinator
Mr. Iradj Alikhani
Tel: (220) 458-0345
Fax: (220) 473-5450
Ialikhani@worldbank.org
Senior Operations Officer
Ms. Françoise Perrot
Tel: 473-4465
Fax: 473-5450
Fperrot@worldbank.org
Country Director (Dakar based)
Mr. Madani M. Tall
Tel: (221) 849-5000
Fax: (221) 849 5027
Mtall@worldbank.org
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Background Information:
The Gambia
Government joined the World Bank in 1967.
As at August 2006,
the World Bank had approved a total of 34 International Development
Association (IDA) credits for The Gambia for a total of approximately
US$296 million equivalent. As at August 2006, the commitment
value of 7 ongoing World Bank operations is approximately US$86.9
million.
The loans are aimed at programs to help
the country to promote economic development and reduce
poverty. Among
these activities are the building of new classrooms to rehabilitating
roads to expanding public water supply facilities.
Active Projects & Approval Dates:
CBEMP Supplemental Credit
30 Oct, 2007
The original project, funded by a credit of SDR 12.0 million (US$15.0
million equivalent), was approved by the International Development
Association on July 26, 2001, and became effective on January 3, 2002.
The project was needed to strengthen local capacity for economic
policy formulation and execution, including in official statistics,
public financial management and the judiciary. These areas for
assistance have been highlighted in the country’s Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP), the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), and in
the Bank’s diagnostic instruments, in particular the Public
Expenditure Reviews (PERs) and the Country Financial Accountability
Assessment (CFAA).
The additional financing will support ongoing activities which are
part of the original project. The need for additional financing is
mainly due to cost overruns. These overruns resulted from an
underestimation of the degree to which the public sector needed to
grow capacity, which necessitated greater than expected funding for
this purpose prior to undertaking project initiatives. In addition,
many of the project’s original activities required a longer than
expected period of gestation and therefore greater than expected
support from the project, in order to gradually strengthen the
fundamental building blocks for the activities. The benefit of this
approach has been to ensure good stakeholder ownership and to
strengthen sustainability of the efforts.
Community-Driven Development Project
31 Aug, 2006
The development objective forThe Community-Driven
Development Project for Gambia is the following: Rural communities, in
partnership with Local Government Authorities, plan, implement and
maintain their priority social and economic investments.
Third Education Project -
Phase II
01 June, 2006
The Second Phase of the Education
Sector Program for Gambia aims to: (a) Improve conditions for teaching
and learning in basic education; (b) Strengthen capacity building and
performance management for improved management and enhanced monitoring
and evaluation; and (c) Continue expansion of effective access to
under-served communities.
Gateway
Project
28 Feb, 2002
This is
a US$16 million project which seeks to enable The Gambia to
establish itself as a globally competitive export and processing
center. The project is a key component of the Government's strategy
for achieving broad-based, export-oriented, and sustained growth.
Capacity
Building For Economic Management Project
26 July, 2001
This is a US$15 million operation that will help build the Government
capacity for economic policy formulation, and execution, including
capacity building of the judicial, and financial systems, to
facilitate private sector development.
Country Assistance Strategy:
Improve public expenditure management
Promote private sector-led growth
Enhance the equity and quality of service delivery
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