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STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE

SOUTH ASIA REGION

Bangladesh

Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 03, 2010

Introduction

The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY10 provides information on all IBRD, IDA, and trust funded projects that were active as of June 30, 2010. The World Bank has issued a SOPE Report every year as an internal communication to the Board of Executive Directors. In accordance with the Bank’s revised disclosure policy, since FY02, the SOPE Report is available to the public. The report is intended to bridge the gap in information available to the public between the Project Appraisal Document or Program Document, disclosed after the Bank approves a project, and the Implementation Completion Report, disclosed after the project closes.

In addition to the project progress description, the FY10 SOPE report1 contains project level comparisons

of disbursement estimates and actual disbursements, and a table showing the loan/credit/grant amount and disbursements to date.

1 Notes:

Amounts and Graphs for loans/credits/grants in currencies other than U.S. dollars may not match exactly due to exchange rate fluctuations over the life of the project.

Disbursement graphs are not included for Development Policy Operations, which provide quick-disbursing financing to support policy and institutional reforms. For these operations, funds are disbursed in one or more stages (tranches), released when the borrower complies with agreed prior actions.

Projects which are not yet effective may not have a planned disbursement schedule and thus will not include a graph.

STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION – FY10 SOUTH ASIA REGION

Bangladesh

Project Name (ID): Municipal Services (P041887)

Country: Bangladesh

Board Approval Date: 03/16/1999

Midterm Review Date: 03/03/2002

Closing Date: 06/30/2012

Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-47610, IDA-31771, IDA-31770

Sector(s): Sub-national government administration (58%), General water, sanitation and flood protection sector

(20%), Other social services (17%), General transportation sector (5%)

Theme(s): Municipal governance and institution building (23%), Access to urban services and housing (22%),

Municipal finance (22%), Pollution management and environmental health (22%), Participation and civic

engagement (11%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to improve urban environment,

infrastructure and services.

The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY 10

An additional credit of US$42 million was approved in June 2010 to scale up municipal infrastructure upgrading or

construction, and municipal capacity building, namely: (i) the Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund pipeline of

already-appraised sub-projects; (ii) continued municipal capacity-building and some 2007 flood damage

rehabilitation works by the Local Government Engineering Department; and (iii) preparatory studies/technical

assistance for a new project for municipal development to be prepared in the context of the new Bangladesh Country

Assistance Strategy and innovative approaches for a generation of Bank's urban sector assistance.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has made adequate progress and expected to

achieve its development objectives, having supported: urban infrastructure construction and upgrading in about 170

municipalities; rehabilitation of municipal infrastructure damaged by 2003 and 2007 floods; and information and

fiscal capacity upgrading of some 140 municipalities.

Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010)

Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation

IDA-47610 Not Effective 40.98 0.00 40.98 0.00

IDA-31771 Effective 23.28 20.38 3.92 0.00

IDA-31770 Effective 151.44 141.54 0.00 1.39

STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOUTH ASIA REGION

Project Name (ID): Social Investment Program Project (P053578)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-H3490, IDA-44500, IDA-37401, IDA-37400

Sector(s): Other social services (50%), General transportation sector (40%), Media (5%), General education sector

(5%)

Theme(s): Rural services and infrastructure (29%), Other rural development (29%), Gender (14%), Poverty strategy,

analysis and monitoring (14%), Rural policies and institutions (14%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to develop effective and efficient

financing and institutional arrangements for improving the access to local infrastructure and basic services through

the implementation of community-driven small-scale infrastructure works and social assistance programs.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project (which includes three additional financings) is

on track to meet its development objective, albeit after about a one year delay. The implementation has now picked

up the speed, though more time may be needed to complete all activities by the closing date of June 2011. All

development objective indicators (measuring inclusion and voice of the poorest, better quality of life and services to

the poor, and livelihood improvement) show positive improvements. About 1,350 village communities (75 percent

of project villages) have qualified to receive village development funds, and have benefitted from 1,700 community

infrastructure subprojects. About 80 percent of target beneficiaries have formed nearly 21,500 savings and lending

groups, with 90 percent women membership and about 50 percent of them have started income generating activities.



IDA-H3490 Effective 24.22 12.87 11.24 0.00

IDA-44500 Effective 46.53 6.73 39.84 0.00

IDA-37401 Effective 7.93 3.34 4.73 0.00

IDA-37400 Effective 19.84 19.53 0.47 0.00


Project Name (ID): Central Bank Strengthening Project (P062916)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-37920

Sector(s): Banking (100%)

Theme(s): Standards and financial reporting (23%), State enterprise/bank restructuring and privatization (22%),

Regulation and competition policy (22%), Legal institutions for a market economy (22%), International financial

architecture (11%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to achieve a strong and effective

regulatory and supervisory system for Bangladesh's banking sector through modernization of the Bangladesh Bank

(central bank) by automating its operations and implementing change process and strengthening regulatory regime

for bank supervision through enhanced on-site supervision, off-site surveillance, tighter prudential regulations and

credit information service.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): This status report represents the second review of project

progress since its restructuring was approved in July 2009. Significant progress has been made in terms of building

Bangladesh Bank's (BB) capacity to regulate and supervise the banking sector including (i) finalization of MOU

with all banks to ensure that they meet regulatory capital provisions; (ii) issuance of circulars to ensure soundness

and stability of the banking system; (iii) amendment to Bank Companies Act and Bangladesh Bank Order to

improve corporate governance; (iv) establishment of modern Human Resources policies and performance

management systems; (v) establishment of a dedicated policy analysis unit; and (vi) completion of a training-need

analysis and training of BB staff in core central banking skills.

Despite progress with policy and capacity building components, project disbursements lagged at only 16% as

progress in automation of BB's operations had been constrained by major procurement problems. Information

Technology (IT) equipment represents 80% of project costs. As of this status report, significant and visible progress

on all fronts continues to be made with the disbursement rate improving to 31% and major IT packages awarded.



IDA-37920 Effective 41.55 13.03 28.46 0.00


Project Name (ID): Water Management Improvement Project (P040712)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-43590, TF-25991, TF-29551, TF-94800

Sector(s): Flood protection (64%), Irrigation and drainage (27%), Central government administration (9%)

Theme(s): Water resource management (50%), Natural disaster management (25%), Participation and civic

engagement (25%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objectives are to: (a) improve national water

resources management by involving the local communities to play an expanded role in all stages of the project cycle;

and (b) to enhance institutional performance of the two principal national water institutions (Water Resources

Planning Organization and Bangladesh Water Development Board).

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Implementation has been slower than expected due to

delays over two years in hiring international implementation consultant teams, of which five teams have been

mobilized recently and the remaining two teams are about to be mobilized. US$8 million was cancelled in January

2008 and another US$34.4 million was reallocated within the Credit to undertake 2007 flood damage and 2009

Cyclone Aila damage repairs. The project aims to achieve major institutional reforms in the water sector, coupled

with urgently required improvements and rehabilitation of selected flood control, drainage and irrigation

infrastructure of the country. Given the prevailing level country ownership, leadership, and drive for the reforms and

difficult nature of the envisaged reforms by itself, full achievement of the development outcomes within the

remaining project period seems difficult.



IDA-43590 Effective 100.86 10.39 83.12 8.08

TF-25991 Closed 0.35 0.17 0.00 0.18

TF-29551 Closed 0.26 0.25 0.00 0.01

TF-94800 Effective 20.00 0.75 19.25 0.00


Project Name (ID): Rural Transport Improvement Project (P071435)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-37910, IDA-37911

Sector(s): Roads and highways (80%), Agricultural marketing and trade (20%)

Theme(s): Rural services and infrastructure (40%), Rural policies and institutions (40%), Rural markets (20%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objectives are to provide rural communities with

improved access to social services and economic opportunity, and to enhance the capacity of relevant government

institutions to manage rural transport infrastructure.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Targets for performance indicators to measure progress

towards achieving the project's development objectives have been met ahead of the scheduled closing date. The

average travel times and transport costs were already reduced by more than 50 percent as of December 2007, well

ahead of the targeted reduction of 25 percent at the end of the project (EOP). The target of 6,200 kilometers (km) of

rural roads in good condition in the project area, by the EOP, has already been achieved. As of March 2010, 6,425

km of roads are in good condition. Civil works contracts already executed have resulted in the creation of 26,690

person-years of employment in the project area surpassing the EOP project target of 24,000 person-years. Overall

progress in implementation of both the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)-centered Institutional

Strengthening Action Plan (ISAP) and of the LGED-administered Local Government Improvement Plan is about 90

percent. Key final-stage ISAP actions--particularly on Financial Management improvements--are now being

restarted, after pausing pending the results of the LGED-centered Operational Risk Assessment.



IDA-37910 Effective 210.14 173.56 35.74 0.00

IDA-37911 Effective 19.23 16.17 3.14 0.00


Project Name (ID): Rural Elect. Renewable Energy Dev. (P071794)

Country: Bangladesh





Sector(s): Power (91%), Renewable energy (9%)

Theme(s): Climate change (29%), Participation and civic engagement (29%), Rural services and infrastructure

(28%), Infrastructure services for private sector development (14%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to increase access to electricity in rural

areas of Bangladesh.


During Fiscal Year 2010, the project received US$130 million in additional financing to scale up the renewable

energy components and introduce energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). The additional financing

will support: (a) an additional 300,000 Solar Home Systems; (b) promote renewable energy based mini-grid

operations in remote rural areas of Bangladesh; and (c) introduce 10.5 million energy efficient CFLs in exchange for

incandescent lamps.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Considerable progress has been made under the additional

financing: 136,212 solar home systems have been installed; and about 5.5 million CFLs have been distributed in

exchange for incandescent lamps. The remaining 5 million CFLs are expected to be distributed in October 2010.



IDA-36790 Closed 234.48 230.69 0.00 0.04

IDA-46430 Effective 128.62 61.64 66.19 0.00


Project Name (ID): Social Investment Program Project II (P073886)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-47570, TF-56967

Sector(s): Other social services (44%), Micro- and SME finance (32%), Public administration- Other social services

(23%), Agricultural marketing and trade (1%)

Theme(s): Rural non-farm income generation (34%), Rural services and infrastructure (32%), Rural policies and

institutions (22%), Participation and civic engagement (10%), Rural markets (2%)

Project Development Objectives: The objective is to improve the livelihoods, quality of life and resilience to

climate variability, natural hazards and other shocks of the rural poor.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project was approved on June 23, 2010, and was not

effective before the close of the reporting period.




TF-56967 Effective 0.41 0.24 0.17 0.00


Project Name (ID): HNP Sector Program (P074841)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-56510, TF-50805, IDA-40520

Sector(s): Health (40%), Central government administration (36%), Other social services (11%), General public

administration sector (9%), General education sector (4%)

Theme(s): Health system performance (25%), Nutrition and food security (25%), Population and reproductive

health (24%), Tuberculosis (13%), Child health (13%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to assist the Government of Bangladesh in the

implementation of its Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) (2003-2010), for the Health Nutrition and Population Sector

Program. It will do so in cooperation with a large group of development partners through a Sector Wide Approach

(SWAp). The main purpose of this SIP will be to increase availability as well as access and utilization of user-centered,

effective, efficient, equitable, and affordable quality services. The program will focus on three major reform areas: (a)

strengthening public health sector management and stewardship capacity; (b) health sector diversification; and (c)

stimulating demand for essential services by poor households through health advocacy and demand-side financing options.


The main purpose of the restructuring was to extend the closing date of the project by one year through June 30,

2011, in order to complete the activities related to improving maternal and child health, which are critical for the

achievement of the program development objectives.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The objectives of the project continue to progress satisfactorily as

reflected by the achievement of four performance indicators, while six indicators are on track and two are making slow

progress. Bangladesh has made commendable progress in improving some health outcomes, particularly infant mortality,

child mortality and fertility rates that have shown marked decline. Impressive gains have been made in the equitable

coverage of vertical programs--immunization, vitamin "A" supplementation and family planning methods. Maternal health

and nutritional indicators, however, have not progressed well. Also, utilization of essential health services by the poor

remains low. While it is difficult to ascertain the magnitude of changes in maternal mortality due to limitations in data

availability and accuracy, even under the most optimistic scenario, the millennium development goal (MDG) target of no

more than 143 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births will not be reached. With respect to nutrition, after a dramatic

decline in child underweight rates between 1990 and 2000, progress nearly stagnated between 2000 and 2007, and at this

rate Bangladesh will not meet the MDG target for nutrition.



TF-56510 Effective 335.00 298.37 36.63 0.00

TF-50805 Closed 1.50 0.17 0.00 1.33

IDA-40520 Effective 292.60 235.98 60.50 0.00


Project Name (ID): Primary Education Development Program II (P074966)

Country: Bangladesh





Sector(s): Primary education (65%), Central government administration (27%), Sub-national government

administration (8%)

Theme(s): Education for all (50%), Administrative and civil service reform (25%), Gender (25%)

Project Development Objectives: The overall program objective is to improve quality, equitable access, and

efficiency in primary education through a sub-sector program approach.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Based on available data, progress towards the development

objectives appears mixed. While some improvement has been made towards increasing access and participation

levels in primary schooling (i.e. net enrolment reported as 93.9% in 2009, gender parity achieved), completion rates

have remained low at 54.9%. Student learning achievement also remains generally low, based on the 2008 National

Assessment for Grades 3 and 5. The next round of National Assessment will be completed in 2011 with an improved

methodology. While an appreciable advance in progress has been made to provide updates on all program outcomes,

the available data are still quite limited. Some technical assistance is currently being provided to help strengthen this

critical monitoring domain.



IDA-38570 Effective 159.79 125.91 32.36 0.13


Project Name (ID): Power Sector Development TA (P078707)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-H0920, IDA-39130

Sector(s): Power (64%), Central government administration (27%), Oil and gas (9%)

Theme(s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (29%), Regulation and competition policy (29%),

Corporate governance (28%), Access to urban services and housing (14%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective aims to create a sound institutional

foundation in the power sector--at the policy making, operational and regulatory levels--on which to ramp up the

investments and services needed for the sector to contribute more effectively to economic growth and poverty

alleviation.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The Government is progressing on power sector reform

including new areas like cross border power trade. Notable progress made includes: cross border dialogue brought

two nations (India and Bangladesh) closer, a power Trade Agreement was signed, and construction of the first ever

interconnector was started; and the Government's massive generation and fuel diversification program attracted

many local and global investors. Other key achievements include: power utility financial workout is at final stage;

communication strategy on gas pricing and reforms is prepared; a "Roadmap for Energy Efficiency Improvements

and Demand Side Management" has been disseminated; the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission issued

tariff orders in power and gas and about 1,100 licenses on power, gas and petroleum products. However, the South

Zone Power Distribution Company functioning is delayed. The Government is preparing a proposal to seek

additional financing and an extension of the closing date to complete some ongoing tasks and undertake some

additional tasks.



IDA-H0920 Effective 8.77 6.45 2.41 0.00

IDA-39130 Effective 7.65 3.37 4.16 0.00


Project Name (ID): Enterprise Growth & Bank Modernization (P081969)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-39170, IDA-Q3920, TF-54660

Sector(s): Central government administration (41%), Compulsory pension and unemployment insurance (36%),

Banking (14%), Other industry (5%), Housing finance and real estate markets (4%)

Theme(s): State enterprise/bank restructuring and privatization (33%), Other financial and private sector

development (17%), Export development and competitiveness (17%), Small and medium enterprise support (17%),

Public expenditure, financial management and procureme

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objectives are: (a) to trigger employment generation

through private sector enterprise growth and modernization of the banking system; and (b) to promote urgently

needed reforms within State- owned Enterprises and the Nationalized Commercial Banks.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project will close on December 31, 2010 and is well on

its way to achieving its objectives. On the enterprise growth front, the Small Enterprise Fund component has

produced good results with provision of credit to some 2,500 small enterprises and by creating jobs for over 4,000

individuals--a figure which is above the target. The refurbishment work of converting two closed, state-owned

enterprises into Export Processing Zones is fast nearing completion and new private industries are being set up.

Some of these have already gone into production and already generated over 15,000 new jobs. Under the Voluntary

Retirement Scheme component, payments have been made to about 90,000 workers and about 43,000 people

counseled; 13,000 took specialized training; and more than 1,000 new jobs were created under the Re-training and

Counseling component. On the banking sector, the key element of the ongoing banking sector reform program has

been the performance-based management support provided to three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) - Sonali,

Janata and Agrani banks. Indications are that the management support has had positive impacts on governance,

operational efficiency, and financial conditions of these banks.



IDA-39170 Effective 264.16 199.15 62.03 0.00

IDA-Q3920 Closed 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.00

TF-54660 Closed 80.81 21.23 0.00 58.80


Project Name (ID): National Agricultural Technology Project (P084078)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-Q5010, IDA-43860, COFN-C1160

Sector(s): Agricultural extension and research (50%), Crops (20%), Animal production (15%), Sub-national

government administration (10%), Central government administration (5%)

Theme(s): Rural policies and institutions (40%), Rural services and infrastructure (40%), Participation and civic

engagement (20%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to improve effectiveness of the national

agricultural technology system in Bangladesh. The overall objective of the long-term program is to support the

Government's strategy to improve national agricultural productivity and farm income.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is on track to achieve its development objective,

albeit after an initial delay in implementation. Progress in award of research projects under both the Sponsored

Public Goods Research and the Competitive Grants Program sub-components is being made. Seventeen-thousand-

seven-hundred (out of a project target of 18,000) farmers' Common Interest Groups have been mobilized.

Preparation of demand-driven extension plans is underway, and 580 Farmer Information and Advisory Centers have

been established.



IDA-Q5010 Closed 0.46 0.00 0.00 0.46

IDA-43860 Effective 59.74 16.24 43.84 0.00

COFN-C1160 Effective 18.40 4.09 14.43 0.00


Project Name (ID): BD - Water Supply Program Project (P086661)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-H1010

Sector(s): Water supply (85%), Micro- and SME finance (10%), Sub-national government administration (5%)

Theme(s): Water resource management (33%), Pollution management and environmental health (33%), Rural

services and infrastructure (17%), Infrastructure services for private sector development (17%)

Project Development Objectives: The development objective of the project is to contribute to Bangladesh's efforts

to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in water supply and sanitation by 2015. Specifically, the project will

(i) deliver increased access to the water and sanitation services in selected rural villages and small towns, focusing

on areas affected by the 2007 floods and cyclones, and (ii) pilot some innovative service provision measures,

including private sector participation in rural schemes.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Project implementation is on track towards achieving its

development objective. Pilot activities under the Community Development and Non-piped Arsenic Mitigation

component in selected Arsenic hot-spot sub-districts are completed. Works for municipality water supply and

cyclone relief and reconstruction works are nearing completion with 90 percent works for both components already

completed. Eleven rural piped water supply schemes are now completed of the targeted 21 schemes as part of

piloting rural piped water schemes under innovative service delivery framework including Public-Private

Partnership mode. The project is also implementing additional (extension) works in all three components in order to

maximize the development impact while utilizing possible project savings.



IDA-H1010 Effective 41.87 14.40 3.63 25.03


Project Name (ID): Reaching Out of School Children Project (P086791)

Country: Bangladesh




Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-47190, IDA-H1020, TF-53677

Sector(s): Other social services (55%), Primary education (45%)

Theme(s): Education for all (50%), Participation and civic engagement (25%), Gender (25%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to reduce the number of out-of-school

children through improved access, quality and efficiency in primary education, especially for the disadvantaged

children, in support of the Government of Bangladesh's Education for All goals.


Additional Financing of US$35 million was approved by IDA on May 4, 2010. It extends the IDA support to the

project which has already enabled enrolment of over 500,000 out-of-school children in 60 upazilas (sub-districts)

with high incidence of poverty and low enrollment. The additional financing will also help all the current students in

these 60 upazilas with an opportunity to complete the primary cycle and also scale-up the project in about 30 more

upazilas, enrolling an additional 250,000 out-of-school children.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has substantially achieved its project

development objectives, exceeding many of the Key Performance Indicators: (a) 510,987 out-of-school children

have been reached against a target of 500,000; (b) 1.48 million student-years against a target of 1.4 million; (c)

teacher assessment of student competency in Bangla and Mathematics is around 80 percent, against a target of 65

percent; (d) the average student attendance rate is 90 percent against a target of 75 percent; (e) the average grade

completion rate is 91 percent against a target of 80 percent); (f) the average teacher attendance rate is 90 percent

against a target of 90 percent; and (g) availability textbooks (of the National Curriculum and Textbooks Board) for

all students. With the additional financing, the project aims to scale up the impact on access and quality for children

that come from the poorest households in the targeted areas.



IDA-47190 Effective 35.15 0.00 35.15 0.00

IDA-H1020 Effective 53.02 49.00 4.90 0.00

TF-53677 Closed 6.00 3.42 2.58 0.00


Project Name (ID): Investment Promotion Financing Facility (P089382)

Country: Bangladesh





Sector(s): Banking (55%), Power (15%), General transportation sector (15%), General water, sanitation and flood

protection sector (8%), Other industry (7%)

Theme(s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (33%), Other financial and private sector

development (33%), Regulation and competition policy (17%), Environmental policies and insti tutions (17%)

Project Development Objectives: The project objective is to accelerate private sector-led growth by providing

term finance for infrastructure development and promoting domestic infrastructure finance capacity. The project

will make available partial debt financing through private sector financial intermediaries for eligible,

government-endorsed infrastructure projects to be developed by the private sector and will strengthen capacity for

ensuring the sustainable provision of private infrastructure.


The project objectives remain unchanged. The additional financing will expand the set of sectors where public -

private partnerships (PPPs) are being promoted beyond the current project involvement in small and captive

power plants, to other infrastructure sectors such as transport, water treatment, waste management, services for

economic zones, and others, as already provided for in the original project document. The Credit Line Component

is being scaled up by US$250 million and the Technical Assistance component is scaled up to US$7 million. The

scope of PPPs to be financed is expanded to also include larger infrastructure transactions, which requires a

thorough re-working of the environmental and social framework. The maximal permissible World Bank share of

funding is increased from 56 percent to 60 percent, in view of the aftershocks of the global financial crisis on

private sector liquidity, as well as the element of market-opening for PPPs in sectors other than power. By the

same token, the United States dollar loan pricing for the on-lending phase is decreased from 0.5 percent to 0.3

percent above the relevant interbank rate for floating rate loans, and from 0.25 percent to 0.2 percent above the

relevant swap rate for fixed-rate loans. The remaining aspects of the pricing mechanism and other terms and

conditions as laid out in the project document remain unchanged.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has added 178 megawatt of electricity

generation capacity to the national grid and two special economic zones: Dhaka Export Processing Zone and

Chittagong Export Processing Zone. This accounts for around 5 percent increase in the national electricity

generation capacity. The project has fully exhausted the available funding in a record three years, and has secured

additional financing, scaling up the original project size five-fold. Specifically, the project has achieved the

following results: an increase in private sector participation in infrastructure (19 transactions), US$64.16 million

private investment realized; 7 financial institutions participating in the structuring and implementation of PPP

deals and 425 staff of the participating financial institutions were trained in PPP implementation.




IDA-41690 Effective 52.78 53.45 0.36 0.00



Project Name (ID): Skills and Training Enhancement Project (P090807)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Tertiary education (90%), General industry and trade sector (5%), General public administration sector

(5%)

Theme(s): Education for the knowledge economy (75%), Technology diffusion (10%), Export development and

competitiveness (10%), Decentralization (5%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to strengthen selected public and private

training institutions to improve training quality and employability of trainees, including those from disadvantaged

socioeconomic backgrounds.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project was not effective before the close of the

reporting period.





Project Name (ID): Dhaka Water Sup &San. Project (P093988)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-45060, IDA-Q4780

Sector(s): Flood protection (51%), Sewerage (38%), Public administration- Water, sanitation and flood protection

(8%), Water supply (3%)

Theme(s): Access to urban services and housing (50%), Other urban development (50%)

Project Development Objectives: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the sustainable

delivery of storm water drainage, wastewater and water services by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage

Authority (DWASA) to the population of Dhaka through: (a) the installation of selected storm water pumping

stations and the rehabilitation of selected canals to help improve drainage and minimize urban flooding; (b) the

rehabilitation, repair and expansion of priority investments in the city's sewerage network and treatment plant to

help improve the urban environment; and (c) supporting DWASA's pilot expansion of water and sanitation services

into selected Dhaka slums to help increase services to the urban poor.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): After initial delays during the first year of implementation

due to management changes at the implementing agency, the pace of implementation has picked up and progress is

being made. The first works for flood protection (rehabilitation of selected canals) have started construction, while

procurement of works for major flood water pumping stations are ongoing. The implementing agency is in the final

stages of retaining the major consultancy to prepare the master plan for the wastewater management of Dhaka,

prioritize and design investments to prepare the sewerage related works. The consultancy to support extension of

water services to urban slums has been retained and expected to commence work soon.



IDA-45060 Effective 143.42 3.22 140.29 0.00

IDA-Q4780 Closed 1.44 0.00 0.00 1.44


Project Name (ID): Siddhirganj Peaking Power Project (P095965)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Power (78%), Oil and gas (22%)

Theme(s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (100%)

Project Development Objectives: The primary development objective is to support investments in peaking power

supply capability in Bangladesh such that unmet demand for energy is reduced by 1-billion kilowatt hour per year. A

secondary development objective is to build capacity among the implementing agencies: Electricity Generation

Company of Bangladesh, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, and Gas Transmission Company Limited.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is under implementation. The physical

components are proceeding well, albeit there is delay on the power plant. The companies have made good progress

in developing their institutional capacities including project implementation. Company governance reporting and

enhancement of environmental and social impact management and financial management capacity continue.



IDA-45080 Effective 338.96 0.70 338.27 0.00


Project Name (ID): Public Procurement Reform Project II (P098146)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Central government administration (80%), Sub-national government administration (10%), Other social

services (5%), Media (5%)

Theme(s): Public expenditure, financial management and procurement (29%), Other public sector governance

(29%), Administrative and civil service reform (14%), Other accountability/anti-corruption (14%), Participation and

civic engagement (14%)

Project Development Objectives: The objective is to improve performance of the public procurement system

progressively in Bangladesh, focusing largely on the key sectoral ministries and their agencies.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has been showing improvements in

procurement performance.: Reduced delays in the award of small value contracts (about 40 percent contracts

awarded within initial bid validity period); improved procurement management capacity and its institutionalization

(procurement faculty established at local institute and about 1,000 public officials trained); increased stakeholders

engagement (Public-Private Stakeholders Committee made fully functional and communication workshops held in

five districts). The project has been contributing to bringing about a systemic change in procurement environment of

Bangladesh by effecting procurement law with a well-founded capacity development program.



IDA-43500 Effective 23.40 8.14 15.52 0.00


Project Name (ID): Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (P098151)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-90407, IDA-45810

Sector(s): General transportation sector (61%), Central government administration (16%), Public administration-

Transportation (14%), General industry and trade sector (9%)

Theme(s): Pollution management and environmental health (70%), Other urban development (20%), Environmental

policies and institutions (10%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to improve air quality and safe mobility

in Dhaka through the implementation of demonstration initiatives in urban transport and brick making.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is progressing well. International support and

knowledge sharing to improve air quality has recently increased through the signing of a grant with the Norwegian

Air Institute and partnership with the Clean Air Initiative in South Asia. A new and cleaner technology (called

Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln) has been piloted for the first time in Bangladesh; the preliminary results in terms of

reducing air pollution and improving energy efficiency are very encouraging. New regulations were issued in March

2010 to encourage cleaner and environmentally friendly brick making industry in Bangladesh. On the transport side,

much needed revision of the Dhaka Transport Coordination Board and Motor Vehicle Act are underway. The

construction of 5 new foot over bridges, to enable safer pedestrian movement, has also started.



TF-90407 Closed 0.90 0.49 0.00 0.41

IDA-45810 Effective 62.41 4.89 57.86 0.00


Project Name (ID): Local Governance Support Project (P098273)

Country: Bangladesh





Sector(s): Sub-national government administration (96%), Central government administration (4%)

Theme(s): Decentralization (29%), Public expenditure, financial management and procurement (29%), Participation

and civic engagement (14%), Other accountability/anti-corruption (14%), Rural services and infrastructure (14%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective aims to strengthen the capacity of Union

Parishads (UPs), the lowest tier of local government in Bangladesh, to deliver public services prioritized by

community in a more efficient, responsive and accountable manner.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Project covers all the eligible UPs presently in the country,

in terms of fiscal transfers, audits and basic capacity building. Over the last four years, per capita revenues at UP

level have risen, on average, more than five-fold; more than 10,000 independent local government audits have been

carried out by private auditors under the supervision of the government; nearly 50,000 local public officials have

been imparted basic training; and more than 35,000 local schemes are estimated to have been undertaken. Yet, due

to the highly centralized nature of public administration and service delivery systems in the country, there have been

acute project implementation and management challenges at the central level. These are expected to be addressed

incrementally over the longer term.



IDA-41930 Effective 115.78 51.84 45.46 19.96

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Project Name (ID): Avian Flu Preparedness (P102305)

Country: Bangladesh





Sector(s): General public administration sector (48%), Health (31%), General agriculture, fishing and forestry

sector (17%), Other social services (3%), Solid waste management (1%)

Theme(s): Other communicable diseases (25%), Natural disaster management (25%), Rural services and

infrastructure (24%), Health system performance (13%), Pollution management and environmental health (13%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to minimize the threat posed by highly

pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to humans in Bangladesh by controlling such infections in domestic and

commercial poultry, and preparing for, controlling, and responding to possible human infections, especially an

influenza epidemic and related emergencies.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project implementation start up has been severely

delayed to date consequent to protracted delay in hiring and mobilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization as

implementation support consultant. While, the threat of HPAI to humans in Bangladesh was not acute as expected at

the project design, HPAI outbreaks that began in 2007 are still continuing but frequency and intensity of occurrence

has declined from 226 outbreaks in 2008 to 32 in 2009 and 31 in 2010. The Government managed to control avian

influenza outbreaks with financial assistance from the project and other donors. Capacity of the Government,

community and private commercial sector for preparedness, diagnosis, response, and containment of HPAI has been

enhanced due to the project and other donor supported activities.



TF-90662 Effective 2.00 0.80 1.20 0.00

IDA-43400 Effective 15.85 1.98 10.22 3.83


Project Name (ID): Chittagong Water Supply Improvement (P103999)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Water supply (89%), Public administration- Water, sanitation and flood protection (6%), Sanitation (3%),

Sewerage (1%), Flood protection (1%)

Theme(s): Other urban development (75%), Access to urban services and housing (25%)

Project Development Objectives: The development objective of the project is to increase the sustainable access to

safe water and improved sanitation, as well as support the establishment of a long term water supply, sanitation and

drainage infrastructure development and operational management program in Chittagong.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project was not effective before the close of the

reporting period.



TF-58153 Closed 0.80 0.00 0.00 0.80



Project Name (ID): Secondary Educ Qlty & Access Enhancement (P106161)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Secondary education (92%), Public administration- Education (8%)

Theme(s): Education for all (100%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objectives are to improve the quality of secondary

education, systematically monitor learning outcomes, and to increase access and equity in project upazilas.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is on track to meet its development objective,

with progress in program delivery, particularly: (i) Proxy-Means Testing based Stipends and Tuition program, (ii)

start-up of education quality enhancement activities; (iii) dissemination of impact evaluation baseline survey; and (iv)

completion of the annual census of project educational institutions.



IDA-44750 Effective 118.81 39.74 80.11 0.00


Project Name (ID): Higher Education Quality Enhancement (P106216)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Tertiary education (95%), Public administration- Education (5%)

Theme(s): Education for the knowledge economy (100%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to improve the quality and relevance of

the teaching and research environment in higher education institutions through encouraging both innovation and

accountability within universities, and by enhancing the technical and institutional capacity of the higher education

sector.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Progress in the past months has been substantial. Response

to the first round of calls for proposals for the Academic Innovation Fund to enhance quality of teaching and

research was encouraging. The universities submitted some 700 proposals from which the University Grants

Commission will fund the best ones. The initial activities are mostly completed to provide high speed internet

connectivity to the universities. A pilot baseline satisfaction survey has also been completed which would help

measure the satisfaction of the providers and recipients of higher education at different levels of project

implementation.



IDA-45440 Effective 79.74 3.69 76.18 0.00


Project Name (ID): Disability and Children at Risk (P106332)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-44810, IDA-Q5860

Sector(s): Other social services (78%), Public administration- Other social services (22%)

Theme(s): Participation and civic engagement (10%), Social safety nets (90%)

Project Development Objectives: The project development objective is to expand the coverage, use, and quality of

social care services for persons with disabilities and vulnerable children as a means of promoting equity and social

inclusion.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Progress on the project has been slow, since financial

management and procurement systems were not in place. There has also been a change in the implementation

arrangements. The new elected Government has shown its commitment to the project. The Bank on its part has

committed to intensify its support to the implementing agencies. During implementation support missions the

representatives of the Government and International Development Association team noted the need to restructure the

project. Sector and country management approval will be sought on the type of restructuring required. The

Government's Development Project Proposals for both the components will also be suitably revised.



IDA-44810 Effective 33.19 1.87 31.32 0.00

IDA-Q5860 Closed 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.55


sProject Name (ID): Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery &Rest Pr (P111272)

Country: Bangladesh




Sector(s): Public administration- Water, sanitation and flood protection (30%), Other social services (30%), Flood

protection (18%), General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (15%), Roads and highways (7%)

Theme(s): Natural disaster management (67%), Water resource management (18%), Rural policies and institutions

(15%)

Project Development Objectives: The project's development objective is to facilitate restoration and recovery from

the damage to livelihoods and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Sidr and build long-term preparedness through

strengthened disaster risk reduction and management.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is on track to meet its objective, albeit after

initial delays that the implementing agencies should be able to make up in the remaining three years. The four

project implementing units are now fully operational and effectively functioning. They have opened and are

satisfactorily operating Designated Accounts and have completed and publicly disclosed a comprehensive

Environmental and Social Framework of the project.



TF-93588 Effective 1.63 1.03 0.62 0.00

IDA-45070 Effective 104.58 12.61 92.02 0.00


Project Name (ID): Deepening MTBF and FM Accountability (P117248)

Country: Bangladesh



Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-95283

Sector(s): Public administration- Finance (100%)

Theme(s): Public expenditure, financial management and procurement (100%)

Project Development Objectives: The project aims to deepen and institutionalize the Medium Term Budgetary

Framework (MTBF) and build a more strategic and performance oriented budget management process, while

strengthening linkages between policy, planning, budgeting and performance and strengthening institutions for

better fiscal discipline and financial accountability across the expenditure management cycle.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is subdivided into nine specific components for

strengthening various aspects of public expenditure management in Bangladesh. In the first year of execution (FY

2010), the project has progressed in terms of fulfillment of most of the grant conditions and finalization of

implementation arrangements. The initial reviews to determine baselines are in progress with significant input from

the Government. A monitoring and evaluation framework is also in place. The first implementation support mission

for the project was carried out during June-July 2010. Given certain fragile areas in the current Public Financial

Management (PFM) in Bangladesh, the project's groundwork on business process reviews and strengthening

implementation arrangements in the first year of execution is expected to aide smooth implementation towards the

intended goal of enhancing PFM in Bangladesh.



TF-95283 Effective 50.00 7.37 42.63 0.00

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