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PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) CONCEPT STAGE Project Name Region Sector Project ID Borrower(s) Implementing Agency Report No.: AB2543 Community based Poverty Reduction Project Supplemental AFRICA Other social services (100%) P102966 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA Federal Ministry of Finance Finance Headquarters, Central Area Nigeria Environment Category Date PID Prepared Estimated Date of Appraisal Authorization Estimated Date of Board Approval National Planning Commission Old CBN Building Garki Abuja, FCT Nigeria Tel: 234 2341836 State Poverty Reduction Agencies Umuahia, Calabar, Ekiti, Lokoja, kebbi, Yobe, Ilorin, Abakaliki Nigeria Tel: 234 58 221371 [ ] A [X] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined) September 13, 2006 September 29, 2006 December 14, 2006 1. Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement Nigeria is the second largest country in the African Region with a GDP of about US$56 billion (2005) and a population of about 130 million. It is highly dependent on oil although the majority of the people are involved in and dependant on the agricultural sector. Economic growth is highly volatile due to dependence on oil and has averaged only about 3% in the last few years. Per capita income is estimated at about US$300 (2004). Recent preliminary estimates from the Living Standard Survey (2004) put the poverty incidence at 57.8% or about 75 million people. High population growth (about 2.2%), slow economic growth, and great variability in oil income as well as domestic prices/income, make reducing poverty quickly very difficult. A large percentage of the population of Nigeria is vulnerable to poverty (about 90% based on 1996 data) and therefore prone to becoming poor or falling deeper into poverty when exposed to a variety of risks. The large volatility of the economy, especially the high volatility in consumer prices, is one of the major risks that affect the entire population, but not the only one. Limited access to basic social services, loss of job/unemployment and other labor market issues as well as limited economic opportunities – due to a dearth of supportive infrastructure – are major challenges of the poor in Nigeria. The Community Driven Development CDD approach has proven to be a veritable strategy in the fight against poverty The Community-based Poverty Reduction Project (CPRP) – the first World Bank assisted project using the CDD approach in Nigeria - was approved on December 20, 2000 for a total credit amount of $60 million. The loan became effective on September 28th, 2001. The project’s focus was to improve access of the poor to social and economic infrastructure and to increase the availability and management of development resources at the community level. Project implementation which was slow at the start, improved significantly and project performance has been categorized as satisfactory for the past 3 years and highly satisfactory in the last 6 months. Although all the development objectives have been largely achieved as indicated in the Implementation Status Report (ISR) after the May 2006 Supervision Mission, and the disbursement rate is actually 100% as at end July 2006, there are a large number of unmet demands and requests by community groups for micro-projects in virtually all the States currently implementing the project. The success of the project has generated a lot of interest from more communities than earlier envisaged. There a large number of unmet demands and requests by communities for microprojects in all the States currently implementing the Project. There are requests by the State Governments for additional funding to respond to the unmet demands by the communities and to consolidate the achievement of the development objectives. The Government is deeply committed to the project and has started to design a National Community Driven Development Programme as follow-on to the CPRP. The extensive consultation process required for the preparation of the National CDD – that is being facilitated by the National Planning Commission does suggest that it might take a longer time for the institutionalization of the National CDD. Thus a formal additional financing request was submitted by the Government to the World Bank on July 31, 2006. It is envisaged that the additional financing would ensure that the project maximizes the achievement of the development objective. More communities would be reached, more social capital built and the participatory community driven development approach will become wide spread. It would also ensure that there is continuity until when the National CDD program is institutionalised 2. Proposed objective(s). The Project development objective remains same as in original credit. That is to (i) improve access of the poor to social and economic infrastructure and (ii) increase the availability and management of development resources at the community level. 3. Preliminary description. There are no proposed changes to the project’s development objectives, design, and scope. The project terms and conditions will remain the same. The additional total project costs will amount to US $25 million over a period of two years. The closing date of the supplemental credit will be August 31, 2008. The institutional arrangement, financial management, disbursement arrangements and procurement methods will same as under the original credit (CPRP). Changes in the allocation of project resources to States. Based on the request, It is envisaged that a total of $24.7 million would be notionally allocated as supplementary to the eight states of Abia, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kwara, Kogi and Yobe. N0.3 million would be allocated to the Federal Ministry for monitoring of the utilization and reporting of the supplementary credit. Schedule 1 of the DCA will be revised to reflect these changes. 4. Safeguard policies that might apply None. 5. Tentative financing Source: BORROWER/RECIPIENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Total 6. Contact point Contact: Foluso Okunmadewa Title:Lead Social Protection Specialist Tel: 5359+247 Fax: Email: [email protected] Location: Abuja, Nigeria (IBRD) ($m.) 5 25 30