DPEP- Appraisal Mission. Second IDA Credit (February 18-March 8, 1996). Aide Memoire

Abstract

This aide-memoire summarizes the missions findings and records the agreements reached. It describes first the project composition agreed with DOE/GOI.1 It then discusses the mission’s findings with respect to the key appraisal issues: managerial capacity of the DPEP Bureau, implementation progress o f DPEP I2, program management capacity in the new states, quality of state and district plans, effectiveness of the national appraisal process and the financial sustainability of the program. Annex 1 presents the pool of districts that will be eligible for support by the second IDA credit. Annex 2 lists the project components and sub-components that are eligible for funding by the project. Annex 3 presents the project cost and procurement tables. Annex 4 discusses the key management and implementation issues to be addressed at key points in the next nine months. Annex 5 summarizes the processing schedule. The agreements, recommendations and project cost and financing plan are provisional, pending review and confirmation by IDA management, GOI and GON.