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Report No: PAD2348

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

PROJECT PAPER

ON A

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRANT AND RESTRUCTURING

IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 14.6 MILLION

(US$20.0 MILLION EQUIVALENT) FROM CRISIS RESPONSE WINDOW RESOURCES

TO THE

REPUBLIC OF HAITI

FOR A

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

May 25, 2017

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Latin America and Caribbean Region

This document is being made publicly available prior to Board consideration. This does not imply a presumed outcome. This document may be updated following Board consideration and the updated document will be made publicly available in accordance with the Bank’s policy on Access to Information.

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

(Exchange Rate Effective: April 30, 2017)

Currency Unit = Haitian Gourdes (HTG) HTG 68.82 = US$1

US$1.37 = SDR 1

FISCAL YEAR October 1 – September 30

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AF Additional Financing CCPC Municipal Civil Protection Committee (Comité Communal de Protection

Civile) CERC Contingent Emergency Response Component CNIGS National Geospatial Information Center (Centre National de l'Information

Géo-Spatiale) CNMP National Commission of Public Contracts (Commission Nationale des

Marchés Publics) CRW Crisis Response Window DPC Directorate of Civil Protection (Direction de la Protection Civile) DRM Disaster Risk Management DRMRP Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Project (Projet de Gestion

des Risques et des Désastres et Reconstruction) EMP Environmental Management Plan ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan EU European Union FGHI Hurricane Fay, Gustav, Hannah and Ike GDP Gross Domestic Product GoH Government of Haiti GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism IDAT International Development Association IDB Inter-American Development Bank IDWT International Development Association - Crisis Response Window IP Implementation Progress IT Information Technology LIW Labor Intensive Work MICT Ministry of Interior and Regional Authorities (Ministère de l’Intérieur et des

Collectivités Territoriales) MTPTC Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication (Ministère

de Travaux Publics, Transport et Communications) OM Operational Manual PDNA Post-disaster Needs Assessment PDO Project Development Objective

PIU Project Implementation Unit PPSD Project Procurement Strategy for Development RAI Rural Access Index RAP Resettlement Action Plan RN National Road (Route Nationale) RD Departmental Road (Route Departmental) RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SBD Standard Bidding Document SME Small and Medium Enterprise SNGRD National System for Disaster Risk Management (Système National de

Gestion des Risques et des Désastres) UCE Central Execution Unit (Unité Centrale d’Exécution) UCP Project Coordination Unit (Unité de Coordination de Projet)

Vice President: Jorge Familiar Country Director: Mary Barton-Dock

Senior Global Practice Director: Practice Manager:

Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Ming Zhang

Task Team Leaders: Pierre Xavier Bonneau and Sergio Dell’Anna

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HAITI ADDITIONAL FINANCING TO THE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND

RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

CONTENTS

I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................1

II. Background and Rationale for Additional Financing in the amount of SDR14.6 million..............................................................................................................................................1

A. Country Context................................................................................................................. 1

B. Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraint ................................... 2

C. Sectoral and Institutional Context ................................................................................... 3

D. Higher Level Objectives To Which The Project Contributes ........................................ 4

E. Parent Project Background .............................................................................................. 4

F. Status of Implementation .................................................................................................. 5

G. Rationale for Additional Financing, Project Restructuring and Additional Benefits . 7

H. Policy Waiver ..................................................................................................................... 8

III. Proposed Changes ..................................................................................................................9

A. Proposed Changes Data Sheet .......................................................................................... 9

IV. Appraisal Summary .............................................................................................................16

V. World Bank Grievance Redress .........................................................................................18

Annex 1: Revised Results Framework and Monitoring Indicators.........................................19

Annex 2: Detailed Project Description .......................................................................................28

Annex 3: PPSD - Executive Summary for Procurement Plan and PPSD ..............................32

Annex 4: Country Risk Profile to Natural Hazards and Climate Change .............................34

Annex 5: Ongoing Bank Response in the Transport and DRM Sectors .................................37

Annex 6: Emergency Support and Response under Existing IDA Operations ......................38

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ADDITIONAL FINANCINGDATA SHEET

Haiti

Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Additional Financing ( P163199 )

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice .

Basic Information – Parent

Parent Project ID: P126346 Original EA Category: B - Partial Assessment

Current Closing Date: 30-Jun-2017

Basic Information – Additional Financing (AF)

Project ID: P163199 Additional Financing Type (from AUS):

Restructuring, Scale Up

Regional Vice President: Jorge Familiar Proposed EA Category:

Country Director: Mary A. Barton-Dock Expected Effectiveness Date:

28-Aug-2017

Senior Global Practice Director:

Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Expected Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020

Practice Manager/Manager:

Ming Zhang Report No: PAD2348

Team Leader(s): Pierre Xavier Bonneau, Sergio Dell'anna

Borrower

Organization Name Contact Title Telephone Email

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Ronald Deshommes

Directeur 0050929921015 [email protected]

Project Financing Data - Parent ( Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction-P126346 ) (in USD Million)

Key Dates

Project Ln/Cr/TF Status Approval Date

Signing Date Effectiveness Date

Original Closing Date

Revised Closing Date

P126346 IDA-H7460 Effective

01-Dec-2011 11-Jan-2012 03-Apr-2012 31-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2017

P126346 TF-13014 Closed 29-Jul-2013 30-Jul-2013 30-Jul-2013 30-Jun-2014 30-Dec-2015

Disbursements

Project Ln/Cr/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled

Disbursed

Undisbursed

% Disbursed

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P126346 IDA-H7460 Effective

USD 60.00 60.00 0.00 33.56 19.82 55.93

P126346 TF-13014 Closed USD 0.55 0.34 0.21 0.34 0.00 100.00

Project Financing Data - Additional Financing Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction ( P163199 )(in USD Million)

[ ] Loan [ ] Grant [X] IDA Grant

[ ] Credit [ ] Guarantee [ ] Other

Total Project Cost: 20.00 Total Bank Financing: 20.00

Financing Gap: 0.00

Financing Source – Additional Financing (AF) Amount

IDA Grant 0.00

IDA Grant from CRW 20.00

Total 20.00

Policy Waivers

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

No

Explanation

Does the project require any policy waiver(s)? Yes

Explanation

In light of Haiti’s high level of debt distress and situation of urgent need following Hurricane Matthew, this Project Paper seeks the approval of Executive Directors to provide SDR 14.6 million (US$20 million equivalent) from the IDA Crisis Response Window (CRW) for this proposed additional financing in the form of a grant, rather than on Haiti’s current IDA terms. Haiti is a yellow light country, eligible for a mix of grants and credits in FY17 under its regular allocation and under any CRW allocation. However, the post-disaster Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) for Haiti, circulated to Executive Directors on November 16, 2016, finds the country at high risk of debt distress following Hurricane Matthew. The provision of financing in the form of all grants for the proposed operation is appropriate, as the provision of credits would further heighten Haiti’s risk of debt distress at a time of urgent need. On the basis of the November 2016 DSA, in FY18, Haiti will become eligible again for 100 percent grant financing from IDA.

Has the waiver(s) been endorsed or approved by Bank Management? Yes

Explanation

The waiver was endorsed by Bank Management on May 13, 2017 and would be considered and approved by the Executive Directors in the context of their consideration of and approval of this Board package.

Team Composition

Bank Staff

Name Role Title Specialization Unit

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Pierre Xavier Bonneau Team Leader (ADM Responsible)

Program Leader Transport LCC8C

Sergio Dell'anna Team Leader Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Disaster Risk Management

GSU10

Rose Caline Desruisseaux-Cadet

Procurement Specialist (ADM Responsible)

Procurement Specialist

Procurement GGO04

Lydie Madjou Financial Management Specialist

Financial Management Specialist

Financial Management

GGO22

Aboubacar Magassouba

Team Member Consultant Procurement GGO04

Asli Gurkan Safeguards Specialist

Senior Social Development Specialist

Social Development GSU04

Fabienne Mroczka Team Member Sr Financial Management Specialist

Financial Management

GGO22

Faly Diallo Team Member Finance Officer Finance officer WFALA

Felipe Jacome Safeguards Specialist

Consultant Social Development GSU04

Isabella Micali Drossos

Counsel Senior Counsel Senior Counsel LEGLE

Malaika Becoulet Team Member Consultant Transport & Disaster Risk Management

GTI04

Margaret Patricia Henley Barrett

Team Member Consultant Disaster Risk Management & Urban

GTI04

Nyaneba E. Nkrumah Safeguards Specialist

Sr Natural Resources Mgmt. Spec.

Environment GEN04

Rafael Van der Borght Team Member DRM Analyst Disaster Risk Management

GSU10

Extended Team

Name Title Location

Alanna Simpson Sr. DRM Specialist/Peer Reviewer Washington DC

Gregoire Gauthier Sr. Transport Engineer/Peer Reviewer Washington DC

Michel Matera Sr DRM Specialist/Peer Reviewer Maputo, Mozambique

Kiran Pandey Consultant Washington DC

Rajagopal S. Iyer Consultant Washington DC

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Locations

Country First Administrative Division

Location Planned Actual Comments

Haiti Departement du Sud Departement du Sud

X

Haiti Departement de la Grand'Anse

Departement de la Grand'Anse

X

Haiti Departement de Nippes Departement de Nippes

X

Haiti Departement du Nord-Ouest

Departement du Nord-Ouest

X TA only

Haiti Departement de l'Ouest Departement de l'Ouest

X TA only

Haiti Departement du Nord-Est

Departement du Nord-Est

X TA only

Haiti Departement du Nord Departement du Nord

X TA only

Haiti Departement du Sud-Est

Departement du Sud-Est

X TA only

Haiti Departement du Centre Departement du Centre

X TA only

Haiti Departement de l'Artibonite

Departement de l'Artibonite

X TA only

Institutional Data

Parent ( Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction-P126346 )

Practice Area (Lead)

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice

Contributing Practice Areas

Additional Financing Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction ( P163199 )

Practice Area (Lead)

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice

Contributing Practice Areas

Transport & ICT

Consultants (Will be disclosed in the Monthly Operational Summary)

Consultants Required? Consulting services to be determined

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I.Introduction

1. This Project Paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors to provide an additional grant in an amount of SDR14.6 million (US$20 million equivalent) to the Republic of Haiti for the Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Project (Projet de Gestion des Risques et des Désastres et Reconstruction, DRMRP - P126346). The proposed Additional Financing (AF) would be financed by IDA’s Crisis Response Window (CRW)1, the first operation in a package of a US$100 million of support from the World Bank to help the Government of Haiti recover and rebuild after Hurricane Matthew, which struck the country on October 4, 2016. This event was described and the proposed Word Bank response outlined in the Crisis Window Response Paper circulated to Executive Directors on January 22, 2017 and considered at a technical briefing held on January 26, 2017. In this context, Management underlined that funding from ongoing projects was mobilized to respond to immediate needs in the affected areas and proposed providing funding in the form of grants for the above-mentioned package, consisting of four additional financing operations in the Transport and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) sectors, the Health Sector, the Water Sector, and the Agricultural Sector to be financed from the Crisis Response Window. An estimated US$2.2 billion are needed for reconstruction and rehabilitation. The proposed AF would significantly expand the scope and impact of the parent Project by scaling up activities under all components of the project to support post-Hurricane Matthew recovery and reconstruction in the most affected departments of Haiti.

2. Concurrently, the DRMRP would be restructured: (a) the closing date of the project would be extended by three years, to June 30, 2020 to allow for (i) the completion of activities that were deferred to allow the parent project to undertake emergency recovery and reconstruction activities starting in October 2016 (such as the construction of the Estimé Dumarsais bridge) and (ii) the implementation of additional recovery and reconstruction activities to respond to Hurricane Matthew; and (b) the Results Framework would be modified to monitor the results expected from the proposed additional activities.

II.Background and Rationale for Additional Financing in the amount of SDR14.6 million

A. Country Context

3. Haiti remains extremely vulnerable to natural disasters with more than 90 percent of the population at risk. On October 4, 2016, category 4 Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti’s south-west coast, affecting over 2 million people, about 20 percent of the country’s population. The Directorate of Civil Protection (Direction de la Protection Civile, DPC) of the Government of Haiti (GoH) reported 546 deaths, 128 missing, 439 injured, 175,500 people living in temporary shelters, and immediate humanitarian assistance needs for 1.4 million people (about 12.9 percent of the population). This natural catastrophe comes less than seven years after the devastating

1 Management informed the Executive Directors of its intention to allocate an indicative amount of US$100 million equivalent to support Haiti’s response to the impact of the Hurricane Matthew at a technical briefing on January 26, 2017. See the note entitled "IDA Crisis Response Window Support for the Republic of Haiti Emergency Recovery and Reconstruction Following the Impact of Hurricane Matthew” for additional information.

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January 12, 2010 earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, which killed 220,000 people and displaced 1.5 million.

4. Reconstruction needs were assessed at 25 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) (US$2.2 billion)2. The agriculture and housing/urban sectors were the hardest hit. Up to 90 percent of crops and livestock were lost in coastal areas, including stable food crops, but also cash and tree crops such as coffee, cocoa and vetiver. Thousands of structures were damaged and 75 percent of structures in the heaviest-hit communities in Grand’Anse3 were entirely destroyed. More than 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed, half of which were in Grand’Anse. Key roads and bridges were washed away. The area’s already limited water, sanitation, and energy infrastructure was damaged. Although damages and losses appeared more modest in the education and health sectors, the population was significantly affected by the damage and destruction of schools and the interruption of services at damaged or destroyed health centers. Over 450,000 children were estimated to remain out of school, the vaccine cold chain was destroyed, and a sharp increase in suspected cholera cases has been recorded in affected departments (the number of cases has since dropped but the risk of cholera spikes remains high).

5. This latest disaster has compounded Haiti’s preexisting development challenges, increasing poverty and vulnerability, threatening livelihoods, and hampering already weak service delivery and human development outcomes. It also exacerbated Haiti’s underlying socioeconomic drivers of poverty, such as social divisions and inequity, fragility of political mechanisms, the Government’s weak capacity, risks of political instability, and persistent volatility. Almost 60 percent of Haiti’s population, or 6.3 million people, remain poor,4 and 24 percent (2.5 million) are extremely poor, with poverty highest in rural areas. The poorest regions, which are also the furthest from the capital, show extreme poverty rates exceeding 40 percent and have very limited access to basic services.

B. Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraint

6. The proposed operation meets the criteria of OP 10.00 Paragraph 12 (Projects in Situations of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints) and was processed through condensed procedures because: (i) Hurricane Matthew caused a national disaster and emergency; (ii) Haiti faces severe capacity constraints with under-resourced response systems in the Disaster Risk Management and Transport sectors which have limited ability to respond to all aspects of the disaster; and (iii) the shock caused by Hurricane Matthew threatens to deepen already widespread and entrenched poverty of the affected areas, among the poorest in the country.

7. Hurricane Matthew, the first hurricane of this magnitude to make landfall in Haiti in 52 years, has caused large-scale disaster mostly in the southern part of the country. The hurricane’s high wind speeds, heavy rainfall, and devastating storm surge resulted in flooding, landslides, and extensive destruction of infrastructure and livelihoods, especially in the southern departments of Grand’Anse, Nippes, and Sud, where 80 percent, 66 percent, and 65 percent of people, respectively, are poor (under the national poverty line of US$2.41 per day) and 36 percent,

2 October 24, 2016: Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment of Hurricane Matthew, the Government of the Republic of Haiti with joint support from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. 3 Communities of Maniche, Camp Perrin, Chantal, Beaumont, Duchity, Moreau, and Chambellan. 4 Under the Haitian poverty line of US$1.98 per day based on consumption.

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30 percent, and 26 percent, respectively, are extremely poor (under the national extreme poverty line of US$1.23 per day). Lesser damage was seen in coastal areas in other parts of the country.

8. The GoH Damage and Loss Assessment of October 2016 estimated total losses and damages equivalent to 22 percent of the GDP (US$1.9 billion). This figure was later evaluated to be 32 percent of GDP by the Post-disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)5, with damage and losses specific to the transport sector due to the destruction of bridges and roads amounting to 17.7 percent of total damage and losses. In light of the magnitude of these damage and losses as well as Matthew’s impact on the GoH’s already limited capacity and resources and the urgent need for support in responding to the crisis, the use of expedited procedures to prepare this proposed AF is appropriate.

C. Sectoral and Institutional Context

9. Haiti is highly exposed to hydrometeorological (hurricanes, high wind, excess rainfalls, landslides, and flooding) and geological (seismic and tsunami) hazards, with over 93 percent of its surface and more than 96 percent of its population at risk of two or more hazards.6 Between 1971 and 2016, Haiti has been subjected to natural disasters almost every year with adverse effects on economic growth and fiscal stability. Nearly 75 percent of households are economically impacted by at least one shock each year.7 In 2008, tropical storms and hurricanes caused losses estimated at 15 percent of GDP. The earthquake on January 12, 2010, killed 220,000 people, displaced 1.5 million people, and destroyed the equivalent of 120 percent of GDP. Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti at a time when it was just showing signs of recovery from previous events.

10. Climate change is anticipated to increase the frequency and severity of hydrometeorological hazards in Haiti, reinforcing the need to strengthen climate and disaster risk reduction policies to ensure sustainable development. Based on available information,8 maximum temperatures will likely see an increase by 0.7°C during 2011–2040 and by 1.7°C during 2041–2070, while minimum temperatures are projected to decrease by 0.7°C and 1.1°C, respectively, over the same period. Temperature fluctuations in the tropical zone are highly correlated with cyclonic events of increased duration and intensity, thus increasing the risk of cyclones in Haiti. In addition, the dry season will likely further intensify with a decrease of duration of 8 percent to 19 percent at the national level. Likewise, increase in maximum temperatures has led to given greater propensity to extreme rainfall events and flash floods in the previous years and this pattern is expected to be further exacerbated under the effects of climate change. In addition to claiming human lives, climate-related hazards are thus likely to take an increasing toll on all sectors of the Haitian economy and might reverse hard-won development gains.

5 February 6, 2017: Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, the Government of the Republic of Haiti with joint support from the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations agencies, and the World Bank. 6Global Hotspot Study, World Bank, 2005. 7Investing in people to fight poverty in Haiti: Reflections for evidence-based policy making, World Bank 2014. 8Climate Scenarios Simulation referenced here was developed in the framework of the Second National Communication of Haiti for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2013. Climate scenarios are based on historic data analysis and the Providing Regional Climate for Impact Studies climate model.

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11. The transport sector continues to represent a major bottleneck to Haiti’s social and economic development. Roads remain the primary mode of transportation for both people and goods, and infrastructure investments remain critical to Haiti’s medium- and long term social and economic development. With about 80 percent of traffic by land, Haiti has a limited network9 which suffers from a lack of maintenance, and from the impacts of climate change and variability.10 Entire regions remain isolated during the rainy season, further exacerbated in the wake of an extreme natural event such as Hurricane Matthew.11 Matthew’s destruction of bridges and roads amounts to 17.7 percent of total damages and losses recorded in the country.

12. The World Bank has been supporting the transport sector nationwide since 2006, with a particular focus on critical spot interventions and on strengthening the road maintenance system to improve resilience and protection of assets. The DRMRP has financed a new methodology, the Rural Access Index (RAI), and the spot-improvement approach. It provides technical assistance to improve infrastructure investment identification and prioritization, asset management, both for emergency recovery and reconstruction activities, and in the medium to long term. The proposed AF would continue to provide institutional and structural support in both the transport and DRM sectors, including institutional support to the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication (Ministère de Travaux Publics, Transport et Communications, MTPTC), the National Geospatial Information Center (Centre National de l’Information Géo-Spatiale, CNIGS), and the DPC, and the financing of infrastructure recovery and reconstruction in the affected areas.

D. Higher Level Objectives To Which The Project Contributes

13. The proposed AF contributes to the achievement of the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity by reducing disaster-related economic and livelihood losses, particularly for communities affected by Hurricane Matthew. It is consistent with the LCR Strategy, specifically on strengthening infrastructure services with a focus on sustainability and resilience.

14. The proposed AF is fully aligned with the World Bank Group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for FY16-19 discussed by the Executive Directors on September 29, 2015. It contributes to the strategic objectives of promoting inclusive growth (contribute to enhanced income opportunities) and resilience (strengthen natural disaster preparedness, improve disaster prevention, and strengthen climate resilience), and the cross-cutting objective of strengthening governance (improve capacity for sustainable basic service delivery).

E. Parent Project Background

9 About 3,400 km: 700 km of national roads, 1,500 km of departmental roads, and 1,200 km of tertiary roads. 10 Precipitation, storms, flooding, and cyclones are most destructive to transport infrastructure. 11 Following the passage of Tropical Storms Fay, Gustav, Hannah, and Hurricane Ike over a four-week period in 2008, several regions in the country were completely isolated and the economy in the departments almost completely paralyzed. The Artibonite region faced catastrophic circumstances with major flooding in Gonaives, and access from both the north and south compromised due to the collapse of four major bridges (Montrouis, Ennery, Chalon, and Mirebalais). Numerous smaller bridges and road sections were also either destroyed or damaged.

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15. Parent Project Grant (H746-0-HT). The IDA Grant for DRMRP in the amount of SDR 37.6 million (US$50.7 million equivalent) was approved on December 1, 2011, and became effective on April 3, 2012. The original closing date of the project was December 31, 2016.

16. Project restructuring. In July 2016, the Grant closing date was extended six months from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017. The request for extension was originally 20 months to allow for the completion of several transport infrastructure rehabilitation activities and the reconstruction of a few critical shelters; however, a six-month extension only was approved given the fragile political climate. The restructuring also included two minor cost reallocations from Categories 2 and 3 to Categories 5.1 and 5.2, respectively, to cover the increased operational costs resulting from the extension. Finally, the Results Framework, which was prepared under the parent Project in a post-disaster environment, was revised to add a Project Development Objective (PDO) level indicator and several intermediate results indicators to better capture project activities.

17. The PDO of the DRMRP is “to support the Recipient in improving disaster response capacity and enhancing the resiliency of critical transport infrastructure”. The achievement of the PDO is supported by five project components: (i) natural hard risk assessment and analysis; (ii) support to disaster preparedness and emergency response; (iii) rehabilitation of vulnerable and damaged critical transport infrastructure; (iv) emergency response and recovery; and (v) project management and implementation support. The proposed AF will support all components of the project, as described in the Financing Agreement.

F. Status of Implementation

18. The implementation of the DRMRP is proceeding reasonably well, with both implementation progress (IP) and achievement of PDOs rated “Moderately Satisfactory”. The Project is well-performing, it has been rated Moderately Satisfactory consistently over the last 12 months and is likely to achieve the PDO indicators. In particular, the Project is progressing in supporting line ministries develop an action plan for vulnerability reduction, strengthen the share of population living in a municipality with a certified Municipal Civil Protection Committee (Comité Communal de Protection Civile, CCPC), and reduce the number of cumulative road closure days per year.

19. The Project has also demonstrated substantial compliance with key loan covenants, including audit and financial management reporting requirements. More than 70 percent of Grant funds are committed, and, as of May 21, 2017, disbursements had reached US$33.56 million (56 percent of the Grant). Disbursements are expected to increase in the next six months given that several large procurement lots are currently under tender. Overall, the Project is on track to meet its development objectives within the extended project lifespan. The Project has complied with World Bank environmental, social, and fiduciary safeguard requirements. There are no outstanding audit reports and all audit reports are satisfactory to the World Bank.

20. Component 1: Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis. Almost 100 percent of the US$3 million allocated to this component has been committed and about 83 percent has been disbursed. Achievements to date include: (a) collection and processing of high-resolution orthophoto, light detection and ranging data, and digital terrain and elevation models for the entire country; (b) dissemination activities of the first national Understanding Risk Forum and

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Hackathon, as well as various ad hoc national and regional workshops on the availability and the potential use of the associated data; and (c) institutional analysis and the development of a capacity-building program aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of targeted sectoral ministries in mainstreaming disaster risk into development planning.12

21. Component 2: Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response. Seventy percent of the US$12.3 million allocated to this component has been committed and 50 percent has been disbursed. Achievements to date include (a) strengthening of all CCPCs, which is expected to be completed by June 2017; (b) completion of a national study for an emergency communication system and the establishment of pilot emergency radio communications hubs in four departments; (c) construction of the multifunctional DPC training center, which is expected to be completed by June 2017; (d) two national and regional simulation exercises for hurricanes and a national simulation exercise for managing emergencies during the carnival celebration; and (e) preparation of design and bidding documents for the construction of three pilot emergency shelters.

22. Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Infrastructure. Sixty-seven percent of the US$31.3 million allocated to this component has been committed and 51 percent has been disbursed. It has supported critical structural investments in the transport sector and other investments to protect local access to the national backbone road network in the aftermath of the earthquake. These include (a) rehabilitation of 100 km of National Road 2 (RN2) and the Departmental Road 205 (RD205) connected secondary road, and the construction of the Dolin and Riviere Chalon bridges situated on RN2 and in Maniche; (b) rehabilitation/protection of more than 20 road segments in the southern departments and in Port-au-Prince, contributing to enhance resiliency of the network and year-round local access; and (c) facilitating immediate post-Matthew connectivity restoration activities, including the promotion of Labor Intensive Work (LIW), for example, cleaning, dredging, clearing, and making and installing gabion baskets. It has also supported continued recovery and reconstruction activities, including emergency response after Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac (2012) and more recently, Matthew (2016).

23. Component 3 has also supported the elaboration of technical guidelines, including a Guideline for Hydraulic Studies, a Regional Transport Framework for the Centre and Artibonite Departments, and various strategic documents, such as the Rural Access Investment plans for three departments that have been completed based on the RAI survey.

24. Component 4: Emergency Response and Recovery. The component was triggered on October 7, 2016 to provide assistance in immediate recovery activities, including (a) reestablishing access to the southern departments and critical connection point interventions, and undertaking rapid assessments to identify critical weaknesses in the road network, particularly those weaknesses that were exacerbated by Matthew; (b) construction of temporary bridge on river Ladigue (in Petite Goâve) to replace the collapsed bridge, allowing safe, all-weather access to the

12 Ministry of Interior and Regional Authorities (Ministère de l’Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales, MICT), Ministry of Public Health and Population (Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population), MTPTC, Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (Ministère de l’Education Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle), Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural), Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation (Ministère de Planification et Coopération Externe), and Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances).

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three departments of the south (1.4 million people); (c) deployment of technical experts to join the MTPTC’s reconnaissance team; and (d) supporting initial connectivity restoration activities.

G. Rationale for Additional Financing, Project Restructuring and Additional Benefits

25. The GoH officially requested an AF for the DRMRP to respond to the devastating effects of Hurricane Matthew13. The proposed AF is the most suitable financing instrument to support the GoH in a timely manner and would be a more efficient response than the preparation of a new emergency project. It would benefit from scaling up an existing operation that is aligned with the emergency needs in the sector. The use of expedited procedures for processing the proposed AF would allow quick preparation and mobilization of resources necessary to help the MTPTC assess and rehabilitate the transport network. The consolidation of the proposed AF under the DRMRP would maximize potential synergies, particularly from fiduciary, safeguards, and technical support already provided under the parent project, promote efficiencies, and ensure better streamlined overall project management and reporting.

26. The proposed AF activities have been closely coordinated with other donors and the GoH, and would complement ongoing activities supported by the GoH and other donors, for example, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU). In particular, the project is expected to facilitate the close collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (which is also financing emergency road investments) so as to combine interventions to help restore access in the affected areas especially the south and the Grand’Anse departments. The Rapid Assessment and the PDNA, which have been prepared by the GoH in collaboration with the World Bank, EU, United Nations agencies, and IDB, have supported and informed the design of the proposed AF.

27. The proposed AF would complement other ongoing World Bank emergency response operations, such as the proposed three other CRW-funded AFs to: (a) Relaunching Agriculture: Strengthening Agriculture Public Services II Project – Additional Financing (P163081); (b) Sustainable Rural and Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Additional Financing (P163194); and (c) Additional Financing for the Improving Maternal and Child Health Through Integrated Social Services Project (P163313).

28. Climate co-benefits for the proposed operation are expected to be very high as all activities will contribute directly to build resilience to climate and disaster risks. All Project activities are directly geared toward responding to a disaster triggered by a climate-related event and are aimed at building resilience to climate and disaster risks, which will directly contribute to enhance the country’s capacities to adapt to climate change. In particular, the proposed activities will build back infrastructure damaged by a climate-related disaster to climate-resilient standards; this will enable the structures to withstand more frequent and intense climate events. Component 1 will contribute to increased knowledge and dissemination of information regarding climate risks, Component 2 will finance preparedness and climate and disaster risk awareness, and Component 3 will include the introduction of climate-resilient design and maintenance standards for roads and

13 November 7, 2016: Letter from Ministry of Economy and Finance to the World Bank

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bridges. As a result, the totality of the proposed AF resources will contribute to enhance the country’s capacities to adapt to climate change.

29. With persisting gender gaps existing even before Matthew, women are more vulnerable to the economic and social challenges caused by the hurricane and hence need to be proactively reached for access to opportunities. As in the parent Project, the proposed AF introduces specific actions and design parameters to ensure women’s access to the social and economic benefits of the project such as: ensuring that women are proactively encouraged to participate in Labor Intensive Works (LIW) for emergency and recovery (targeting a minimum of 30 percent of LIW to be carried out by women, for an equivalent of 90,000 woman/days) and continuing to collect gender-disaggregated data on project beneficiaries and grievances.

30. The Project will include measures to encourage citizen engagement, including (a) a proactive communication strategy that will explain project benefits to local governments, beneficiaries, and the public from relevant communities and municipalities; (b) monthly consultations to monitor project impacts and seek feedback from project beneficiaries; and (c) a robust information request and grievance redress mechanism for project activities as a whole. Monitoring and reporting aspects of the existing grievance redress system will be strengthened under the AF.

31. Considering the nature of the works proposed under this AF, small works and very limited intervention area, the labor influx is expected to be negligible (from none to less than 10 people). Nevertheless, the proposed AF would continue to make a concerted effort to address potential risks by consulting the Guidance Note on Managing Risks of Adverse Impacts on Communities from Temporary Project Induced Labor Influx, dated December 1, 2016. The proposed AF, through its safeguard instruments, institutional arrangements, and contractual obligations, would incorporate a comprehensive array of measures to mitigate negative impacts of labor influx on local communities and vulnerable groups.

H. Policy Waiver

32. In light of Haiti’s high level of debt distress and situation of urgent need following Hurricane Matthew, this project document seeks the approval of Executive Directors to provide IDA resources from the CRW (US$20 million equivalent) for this proposed additional financing in the form of all grants, rather than on Haiti’s current IDA terms. Haiti is a yellow light country, eligible for a mix of grants and credits in FY17 under its regular allocation and under any CRW allocation14. However, the post-disaster Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) for Haiti, circulated to Executive Directors on November 16, 2016, finds the country at high risk of debt distress following Hurricane Matthew. The provision of financing in the form of all grants for the proposed operation is appropriate, as the provision of credits would further heighten Haiti’s risk of debt distress at a time of urgent need. On the basis of the November 2016 DSA, in FY18, Haiti will become eligible again for 100 percent grant financing from IDA.

14 Under the CRW’s implementation framework for IDA17, the terms of assistance for CRW financing are identical to those under which regular IDA assistance is provided to a particular country.

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III.Proposed Changes

A. Proposed Changes Data Sheet

Summary of Proposed Changes

The proposed AF would scale up the Project’s development impact by expanding the scope and financing of activities under each of the five components, with a special focus on Component 3. As a result, the Project description and results indicators under the existing legal agreements for the DRMRP will be amended; seven new indicators will be added to capture the results from the proposed scaled-up activities in the areas affected by Hurricane Matthew as well as a new citizen engagement indicator.

Change in Implementing Agency Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Project's Development Objectives Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Results Framework Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Change in Safeguard Policies Triggered Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change of EA category Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Other Changes to Safeguards Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Legal Covenants Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Loan Closing Date(s) Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Cancellations Proposed Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Disbursement Arrangements Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Reallocation between Disbursement Categories Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Disbursement Estimates Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Change to Components and Cost Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Change in Institutional Arrangements Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Financial Management Yes [ ] No [ X ]

Change in Procurement Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Change in Implementation Schedule Yes [ X ] No [ ]

Other Change(s) Yes [ X] No [ ]

Development Objective/Results

Project’s Development Objectives

Original PDO

The Project Development Objective is to support the Recipient in improving disaster response capacity and enhancing the resiliency of critical transport infrastructure.

Change in Results Framework

Explanation:

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Additional indicators are proposed to be added under Components 1, 2, and 3 to capture the results of activities financed by the proposed AF in the departments specifically affected by Hurricane Matthew. All new and revised indicators and proposed changes are captured in Annex 1. An intermediary indicator on citizen engagement and beneficiary feedback has also been added.

Compliance

Covenants - Additional Financing of the Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Project - P163199)

Source of Funds

Finance Agreement Reference

Date Due Recurrent Frequency Action

IDWT Schedule 2, Section I, A.1. CONTINUO

US New

Description of Covenant

Institutional Arrangements - Ministère de l’Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales (MICT): The Recipient, through MICT, shall ensure that the DPC (or any successor to said DPC) is maintained at all times during the implementation of the Project, with the responsibility for overall institutional coordination of the Project implementation.

IDWT Schedule 2, Section I, A.2.a. CONTINUO

US New


Project Coordination, Implementation and Management: The Recipient shall maintain, at all times during the implementation of the Project: (i) the UCP-DPC within the MICT; and (ii) the UCE-MTPTC within the MTPTC, all with functions, responsibilities, staffing, terms of reference and resources satisfactory to the Association.

IDWT Schedule 2, Section I, A.2.b. CONTINUO

US New


Project Coordination, Implementation and Management: Recipient shall ensure that: (i) the UCP-DPC shall be responsible for day-to-day administration of overall planning, coordination, technical, fiduciary (i.e, procurement and financial management), environmental and social safeguards compliance, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and communication of the activities under Parts 1, 2 and 5.1 of the Project; (ii) UCE-MTPTC shall be responsible for day-to-day administration of overall planning, coordination, technical, fiduciary (i.e. procurement and financial management), environmental & social safeguards compliance, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, reporting & communication of the activities under Parts 3, 4 and 5.2 of the Project.

IDWT Schedule 2, Section I, E.1 CONTINUO

US New


Environmental and Social Safeguards: The Recipient shall ensure to carry out the Project in conformity with appropriate administrative, technical, financial, economic, environmental and social standards and practices. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), the RPF, and any EMP or RAP once adopted and published.

IDWT Schedule 2, Section I, E.2. New

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Environmental and Social Safeguards: The Recipient shall, in a manner satisfactory to the Association, take the following actions: (a) prior to commencement of any works under the Project:

(i) prepare, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, an EMP (based on the ESMF) and/or a RAP (based on the RPF) if required;

(ii) thereafter, except as otherwise agreed with the Association, submit the said EMP and/or said RAP (as the case may be), to the Association for review and approval;

(iii) subsequently, adopt and disclose, in a manner acceptable to the Association, said EMP and/or said RAP (as the case may be); and

(iv) immediately thereafter, implement said EMP and/or RAP (as the case may be), all in accordance with their terms and in a manner acceptable to the Association; and

(b) Except as the Association shall otherwise agree in writing, the Recipient shall not amend or waive, or permit to be amended or waived, any provision of any EMP or any RAP.

IDWT Schedule 2, Section II, C. 28-Feb-2018 New


The Recipient shall, not later than six months after the Effective Date, appoint the independent auditors referred to in Section 4.09 (b) of the General Conditions, in accordance with the provisions of Section III of this Schedule.

Conditions

Source of Fund Name Type

IDWT Section IV, 4.01 of Financing Agreement

Effectiveness

Description of Condition The Operational Manual (OM) has been issued and adopted by the recipient before effectiveness.

Source of Fund Name Type IDWT Section IV, B.1.b: Emergency

Response Activities under Part 4 of Project

Disbursement

Description of Condition No withdrawal shall be made for payments made unless the Recipient has furnished to the Association: (i) evidence satisfactory to the Association, that an Emergency has occurred, and a governmental action of the declaration of said Emergency; (ii) a list of Emergency Response Activities, including goods, works, consulting services, non-consulting services, Operating Costs and the Eligible Expenditures proposed to be financed under said Emergency Response Activities and included in a procurement plan acceptable to the Association; (iii) estimated cost of funding required to fully finance the Emergency Response Activities; and (iv) any assessment and/or plan the Association may require.

Risk

Risk Category Rating (H, S, M, L)

1. Political and Governance Substantial

2. Macroeconomic Substantial

3. Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial

4. Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate

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5. Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial

6. Fiduciary Substantial

7. Environment and Social Substantial

8. Stakeholders Substantial

OVERALL Substantial

Finance

Loan Closing Date - Additional Financing (Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Additional Financing - P163199)

Source of Funds Proposed Additional Financing Loan Closing Date

IDA Grant from CRW 30-Jun-2020

Loan Closing Date(s) - Parent (Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction - P126346)

Explanation:

It is proposed to extend the closing date by three years (from June 30, 2017 to June 30, 2020) to allow for the completion of activities under the Grant that were deferred to allow for emergency recovery and reconstruction activities (specifically Bridge Estimé Dumarsais) and the additional infrastructure activities added under Component 3.

Ln/Cr/TF Status Original Closing

Date

Current Closing

Date Proposed Closing Date

Previous Closing Date(s)

IDA-H7460 Effective 31-Dec-2016

30-Jun-2017

30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2017

TF-13014 Closed 30-Jun-2014

30-Dec-2015

30-Jun-2014, 30-Dec-2015, 21-Oct-2016

Change in Disbursement Estimates (including all sources of Financing)

Explanation:

The proposed disbursement estimates indicated in the table below refer to the disbursement projections of AF funds.

Expected Disbursements (in US$, millions) (including all Sources of Financing)

Fiscal Year 2018 2019 2020

Annual 8.00 10.00 2.00

Cumulative 8.00 18.00 20.00

Allocations - Additional Financing (Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Additional Financing - P163199)

Source of Fund

Currency Category of Expenditure Allocation

Disbursement % (Type Total)

Proposed Proposed

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IDWT US$ Goods, works, non-consulting services, consultants’ services, and training for Part 1 and 2

2.00 100.00

IDWT US$

Goods, works, non-consulting services, consulting services, Training, resettlement compensation and assistance under Part 3

17.00 100.00

IDWT US$

Goods, works, non-consulting services, consultants’ services, and Operating Costs for Emergency Response Activities under Part 4

0.50 100.00

IDWT US$

Goods, non-consulting services, consultants’ services, Training, and Operating Costs for: (a) Part 5.1 of the Project; and

(b) Part 5.2 of the Project

0.20

0.30

100.00

Total: 20.00

IDAT US$ 0.00 0.00

Total: 20.00

Components

Change to Components and Cost

Explanation:

Component 1: Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis (US$1 million). Component 1 would continue to support enhancing the Government’s capacity to analyze and manage natural hazard and risk data by the CNIGS and continuing strengthening the technical and institutional capacity of the seven targeted sectoral line ministries by providing technical assistance to incorporate risks assessment and reduction elements into development planning.

Component 2: Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response (US$1 million). The proposed AF would also involve few changes under Component 2. Subcomponent 2.1, ‘Institutional Development of the DPC and Expansion of its CCPC Network’, will add new activities financed by the AF, in particular supporting some risk awareness initiatives and a rapid assessment of the evacuation shelters in the affected areas affected by Hurricane Matthew. Subcomponent 2.2, ‘Communication Network and Decision Support System’, and Subcomponent 2.3, ‘Pilot Emergency Shelter Rehabilitation and Construction’ will remain unchanged.

Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure (US$17 million). Under this component, additional resources would be used to finance emergency recovery and reconstruction activities, and to finance those activities that were postponed under the parent project so as to free up resources to respond to the emergency. Additionally, the proposed AF would finance the provision of support to the Bridge Management and Crisis Unit based at the MTPTC and local Departmental

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Directorates of Public Works (Direction Départementale des Travaux Publics)/MTPTC technical units in the affected departments.

Component 4: Emergency Response and Recovery (US$0.5 million). This includes an additional financial allocation for activities covered by the current description of this component.

Component 5: Project Management and Implementation Support (US$0.5 million). This includes an additional financial allocation for activities covered by the current description of this component for the extended period.

The OM would be updated to reflect the above changes.

Current Component Name

Proposed Component Name

Current Cost (US$, millions)

Proposed Cost (US$, millions)

Action

Component 1: Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis


3.10 4.10 Revised

Component 2: Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response


12.58 13.58 Revised

Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure

Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure

32.60 49.60 Revised

Component 4: Emergency Response and Recovery

Component 4: Emergency Response and Recovery

0.99 1.49 Revised

Component 5: Project Management and Implementation Support

Component 5: Project Management and Implementation Support

3.73 4.23 Revised

Total: 53.00 73.00

Other Change(s)

Implementing Agency Name Type Action

Ministry of Interior and Regional Authorities Implementing Agency No change

Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication

Implementing Agency No change

Change in Procurement

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Explanation:

Procurement arrangements for the proposed AF activities will be the same as for the DRMRP; procurement will continue to be carried out by the Project Coordination Unit (Unité de Coordination de Projet, UCP) of the MICT and by the Central Execution Unit (Unité Centrale d’Exécution, UCE) of the MTPTC. Procurement will be executed in accordance with the ‘World Bank Procurement Regulations for Borrowers under Investment Policy Financing’ (July 2016) (‘Procurement Regulations’), as well as the provisions stipulated in the Procurement Plan and the OM.

Experience to date under the DRMRP shows and confirms the solid procurement capacity of the project implementation units (PIUs) as confirmed by the procurement capacity assessment carried out in March 2017. To maintain sound procurement processes, procurement transactions of the DRMRP and the AF for each fiscal year will be audited by independent auditors, acceptable to the World Bank, in accordance with appropriate procurement audit principles. The procurement audit report will be furnished to the World Bank, along with other information concerning procurement records, and documentation and reviews.

In accordance with new Procurement practices, a Project Procurement Strategy for Development (PPSD) has been prepared for the AF. It identifies the appropriate selection methods, market approach, and type of review by the World Bank. Most activities under the proposed project will be carried out through either national or international competition. A Procurement Plan, acceptable to the World Bank, has also been prepared. Procurement arrangements are described in the OM. For International Competition, in addition to World Bank Standard and Sample Bidding Documents, the UCP and UCE will use standard bidding documents (SBDs) agreed with the National Commission of Public Contracts (CNMP).

Similarly, experience to date under the DRMRP shows and confirms the solid financial management capacity of the PIUs as confirmed by the financial management capacity assessment carried out in March 2017. The reporting requirements under the AF, including the submission of the audit report, will remain the same as the DRMRP. An audit for the DRMRP would be conducted annually. Each audit of the Financial Statements for the project shall cover the period of one fiscal year of the recipient. The last audit shall cover a period, which can be of more or less than 12 months to include the grace period. The report for the audit for each such period would be submitted to the World Bank no later than six months after the end of such period. There are no overdue audit reports for the project. The audit report due by March 31, 2017 was received and is under review. As for the original financing, the DRMRP will also submit semiannual unaudited financial reports to the World Bank no later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal semester.

Change in Implementation Schedule

Explanation: The implementation schedule is proposed to be amended to ensure the timely completion of the remaining activities under the DRMRP, as well as activities proposed under the AF. The implementation schedule has been reviewed by the World Bank and is acceptable.

Other Changes

Explanation:

Amendment to Financing Agreement

The proposed AF and restructuring would involve an amendment to the Financing Agreements of the DRMRP (H-7460-HT) to section III ‘Procurement’, by referring to the new ‘World Bank Procurement

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Regulations for Borrowers under Investment Project Financing’, dated July 1, 2016, and an extension of the closing date.

IV.Appraisal Summary

Economic and Financial Analysis

Explanation:

There is no significant change to the economic and financial analysis carried out for the DRMRP, since the type of interventions and the geographical areas covered under the project, including the AF remain the same. Consequently, the analysis remains relevant and will not be undertaken again for the AF. The cost of lost access to the primary road network is substantial, and the financial impact of works that strengthen the most vulnerable points of the network would be far in excess of the costs. Based on the technical and financial analysis of the PDNA benefits will increase. Indeed, the PDNA indicates that the rehabilitation or reconstruction of critical transport infrastructure would yield significant economic benefits by reestablishing transport connectivity for the primary road; significantly reducing commuting time and lowering road repair costs by reconnecting the capital of Port-au-Prince to the main cities in the southern department; and protecting lives and assets through continued investment in understanding and quantifying risks, as well as strengthening risk awareness.

Technical Analysis

Explanation:

Based on the post-Matthew assessments, the proposed AF will finance the restoration of connectivity to the most affected communities in the coastal areas by rehabilitating or reconstructing roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane, especially the critical RN2 corridor to the southern region. In addition, the proposed AF would strengthen the preparedness (risk awareness, analysis, and reduction) and response (evacuation shelter strategy) capacity of the civil protection and other ministries, focusing on highly vulnerable affected communities. Initial cost estimates are based on experience in the relevant sectors and consider the additional requirements of climate resilient transport infrastructure.

Social Analysis

Explanation:

OP 4.12 (Involuntary Resettlement) continues to be relevant under the AF at hand due to road and infrastructure works. The planned works aim mainly at repairing or rebuilding existing transport infrastructure and therefore might cause limited resettlement. The original Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) was revised, consulted, and disclosed15. Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) will be prepared during the implementation stage, if needed.

The implementation of social safeguards under the parent project is Moderately Satisfactory. In terms of the scope of impacts, in total, 312 households have been affected either by land acquisition (30 households) or loss of economic income (282 households). This impact has been captured in four RAPs that have been

15 Date of disclosure: April 20, 2017 on the World Bank website and May 4, 2017 in-country disclosure on the MTPTC website

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prepared to date (Faustin 1er, Dumarsais Estimé, Dolin, and Chalon). The details of the implementation of these RAP and their status are included in the updated RPF.

Based on implementation to date, the first key lesson learned under this Project is that land acquisition, no matter how small, can be complicated in Haiti. Keeping this lesson in mind, land acquisition will be avoided or minimized under the AF. The second key lesson learned is that resettlement and compensation procedures demand close oversight both from the PIU and the World Bank to avoid complaints and resolve issues upfront. The third key lesson is that it is very important to have a social specialist as part of the PIU who will keep regular communication with the project-affected people as well as keep records on the social impacts. The PIU is adequately equipped with social safeguards staff (one full time and one part time), who have participated in numerous World Bank trainings over the duration of the Project. These staff will be retained under the AF. The Project team will hold monthly consultation meetings in affected communities to closely monitor social impacts, to facilitate beneficiary feedback, and respond with action to such feedback where relevant.

Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM). No official complaint has been brought to date against the Project. The delays in the land compensation (a potential area of complaint) are closely supervised by the PIU and the World Bank. The reporting and monitoring aspect of the existing GRM procedures will be strengthened under the proposed AF and actions to respond to complaints and feedback periodically reviewed.

Environmental Analysis

Explanation:

No additional safeguard policies would be triggered and the safeguards classification of Category B, like the parent Project, would remain. All works and activities proposed under the AF are similar in nature and location to the activities financed under the parent project, and as such, will be captured by the current Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and RPF. To ensure best practice (ESMF and RPFs have evolved since project design in 2011), the existing ESMF and RPF have been updated, consulted upon, and disclosed15. In addition, in compliance with new directives from the World Bank on safeguards, the updated ESMFs have a brief executive summary and checklist of environmental and social issues that need to be monitored and addressed by the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP). As planned works consist mainly of repairing or rebuilding existing transport infrastructure, no substantial resettlement is expected during project execution. The AF will finance the reconstruction of two bridges (on the River Ladigue and the river of Cotes de Fer) which may entail very limited resettlement. The rivers are entirely within the national territory of Haiti. The works will not pollute any rivers because they are very limited in size, targeted to actually protect bridge’s abutment. The precise siting of the bridges across the water courses, as well as the dimensions of these bridges are still being studied. In line with existing ESMF and RPF provisions, ESMPs, and, where appropriate, RAPs, will be developed for all activities under the AF, once the exact location of rehabilitation and repair activities is finalized and/or detailed design studies are completed. Consultations with stakeholders, including local communities living in the area of the works, will be carried out once the siting is known and their comments and concerns will be noted and addressed in the ESMPs. No work will be commenced before the finalization and approval of appropriate safeguard documents.

Risk

Explanation:

The nature and level of risks as identified in the parent Project remain valid and relevant in the AF. However, in light of improvements in the environment for implementation since the approval of the

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parent Project, the strong prior experience and successfully tested implementation mechanisms under the DRMRP as well as enhanced capacity of both PIUs in monitoring and managing the risks, the overall risk rating of the proposed AF has been downgraded from High to Substantial. No additional risks have been identified. The key risk categories are Political and Governance, Sector Strategies and Policies, Fiduciary, and Environment and Social. However, the Bank will continue to assess and monitor the risks during implementation. Similarly, the mitigation measures that were identified in the DRMRP also remain valid and have proven to be adequate so far during the implementation of the DRMRP, including providing technical assistance to relevant government institutions, training existing government staff as well as new staff in fiduciaries, environment and social sectors, and continuing a close supervision to the overall Project implementation by the World Bank team.

V.World Bank Grievance Redress

33. Communities and individuals who believe that they are adversely affected by a World Bank (WB) supported project may submit complaints to existing project-level grievance redress mechanisms or the WB’s Grievance Redress Service (GRS). The GRS ensures that complaints received are promptly reviewed in order to address project-related concerns. Project affected communities and individuals may submit their complaint to the WB’s independent Inspection Panel which determines whether harm occurred, or could occur, as a result of WB non-compliance with its policies and procedures. Complaints may be submitted at any time after concerns have been brought directly to the World Bank's attention, and Bank Management has been given an opportunity to respond. For information on how to submit complaints to the World Bank’s corporate Grievance Redress Service (GRS), please visit http://www.worldbank.org/GRS. For information on how to submit complaints to the World Bank Inspection Panel, please visit www.inspectionpanel.org.

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Annex 1: Revised Results Framework and Monitoring Indicators

HAITI: Additional Financing to the Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction Project

Results Framework

Revisions to the Results Framework Comments/Rationale

for Change

PDO

Original (PAD) Changes with First Restructuring -

Current Proposed Changes

To support the Recipient in improving disaster response capacity and enhancing the resiliency of critical transport infrastructure.

No change. No change.

PDO indicators

Original (PAD) Changes with First Restructuring -


PDO Indicator 1: Line ministries developing an action plan for vulnerability reduction


PDO Indicator 2: Share of population living in a municipality with a certified CCPC (Comité Communal de Protection Civile)

REVISED - PDO Indicator 2: Share of population living in a municipality with a CCPC (Comité Communal de Protection Civile- Municipal Civil Protection Staff) of category 2 or higher

No change.

PDO Indicator 3: Number of cumulative road closure days per year

Dropped. No change

CONTINUED - PDO Indicator 3: Number of beneficiaries from an improved and resilient investments on the road network

No change.

Female Beneficiaries. No change.

Intermediate Results indicators

Original (PAD) Changes with First Restructuring –



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for Change Intermediate result indicator one: Number of technical assistance days completed

Dropped.

CONTINUED - Intermediate result indicator one: Number of beneficiaries from a training in disaster risk management, disaggregated by sex

No change.

Intermediate result indicator two: Number of ministry officials benefitting from TAP program training

REVISED - Intermediate result indicator two: Number of ministry officials benefitting from a training program in risk management, disaggregated by sex

No change.

CONTINUED - Intermediate result indicator three: Percentage of the national territory covered by a high resolution Digital Elevation Model and high resolution aero-photography

No change.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator four: Number of risk maps that are produced, disseminated and available in an open-data online platform

Added to capture new capacity building activities financed under Component 1 of the proposed AF.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator five: A first pilot detailed hydrological risk modelling is developed using the Digital Elevation Model

Added to measure the potential application of the data produced under Component 1.


Intermediate result indicator one: Number of civil protection staff trained and certified

REVISED - Intermediate result indicator one: Number of CCPC Staff trained and level 2-certified (Office Management and Emergency Operation Center Management), disaggregated by sex

No change.

Intermediate result indicator two: Number of operational Municipal Civil Protection Committees

REVISED - Intermediate result indicator two: Number of level 2-certified CCPCs (with developed

No change.

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for Change competencies in office planning and emergency management)

CONTINUED - Intermediate result indicator three: A national radio communication system has been initiated and at least four pilot departments have been connected to the national level

No change.

CONTINUED - Intermediate result indicator four: A draft road map with a score card for a disaster risk management system is developed

No change.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator five: Pilot evacuation shelters have been rehabilitated or reconstructed with multi-hazard resilient measures

Added to capture the part of the response to Hurricane Matthew of the parent project by reorienting some of the parent project interventions.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator six: Pilot evacuation shelters tool to evaluate and prioritize shelters needs is developed and used in the affected area by Matthew

Added to capture new planning tool for shelters funded under Component 2 of the proposed AF.

Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure Intermediate result indicator one: Roads km rehabilitated (rural and non-rural)


Intermediate result indicator two: Number of new bridges built and repaired with satisfactory technical standards

REVISED - Intermediate result indicator two: Number of bridges built or rehabilitated with satisfactory technical standards

No change.

Intermediate result indicator three: Number of spot interventions to protect the local access executed with satisfactory technical standards


CONTINUED - Intermediate result indicator four: Number of departments with investment plan to improve all

No change.

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for Change weather rural accessibility based on the Rural Index Access methodology

NEW - Intermediate result indicator five: Number of bridges and road sections damaged by hurricane Matthew that have been repaired or consolidated with satisfactory technical standards

Added to capture additional works on bridges and road sections.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator six: Number of bridges damaged by hurricane Matthew that have been rebuilt with satisfactory technical standards

Added to capture additional bridges repaired or rebuilt.

NEW - Intermediate result indicator seven: Number of man/days of LIW generated by project activities.

Added to capture work generated by project activities.

Female beneficiaries

NEW: Intermediate result indicator eight: Actions are taken in a timely manner in response to feedback received during consultation sessions with beneficiaries/project affected people (Feedback, Responses and Action are monitored and reported on every 6 months).

Added to meet World Bank requirements on citizen engagement.

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REVISED PROJECT RESULTS FRAMEWORK

Project Development Objective (PDO): Support the Recipient in improving disaster response capacity and enhancing the resiliency of critical transport infrastructure.

PDO Level Results Indicators

Cor

e

D=Dropped C=Continue

N= New

R=Revised

Unit of

measure

Baseline

Cumulative Target Values

Frequency

Data Source/Met

hodology

Responsibility for Data

Collection

YR1 (2012)

YR2 (2013)

YR3 (2014)

YR4 (2015)

YR5 (2016)

YR6 (2017)

YR7 (2018)

YR8 (2019)

YR9 (2020)

Indicator One: Line ministries developing an action plan for vulnerability reduction

C

Number of line

ministries

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Biannual

Project Reports by UCP/DPC/

MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Indicator Two: Share of population living in a municipality with a CCPC (Comité Communal de Protection Civile - Municipal Civil Protection Staff) of category 2 or higher

C

Percentage of popula

tion

45 - - - 45 45 75 75 75 75 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Indicator Three: Number of beneficiaries from an improved and resilient investments on the road network Female Beneficiaries

R

Number of

people

Percentage

Female Beneficiaries

0

0

- -

—

-

—

50 000

50

60 000

50

70 000

50

70 000

50

70 000

50

70 000

50

Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

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INTERMEDIATE RESULTS Component 1 Level Result - Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis

Intermediate Result Indicator

Cor

e

D=Dropped

C=Continue N=

New R=Revis

ed

Unit of Measure

Baseline


Frequency

Data Source/Met

hodology


Collection

YR1 (2012)

YR2 (2013)

YR3 (2014)

YR4 (2015)

YR5 (2016)

YR6 (2017)

YR7 (2018)

YR8 (2019)

YR9 (2020)

Indicator One: Number of beneficiaries from a training in disaster risk management, disaggregated by sex

C Numbe

r of people

0 — — — 300 350 400 450 450 450 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Indicator Two: Number of ministry officials benefitting from a training program in risk management, disaggregated by sex

C

Number of

ministry

officials

0 — — — 0 25 25 25 25 25 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Indicator Three: Percentage of the national territory covered by a high resolution Digital Elevation Model and high resolution aero-photography

C

Percentage of nationa

l territor

y

0 — — — 85 100 100 100 100 100 Biannual

Project Reports by UCP/DPC/ MICT with inputs from

CNIGS

UCP/DPC/ MICT

Indicator Four: Numbers of risk maps that are produced, disseminated and available in an open-data online platform

N Numbe

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 35 Biannual

Project Reports by UCP/DPC/ MICT with inputs from

CNIGS

UCP/DPC/MICT

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Indicator Five: A first pilot detailed hydrological risk modelling is developed using the Digital Elevation Model

N Yes/N

o 0 — — — — — Yes Yes Yes Yes Biannual

Project Reports by UCP/DPC/MICT and

by UCE/MTPT

C

UCP/DPC/ MICT -

UCE/MTPTC

Component 2 Level Result - Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response


Cor

e

D=Dropped

C=Continue N=

New R=Revise

d

Unit of Measure

Baseline


Frequency

Data Source/Met

hodology


Collection

YR1 (2012)

YR2 (2013)

YR3 (2014)

YR4 (2015)

YR5 (2016)

YR6 (2017)

YR7 (2018)

YR8 (2019)

YR9 (2020)

Indicator One: Number of CCPC Staff trained and level 2-certified (Office Management and Emergency Operation Center Management), disaggregated by sex

C

Number of

CCPC staff

0 — — — 500 3500 3500 3500 3500 3500 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Indicator two: Number of level 2-certified CCPCs (with developed competencies in office planning and emergency management)

C Numbe

r of CCPCs

0 — — — 0 140 140 140 140 140 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/ MICT

Indicator three: A national radio communication system has been initiated and at least four pilot departments have been connected to the national level

C

Number of

departments

0 — — — 4 4 4 4 4 4 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

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Indicator four: A draft road map with a score card for a disaster risk management system is developed

C Yes/N



MICT

UCP/DPC/ MICT

Indicator five: Pilot evacuation shelters have been rehabilitated or reconstructed with multi-hazards resilient measures

N

Number of

evacuation

shelters

0 — — — — — 5 25 25 25 Biannual


MICT

UCP/DPC/ MICT

Indicator six: Pilot evacuation shelters tool to evaluate and prioritize shelters needs is developed and used in the affected area by Matthew

N Yes/N



MICT

UCP/DPC/MICT

Component 3 Level Result – Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure


Cor

e

D=Dropped

C=Continue N=

New R=Revis

ed

Unit of Measure

Baseline


Frequency

Data Source/Met

hodology


Collection

YR1

(2012)

YR2

(2013)

YR3

(2014)

YR4

(2015)

YR5 (2016)

YR6 (2017)

YR7

(2018)

YR8

(2019)

YR9

(2020)

Indicator one: Roads kilometers rehabilitated (rural and non-rural)

X

C Kilometers

0 — — — 80 100 100 100 100 100 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator two: Number of bridges built or rehabilitated with satisfactory technical standards

R Numbe

r of bridges

0 — — 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator three: Number of spot interventions to protect the local access executed with satisfactory technical standards

C

Number of

critical spots

0 — — — 10 20 25 30 35 40 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator four: Number of departments with investment plan to improve all weather rural accessibility based on the

C

Number of

Departments

0 — — — 0 3 5 5 5 5 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

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Rural Index Access methodology Indicator five: Number of bridges and road sections damaged by hurricane Matthew that have been repaired or consolidated with satisfactory technical standards

N

Number of

bridges and road

sections

0 — — — — 0 5 10 12 15 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator six: Number of bridges damaged by hurricane Matthew that have been rebuilt with satisfactory technical standards

N Numbe

r of bridges

— — — — — 0 1 1 2 3 Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator seven: Number of man/days of LIW generated by project activities Female Beneficiaries

N

Number of

man/days

Percentage

Female Beneficiaries

0

0

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

30

0

30

150 000

30

300 000

30

300 000

30

300 000

30

Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

Indicator eight: Actions are taken in a timely manner in response to feedback received during consultation sessions with beneficiaries/project affected people (Feedback, Responses and Action are monitored and reported on every 6 months).

N Yes/N

o 0 — — Y Y Y Y Y Biannual

Project Reports by

UCE/MTPTC

UCE/MTPTC

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Annex 2: Detailed Project Description


1. The proposed AF would primarily support Component 3 (Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure of DRMRP) through an additional allocation of US$17 million. Additional funds of US$1 million would be provided to each of Component 1 (Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis) and Component 2 (Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response). Components 4 and 5 would be allocated US$0.5 million each.

Component 1: Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Analysis (US$1 million)

2. The proposed AF would provide financing to support expanding the equipment and facilities needed to store data at the CNIGS, including a backup option for data produced as well as the historical data of the CNIGS. In particular, it would support minor construction works at the new CNIGS main complex and strengthen the information technology (IT) capacity and resilience of the CNIGS (that is, purchasing disaster and fire proof servers, reinforcing IT equipment and security, daily backup option on cloud system, reinforcing the internet capacity to quickly share data, and so on).

3. In addition, a series of training and capacity-building activities on data management would be financed to support CNIGS capacity in managing and sharing data with various stakeholders, such as sectoral line ministers, academia, the private sector, and various practitioners. Dissemination events would be financed to share data with the largest audience, including national and subnational events (such as in the Great North and in the Great South departments with subnational academia and local authorities).

4. Finally, in close collaboration with one or two line ministers, some practical applications of the data would be implemented, based on the planning needs of different sectoral ministries and the new available risk information, for example, sectoral risk assessments and/or the development of risk tools.

Component 2: Support to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response (US$1 million)

5. Subcomponent 2.1: Institutional Development of the DPC and Expansion of its CCPC Network (US$ 1.0 million). The proposed AF would provide additional support to the DPC to develop innovative methods and tools to raise awareness of disaster risks and launch pilot campaigns to reach a wider audience and start modifying people’s perception of risk. In particular, activities would update existing communication tools and develop more visual material and tailored messages. Communication activities would seek to initiate a process aimed at modifying people’s perception of risk and showcase how daily activities can influence vulnerability and exposure to disaster risk. Initiatives to be developed under this component could include, for example, artistic creations, mobilization of Haitian diaspora, use of social media, or mobilization of a network of young volunteers linked to CCPCs, in addition to traditional media and authorities, such as radio, television, and local authorities and CCPCs.

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6. The proposed AF would also support a rapid assessment of the evacuation shelters in the affected areas (predominantly the southern departments), identify critical areas lacking evacuation shelter facilities, and provide a strategic preparedness tool for decision makers. This activity would be coordinated with the ‘evacuation shelters sectorial committee’ under the National System for Disaster Risk Management (Système National de Gestion des Risques et des Désastres, SNGRD) and would rely on the local knowledge and site visits conducted by the local CCPC (which is the entity responsible for the evacuation shelter operation).

Component 3: Rehabilitation of Vulnerable and Damaged Critical Transport Infrastructure (US$17 million)

7. The proposed AF would scale up and refocus activities under Component 3 for emergency response. To leverage the improved understanding of risk, and to ensure sustainability of the institutional strengthening, capacity building, and rehabilitation efforts, the proposed AF would continue to finance (a) structural investments in the transport sector and other investments to protect local access to the national backbone road network; and (b) capacity-building activities related to the National Equipment Center (Centre National des Equipements) and the Road Maintenance Fund (Fonds d’Entretien Routier).

8. Subcomponent 3.1: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building. The proposed AF would continue to finance activities under Subcomponent 3.1, including (a) conducting a vulnerability assessment based on the data gathered under Component 1 of the parent project; and (b) the reinforcement of the capacity of both the Bridge Management Unit and Crisis Unit within the MTPTC (training, consultant services, equipment, and operating costs).

9. The proposed AF would continue to finance technical assistance to support the design of construction, rehabilitation and maintenance guidelines for transport infrastructure works, as well as training activities and materials. Additionally, the proposed AF would finance the provision of support to the Bridge Management Unit and technical units covering the emergency response mechanisms based at the MTPTC. To improve the emergency response capacity of the GoH, emergency bridges would be purchased. The World Bank financed the previous stock of emergency bridges under the recently closed HT Emergency Bridge Reconstruction and Vulnerability Reduction Project (Projet de Reconstruction d’Urgence des Ouvrages d’Art et de Réduction de la Vulnérabilité [P114292]) and the last few bridges from that stock were used after Hurricane Matthew to restore immediate access over the Ladigue river.

10. Subcomponent 3.2: Critical Spot Interventions and Reconstruction Investments in Transport Infrastructure. The proposed AF would also support design and supervision services and construction works for selected transport infrastructure that was damaged by Hurricane Matthew in the four departments of the southern region (Sud, Grand’Anse, Sud Est, and Nippes), and all along the RN2, as well as the corresponding supervision activities. The parent project will support associated technical studies or technical assistance to be launched in the meantime as needed. A list of priority reconstruction activities based on the damage assessments has been prepared by the MTPTC, and would be coordinated with the repairs and rehabilitations works to be financed by IDB as part of its response to Hurricane Matthew.

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11. In particular, this proposed subcomponent would finance the carrying out of the repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure, including bridges, to stabilize the RN2 and improving its resiliency. RN2, the single corridor connecting the greater south to the rest of the country, was severely damaged by Hurricane Matthew, including a collapsed bridge on the Ladigue river. Under the parent project, a temporary bridge was immediately installed in the wake of Matthew, the last unit of MTPTC’s emergency bridge stock. Works will be prioritized based on the principle of greatest loss avoidance.

12. The proposed AF may also finance the reconstruction of the bridges on the Cotes de Fer river, as well as riverbank and road protection works, and restore all weather access to the city of Cotes de Fer and surrounding area.

13. A technical post-Matthew evaluation of the 120m span suspended Bridge Estimé Dumarsais at the entrance of the city of Jeremy (critical for aid delivery and connecting more than 400,000 people) will be conducted to assess if the bridge has suffered additional damage from Matthew. The bridge was in poor condition before Matthew and was already slated to be rehabilitated under the parent project. The tender for works is ongoing and at the stage of evaluation of the bidders offer, should additional damages have occurred, the AF may finance adaption of the work program. An Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and a RAP have already been prepared for this activity.

14. All designs will integrate climate change adaptation and road safety best practices and will be executed to improve resiliency to climate events. In particular, detailed location and designed studies for the two main bridges (Estimé Dumarsais and Cotes de Fer) would be performed to assess possible alternative river crossing options which could lead to a change of the location and/or size of the bridges.

15. The reconstruction of these two bridges would require dedicated EMPs and RAPs when the exact location and design will be defined after the completion of the technical studies. The possible resettlements associated with this works, if any, would remain very limited (less than 10 families) and the design will be undertaken so as to avoid any resettlement if possible.

16. The spot rehabilitation/repairs are limited in size and impact and would be performed at the original bridge locations. As such, no resettlement is expected to result from this activity; however, all spots would be assessed to confirm, and a dedicated simplified RAP would be developed, if need be, following provisions of the ESMF.

17. These spot repairs works are expected to be executed by local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to favor employment of workers of the affected communities and contribute to maximize returns in the local economy. These local SMEs have been previously used extensively under the parent project with good technical quality of execution and better prices than international or major local contractors.

18. Subcomponent 3.3: Investments to Protect Local Access to the Main Road Network. This subcomponent has been adjusted and refocused post Hurricane Matthew. Proposed activities would focus on three road corridors in the Grand’Anse, south, and south-east departments to help reestablish community access to the main Haitian road network and would include the promotion

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of LIW benefiting members of the local and most affected communities, providing an equivalent of 300,000 man/days, including 30 percent women, at minimum. Investments will be chosen based on and post disaster damage assessments, vulnerability assessment, exposure to hazards, and system-based assessments in coordination with representatives of the Central Government (direction departementales), decentralized bodies representing local governments, in addition to the CCPCs. The identification will also consider the RAI investments plans elaborated by the direction departementales under the parent project.

Component 4: Emergency Response and Recovery (US$0.5 million)

19. There is no change to this component, except for a top up so as to address a possible emergency during project implementation, if such an event were to occur.

Component 5: Project Management and Implementation Support (US$0.5 million)

20. Additional resources would be used to finance the costs associated with strengthening and developing the institutional capacity for project management, coordination, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. There would be no change in scope to this component, but limited AF would be allocated to support the implementing units until project closure.

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Annex 3: PPSD - Executive Summary for Procurement Plan and PPSD


1. Procurement for the proposed project will be carried out by UCP and UCE. The project will be executed in accordance with the ‘World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for Borrowers under Investment Policy Financing’ (July 2016) (‘Procurement Regulations’), and the provisions stipulated in the Procurement Plan and the OM. A procurement capacity assessment was carried out in March 2017 and both UCP and UCE were found to have the necessary capacity. They will be responsible for all procurement and contracting-related queries and processing, including management and compliance with fiduciary requirements.

2. A PPSD was carried out and identified the appropriate selection methods, market approach, and type of review by the World Bank. Most activities under the proposed project will be carried out through National or International Competition. An acceptable Procurement Plan was also prepared. Procurement arrangements for the Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) are described in the OM. For International Competition, in addition to World Bank Standard and Sample Bidding Documents, UCP and UCE will use SBDs agreed with the CNMP.

3. The main conclusion of the PPSD is that the national environment is generally favorable for the procurement of the goods and services identified for the implementation of the project. Procurement of goods and services, procurement of intellectual services and works will be carried out, as necessary, in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations. It should be noted that the intellectual services provided by the project will be fairly large by carrying out the engineering studies of the different works planned for this project; they alone amount to about US$3.5 million, which will be a real challenge for the local firms. However, it should be recognized that local firms offer consulting services at prices significantly lower than those on the international market.

4. As for the work, there are few local companies with financial and human resources to carry them out within a reasonable timeframe. As a consequence, it was retained, to return, in fairly homogeneous small batches, the relevant markets for a better participation of local companies. For complex markets, such as the construction of bridges, there will certainly be recourse to foreign companies, especially those coming from the neighboring country, the Dominican Republic. Finally, the project envisages taking appropriate measures to minimize the risks associated with the procurement process.

Table 3.1. Major Contracts and Selection Methods from the PPSD

Contract Title, Description and

Category Bank Oversight

Procurement Approach

Selection Method Evaluation

Method

Repairing Bridges and Road

No National

Post-qualification Lowest Evaluated Cost Open

LIW- Comminatory Works

No National


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Contract Title, Description and

Category Bank Oversight

Procurement Approach

Selection Method Evaluation

Method

Replenishment of emergency bridges stock

Yes International


Bridge Cotes de Fer Yes International


RN2 la Digue No National

Post-qualification Lowest Evaluated Cost

Open

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Annex 4: Country Risk Profile to Natural Hazards and Climate Change


1. Haiti ranks as one of the countries with the highest exposure to multiple natural hazards. With 96 percent of its population living at risk16 the most intense natural hazards are seismic (for example, earthquakes, landslides) and hydrometeorological (for example, cyclones, flooding, droughts). Seismic hazards are associated with the interaction of the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates, which converts Haiti into a seismically active zone. Hydrometeorological hazards are related to the precipitation caused by northern polar fronts, tropical cyclones, and waves, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, and convective-orographic activity. El Niño/El Niño-Southern Oscillation episodes have tended to delay the arrival of the rainy season, create drought conditions, and increase the number and intensity of cyclones. Other secondary hazards impacting Haiti include landslides, torrential debris flows, soil liquefaction, and tsunamis.

2. High levels of poverty together with severe environmental degradation and the presence of settlements in low-lying areas and floodplains are key contributing factors toward the country’s vulnerability. According to the 2014 Poverty Assessment, almost 70 percent of the population is either poor or vulnerable to falling into poverty, and nearly 75 percent of households are economically impacted by at least one shock each year.17 This translates into precarious living conditions for the majority of the population, drastically decreasing their coping abilities and resilience to the impact of adverse natural events, further enhancing the vicious circle of poverty, environmental degradation, rapid urbanization, and vulnerability. Currently, more than 60 percent of Haiti’s population live in urban areas. The high population density (average up to 35,400/km2 in Haiti, and higher in Port-au-Prince) coupled with unregulated construction, weak social and economic public infrastructure, lack of land-use planning, and unstable governance, further aggravates the extensive social vulnerability.

3. Additionally, Haiti suffers from significant governance issues that further increase its vulnerability to natural hazards. Haiti’s long history of political instability has greatly weakened its institutions and governance mechanisms which contributes to, among other things, serious fiscal, regulatory, and planning issues. The lack of political stability has a significant impact on the continuity and effectiveness of the SNGRD, in particular its risk management components. Despite the fact that the 2001 National Plan for DRM established the SNGRD, the country still lacks the necessary legal framework and norms to effectively reduce risk and manage disasters at the national and local levels. The National Plan set up the basis for handling emergency and preparedness operations under the Technical Directorate of the Civil Protection. However, no line ministry is officially responsible for managing risks, such as identifying and reducing risks. Finally, this critical lack of norms, responsibility, and understanding of risks triggers inadequate resource allocations; the very limited resources are allocated only at the national level, leaving the

16Dilley et al, Global Hotspot Study, World Bank, 2005. 17 Investing in people to fight poverty in Haiti: Reflections for evidence-based policy making, World Bank 2014.

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regional and local level without any means to prepare for, or respond to, disasters or to reduce and manage risk.

4. The combined effects of exposure to natural hazards, high vulnerability, institutional fragility, and weaknesses and the lack of adequate resources invested in the sector have often resulted in catastrophic impacts of natural hazards in Haiti. Between 1971 and 2013, Haiti’s economy has been subjected to natural disasters almost every year with adverse effects on growth. The country has a higher number of disasters per square kilometer than the average smaller Caribbean country (see table 4.1).

5. Recent disasters in Haiti confirm an increasing level of vulnerability facing its hard-won development gains. On average, based on the analysis of historical data from 1976–2012, annual losses and damages associated with hydrometeorological events are estimated at an amount equivalent to 1.95 percent of the GDP. However, as assets are created and concentrated, losses associated with adverse natural events are increasing. This was demonstrated in August and September of 2008 with the passage of Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike (herein referred to as FGHI) during a three-week period, resulting in damage and losses equivalent to 15 percent of the country’s GDP. Two years later, the earthquake on January 12, 2010 killed 220,000 people, displaced 1.5 million people, and triggered damages and losses equivalent to 120 percent of GDP. More recently, Hurricane Matthew hit the southern peninsula causing damages and losses equivalent 32 percent of GDP.

Table 4.1. Frequency and Impact of Natural Disasters, 1971–2014 in selected countries

Frequency and Impact of Natural Disasters, 1971–2014

Country/Group

Number of

Natural Disaste

rs

Disasters/year

Disasters/Land Surface (thousand

square km)

Disasters/Population (millions)

Deaths/Population (millions)

Total Damage/G

DP

Haiti 137 3.1 5.0 13 23,427 1.78 Haiti (excluding 2010 earthquake)

136 3.1 4.9 13 1,855 0.22

Dominican Republic

60 1.4 1.2 6 311 0.05

Jamaica 34 0.8 3.1 13 102 — Nicaragua 66 1.5 0.5 11 2,363 0.33 Honduras 70 1.6 0.6 9 3,298 0.40 El Salvador 51 1.2 2.5 8 687 0.34 Guatemala 82 1.9 0.8 5 1,754 0.12 Costa Rica 58 1.3 1.1 12 72 0.04 Panama 46 1.0 0.6 12 80 0.01 Other Caribbean States

129 2.9 0.3 30 86 0.19

6. Climate change is expected to exacerbate the risk of hydrometeorological hazards by increasing the frequency and/or intensity of extreme events, further increasing Haiti’s vulnerability. Climate projections for the Caribbean estimate that temperatures could rise from

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1.2ºC to 2.3ºC by 2100, with a median increase of 2.0°C during the 21st century.18 In addition to claiming human lives, climate-related hazards may also take a heavy toll on all sectors of the Haitian economy and revert hard-won development gains.

18 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report, 2014.

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Annex 5: Ongoing Bank Response in the Transport and DRM Sectors


1. On October 7, 2016, the MTPTC triggered Component 4 (Emergency Response and Recovery) to provide assistance in immediate recovery activities. The World Bank granted no-objection to the proposed activities under the CERC, including (a) reestablishing access to the southern departments and critical connection point interventions and undertake rapid assessments to identify critical weaknesses in the road network; (b) constructing of temporary bridge on the Ladigue river, which collapsed completely during Hurricane Matthew, allowing a safe and all-weather access to the three departments of the south (1.4 million people); (c) deploying technical experts to join the MTPTC’s reconnaissance team; and (d) supporting initial connectivity restoration activities.

2. The Bank worked closely with the GoH to identify key emergency recovery activities by reallocating resources within the ongoing DRMRP project under Component 3. A US$3.2 million contract has been signed between the MTPTC and the United Nations Office for Project Services to restore the connectivity in the south and the Grand’Anse departments, including the promotion of LIW. This contract is anticipated to play a predominant role in supporting affected communities via LIW activities in the initial recovery phase for the country, requiring 360,000 man/days at minimum (at least 30 per cent of which will be women).

3. The World Bank has been supporting the GoH by providing just-in-time technical assistance and by reorienting activities toward the impacted areas. In particular, just after the passage of Matthew, an ad hoc ‘geospatial team’ was deployed to support the CNIGS in serving sectoral line ministries to assess and plan recovery interventions. The geospatial support to sectoral recovery and reconstruction interventions is continuing on an on-demand basis. In addition, under Component 2 of the parent Project, the evacuation shelters reconstruction activity has been reoriented toward the rehabilitation of up to 25 shelters damaged by Matthew in the three affected departments.

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Annex 6: Emergency Support and Response under Existing IDA Operations


1. Works are ongoing under the DRMRP to install a temporary bridge at Petit-Goâve, reconnecting the affected region to the remainder of the country. The Project will also rehabilitate damaged roads and bridges damaged for up to US$8 million, including through cash-for-work programs.

2. Under the Haiti - Education for All Project – Phase II (P124134; co-financed by IDA, Caribbean Development Bank, Global Partnership for Education, and the Haiti Reconstruction Fund), close to US$6 million are redirected to school rehabilitation and school feeding in affected areas and the provision of clean water and school kits where appropriate.

3. The ongoing Improving Maternal and Child Health through Social Services Project (P123706) is redirecting up to US$15 million to cholera response activities in areas at increased risk, to the reestablishment of the cold chain for vaccines, the rehabilitation of clinics, and the establishment of mobile health clinics.

4. The HT Sustainable Rural and Small Towns Water and Sanitation Project (P148970) is channeling US$2 million toward the rehabilitation of water systems in affected rural areas and small towns as well as to immediate emergency sanitation and chlorination interventions.

5. The Relaunching Agriculture: Strengthening Agriculture Public Services II Project (P126744) will provide support to farmers by rehabilitating irrigation systems and providing inputs to replant for the next agricultural season. Initially, a total amount of US$1 million is redirected to save the 2016 winter planting season starting by December 2016; further resources will follow to support the access of 2500 producers to seeds.

6. The Haiti Business Development and Investment Project (P123974) is providing US$0.5 million through its CERC for cash transfers to entrepreneurs registered in the project database to cover damages and losses in the coffee, cocoa, and honey value chains. The project will allocate an additional US$3.5 million to reinforce this support.

7. Under the Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure and Access Project (P127203), US$3.5 million will finance portable solar equipment for lighting and to charge phones, provide subsidies to farmers to lease solar household systems, purchase efficient cookstoves for school kitchens and food businesses in the south. Rehabilitation of the power distribution grids and mini-grids for about US$10 million is being considered. The project will also provide technical assistance to the Government on hurricane preparedness and energy infrastructure vulnerability.

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