WORLD Bank Projects Descriptions

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The objective of the New Hospital Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projectis to support the Lesotho PPP for the national referral hospital byexpanding the number and types of key services available to patients andacting as a top-up payment to allow additional volume for criticalservices. The extension is necessary to enable the Recipient full utilizationof the GPOBA Grant to complete the implementation of service provisionof key clinical services at the main hospital as well as at the three filterclinics, such as doctors' consultations, dental services, dispensing of medicine, ANC, ART, Family Planning, Maternity, etc., which were beset

by delays due to: i) delay in signing of the finance agreement, ii) thedelay in starting construction of the three filter clinics as a result of thedelayed signing of the finance agreement, iii) delay in construction of the

main PPP hospital due to inclement weather, and iv) the delay in theassessment by the Independent Monitor (IM) of the performance-basedtargets linked to payment. The respective request for extension wasreceived on October 24th, 2011 from Tsepong (Pty), Ltd. (the recipient),the private healthcare company and the PPP partner of the Government of

Lesotho (GOL) on the project and the recipient of the Grant. Theborrower's attached action plan outlines the plan for the completion of activities during the extension period and the schedule for disbursementclaim for the extension period.

The objective of the Integrated Transport Project for Lesotho is to

enhance prospects for economic growth in the recipient's territory through

provision of an efficient and integrated transport system that is safe and

affordable to improve access to services and market opportunities for allacross the recipient's territory. The project has three components which

are as follows: component one - policy and institutional reform in the

transport sector; component two - infrastructure investments; and

component three - project management and monitoring and evaluation.

The Office of the Ministry of Finance, through their letter dated August 10,

2011 has requested the World Bank to extend the closing date of the

Project. In response to the government's request, it is to extend the

closing date of the Grant Agreement (GA) by one year, from December

31, 2011 to December 31, 2012 The Project Development Objective

(PDO) will remain the same as before.

The objective of the Private Sector Competitiveness and Economic

Diversification Project for Lesotho is to facilitate increased private sector



investment by improving the business environment and diversifying sources of

growth. The restructuring refocuses the project activities on areas that have

greater potential to contribute to the Project Development Objective. The

project key changes include: (i) a reallocation of available International

Development Association (IDA) credit; (ii) a modification of intermediate resultindicators to reflect the refocusing of project activities; (iii) the creation of new

expenditure categories, i.e. goods, and a reallocation of IDA Credit and Grant

to such new expenditure categories; and (iv) a one-year extension of the

closing date to June 30, 2013.

The objective of the Second Phase of Water Sector ImprovementProject is to support the Kingdom of Lesotho in: (i) developing and

sustaining an environmentally sound, socially responsible, andfinancially viable framework for the Metolong Dam and Water

Supply Program (MDWSP); (ii) increasing the quantity of safe,bulk water supplied to Teyateyaneng; and (iii) strengtheninginstitutions and related instruments in the water sector. There arethree components to the project. The first component of theproject is environmental and social management of the MDWSP.This component will finance activities aimed at addressingenvironmental, social and cultural heritage protection in

accordance with the MDWSP environmental and socialmanagement program. These activities fall under three broad sub-components - environmental, social, and governancecommunications. The second component of the project is

engineering and transmission line to Teyateyaneng. Thiscomponent will support the water supply works program through:(i) the construction of an estimated 28km of transmission mainsto supply the town of Teyateyaneng with water from the Metolongreservoir; and (ii) financing the position of engineering managerwithin the MDWSP implementing agency. The third component of the project is institutional support. This component will build onphase one of the Water Sector Improvement Project (WSIP),continuing to support the Commissioner of Water (COW) in policyanalysis and capacity building assisting in the implementation of

measures outlined in the 1999 water policy, the water and

sanitation policy of 2007, and the water Act of 2008, while alsoproviding support to the Lesotho Electricity Authority tostrengthen capacity to assume responsibility for the regulation of urban water supply services.



The HIV/AIDS Technical Assistance Project for Lesotho aims at building capacity of government agencies and civil society organizations at both the national and local level toaddress the identified key gaps in implementing the National HIV and AIDS strategic planin an effort to contain and reverse the epidemic. The second level restructuring aims to: (i)realign the project with the new National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2011-2016 byfocusing attention on key prevention and mitigation measures: (ii) ensure a more strategic

focus by consolidating and prioritizing capacity strengthening support; and (iii) sharpen theresults focus through a revised results framework with clearer linkages between theactivities to be financed and the expected outcomes. The Project Development Objective(PDO) of building capacity of government agencies and civil society organizations remainsrelevant and will not be modified. The need for restructuring and the broad strategic

directions were discussed during the April-May 2011 supervision mission. Subsequently,the Bank team provided technical support to the government to reach consensus amongkey stakeholders on a core group of priority technical assistance activities. During the

annual meetings the Bank team met with the delegation and firmed up commitment to therestructuring which was finalized during the October 2011 mission.

The objective of the Basic Education Project for Lesotho is to provideimproved facilities at existing primary schools, support and contribute toexpand access to pre-primary education, and support improvements in

quality of teaching. There are three components to the project. The firstcomponent of the project is to improve the quality of primary school

infrastructure. This component will provide additional fully furnishedprimary gender and disability friendly classrooms at existing schools,along with toilet blocks. Construction will develop within a new approachwhich makes greater use of smaller contractors, de-concentrated

procurement and subcontracting of technical supervision of civil works.This approach is expected to speed up the pace of construction andreduce costs. The second component of the project is to support and

contribution to the expansion of pre-primary education. This componentwill support the Government's aim to maintain and expand access toreception classes especially for the poorest children, through procurementof care givers, procurement of learning materials, and procurement of

catering services to existing and additional reception classes. Thisexpansion will support the continued inclusion of an estimated 5.2 percentof the age five population in reception classes over the duration of theproject. The third component of the project is contribution toimprovements in quality of teaching. This component will support theGovernment plans to improve learning outcomes in primary schoolsthrough: (i) conducting analytical work to understand the conditions of education service delivery, teaching, and learning, through schoolresources survey, classroom-based observation, skills profiles and training



needs, and assessment of student outcomes measurement; (ii) assistingin increasing the qualification level of the teacher force in 'difficult' schoolby attracting and/or retaining more qualified teachers in targeted schoolsand/or upgrading the qualifications of teachers working there; (iii)providing additional in-service teacher training aimed at improvingliteracy and numeracy teaching; and (iv) providing textbooks in coresubjects and grades where there are deficits and learning materials forthe implementation of the new curricula.

This project paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors toprovide an additional financing in an amount of Special Drawing Rights

(SDR)10.2 million to the Kingdom of Lesotho for the Integrated TransportProject. The additional financing (AF) will help finance: (i) the costoverrun in an amount of US$10 million for the completion of the

construction of two bridges and associated road works over Senqu andSenqunyane rivers; and (ii) a scale up activity for the periodicmaintenance of 64 km of Nyenye to Makhoroana and Teyateyaneng toMapoteng Junction road in an amount of US$5 million. The AF isconsistent with the Project Development Objectives (PDOs) of theIntegrated Transport Project (ITP), which was designed to support aportion of the Government of Lesotho's (GoL) Transport Sector Program(TSP) for the period 2004-2010. In addition, the AF will help alleviate thenegative impact of the global financial crisis by creating more

employment opportunities, reducing the transport costs of local people,and improving access to basic social and economic services.

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