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Proposed Development Objective(s)
The Program Development Objective of the parent operation is to support the consolidation of basic fiscal
management and social inclusion
Key Results
The expected results are:
• A reduction in use of exceptional spending procedures
• An increase in the number of published annual debt reports
• An increase in the actual presence rate of civil servants and agents of the State
• An increase in revenue from international trade
• An increase in the number of internal audit reports of the Roads Maintenance Fund
• An increase in the number of published financial audits of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals
• An increase in the number of social protection beneficiaries in the harmonized social protection data base
• An increase in the number of health facilities offering free health care for pregnant women, breastfeeding
women, children under five years and gender-based violence (GBV) victims
• An increase in the share of education inspectorates recruiting teachers for initial training
D. Project Description
The proposed Supplemental financing to CSIDP 1 will provide urgently needed support to the Government of CAR to
mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The WBG’s response to the economic implications of the COVID19 crisis emphasizes the role of Development Policy Financing (DPF) in mitigating the adverse development impacts of
macroeconomic shocks and adjustment and helping the poorest countries protect essential expenditures for the provision
of basic social services, at a time when these countries are facing large unanticipated financing needs. This operation will
ensure that the reforms supported under CSIDP 1 remain on track and are implemented without the risk of delays due to
competing capacity or budgetary priorities arising from crisis-related spending. The request for supplemental financing is
consistent with the World Bank DPF policy.
CSIDP 1 supports the consolidation of fiscal management and social inclusion. The operation was structured around two
pillars supporting measures aligned with the Government’s economic recovery, poverty reduction, and structural reform
priorities as set forth in the National Recovery and Peace Building Plan (RCPCA) for 2017-2023. Under Pillar 1—
Consolidating basic fiscal management—the CSIDP series seeks to reduce the use of exceptional spending procedures,
improve the transparency of PFM, increase fiscal revenue, improve the deployment of civil servants and strengthen
governance of SOEs and parastatals. Under Pillar 2—Supporting an inclusive economic recovery—the operation seeks to
support a pro-poor, post-transition reform agenda that would contribute to foster human capital formation and social
inclusion by improving social protection, health and education services. All of CSIDP 1’s nine prior actions were achieved
and have paved the way for the reforms to be pursued by the future second operation in the series |
