Togo - Technical Assistance Project

Document of aLL CO8P The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. P-2503-TO REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE: PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CREDIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF TOGO FOR A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT May 31, 1979 This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = CFA franc (CFAF) US$1.00 = CFAF 220 CFAF 1 million US$4,545 Fiscal Year January 1 - December 31 System of Weights and Measures: Metric Metric US Equivalents 1 meter 2 3.28 feet (ft) 1 square meter (I ) 10.76 square feet (sq ft) I cubic meter (m ) 35.30 cubic feet (cu ft) 1 kilometer 2 0.62 mile (mi) 1 square kilometer (km ) 0.39 square miles (sq mi) 1 hectare (ha) 2.47 acres 1 metric ton (t) 2,205 pounds (lb) Abbreviations and Acronynms AfDB African Development Bank BCEAO Banque Centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement CCCE Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique CEAO Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest CIDA Canadian International Development Agency ECOWAS Economic Community for West African States EDF European Development Fund EEC European Economic Community FAC Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau UMOA Union Monetaire Ouest Africaine UNDP United Nations Development Program  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY TOGO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT Project Summary Borrower: The Republic of Togo Amount: US$2.2 million Terms: Standard IDA Project The proposed project would finance two advisers in the Description: Ministry of Planning for a three-year period each (72 man- months at an estimated cost of US$9,400 per man-month including contingencies, travel, housing and other al- lowances): a senior economist who would advise the Minister on general economic and public finance questions and help prepare the Fourth Plan (1981-85) and a senior project adviser, who would advise the Minister on the composition of major new investments and ways of improving the economic and financial viability of existing large projects. In addition, the project would provide for short-term consultants (up to a total of 130 man-months at. an estimated cost of US$10,000 per man-month including t:ravel, housing and other allowances) to carry7 out specific project-related and macroeconomic studies; two junior Togolese economists attached to the senior advisers, support staff, office equipment and supplies. Benefits would accrue to Togo over the long-tenr as the advice provided under the project helps to promote sounder investment and public finance policies. This technical assistance wouild be particularly timely over the next three years, as the Governmlent has recently introduced an austerity program covering the allocation of domestic resources and a restructuring of external comnit:ments. TI'he project would remain risky, even assuming that highly qualified and adaptable personnel can be found, due to the very nature ol- an advisory project. The Government is keenly aware of the needs the project is desi:.gned to help meet. The strong appeal Tnade to the Association for help i.s an iidication of t:he Government's commitmenlt to i:he project at the highest level. This documcnt has a restricted disiribution and rnay be used by recipients only in the perfoArmance of their offcial duties Its iontents may not otherwise he disiclsi1 without Worli Bank auvw,il)rizadi(n.  - ii - Estimated Cost 1/: ------------ US$ millioni ------------ Local Foreign Total Long-term advisers (72 man-months) .223 .454 .677 Short-term consultants (130 man-months) .195 1.105 1.300 Juniior economists .070 - .070 Secretaries, Support services, Lffice equipment and supplies .1(7 .008 .115 Sub-Total .595 1.567 2.162 Price Conitingencies for Short-term Consultants and .,upport services .060 .178 .238 Total .655 1.745 2.400 1/ There are no taxes involved In this project. Financinr,Plan: U-- US$ million -- Local Foreign Total IDA .455 1.745 2.200 Government .200 - .200 Total .655 1.745 2.400 IDA would finance about 92 percent of total project costs. Estimated Disbursements: