Niger - Pilot Private Irrigation Promotion Project

C/ e v7a 7 - Ma Document of The World Bank FOR OMCL4AL USE ONLY Reporn No. P-6533-NIR MEMoRANDUM AND RECOMMNDATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON A PROPOSED CREDIT OF SDR 4.6 MILLION TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER FOR A PILOT PRIVATE IRRICATION PROMOTION PROJECT MARCH 30, 1995 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 EOUIVALENTS Currency Unit - CFA Franc (CFAF) USS I - CFAF 590 (as of November 30, 1994) SYSTEMS OF WETGHTS AND MEASUREM Metric and Anglo-Saxon Systems 1 =2.54cm GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 ABBREV[AT[ONS AND ACRONYMS ABN Auroritt du Bassin du Niger (iger Basin Authority) AFVP Associationfrangaise des volontuires du progrbs (French Voluntary Association for Progress) AGETIF Agence &Inigalaise des Trwavus d 'nt16r0tPublics (Senegal Public Works and Employmnent Project) AiNPIP Association Nlgdrienne pour la Promotion de lIrrigaHon Prfve (Niger Association for Private Irrigation Development) BDRN Banque de D&veloppement de la Republique du Niger (Niger Deve:opment Bank.' UIAO Banque Internationale pour I 'Afrique Occidentale (West African Internaional Bank) FAOICP Food and Agriculture Organization/Cooperative Program (Organisation des Nations Unies pour! 'alimentftion et I'agrlculture/programme coopEraftfJ GIE Groupementd dInteret Economique (Economic Interest Group) lAS International Accounting Standards INRAN lnstiurt National de Rech erches Agronomigues du Niger (National Agricultural Research Institute) ISA International Standards on Auditing NGO Non Governmental Organization (Organisadon non-govemementale ONG) NIGETIP Agence Nigdrienne des Travaux drntdr&tPublic (Niger Public Works and Employment) MOH Ministre de Il'Hydraulique et de l Envronnement (Ministr of Hydraulics and Enviromnent) OFEDES Office des Eaux du Sous-sol (Underground Water Authority) ONAHA Office National des Amenagements Hydro-agricoles (Public Irrgation Authority) PESAP Public Enterprise Sector Adjustment Program (Programmed a'justement sectorielle pour lks entreprises publiques) PIM Project Implementahion Manual (Manuel de mise en oeuvre du Projet) PPAR Project Performance Audit Report (Rapport dd'h-auation reirospective du projet - RERP) PPF Project Preparation Facility (MEcanisme definancement de la preparaHon des projees) PVC Poly Vynil Chlorure (Chorure polyvinyl) SONIBANK Socifti Nigerienne de Banque (Nigerien Bank Company) USAID United States Agency for International Development (Agence des Etats-Unis pour ke dveloppement international)  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY REPUBLIC OF NIGER PILOT PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROMOTION PROJECr Credit and Project Summary Borrower: Republic of Niger Beneficiaries: Small-scale private rrigators and commercial support services Amount: SDR 4.6 Million (US$6.8 million) Terms: Standard IDA terms, with 40 years maturity Financial Plan: Govermment US$0.7 million IDA US$6.8 million TOTAL US$7.5 million Economic Rate of Retum: Not Applicable Povertv Category: Program of Targeted Interventions Staff Appraisal Report: No. 10073-NIR Map: IBRD 23395R  MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE rNTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO TBE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON A PROPOSED CREDIT TO NIGER FOR A PILOT PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROMOTION PROJECT 1. I submit for your approval the following memorandum and recommendation on a propose.d development credit to Niger for SDR 4.6 million, the equivalent of US$6.8 million, on standard IDA terms, with a maturity of 40 years to help finance the first phase of a longer-tenn program aimed at promoting small-scale private irrigation development and, in general, at enhancing rural incomes as well as alleviating food insecurity among the rural population, through sustainable growth in food production. The country assn-tance strategy (see para. 14) was reviewed by the Board on May 31, 1994. 2. Country and Economic Background. Niger is a country of about 8 million inhabitants with a per capita GDP estimated at US$300 in 1993. Per capita income today is about 3.4 percent lower than it was in 1980, and Niger's fast growing population (3.3 percent) is one of the poorest of the world. Social indicators paint a grim picture of the country's poverty profile. At present, 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas where food security and nutritional status are linked to rainfall patterns. Also in the countryside, there is a mounting environmental threat because of deforestation and pressure on land. The social effects of Niger's economic problems are also visible in the urban areas, where population growth and a shrinking modem sector have caused rising unemployment and social instability. The formal sector, in 1994 accounted for 22.7 percent of GDP, and comprises a relatively inefficient public sector and a small modem private sector in rapid decline owing to a lack of competitiveness of the Nigerien economy, and often "fraudulent" imports. The informal sector accounted for 77.3 percent of GDP, of which half is rural, and is fast growing. Uranium exports amounted to 80 percent of merchandise exports until the end of the 1980s, and 71.5 percent during 1990-93, and 64.8 percent in 1994. In 1994, about 40 percent of GDP came from agriculture; industry and construction contributed 9 percent and the share of services stood at 42 percent, of which 10 percent for Govenmment. 3. Niger has just emerged from a protracted period of political turbulence due to the breakdown of the political coalition governing the country. Since January 12, 1995, the country has a new National Assembly, with a majority from the opposition, which foreshadows a "cohabitation" government with the President. The stance taken by the opposition parties for prioritizing economic reforms and pacifying the tense social atmosphere augurs well with the urgent need for a revival of the reform program. Past adjustment efforts by the government have been uneven, and implementation of the post-devaluation program agreed upon with the Bank and the IMF has faced problems. The country scored some good progress in trade liberalization, in reforms of agricultural and education policies, which contrast notably with a worrisome stabilization program (poor revenue mobilization, ballooning wage bill) and an equally troubling public enterprise and labor market reforms. 4. Sector Background. Agriculture value added came mainly from the crop subsector, 54.4 percent, livestock, 35 percart, fisheries and forestry, 10 percent. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the vagaries of the weather imparted some randomness to agricultural  - 2- performance, and the available evidence suggests that the prospects for further production increases from the present low-input-low-output type of rainfed agriculture are very limited. Farmers reacted to the cyclical droughts by shifting increasingly out of rainfed farming and into high-value off-season crops via a crop diversification strategy and a gradual adjustment to small- scale irrigation farming. This shift has been reinforced by changes in the Government's macroeconomic policies affecting the agricultural sector. As a result of the adjustment program (notably SAL I and USAID's Agricuiltural Sector Development Grant (ASDG)) agricultural markets have been liberalized. The cereals marketing parastatal, OPVN, is no longer involved in commodity stabilization operations, and was restructured into an emergency food security stock management agency. Similarly, subsidies on fertilizers and other agricultural inputs were substantially curtailed; prices were liberalized and quantitative and administrative restrictions on trade were removed. More recently, with the January 1994 devaluation of the CFA franc, the Government has been striving to further improve agriculture's incentive environment by adopting measures designed to: (a) pass-through the benefits of the devaluation to farmers and (b) accelerate the structural reforms necessary to support supply response. 5. Long-term Sectoral Development Goals: Priority objectives in the agricultural sector are to slow down or reverse present environmental trends, raise existing levels of lier capita production to help achieve food security, and provide a dependable source of economic growthL Like most countries in Africa, the key development objectives of Niger are: (i) better environmental management; (ii) food security, (iii) an appropriate incentive structure for fanners; and fiv) broadening supply response capacity, inter alia, improving the delivery of agricultural services (research and extension), access to credit, improved small-scale irrigation schemes and infastructural support. 6. The objective uf sustainable management of natural resources underpins the strategy for removing the agroecological constraints on agricultural growth. Improving land and soil productivity would be the guiding principles for sustainable growth in productivity. Village- based land, water and soil management would be the targets of this program. This strategy would seek to expand irrigated agriculture through small-scale irrigation from Miger's untapped groundwater resources potential and by integrating rehabilitation and conservation practices in catchment areas. The implementation of this strategy should involve wide use of labor-intensive work programs, in collaboration with the private sector and the donor community, in order to generate income for the food insecure and create crop and forage produ,tion, conservation and infiastructure works. Regarding the incentive framework, despite the market liberalization reforms already achieved, there is still scope to inprove the operations of the remaining parastatals (RINI OPVN, ONAHA), to provide better market and price information to farmers, to curb political interference in local cooperatives and to foster the emergence of mrual associations that would provide credit, production and marketing services to their members. 7. Irrigation Development. The Government's irrgation strategy, which for more than three decades focused on publicly-funded and operated large-scale irrigation schemes, has now been abandoned because it was costly and unsustainable. The new strategy, which is supported by IDA and an increasing number of donors, is based on sustained development of small-scale, privately-owned and operated irrigation systems as a more secure and dependable approach to greater intensification of agricultural production, employment generation and reduction of poverty. It would focus on simple, low-cost and low-risk techniques of intensification of production in order to ensure efficient and sustainable use of the water and land  3- resources. Sustainability has some important implications for resource management, in particular, water conservation, the maintenance of soil fertility and soil physical characteristics. 8. Prgject Objectves. The proposed project is designed as a pilot to test and evaluate adoption of improved low-cost technologies for small-scale private irrigation and to test procedures that will enable the public sector to commission the private sector to deliver a package of services to small scale irrigation farmers on a contractual basis. By promoting technologies which meet small-farmer requirements and capabilities, the Project will contribute to enhancing local capacity for achieving increased small-farmer productivity and incomes and improved rural well-being. To accomplish these objectives, the project would focus primarily on the poorest small irrigation farmers and selected private commercial irrigators. 9. Project Description. The Project would finance (a) the package of services to be provided directly by the private irrigation association (ANPIP), which has already been established, including: (i) carrying out promotional campaigns in support of the Government's private irrigation development strategy, (ii) ficilitating small farmers' access to the legal and administrative procedures for obtaining tenurial security, (iii) providing assistance, upon demand, in preparation of bankable irrigation projects and in establishing economic interest groups, and (iv) overall project implementation, including procurement and contract management, coordination of project activities and monitoring and evaluation; and (b) the package of traiuing and technical assistance services which ANPIP will contract out to consulting firms, including: (i) testing and evaluating small-scale mechanized and manual irrigation technologies; (ii) promoting grassroots savings and credit schemes; and (iii) project-related evaluation studies and the periodic audits. In addition, the project would finance the goods and part of the operating costs for the monitoring of the replenishable shallow aquifers and erosion control works, which would be conducted by the Ministry of Hydraulics and the Environment. The total cost of the project is estimated at US$7.5 million, with a foreign exchange component of US$4.3 million, or 58 percent of total project cost. A breakdown of costs and the financing plan are shown in Schedule A. The amounts and methods of procurement and of disbursements, and the disbursement schedule, are shown in Schedule B. A timetable of key project processing events and the status of Bank Group operations in Niger are given in Schedules C and D, respectively. A map is attached. 10. International Water Rights. The riparian states of the Niger River have signed the 1980 Faranah Convention creating the Niger Basin Authority (ABN). Under this Convention, the member states are obliged to inform the Executive Secretariat of ABN of all projects and works they might intend to carry out in the Basin. As condition for Board presentation, the Government has provided evidence of the formal notification of the Basin Authority. Since the activities to be financed under this Project would be limited to training, technical assistance and on-station demonstration of tested improved technologies, the project would not have any adverse effect on water quality and consumption capacity or the biological characteristics of the fauna and flora. 11. Project Implementation. The project will be implemented under the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The Ministry's prnmary function will be to ensure enforcement of the Framework Agreement (Convention) which defines the terms and conditions under which the Association Ni-grienne pour la Promotion de l'Irgation Privi (ANPIP) will implement the Project. ANPIP has already been created. It is an independent institution, with the legal status of a non-governmental organization. Its Board is drawn from the private sector,  consisting of individual farmers and representatives of irrigation cooperatives in both the rural and urban areas. ANPIP will follow its own Manual of Procedures and will not be encumbered by complex, bureaucratic procedures, and will strive to ensure transparency and efficiency in the implementation of the project without any political interference. The Agency wil be responsible for the day-to-day execution of the project, except the Envirownental Protection component, which would be implemented by the Ministry of Hydraulics and the Environment (MOM). As a condition of Board presentation, the director of ANPIP, with qualifications and terms of reference acceptable to IDA, has been recruited. In order to ensure expeditious implementation of the Project, ANPIP would have full authority, without being submitted to any ex ante clearance, for carrying out the whole process of project execution. ANPIP would, however, be submitted to close ex post supervision by the Government and will be required to furnish detailed activity reports. 12. Proiect Sustainability. The Project is a pilot operation designed to promote improved irrigation technologies for small farmers and to test strategies based on better use of private sector initiatives in the irrigation subsector. Implementation of this strategy will depend increasingly on private management structures, voluntary farmer groups, NGOs and other private economic agents, and decreasingly on formal structures. Given the pilot nature of this operation, sustainability could not be determined a priori. This issue will be carefully examined during the mid-term review and in the final evaluation of the project. Cost-recovery concerns will receive attention in the technology and operational aspects of the pilot phase, so that these could be fully applied in a possible follow-up operation. 13. Lessons Learned. A major lesson learned from the Irigation Rehabilitation Project (OED Report No.12980) is that state intervention in cooperative affairs often leads to vague group objectives, uncertainty of members' obligations, poorly defined responsibilities, and absence of sanctions and accountability. A more appropriate strategy is to empower farmers and other economic agents to form independent economic interest groups or associations in order to ensure their viability and sustainability. This approach has been incorporated in the design of this operation. The experience from the above project also illustrates how political interference and cumbersome administrative procedures hamper the effectiveness of public irrigation agencies in project implementation. The proposed project will instead be managed by a private irrigation management agency that will be insulated from government interference. Project design also benefited from the lessons learned from the AGETIP project in Senegal, with special reference to the role of a private agency. The Senegal AGETIP demonstrates that such agencies can deliver a package of services to clients following procedures that ensure transparency, efficiency and accountability. 14. Rationale for IDA Involvement. An important component of the Govemnment's post-devaluation strategy to stimulate supply response is to provide infrastructual support and adequate delivery of public services to agriculture. This strategy, which recognizes the central role of agriculture ;n supply response, was reflected in the last Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) discussion on May 31, 1994. The adopted CAS underlined the pivotal role of agriculture and natural resources management in fostering a decentlized and self-sustaining process of technological development; the CAS also calls for a greater role for the privete sector in the development of agricultural enterprises, given past unsatisfictory public sector management Similarly, agriculture is the centerpiece of the country's poverty alleviation progrm, as it accounts for the lion's share of the private sector. This program places special emphasis on  -5- employment creation, improvements in rural incomes and enhanced food security. Accordingly, the lending program supported by the CAS reflects the stated priority for agriculture by undertaking the proposed project in FY95 followed by a sector-wide adjustment operation in FY99. With the proposed irrigation project, MDA will contribute to the countly assistance by building capacity for sustainable private sector investments in small-scale irrigation production and complementary conunercial activities, as well as encourage the development of grassroots- level initiatives in rural finance, by promoting savings and credit schemes, and through a package of training and managerial services for farmers. Also through the project, voluntary groupings (Groupements d'Interet Economique) would be established to serve as the front line of contact for extension, as active members of the grassroots savings and loan associations to be created under this project, and, ultimately, to provide collective guarantees for credit to its members. Suc, ssful implementation of the project will depend on parallel actions to improve support for research and extension. It would also depend on mutually reinforcing actions to improve input supplies, credit, marketing arrangements and farmers' and non-governmental organzations - all of which would be supported through the project. 15. Agreed Actions. The success of the project depends on the willingness of the Government to entrust to the Association of Private irigators (ANPIP) the full responsibility for executing the project without political or bureaucratic interference, and to provide promptly as needed, the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for this purpose. It also depends on the enforcement of the Framework Agreement (the Convention) which outlines the terms and conditions of the contractual relationship between the Govenunent and the private association as well as the operational guidelines to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency in project implementation. ANPIP has been created as a non-pTofit association, with a private legal statute, prior to negotiations; and agreements on the basic principles of executing the project under delegated contract management were reached during negotiations. The Government has agreed to provide in its budget amounts sufficient to cover its counterpart contributions to the costs of the project, and to open and maintain until the completion of the project an account (the Project Account) in a commercial bank into which it will deposit its annual counterpart contributions. The IDA Credit would only become effective once the following actions have been completed: (a) the Borrower shall have enacted and promulgated legislation establishing a legal regime for Groupements dTintirf Economique. enabling the organization of farners into economic itrest groups; (b) the Convention in form and substance acceptable to the Association shall have been signed by the Borrower and ANPIP; (c) the Borrower and ANPIP shall each have established a financial management and accounting system for the Project, acceptable to the Association; (d) the Borrower and ANPIP shall each have subnitted to the Association their annual work program and budget for the first twelve months after the Effectiveness Date and acceptable to the Association; (e) the Borrower and ANPIP shall have signed a multi-year contract with an auditor for the auditing of the Project and ANPIP's accounts, acceptable to the Association; (f) the Borrower shall have opened the Project Account and deposited the Initial Deposit therein; and (g) the Borrower and ANPIP shall have submitted to the Association a procurement plan, acceptable to the Association, covering the procurement required for the implementation of the Project. 16. Poverty Category. The great majority of Niger's poor and, hence potentially food inseuare, are concentrated in the mrual areas. The actions financed under this project would strgthen the capacity of smallholder farmers to expand irrigated production of food crops. This will enhance the food security of the rural poor through increases in their food supply. The  - 6- support to rural microenterprises and the actions designed to facilitate small-farmer access to financial services and to obtain tenurial security would also improve the distribution of income and aHleviate rural poverty. 17. Envirorunental Impact. The environmental category "B" has been assigned to the project. The environmental assessrmer+ has been undertaken by FAO/CP as part of the normal work of project preparation. Its major finding is that the project will not have any serious negative effect on the environment. As a capacity-building operation, it is designed to create the necessary capacity that will make future on-farm investments ir. the irrigation subsector profitable, sustainable and enviroiimentally sound. The project will finance activities which will contribute to better management of environmental resources, including: (a) monitoring shallow aquifer levels and soil and water quality in the project area to determine ways of safeguarding against overexploitation of these aquifers in future investment operations, and (b) soil and water erosion control works in the river valley zone of the project area. By introducing modern techniques for proper husbandry of the soil and water rrjources, the project would ensure sustainability of the irrigated hirntg ay-stems in the smalUholder sector. 18. Progm Obiective Categories. Overall, the innovations introdu,-ed under this project would provide private economic agents in Niger's smallholder sector with the technical and management know-how that is now critically lacking to significantly increase the productivity of their resources and independent capabilities. A majority of the bereficiaries of this project are among the rural poor and food insecure. By strengthening their capacity to increase production of food crops, the Project will help enhance food security. The strategy focus on smallholder intensification of production, using low-cost low-risk techniques, will permit efficient and sustainable use of the water and land resources. This would have a positive impact on conserving the environment. 19. Participatory Approach. This project is anchored in the principles of stockholder- participation, especially with respect to its implementation. Project preparation was undertaken by a local multidisciplinary working group, which prepared comprehensive technical working papers for the design of project components. A group of Nigeriens, consisting mainly of small- scale irrigation farmers, a few local government notables and central goverunent representatives visited the Fadama irrigation operations in Northern Nigeria in order to draw lessons tha. could be used in designing this new operation. The project will be implemented by an association of private irrigators (ANPIP), which has already been created as a non-profit association, with a private legal statute. The Association consists of representatives of smallholder irrigation cooperatives, individual private commercial farmers (mainly traders, retired civil servants and village notables) as well as NGOs. This innovative implementation arrangement, whereby the state agrees to entrust management of public resources to a private association of beneficiaries, without any limitation on the latter's autonomy and independence, is a veritable example of fbnners-empowerment and stakeholders-participation. The stakeholders are inspired by the successes of the AGETIP in Senegal and similar urban-oriented and infriastructure based project execution agencies, and are determined to replicate these results in the mral setting. 20. Benefits. The project is an investment in creating capacity for a self-sustaining process of technological development, with a pay-off spreading over many years. The technology promotion program would benefit at least 4,000 smallholder firnilies through incresed productivity and income. This direct benefit would result from their adoption of motorized and/or  -7- non-motorized pumps which have been designed to meet small fanners' requirements and capabilities, by making tubewells less expensive, more versatile and easier to install. The project would also have an added benefit of training artisans to manufacture and repair adapted small- scale irrigation equipment. Another major direct benefit of the project would be its contributions to the development of rural financial intermediation. Over the four-year implementation period, the project would establish about 60 savings and credit associations at the grassroots level which would provide improved access to financial services to their membership of some 2,500 family units, or 15,000 persons. The indirect benefits from the cultivation of a savings culture along mutualist lines, would contribute to significantly improved smallholder-access to financial services, as the supported actions would ease the risk and high transaction cost that have, until now, prevented commercial banks from lending to potential rural clients. Other intangible social benefits include the establishment of a service-oriented private sector agency for irrigation development, improvement in the social status of women and development of associations/groups of producer enterprises oriented tcwards solving conmmon problems faced in their income- generating activities. 21. Risks. A major risk is that, over time, the Government may subject ANPIP to bureaucratic controls and pressures of political patronage which could undermine the agency's autonomy and effectiveness. The Govemment's willingness to use a non-governmental agency to deliver publicly-funded services for promoting its private-led irrigation development strategy can be expected to ensure the independence and professionalism of this agency. Regular joint Goverunent-IDA review of the performance of the agency will also serve to minimize the risk of undue Government interference. The risk of political patronage will be alleviated by other safeguards built into the project, including: (a) clearly spelled o-ut and enforceable performance criteria for ANPIP; and (b) IDA's prior review and approval of ANPIP's annual work program; and (c) the organization of beneficiaries into solidarity groups which can deny entry to those outside the target group who may attempt to improperly access project resources. As is true for most new and inexperienced institutions, a managerial risk may exist with respect to ANPIP, including the potential for misuse of public fimds. This risk will be minized through personnel training, adequate internal regulation and monitoring systems, and strict enforcement of the Agency's operational guidelines (ANPIP's Manual of Procedures). Another risk is the possibility of the Government being unable to provide counterpart contributions for financing of incremental operating expenditures, especially in light of past underfunding of operations and maintenance in the sector. This risk will be minimized by reliance on private sector institutions for project implementation, and by requiring the Government to make up-front and, subsequently, annual deposits into an account for payment of its counterpart contributions. Finally, Government interference through restrictive legislation or unnecessary controls is likely to stifle grassroots initiatives in financial intermediation. Such a risk would be minimized by requiring the Government to provide an appropriate legal framework for grassroots savings and loan associations, as well as a clear regulatory framework for the GIEs, which would ensure accountability and transparency.  -8- 22. Re eion. I am satisfied that the proposed Credit would comply with the Articles of Agreement of IDA and recommend that the Executive Directors approve the proposed Credit. Lewis T. Preston President by Sven Sandstrom Washington, D.C. March 30, 1995 Attachments  -9- SCHDULSA REPUBLIC OF N0GER PILOT PRIVATE IRRGATION AND PROMOTON- PROJECT Estimated Costs a/ - (USS mililion) _---- Estimated Costs LOCAL FOREIGN TOTAL % OF BASE 1. Private Project Mgmt Association 1.08 0.91 1.99 31 (ANPIP) 2. Small-scale Mechanized krigation 0.38 1.44 1.82 28 3. ImprovedManual Irrigation 0.33 0.39 0.77 12 4. Envrmena Protection 0.10 0.22 0.32 5 S. Savins & Credit Schmes 0.47 0.41 0.88 14 6. PPFRefinancing 0.18 0.52 0.70 11 7. Total Base Costs 2.59 3.90 6.49 100 Physical Contingencies 0.15 0.30 0.45 7 Price Contingencies 0.41 0.13 0.54 8 Total Project Costs 3.15 4.33 7.48 115 nI Total may not add up due to munding. Financing Plan by Source -- (US$ million) Local Foreign Total Government 0.7 0.0 0.7 DA 2.5 4.3 6.8 TOTAL 32 4.3 7.5  - 10- SCHULE B Page 1 of 2 REPUBLIC OF NIGER PILOT PRIVA'E IRRIGATION AND PROMOTION PROJECT Summary of Proposed Procurement Arrangements (US$ Million Equivalent) PROJECT ELEMENT Int. Local OTHER NIF TOTAL Sh.- 1. GOODS 1.I ANPIP 0.4 0.4 (0.4) (0.4) 2. CONSULTANTS' SERVICES, TRAINING, STUDIES & AUDITS 2.1 ANPIP/a 0.9 0.9 (0.9) (0.9) 2.2 Mechanized Irrigation 2.2 2.2 Component (2.2) (2.2) 2.3 Manual Irrigation Component 0.9 0.9 (0.9) (0.9) 2.4 Savings & Credit Component 1.1 1.1 ______(b1L~ _ 11 (1.1) 3. OPERATING COSTS 3.1 ANPIP 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0 (0.4) (0.2) (0.6) 3.2 Government Agencies / 0.3 0.3 4. PPF REFINANCING 0.7 0.7 _ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~(0.7) 07 TOTAL 0.4 0.4 6.4 0.7 7.5 (ofwhich is IDA) (0.4) (0.4) (6.4) (6.8)  - 11 - SCHEDULE B Page 2 of 2 Disbursement Categories Amount of the % of Expenditures Categories Credit Allocated (US$ m) Financed by IDA 1. VEHICLES, EQUIPNENT AND MATERIALS 0.4 100% 2. CONSULTANT SERVICES, TRAI41NG, STUDIES 4.5 100% AND AUDITS 3. INCREM. OPERAT. COSTS/a 0.5 60% 4. PPF REFINANCING 0.7 5. Unallocated 0.7 Total 6.8 La Incremental operating costs are defined as tmvel allowances, materials, supplies as well as the operations and mainteace of vehicles, equipment and offices. Estimted IDA Disbursements/a IDA Fiscal Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Annual 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.3 Cumulative 1.5 2.9 4.8 5.9 6.5 6.8 Ja The preions deviate from the sbdanrd pofile for agriulurl pojes m Nigwr (Le they ae based n the Pofle for Sectora A4justet L1aas) becm (i) as a pilot capaeitidi project, a large pat of the disbursement especialy for the Goods catey, would take plaem im the earl p1mw ofthe Project; and (ii) becaus the Agenc, due to its private stawus, is eqxsecd to prepare nd proces disbursenerdt requess expeditiously wthou beng subject to contl bureauctic roedures.  - 12- SCHEDULE C REPUBLIC OF NIGER PILOT PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROMOTION PROJECT Timetable of Key Processinf Events (a) Time taken to prepare: EPS: 06/17/91; 31/2 years (b) Prepared by': Government with assistance from FAO/CP and private consultants (c) First IDA mission: February 1991 (d) Appraisal mission departure: October 1993 (e) Negotiations: November 1994 (1) Planned Date of Effectiveness: August 1995 (g) List of Relevant PCRs and PARs: Namarigoungou Irrigation Project, PAR 6275 Dosso Agricult. Develop. Project, PCR 7333 Second Maradi Rural Develop. Project, PCR 8920 Livestock Project, PCR 10176 Forestry Project, PCR 4569 Irrigation Rehabilitation Project, PCR (being finalized by OED) 1 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal misson which visited Niger in June/July 1991. and a follow-up in  - 13 - SCHEDULE D Page 1 of 3 N IGER Status Of Bank Group Operations In NIGER PFOBR2S - Sumnary Statement Of Loans and IDA Credits (LOA data as of 2/28/95 - MIS data as of 03/18/95) By Country Country: NIGER Amount in US# million (less canceLlations) Loan or Fiscal Undis- Closing Credit No. Year Borrower Purpose Bank IDA bursed Date Credits 32 Credits(s) closed 376.69 C16680-NE 1986 NIGER HEALTH 27.50 2.68 06/30/95(R) C17400-NE 1987 NIGER PRIM EDUC DEV 18.40 3.06 12/31/95(R) C18380-NE 1988 NIGER P.E.INST.DEVELOPMENT 5.50 .45 06/30/95(R) C18800-NE 1988 NIGER ENERGY 31.50 22.86 12/31/95(R) C18900-NE 1988 NIGER SMALL RURAL OPERATIO 9.30 2.39 06/30/96 C21220-NE 1990 NIGER AGRIC. RESEARCH 19.90 17.40 12/31/95 C22090-NE 1991 NIGER PUBLIC WKS & EMP 20.00 1.59 06/30/96(R) C23550-NE 1992 NIGER AG. SERVICES 18.00 12.52 06/30/98 C23600-NE 1992 NIGER POPULATIaN 17.60 14.24 06/30/97 C25810-NE(S) 1994 NIGER ECONOHIC RECOVERY 25.0a .10 06/30/95 * C26180-ME 1994 NIGER EDUCATION III - SECA 41.40 43.74 12/31/00 * C22091-ME 1995 NIGER PUBLIC WKS & EMP 10.00 10.30 06/30/96 TOTAL number Credits = 12 244.10 131.34 TOTAL*** 620.78 of which repaid 17.08 TOTAL held by Bank & IDA 603.70 Amount soLd of which repaid TOTAL undisbursed 131.34 Notes: * Not yet effective ** Not yet signed '* Total Approved, Repayments, ard Outstanding balance represent both active and inactive Loans ard Credits. CR) indicates formally revised Ctosing Date. CS) indicates SAL/SECAL Loans and Credits. The Net Approved and Bank Repayments are historicaL value, all others are market value. The Signing, Effective, and Ctosing dates are based upon the Loan Department officaL data and are not taken from the Task Budget file.  - 14- SCHEDUVLE D Page 2 of 3 Status Of Bank Group Operations In NIGER PFDBR25B - List of Closed SALs and Secals By Country Country: MISER Amount in USS million Cless canceltations) Loan or Fiscal Undis- Closing Credit No. Year Borrower Purpose Bank IDA bursed Date _ADiZO-NE 196 NG C 4.0 .00 -2--1/1987 CA0120-NE 1986 NIGER SAC 4o.ao .00 12/31/1987 C16600-OE 1986 NIGER SAC 20.00 .00 12/31/1987 CA0310-NE 1987 NIGER P.E.SECTOR ADJUSTMEN 19.03 .00 09130/1990CR) C18330-ME 1987 NIGER P.E.SECTOR ADJUSTMEN 53.35 .00 0913011990CR) Total NIGER 132.38 .00  - 1S - SCHEDULE D Page 3 of 3 NI GER STAtEMENT OF IFC INVESTMENTS As of February 28. 1995 (In lMilLivw 0S Dltlars) - OriginaL Gross ComuilEmcric - HeLd HeLd Urdisb Fiscal Years IFC IFC by by incl. Conai'ted Obligor Type of Business Loan EquitY Partic Totals IFC Parxic Partic 1982 A/ Les Noutins du sahat, S.A Food znd agribUtiness 2.03 .24 . 2.27 TotaL gross cogmiumtc bI 2.03 .24 - .27 Less cancellatlons, i*rufnations, rapaem & saLes 2.03 .24 - 2.27 ToraL eownimuerns now heLd c/ - - - o00o TotaL coaitmnts held and pending comltmants TotaL undisbursed cmuintenets - 0.00 a] Investments ihich have been futly cancelled, terminated. urirten-off, soLd. redmed, or repaid. b/ Gross coamitments consist of approved and sioned projects. c/ meld caunisments consisz of disbursed and undisbursud invesumns.  S AIGERL^ ~~~~~denomninaffons and any leiS,0 7 > < t4nGtR ( of~~*her irformation shown nJ /~~~~~CA imply, oil Ie part Of A L G E R I A/ [ = fJ 3t ~ ~~~~~statuis 9af any territory. wn NlO{A }@ J~ 1