Conformed Copy - C2974 - Second National Agricultural Services Development Project - Development Credit Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY CREDIT NUMBER 2974 BUR Development Credit Agreement (Second National Agricultural Services Development Project) between BURKINA FASO and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION Dated December 15, 1997 CREDIT NUMBER 2974 BUR DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated December 15, 1997, between BURKINA FASO (the Borrower) and the INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (the Association). WHEREAS (A) the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, has requested the Association to assist in the financing of the Project; (B) the Association has received a letter dated April 21, 1997 from the Borrower describing a program of actions, objectives and policies designed to improve the delivery of agricultural services to farmers (the Program) and declaring the Borrower's commitment to the execution of the Program; and WHEREAS the Association has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing, to extend the Credit to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Page 2 Agreements" of the Association, dated January 1, 1985, with the modifications set forth below (the General Conditions), constitute an integral part of this Agreement: (a) The last sentence of Section 3.02 is deleted. (b) The second sentence of Section 5.01 is modified to read: "Except as the Association and the Borrower shall otherwise agree, no withdrawals shall be made: (a) on account of expenditures in the territories of any country which is not a member of the Bank or for goods produced in, or services supplied from, such territories; or (b) for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Association, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations." (c) Section 6.03 is modified to read: "Section 6.03. Cancellation by the Association. If (a) the right of the Borrower to make withdrawals from the Credit Account shall have been suspended with respect to any amount of the Credit for a continuous period of thirty days, or (b) at any time, the Association determines, after consultation with the Borrower, that an amount of the Credit will not be required to finance the Project