Conformed Copy - C2357 - Basic and Primary Education Project - Japanese Grant Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY (Basic and Primary Education Project) between THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION as Administrator of Grant Funds provided by the GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN Dated March 8, 1991 JAPANESE GRANT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated March 8, 1991, between THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL (the Recipient) and the INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (the Association) acting as Administrator (the Administrator) of grant funds provided by the GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN (Japan). WHEREAS (A) pursuant to a letter agreement dated July 30, 1990 between Japan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Association (collectively, the Bank), Japan has requested the Bank, and the Bank has agreed, to administer grant funds to be made available by Japan for the financing of certain programs and projects supported by the Bank in accordance with the provisions of such letter agreement; WHEREAS (B) the Recipient has requested and Japan has agreed to make available to the Recipient a grant (the Grant) out of said grant funds to finance the cost of carrying out the technical assistance described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement (the Technical Assistance) on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; WHEREAS (C) the Recipient has requested the Bank to carry out the Technical Assistance; Page 2 WHEREAS (D) the Bank has agreed to carry out the Technical Assistance on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions; Term of Technical Assistance Section 1.01. The Technical Assistance shall consist of services to be undertaken by consultants (the Consultants) who shall, as far as practicable, have expertise in the areas described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement. Section 1.02. As used in this Agreement, the terms "yen" and "