Tajikistan - Supplemental Credit for the Emergency Drought Assistance Project

Report No. PID9729 Project Name Tajikistan-Emergency Drought... Assistance Project (Supplemental) Region ECA Sector Agriculture Project ID TJPE72760 TJPE49718 (Parent-Farm Priv. Support) Borrower Republic of Tajikistan Implementing Agency Farm Privatization Project Management Unit Mr. Tokhir Ostenaev, Project Director. No: 46, Rudaki Street, Dushanbe. Tel: (7-3772)21- 13-67 Fax: (7-3772)21- 13-67 E-mail: < r_center@tajnet.com > Environment Category B Date This PID Prepared November 30, 2000 Projected Appraisal Date December 11, 2000 Projected Board Date February 22, 2001 1. The proposed Supplemental Credit is the second step in the process of responding to the drought emergency; it is to reimburse the FPSP for funds re-allocated to the emergency response. The funds to be restored to the FPSP are a subset of those originally designated for the repair or replacement of critical irrigation and drainage facilities to create and sustain privatized agriculture, activities with a strong economic justification. Without these funds, the economic viability of the FPSP will be significantly impaired and it is unlikely that it will achieve its objectives. Tajikistan is itself resource-short at the present time, and cannot supply the missing resources, nor would it be able to obtain additional funds from other lenders on reasonable terms or in reasonable time. The additional time required to process a further freestanding Bank loan would be a significant setback to the FPSP, because procurement processes must be launched soon for the irrigation and drainage activities the supplemental credit would finance if the FPSP is to meet its timetable. Moreover, the irrigation and drainage works are linked through project design to all other project activities. The supplemental credit would therefore provide vital support to meeting project objectives. The Government of Tajikistan is committed to the FPSP, and the performance of the implementing agencies in carrying it out is satisfactory. 2. Financing: IDA-Supplemental Credit US$3.0 million equivalent (SDR 2.3 million) Government US$0.5 million Contact Point The InfoShop  The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone No. (202)458 5454 Fax No. (202) 522 1500 T. V. Sampath, ECSSD The World Bank 1818 H Street N.W. Washington, DC 20433 Telephone No.: (202) 473-7715; Fax No.:(202) 522-1164 E-Mail: Tsampath@worldbank.org Note: This is information on an evolving project. Certain activities and/or components may not be included in the final project. Processed by the InfoShop week ending December 1, 2000. - 2 -