SL-Fourth Economic Rehabilitation and Recovery Grant

Objectif officiel

1. Medium-term Objectives, ERRC III and Prior Actions for ERRG IV 58. This grant is brought to the Board of Executive Directors for approval upon the strength of the Government?s commitment to its program of reform and poverty reduction. This commitment is demonstrated not only through the completion of all ERRC III conditions but also by the completion of a number of prior actions that build upon the Government achievements under ERRC III. These are documented below, arranged by PRSP/CAS pillars. Additional action, building on these achievements is discussed in the next sub-section (V.B.2.). Objective 1: Good governance. 59. Government Budgeting and Accountability Act. Several damaging amendments were made in 1996 to the Public Budgeting and Accounting Act of 1992. These amendments had the effect of reducing the oversight roles of both the Office of the Auditor-General and the Parliament. The amendments also distorted the relationship between the Accountant-General?s Department (AGD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The 2002 limited scope CFAA made the correction of these amendments a priority and work began under ERRC III. The new Government Budgeting and Accountability law corrects the 1996 amendments and more. It is the keystone of reform in public resource management. It clarifies roles and responsibilities, sets out rules for the use of public funds, sets requirements for accounting and auditing and the management of Government stores. Enactment of the new law by Parliament is a prior action for ERRG IV that was completed on February 4, 2005. 60. Supporting decentralization. Government believes that a contributing factor to the ten-year civil war was the antagonism between a large section of the rural population, who were marginalized from the political process and deprived of social services and economic development opportunities, and those who had access and control in Freetown. Household survey data for 2003/04 are clear that the problem persists with large inequalities between urban Freetown and the rest of the country. 61. In this light, it is Government?s intention to restore local governance and decentralize the provision of services. Government took the first steps in 2004 with the passage of the Local Government Act that created new local councils and mandated regular elections at the local level. The first local elections in more than 30 years were successfully completed in May 2004. The next step is to establish local council budgets for 2005 and begin the delivery of decentralized services. 62. The Budget Speech for the 2005 budget, read before Parliament in December 2004, did not include details of the transfer formulas to be used for the allocation of transfers to the newly created local governments, nor the specific transfers to each local government. This is because a formal decision had not been taken to authorize the use of proposed formulas. This, in turn, is because the Local Government Finance Committee had not yet be

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Calendrier

Approbation

16 juin 2005

Clôture

30 juin 2006

Durée prévue

12 mois

Financement

Engagement actuel

15 000 000 dollars

Dont Association internationale de développement (IDA)

15 000 000 dollars

Instrument

Financement à l’appui des politiques de développement

Montants en dollars des États-Unis, tels que publiés par la Banque mondiale. L’engagement actuel inclut les financements additionnels et les annulations. Ce sont des montants engagés, pas décaissés.

Place de l’énergie

25 % du projet relève des secteurs de l’énergie, selon la ventilation déclarée par le bailleur. L’énergie en est une composante.

• Administration centrale 50 %
• Biomasse 25 %
• Collectivités territoriales 13 %
• Autres activités d’industrie, de commerce et de services 12 %

Documents officiels

• Project Performance Assessment Report 1er juin 2010, en anglais
• Revue du rapport d’achèvement 14 septembre 2006, en anglais
• Rapport d’achèvement et de résultats 6 juin 2006, en anglais
• Accord 28 juin 2005, en anglais
• Announcement 16 juin 2005, en anglais
• Document de programme 3 mai 2005, en anglais
• Program Information Document 26 octobre 2004, en anglais