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PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT(CREDIT 1414-MAU)

OCTOBER 7, 1991

Agriculture Operations DivisionSahelian DepartmlentAfrica Regional Office

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

Monetary Unit: Ouguiya (UM)Per US$ 1.00

Appraisal Date (Nov 1982) s 47 UMAverage over Project Duration 1985-1989 s 77 UMClosing Year (1990) s 81 UM

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Metric System

ABBREVIATIONS

CCCE Caisse Centrale de Coop4ration Economique (French Aid Agency)

CP Cellule de Planification du MDR (Planning Unit at MDR)

FAC Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (France), French Development Fund

MDR Ministere du Developpement Rural (Ministry of Rural Development)

PCR Programme de Consolidation et de Relance(1989-91 Structural Adjustment Program)

PREF Programme de redressement Economique et financier(1985-88 Structural Adjustment Program)

SONADER Societe Nationale Developpement Rural (National Agency for RuralDevelopment)

GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR

January 1 to December 31

THE WORLD SANK FOR OMCaL USE ONLYWashington, D.C. 20433

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October 7, 1991

MEMORANDUM TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: Project Completion Report on MauritaniaSecond Rural Sector Technical Assistance Prolect (Cr. 1414-MAU)

Attached, for information, is a copy of a report entitled "ProjectCompletion Report on Mauritania - Second Rural Sector Technical AssistanceProject (Credit 1414-MAU)" prepared by the Africa Regional Office with PartII of the report contributed by the Borrower. No audit of this project hasbeen made by the Operations Evaluation Department at this time.

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PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

(CREDIT 1414-MAU)

Table of Contents

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Preface .................................................... i

Evaluation Summary ......................................... iii

PART I PROJECT REVIEW FROM BANK'S PERSPECTIVE 1

Project Identity ........................................ 1

Background .............................................. 1

Project Objectives and Description ...................... 2

Project Objectives .................................... 2

Components ............. 2

Project Design and Organization ......................... 3

Project Implementation .................................. 3

Project Results ......................................... 4

SONADER ............................................... 4

MDR ................................................... 5

Project Sustainability .................................. 6

Bank Performance ........................................ 6

Borrower Performance .................................... 7

Project Relationship .................................... 7

Consulting Services ..................................... 7

Project Documentation and Data .......................... 7

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Table of Contents (Cont'd) Pane No.

PART II PROJECT REVIEW FROM BORROWER'S PERSPECTIVE 9

PART I'I STATISTIC.... INFORMATION 13

1. Related Bank Loans and/or Credits .13

2. Project Timetable .16

3. Credit Disbursemwents ... * 17

4. Project Implementation .18

5. Project Costs and Financing .. 18

A. Pro'act Costs .18B. Project Financing .19

6. Project Results - Studies .20

7. Status of Covenants ..................... .. 21

8. Use of Bank Resources .25

A. Staff Inputs .25B. Missions .26

ANNEX 1 - Counterpart Funding ................................. 27

Map IBRD No. 23095

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PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT(CREDIT 1414-MAU)

PREFACE

This is the Project Completion Report (PCR) for the Second Rural SectorTechnical Assistance Project in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, for whichCredit 1414-MAU in the amount of SDR 7.4 million (US$ 8.1 million equivalent)was approved on October 4, 1983. The Credit was closed on June 30, 1990, twoyears behind schedule. It was fully disbursed, and the last disbursement (torecover the special account) was on December 4, 1990.

The PCR was jointly prepared by the Agriculture Operations Division ofthe Sahelian Department of the Africa Region, and the Borrower (Part II).FAC (cofinanciers) have been invited to provide comments on the PCR.

Preparation of this PCR was started during a completion mission of theproject in October 1990, and is based, inter alia, on the preparation report;the President's Report; the Development Credit and Project Agreements;supervision reports; correspondence between the Bank and the Borrower; andinternal Bank memoranda.

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PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT(CREDIT 1414-MAU)

EVALUATION SUMMARY

Obiectives

1. This project was a follow-up to the (first) SONADER TechnicalAssistance Project, which was a three-year project designed to build SONADER- the National Ag,ncy for Rural Development - into a strong agency capable ofpreparing and implementing agricultural projects along the Senegal RiverValley. This second pr'ject was designed to provide continued technicalassistance and training to SONADER but also technical assistance and trainingto strengthen the planning and policy-making capability of the Planning Unitin the Ministry of Rural Development.

2. The project aimed to (a) palliate the shortage of technical staff, (b)provide the professional training essential to SONADER's institutionalconsolidation, (c) strengthen SONADER as a rural development executingagency, and (d) assist with the development of the Planning Unit of MDR toprepare coherent development policies and strategies to deal with the issuesimpairing the country's agricultural production and rural development.Project components were:

(1) strengthening SONADER through a three-year technicalassistance program (management, finance, irrigation, agriculturaleconomics, credit - 21 staff-years), short-term consultantservices (final design and preparation of bidding documents fora new building to establish SONADER's headquarters, feasibilitystudies, project support - 125 staff-months), in-service andformal training and the provision of vehicles, laboratory andoffice equipment; and

(2) strengthening the Planning Unit of MDR through a three-yeartechnical assistance program (agricultural economics, irrigation,finance - 9 staff-years), short-term consultant services(institutional development, sectoral analysis - 52 staff-months),in-service and formal training and provision of vehicles andoffice equipment.

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ImRlementation Experience

3. The project was appraised in November 1981 and approved .n October1983. Board presentation was delayed until almost eleven months afternegotiations due to Government's inaLility to provide counterpart funding forSONADER, the main executing agency ot the project. After four reschedulings,the project became effective in February 1985, eleven months after the targeteffectiveness date. Start-up or che SONADER component, after the initialeffectiveness delays, was fairly .apid, partly because many of the advisersrecruited under the first project were retained. Start-up of the MDRPlanning Unit component was slowar, as the Unit did not exist prior to theProject. The head of the Planning Unit was recruited in February 1985, butthe remaining key staff were nct recruited until end-1986. The project wasplagued by delays in receiving Government counterpart funds, and some studiesorigirally envisaged had to be financed under other IDA credits orelim4..sated.

Results

4. Technical Assistance: The Project provided about 36 staff-years oflong-term technical assistance and abouit 18 staff-months of short-termtechn&cal assistance, thus palliating the 3evere shortage of tschnical staff.Most of the resident technical assistance staff financed by the project madesignificant contributions to the institutional development of SONADER and thePlanning Unit of MDR. The resident technical assistance staff provided on-the-job training as part of their terms of reference, and by the end of theproject several units at SONADER which had been headed by expatriatetechnical assistants prior to the project were headed by competent,Mauritanian staff. This was an important result of the project.

5. Trainina: Professional training, apart from the on-the-job trainingprovided by the resident technical asaistants, was neglected during theproject. The training program planned at appraisal as the prerequisite to aviable human resource development program never materialized; given thescarcity of Mauritanian staff, Government was reluctant to release staff forprofessional training. Those who were on the job did receive valuabletraining but the lack of in-depth training to be given to larger numbers wasan important failing of the project.

6. SONADER: Under the Project SONADER implemented the first phase of itsrestructuring program, giving more autonomy to regional offices, reducingstaff, and introducing improved cost recovery procedures. SONADER which hadbeen in severe financial difficulties prior to the project was financiallyrehabilitated through increased donors' contributions, Government'sliquidation of SONADER's outstanding debt and increased budgetary support toSONADER, and reduction of SONADER's operating costs. SONADER took thepreliminary steps to disengage from its plethora of activities (credit, inputprovision, repair shop activities, and plannitig and formulation of ruralsector policy) in order to concentrate its efforts on executing ruraldevelopment projects. A draft decree amending SONADER's statutes to makeprocurement procedures less cumbersome was prepared, but was not approvedduring the project implementation period. Overall, SONADER was

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greatly strengthened as a rural development executing agency under theproject.

7. Planning Unit of MDR: The Planning Unit of MDR was created under theproject to: formulate agricultural and rural development policies, reviewthe functions of each MDR department and public agency under its supervision,prepare MDR's annual investment budget, and coordinate activities of MDR andrural sector related activities of other institutions. All of theseobjectives were met to some extent; however at the end of the project, thePlanning Unit was unable to take the lead role in formulating agriculturaland rural development policies and recommending improvements in theorganization and manpower planning of MDR and the rural sector developmentagencies. The Planning Unit took the lead role in coordinating four keysector studies: cereals marketing and pricing, master plan for agriculturaldevelopment of the Senegal Valley Right Bank, the master plan for developingsmall dams and water harvesting throughout the country, and the first phasestudy on the organization of MDR. The Planning Unit also coordinated thepreparation, monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural components of thevarious structural adjustment programs (PREF, PCR, and the AgriculturalSector Adjustment Credit). It produced the first inventory of ruraldevelopment projects in Mauritania and set up a computerized data base withkey information about each project. It recruited a Mauritanian computerspecialist who trained data entry and management staff to operate thecomputers purchased -under the project. The Planning Unit prepared andmonitored the consolidated investment budget of MDR from 1987 to 1991.Despite all this good work, the Planning Unit was unable to attract andretain the critical mass of Mauritanian staff necessary for it to exercizethe lead role in policy formulation.

Sustainabilitv

8. Project activities were timely, necessary, and played a vital role asthe precursor to the reforms envisaged under the Agricultural SectorAdjustment Credit. Had efforts to restructure SONADER and MDR not begununder the Second Rural Technical Assistance Project, it would have beendifficult to attempt the major reforms proposed in the Agricultural SectorAdjustment Credit. Both SONADER and the Planning Unit of MDR continue tofunction at the end of the Project. SONADER is more able to function withoutcontinuad long-term expatriate assistance and funds from the project, whereasthe Planning Unit, a much newer and smaller entity, still relies heavily ontwo long-term expatriate advisers financed by FAC and external financing.The sustainability of the Planning Unit is not yet assured; it requires morestaff and increased, and more timely, government financing.

Findings and Lessons Learned

9. The Second Rural Technical Assistance Project has provided thefollowing lessons.

- Consulting services provided by the project were well-received bythe Borrower, possibly because many of the technical assistantshad been recruited under the first T.A. project, and possiblybecause they were recruited for specific technical services

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(engineering, finance, etc.). There were, however, no specific

performance criteria by which to monitor and evaluateconsultants' performance. In future technical assistanceprojects, the Bank should work with the Borrower to ensure that

an adequate performance kevaluation system, clearly understood by

all parties, is t,isciissei during preparation/appraisal and put

into place before proje- implementation.

Although on-the-job training was quite successful, the formal

training component never materialized. In future projects, the

training component should be geared to a realistic assessment of

the lixelihood of finding qualified trainees, and the preparationiof the training program should be an upfront condition so that

the program could be in place before implementation begins,

rather than a dated covenant in the Credit Agreement. In cases of

acute scarcity of qualified trainees, the appropriate training

program will consist of on-the-job training for those who are

already on the job and cannot afford to be released; basic

training to increase the number of qualified trainees would have

to be tackled through a wider manpower development program, not

through a technical assistance project.

Government's failure to provide counterpart funding in a timely

manner led to SONADER's overspending the amounts allocated to it

and resulted in the credit being exhausted without the knowledge

of the P':.nning Unit. In future projects involving two executing

agencies, each with power to sign withdrawal applications, a

closer watch should be kept on the amounts allocated to each

agency so that one agency is not left with unpaid bills at the

end of the project.

PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

(CREDIT 1414-MAU)

PART I: PROJECT REVIEW FROM THE BANK'S PERSPECTIVE

1. Proiect Identity

Name : Second Rural Sector Technical Assistance ProjectCredit No. : 1414-MAURVP Unit : Africa AegionCountry : Islamic Republic of MauritaniaSector : Agriculture

2. BackGround

2.01.1 The Government's development strategy in the 1980's calledfor a transfer of resources to those activities which constituted a renewablebase for economic growth, namely, irrigated agriculture, livestock andfisheries, and a shift of investments from industry and transport towards therural sector with the objectives of maintaining sustainable growth,generating rural employment and red c.ng Mauritania's heavy reliance onimported food. To resolve the basic problem of manpower, Government soughttechnical assistance and financial assistance from several external sourcesto train agricultural experts and support the sector's public a'encies.

2.02 The Bank pursued an active macroeconomic and sector dialogueaimed at (a) helping the Government in developing the country's scarcenatural resources so as to broaden the economic base and achieve a modest butsustained growth in the agricultural sector; (b) improving mechanisms forinvestment programming and project selection, in order to optimize theallocation of resources and avoid poor investments in the rural sector; (c)helping Government make the best possible use of foreign technicalassistance; (d) assisting in monitoring macroeconomic performance and inimproving the design and execution of the overall development program; and(e) reducing the heavy budget.ry burden created by existing financialpolicies in the agricultural sector. Bank lending in the agricultural sectorwas designad to support Government's stated development strategy and focussedon irrigation development (Small Scale Irrigation Project, Cr. 1571-MAU) andlivestock (Second Livestock Project, Cr. 1658-AAU).

2.03 The (first) SONADER Technical Assistance Project. The SONADERTechnical Assistance Project (Cr. 694-MAU) was approved by the Executive

Directors in March 1977. It was a three-year technical assistance projectproposed as a first step of a plan designed to build SONADER into a strongagency capable of preparing and implementing agricultural projects along theSenegal River Valley. The project consisted of: (i) strengthening theorganizational structure of SONADER with a technical assistance team of sevenexpatriate staff and seven Mauritanian experts; (ii) providing short-termconsultant services to carry out specific studies on technical,

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organizational and training topics, including new studies for the preparationof tie Gorgol Irrigation Project; (iii) providing the necessary office,drawing and topographic materials and equipment as well as vehicles to permitSONADER to operate efficiently under the project. The Project CompletionReport for the SONADER Technical Assistance Project concludes that theproject had a positive impact on institution building and largely contributedto reinforce SONADER's efficiency and ability to prepare and executeirrigation and rural development projects. However, at the end of the firstproject, SONADER's financial management still needed to be improved, and moreemphasis needed to placed on training of local staff.

2.04 The Second Rural Sector Technical Assistance Proiect. A PPFadvance of 1750,000 was approved in March 1982 and a second PPF advance of$250,000 was approved in September 1983 to continue the finiancing oftechnical assistance staff recruited under the first project. The SecondRural Sector Technical Assistance Project (Cr. 1414-MAU) was approved by theExecutive Directors in October 1983, and became effective in February 1985.It was a response to the need to follow up on the first technical assistanceproject by providing (i) technical assistance and training to strengthenSGNADER, particularly its newly created Financial Management Control Unit;and (ii) technical assistance and training to strengthen MDR's planning andpolicy-making capability.

3. Prolect Objectives and Description

3.01 Proiect 'biectives. The project continued IDA's participation inthe common effort of several donors to build up Mauritania's ruraldevelopment capacity. The Second Rural Sector Technical Assistance Projectretained the objectives of the preceding operation, which was intended to (a)palliate the shortage of technical staff and (b) provide the professionaltraining that was essential to SONADER's institutional consolidation. Thesecond project was broader in scope as it also aimed to: (c) strengthenSONADER as a rural development executing agency, and (di assist with thedevelopment of the Planning Unit of MDR to prepare coherent developmentpolicies and strategies to deal with the issues impairing the country'sagricultural production and rural development. The project achieved itsobjectives concerning the provision of technical assistance and thestrengthening of SONADER, had mixed results with assisting the Planning Unitof MDR, and failed to provide formal training for either SONADER or thePlanning Unit of MDR.

3.02 Components. The three-year project as appraised had two maincomponents:

(a) strengthening SONADER through a financial and technicalassistance program (management, finance, irrigation,agricultural economics, credit - 21 man-years), short-termconsultant services (final design and preparation ofbidding documents for a new building to establish SONADER'sheadquarters, feasibility studies, project support - 125man-months), in-service and formal training, and theprovision of vehicles, laboratory and office equipment.

(b) strengthening the Planning Unit of MDR through a financialand tehnical assistance program (agricultural economics,irrigation, finance - 9 staff-years), short-term consultant

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services (institutional development, sectoral analysis - 52staff-months), in-service and formal training, andprovision of vehicles and office equipment.

4. Project Design and Organization

4.01 The project was designed and prepared based on findings of thefirst Technical Assistance to SONADER project and on a report prepared by aconsultant. It was designed to be executed by two entities, each with itsown work program and budget and authority to disburse project funds. Inretrospect, it seems that the SONADER component, possibly because it wasbased on experience gained under the first Technical Assistance project wasbetter designed and prepared than the MDR component. Moreover, SONADER wasan agency already experienced in executing IDA projects. The followingcomments were made by AGR during the review of the initial project brief: (i)SONADER is described as overburdened with activities, yet the projectproposes to provide 16 foreign experts over a broad spectrum of activities;(ii) the Bank should be very clear as to what it expects the project toachieve rather than leaving t}.is to be developed by teams of consultants;(iii) the project brief indicates doubts as to Government's commitment tofinancial participation in the project, and whether anything could beachieved that would be self-sustaining.

4.02 The appraisal mission, originally planned for June 1981 waspostponed to November 1981 to allow time for Government to reflect on whatshould be included in the component to strengthen the Ministry of RuralDevelopment (MDR) through the creation of a Planning Unit. From the startthere was confusion between the Bank and the Borrower as to the role of thePlanning Unit. The Bank envisaged the role of the Planning Unit asconceptualizing and policy formulating, whereas the Government tended to relyon the Planning U.ait as an executing agency for specific tasks and studies.The Planning Unit had no official rank in the MDR hierarchy, and although thePlanning Unit Head was considered to be of the same rank as the Directors ofAgriculture, Livestock and Protection of Natural Resources, he had no actualleverage to influence the directors.

4.03 Summary terms of reference for key staff were included in theAnnex to the President's Memorandum; the general terms of reference clearlyspecified that all advisers would be assigned the task of training theirMauritanian counterparts, in accordance with the Training Program to beprepared during the first year of project implementation by consultants hiredfor that specific purpose. Terms of reference for the training consultantdid not appear in the Annex, and this component appears to have receivedlittle attention during identification and preparation. In retrospect, itwould have been preferable to require the elaboration of the training programas a condition of credit negotiations or board approval rather than as adated covenant during the first year of project implementation.

5. Proiect ImlIementation

5.01 The project was appraised in November 1981 and approved inCstober 1983. Board presentation did not take place until almost elevenmonths after negotiations due to Government's inability to providecounterpart funding for SONADER, the main executing agency of the project.

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Credit effectiveness, which was originally set for March 1984, wasrescheduled four times because Government was unable Lo meet its financialcommitment to SONADER. The Credit finally became effective in February 1985,almost one year after the target effectiveness date. The essential obstaclein each case of delay was the financial viability of SONADER, which was acovenant of the Credit Agreement. In the period between negotiations andeffectiveness, repeated donors' meetings were held in an attempt to formulatea financial rehabilitation plan for SONADER and to obtain firm commitmentsfrom Government and the donors to cover the UM 370 million additionalrequirements of SONADER. The Development Credit Agreement was amendedimmediately after effectiveness to reduce the technical assistance component,create a new disbursement category for SONADER operations, and add a covenantfor the quarterly deposit of Government's financial contribution to theproject. The project was plagued by delays in receiving Governmentcounterpart funds, which sometimes necessitated telexes from the Bankthreatening to suspend disbursements. Counterpart funds were eventuallyprovided, and SONADER staff have indicated that these delays were notcritical to project progress. As a result of Government's delays inproviding counterpart funds to SONADER, SONADER overspent its allocationunder the IDA Credit and deprived the Planning Unit of funds that wereallocated to it. Some of the studies envisaged had to be financed underother IDA credits or eliminated.

5.02 SONADER. Start-up for the SONADER component, after the initialcredit effectiveness delays, was fairly rapid, partly because many of theadvisers recruited under the first project were retained. The Projectfinanced 378 staff-months of long-term technical assistance and 18.5 staff-months of short-term consultants, thirteen vehicles, office equipment andfurniture and laboratory equipment and operating costs.

5.03 Planning Unit of MDR. Start-up of the MDR component was muchslower, as the unit did not exist within MDR prior to the project and had tobe created. The Planning Unit was officially established by decree ofJanuary 1984. The head of the Planning Unit was appointed in February of1985, but the remaining key staff were not recruited until end-1986. TheProject financed 60 staff-months of long-term technical assistance, vehicles,office equipment and furniture.

6. Proiect Results

6.01 SONADER: Under the Project, the first phase restructuring of SONADERwas implemented, giving more autonomy to regional offices, reducing staff andintroducing improved cost recovery procedures. Specific accomplishmentsduring the project include:

(a) SONADER, which had been in severe financial difficulties, wasfinancially rehabilitated by (i) reduction of its operating costs, (ii)donors' contributions and (iii) the Government's budgetary allocation andtransfer of the necessary funds to cover the operating deficit;

(b) Major staff reductions were implemented. Mauritanian staff wasreduced from. 550 in 1987 to 372 in 1990/91. Expatriate technical assistancestaff was reduced from 52 in December 1987 to 36 in May 1988, to onlyproject-specific staff in 1991.

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(c) The Management and ContrDl Unit created under the first Technicalassistance to SONADER project was strengthened with an expatriate adviser anda Mauritanian deputy. By the end of the Second Rural Sector TechnicalAssistance Project the Control Unit was functioning competently withoutexpatriate technical assistance.

(d) The Department of Administration and Finance (DAF) was strengthenedby consultant services. Since 1988 SONADER has produced a consolidatedbudget, and by the end of the project the DAF was functioning withoutexpatriate technical assistance.

(e) Preliminary steps have been taken to divest SONADER of credit,input provision, and repair shop activities. Much still remains to be done,and divestiture is continuing under the Agricultural Sector AdjustmentProject.

(f) A draft decree amending SONADER's statutes to make procurementprocedures less cumbersome was prepared, but was not approved during theproject implementation period.

(g) The expatriate advisers financed by the project provided on-the-jobtraining, which was well received by SONADER staff. SONADER requested thatformal training and the specialized consultant to prepare a training programbe financed by the Kuwait Fund rather tha.a by the IDA Credit, and IDA agreed.Unfortunately, this training component never materialized.l/

6.02 MDR. Under the project, the Planning Unit was created within theMinistry of Rural Development to: formulate agricultural and ruraldevelopment policies, review the functions of each MDR department and publicagency inder its supervision, prepare MDR's annual budget including theallocation of financial resources to cover the recurrent costs andcounterpart funds of its development projects and coordinate activities ofMDR and rural sector related activities of other institutions. All of theseobjectives were met to some extent.

(a) The Planning Unit took the lead role in coordinating four keysector studies: (i) the study on cereals marketing and pricing (completed in1987), which helped the Government define its new food policy and relatedaction program; (ii) the master plan for agricultural development of theSenegal Valley Right Bank (begun in March 1988); the key objective of thisstudy was to make recommendations on design, operation and productioncriteria and on a priority medium-term investment program for moresustainable fully-controlled irrigation and flood recession agriculture inthe Senegal valley; (iii) the master plan for developing small dams and waterharvesting throughout the country, which has just begun under UNDP financing;(iv) the first phase study on the organization of MDR, focussing on the

I/Preparation of the training program was delayed due to a series ofmisunderstandings among the Mauritanian Government, SONADER, IDA, and theKuwait Fund as to whether the consultant should also do another study onRestructuring of SONADER. A mission by a consultant financed by the KuwaitFund was scheduled for August 1990, but was canceled as a result of the Gulfcrisis.

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diagnosis of the current organization of the Ministry's central and regionaloffices.

(b) The Planning Unit also coordinated the preparation, monitoring andevaluation of the agricultural components of the various structuraladjustment programs (PREF, PCR, and Agricultural Sector Adjustment Credit).

(c) A data processing unit headed by a Mauritanian computer specialistwas created in the Planning Unit. Computers and software were purchased withCredit proceeds, and staff were trained in word processing, spreadsheet anddata base software.

(d) The Planning Unit produced the first inventory of rural developmentprojects in Mauritania and set up a computerized data base with keyinformation about each project.

(e) From 1987 to 1990 the Planning Unit prepared and monitored theconsolidated investment budget of the Ministry of Rural Development, and itprepared the consolidated investment budget for 1991.

7. Project Sustainability

7.01 Both executing agencies continued to function at the end of theProject. SONADER is perhaps more able to function without continued long-term expatriate assistance and funds from the project, due to themultiplicity of donors still willing to provide support to it and due to theamount of expatriate technical assistance that it has receivel from thesedonors over a number of years. It is likely that SONADER will continue toneed short-term expert missions on specific subjects. Financing of SONADER'soperating deficit is to be covered by increased budgetary assistance fromGovernment. The Planning Unit, as a much newer and smaller entity, stillrelies on two long-term expatriate advisers, financee by FAC. The operatingcosts of the Planning Unit have been covered by Government and CCCE since theclosing of the IDA Credit. Both SONADER and MDR's Planning Unit playimportant roles in implementing adjustment measures under the IDA-financedAgricultural Sector Adjustment Credit.

8. Bank Performance.

8.01 The Bank appears to have been overly optimistic in itsexpectations of results from the three-year technical assistance project. Nokey indicators to monitor performance were set out in the Memorandum of thePresident. The Bank indicated, for example, that the Planning Unit by theend of the Project should be capable of formulating an adequate agriculturalpolicy, but did not specify what this entailed. The Planning Unit felt thatit had achieved this objective by doing a diagnosis of constraints affectingthe rural sector and preparing the Letter of Development Policy for theAgricultural Sector Investment Credit.

8.02 Supervision. The project was supervised by three Task Managers(an engineer, a financial analyst and an economist) during the life of theproject. Through November 1987 the project was supervised about every sixmonths. There is no record of a supervision mission in 1988. The finalsupervision mission took place in March 1989. Supervision was adequate in

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the first three years of the project (an average of 9.9 sw spent onsupervision), but was reduced in the later years (an average of 3.7 sw in thelast three years). This decline reflected scale economies realized bysimultaneous supervision of three other ongoing projects in the rural sectorand the attention devoted to preparation of the Agricultural SectorAdjustment Credit. Although no Bank institutional specialist supervised theproject, several institutional/management consultants were recruited andfinanced by the Credit for short-term consulting assignments. The Bankfailed to convey systematically the message that the respect of the auditcovenants was an important Credit condition. The Bank also failed to monitorthe allocation of Credit proceeds to each of the executing agencies, and asa result the Credit was fully disbursed leaving each executing agency withmany outstanding invoices to pay.

9. Borrower Performance.

9.01 overall, borrower performance was satisfactory. A major effortwas made towards restructuring SONADER, institutional support was provided toboth executing agencies, a first-phase study on the organization of MDR wascompleted, and efforts are still ongoing under the Agricultural SectorAdjustment Credit. The main shortcomings of the Borrower's performance were:(i) Government's failure to provide counterpart funds in a timely manner,(ii) non-respect of audit covenants by both executing agencies, (iii)SONADER's use of funds intended for the Planning Unit (probably as a resultof Government's non-payment of counterpart funds), (iv) frequent staffturnover.

10. Proiect Relationship. The relationship between the Bank and theBorrower was good throughout the project.

11. Consulting Services. The consultants recruited under the Project wereboth individual consultants and firms. Both SONADER and the Planning Unit ofMDR indicated that most of the consultants performed satisfactorily.SONADER, in particular, stressed the beneficial impact of on-the-job trainingprovided by the expatriate advisers. Both SONADER and the Planning Unitindicated that the major shortcoming of the consultant services providedunder the Project was the lack of a system to evaluate the consultants'performance against well-defined objectives. In future technical assistanceprojects, the Bank should work with Government to ensure that an adequateperformance evaluation system, clearly understood by all parties, isdiscussed during preparation and put into place before projectimplementation.

12. Proiect Documentation and Data. Some studies and reports producedduring the project are not available at either Headquarters or the ResidentMission. At least two studies that were done towards the end of the Projectare still in a desk at the Planning Unit Office since there were no fundsremaining under the project to duplicate and distribute the reports. Infuture technical assistance projects supervision staff should establish soundfiling and monitoring practices, to obtain copies, and to provide theBorrower with systematic feedback.

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PART II: PROJECT REVIEW FROM BORROWER'S PERSPECTIVE 1/

SONADER

1. The Project enabled the Government, IDA and donors to furthertheir efforts toward the financial rehabilitation of SONADER and tostrengthen the latter's role as an executing agency for ruraldevelopment projects.

2. SONADER's financial rehabilitation was achieved through thepreparation and implementation of a financial recovery program for theagency. By providing SONADER's headquarters with budgetary funds duringproject implementation, the project enabled SONADER to achieve financialequilibrium.

3. Changes to SONADER's organizational structure (the merging oftechnical departments, the transfer of the planning function to theMinistry of Rural Development, and the introduction of financialmanagement) enabled SONADER to refocus on its primary tasks: irrigationdevelopment and agricultural extension and outreach, and thus to improveits performance.

4. The introduction of financial management made it possible to:

- establish a procedure for the preparation and monitoring ofoperating plans;

- improve budgetary management and supervision, leading to bettercontrol of SONADER's operating costs.

5. In general, the partners in this project, i.e., the MauritanianGovernment and the International Development Association, fulfilledtheir obligations with respect to project execution.

6. The Mauritanian Government furnished the funds required to pay offSONADER's debts in keeping with the timetable established under theproject. In addition, Government regularly budgeted its contribution toSONADER's operating costs.

7. IDA financing was used to strengthen SONADER's technicaldepartments through the provision of long-term technical assistance inthe areas of irrigation, management, etc., short-term consultants,various equipment and training materials. As a result of this technicalassistance, SONADER was able to develop its technical capacity and totransfer skills from expatriates to Mauritanian staff.

1I This is the Borrower's unedited product as translated from theFrench. Each executing agency (SONADER and MDR Planning Unit) submitteda separate contribution.

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8. The Project also provided for the financing of consultants in thearea of institutional support. As a result of these services, theMinistry of Rural Development and SONADER were able to carry out thestudies that were needed for the appraisal of the investment componentof the Agricultural Sector Adjustment Credit and for the res.:ructuringof SONADER.

Planning Unit at MDR

1. Objectives of the Planning Unit:

- Formulate sectoral policies (agricultural, environmental,livestock, research, training, extension, technicalassistance);

- Study functions and responsibilities of each MDR departmentand public agency under its supervision;

- Program investments and prepare strategic objectives andmeasures for the development of the sector;

- Prepare consolidated investment budgets;

Monitor and evaluate projects managed by MDR.

2. Achievements of the Planning Unit:

- Identification of sectoral policies and constraints;

Formulation of sectoral policies;

- Elaboration and supervision of the principal sectoral andmacro-economic studies (cereals marketing and prices, post-dam study, agricultural training, data processing, vegetablemarketing and prices, etc.);

- Preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the PREF;

- Preparation, monitoring and evaluation of the PCR;

- Preparation, negotiations of the MDR component of the 1987-1988 Structural Adjustment Credit;

- Preparation, evaluation ex ante, negotiations, andmonitoring of the implementation of the 1989-1991Agricultural Sector Adjustment Credit, financed by IDA,CCCE, FAC, KfW, and WFP.

- Monitoring projects in the sector;

- Preparation and monitoring of MDR's consclidated investmentbudget from 1987 to 1990, and preparation of the 1991consolidated investment budget;

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Diagnostic of MDR and study of the functions andresponsibilities of MDR departments and agencies (1986-1987);

Study on the reorganization of MDR, which has resulted in aproposal for a decree to reorganize MDR;

Preparation of the documents submitted for the examina'.ionof the National Commission on Investments;

- Preparation of a document entitled wMinistry of RuralDevelopment in Statistics".

3. Difficulties:

Lack of high level staff, and the need to provide thePlanning Unit with two agro-economists, with good experienceof the policies and projects of the sector.

4. Future Prospects:

- Guiding and monitoring of the implementation of the measuresrequired as conditions of Second Tranche Release of theAgricultural Sector Adjustment Credit;

- Follow-up of the Post Dams Study (final phase);

- Execution of the Livestock and the Charcoal Studies;

- Implementation of the project: Rehabilitation Program, PhaseII, financed by IFAD, FENU, OPEC, UNDP and Mauritania.Implementation of the components of this project (total cost= US$ 18.4 million);

- Preparation of the Lome IV program (7th EDF) of an estimatedcost of 37 million Ecus;

- Monitoring and evaluation of all of MDR's projects;

- Regional Planning Study (Trarza and Adrar);

- Elaboration of the document entitled: Agricultural Policy ofthe Ministry of Rural Development;

- Elaboration of a document entitled: Review of the Projectsand Programs of the Ministry of Rural Development.

PART III

STATISTICAL INFORMATION

1. Related Bank Loans/Credits

Loan/Credit Title Purpose FY Status Comments

1. Technical To build SONADER FY77 completed The project was successfulAssistance to into a strong 12/80. and had a positive impactSONADER development agency on institution building(Cr. 694-MAU) capable of carrying and reinforced SONADER's

out a rational efficiency and ability toinvestment program prepare and execute irri-for the rural sector. gation and rural

development projects.However, during implement-ation it became evidentthat there was a need (i)to restructure SONADER andtransfer sectoral policy-making and planningfunctions to MDR and (ii!to provide training forSONADER and MDR staff.

2. Urban Three separate FY79 completed Part (iii) small-scaleand Rural components to irrigation developmentDevelopment provide financial was implemented by(Cr. 888-MAU) and technical SONADER

assistance: li)to the industrialsector for the devel-opment of small andmedium scale enter-prises; (ii) to theartisan sector forrehabilitating andexpanding the pro-duction of knottedcarpets; (iii) to theagricultural sectorfor the developmentof 30 new irrigatedschemes under villagecooperatives,including an adequatecredit scheme.

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3. Gorgol To provide irrigation FY81 completed The project, whileIrrigation and land development 09/86 an economic failure,(Cr. 1068-MAU) for some 3600 HA, PCR: provided a considerable

with the objectives 6/24/88 amount of on-the-jobof reducing the training for Mauritaniancountry's dependence staff. New settlerson food imports and rapidly attained fullincreasing the incomes development yields andand living standards developed ancillaryof some 4600 families activities such asby stabilizing fishing.their agriculture.

4. Second To assist Ministry of FY82 Ongoing Project expanded to provideTechnical Planning to: (i) for- TA for preparing and imple-Assistance mulate and monitor menting the Reinsertion(Cr. 1292-MAU) macro-economic policy; Program (including SONADER)

(ii, review and imple- and to finance the Post-Damment the Fourth Five- Study, household incomeYear Investment Plan; survey and health/(iii) support the population projecttechnical ministries to preparation.strengthen their sectoralplanning capacity and toidentify and preparesound developmentprojects; (iv) continuethe rehabilitation ofkey public enterprise;(v) train Mauritanianstaff in the Ministry ofPlanning.

5. Small-Scale To support Government FY85 Ongoing Only about 502 of theIrrigation efforts to develop perimeters are being(Cr. 1571-MAU) small-scale irriga- cultivated. A socio-

tion instead of the economic survey is beingmore costly and done to determine reasonsmore difficult large- for non-cultivation.scale irrigation.

6. Agric. Sector A hybrid consisting FY90 Ongoing Continues and enlargesAdjustment/ of a sectoral adjust- on many of the reformsInvestment ment component and an envisaged under the Second(Cr. 2093-MAU) investment component Technical Assistance to the

designed to (1) improve Rural Sector Project. Theincentives to farmers first tranche was releasedand to private investors in April 1990. A secondthrough (a) further liber- tranche release is plannedalization of marketing and in September 1991.prices, (b) more secure andequitable land tenure inthe Senegal River Valley,

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and (c) building up UBD withthe know-how and proceduresto manage a sound agricul-tural credit portfolio; (2)increase effectiveness ofSONADER and MDR by reducingtheir recurrent expendituresand reinforcing their invest-ment selection practices; and(3) identify appropriatedevelopment techniques andinstitutional arrangementsconducive to a less drought-vulnerable livestock sectorand more sustairnable deserti-fication control.

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2. Project Timetable

Item Date Planned Date Revised Actual Date

Identification 1981 01/1981Preparation 4-5/1981 4-5/1981Pre-appraisal 6/1981Appraisal 6/1981 11/3-11/11/1981Negotiations 3/1982 5/1982 8/31-9/3/1982Board Approval 6/1982 7/1982 1(1/!/1983

2/1983Signature 12/12/1983Effectiveness 3/2/1984 6/1/1984 02/04/1985

9/3/198412/3/1984

Completion 6/30/87 12/31/1989Closing 6/30/88 06/30/89 06/30/1990

12/31/8906/30/ j0

Comments

Identification: Identification took place during the First Technical AssistanceProject to SONADER (Cr. 694-MAU). In March 1981, Government confirmed earlier requeststo IDA for assistance with the financing and implementation of a follow-up project tocontinue technical assistance to the rural sector.

Preparation: The project was prepared by Ministry of Rural Development staff and aconsultant. The key issue raised during preparation was the amount of Government'scounterpart funding and the need to ensure that Government complied with itscommitment.

Appraisal Mission: The appraisal mission, initially scheduled for June 1981, waspostponed to November 1981, due to late receipt of the preparation report prepared bythe consultant and lack of time for review of the report by MDR. A project preparationfacility of US$750,000 was approved in March 1982 to finance the continuation of theongoing activities of the First SONADER Technical Assistance Project. Questions wereraised at the yellow cover stage as to the role and sustainability of SONADER aftercompletion of the project.

Board Approval: Board approval took place eleven months after credit negotiations dueto delays in Government fulfilling its financial commitment to SONADER. TheAssociation agreed to retroactive financing of $400,000 for salaries of technicalassistance staff prior to granting the credit but after May 1983 and the proposal wasmade orally at the Board presentation.

Effectiveness: Credit effectiveness had to be rescheduled four times becauseGovernment was unable to meet its financial commitment to the main executing agency,SONADER.

Credit Closing: The Credit officially closed on June 30, 1990, but the finaldisbursement to recover the special account took place on December 4, 1990.

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3. Credit Disbursements

Disbursements (in $ million)Credit 1414-MAU

Bank FY Estimated Actual Actual 2 ofand Quarter Cumulative Cumulative Estimated

1983/84 1 _2 _3 _4 1.4 0

1984/85 1 2.2 02 2.9 - 03 3.6 1.67 4624 4.4 2.17 49%

1985/86 1 5.0 2.64 53Z2 5.6 2.98 53Z3 6.2 3.37 54Z4 6.9 3.49 51Z

1986/87 1 7.2 3.91 54Z2 7.5 4.33 58Z3 7.8 4.48 57Z4 8.1 5.45 67Z

1987/88 1 5.59 69X2 5.89 73Z3 6.06 7524 6.44 80%

1988/89 1 6.59 8122 7.28 90Z3 7.49 92Z4 7.75 96Z

1989/90 1 7.78 96Z2 8.35 103Z3 8.60 10624

Date of Final Disbursement: December 4, 1990(The last disbursement was for the recovery of the Special Account.)

Closing Date: June 30, 1990

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4. Project Implementation

No key indicators were specifically identified at appraisal.

5. Project Costs and FinancinR

A. Proiect CostsAppraisalEstimate Actual 1/ AtE

US$ Million

Personnel

Long-term technical assistance 3.9 5.0 78Z

Short-term consultants 2.5 -

Local staff 0.8 0.1 13?

7.2

Training 0.2

Equipment and vehicles 0.4 0.5 125Z

operating costs of vehicles 0.4 1.6 400?

Refinancing of PPF advance 1.0 1.2 1202

SONADER Working Capital - 3.1

Base Cost 9.2 11.5

Price Contingencies 1.3

Total Cost 10.5 11.5 1102

1/ Project accounts do not allow a separation of costs into domestic andforeign currency components.

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B. Proiect Financing

PlannedSource (Credit Agreement) Z Final z Comment

US$ Million US$ Million

IDA 8.1 77 8.6 75

V'AC 1.5 14 1.7 15

Government 0.9 9 1.2 10

10.5 100 11.5 100Government's

contribution to thep r oj e c t i ss ign i f icant lyunderstated asGovernment funded. Theliquidation ofSONADER's debts, whichis not included in thecalculation of projectcosts. (See detailedcounterpart fundingtable at Annex 1).

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6. Project Results

Due to the nature of the project, quantitative i.ndicators are not relevant.

Studies

Studies Purpose as Status Impact of Studydefined atappraisal

1. Final design and prepara- To allow construction Completed withtion of bidding documents of now headquarters other financingfor SONADER's headquarters building before Credit

became effective.

2. Pedological Study ofGorgol Noir (8CEOM)

3. Diagnostic of MDR and Not specifically Completed in Discussed within theof the functions and mentioned at 1987. Min. stry;Provided anresponsibilltles of its appraisal. analysis of the con-agencies and departmnts straintswithin rural

sector.

4. Study on the Not specifically Resulted in a draftReorganization of MDR and mentioned at decree on the reorgani-Two-Year Operating Plan appraisal. zation of MDR, which

still has not beenapproved.

S. Rural Development In Not specifically Completed in Was unable to locateStatistics mentioned at April 1990. a copy other than the

appraisal. one at the PlanningUnit.

6. Cereals Marketing and Not specifically Completed in HelpedGovernmnt definePricing Study mentioned at 1987. its ne food policy and

appraisal. re Iated action program.

7. Agricultural Policy Not specifically Completed In Th study wa cmpl etedof MDR mentioned at 1990. but never printed or

appraisal. ci rcu I a,ed du- to lackof funds.

Note: The Planning Unit collaborated on many other studies (prepared terms of reference,reviewed and comiented on studies, etc.) which were financed by other IDA credits inMauritania (notably the Senegal Valley Right Bank Master Plan). The Planning Unit alsoplayed a major role in preparing and evaluating performance in the rural sector of the 1985-88 Structural Adjustment Program (PREF), the 1989-91 Structural Adjustment Program (PCR), andthe Agricultural Sector Adjustment Program.

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7. Status of Covenants

Section No of Covenant StatusCredit Agreement

Sect. 3.01 (a) The Borrower shall carry out Complied withParts A to E through itsPlanning Unit.

(b) The Borrower shall cause Complied withSONADER to perform inaccordance with provision.sof the Project Agreement.

(c) The Borrower shall make Complied withavailable proceeds of theCredit.

(d) The Borrower shall not assign, Complied withamend, abrogate or waive theSubsidiary Agreement.

Sect. 3.02 The Borrower shall employ Complied withconsultants, including aconsultant heading thePlanning Unit, satisfactoryto the Association.

Sect. 3.03 (a) Insurance Complied withCb) Goods and services to be Complied with

used exclusively for theProject.

Sect. 3.04 The Borrower will provide IDA(a) with: Reports and contract Complied with

documents for Parts A-E ofproject.

(b) Progress reports and records Complied with(c) Publicity on awarded contracts Complied with(d) Completion report Complied with

Sect. 3.05 Borrower shall (i) maintain Complied withPlanning Unit (ii) Employ Done in 19853 Mauritanian professionals (Credit notfor the PU by 12/01/83. signed until 12/2/83.)

Sect. 3.06 (i) Borrower to provide IDA with Not complied withMDR training program satis- A training program wasfactory to IDA by 6/30/84. prepared by consultants

financed by FAC but was foundto be too general.

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(ii) Names and resumes of Formal training did notindividuals to be trained take place.aboard shall be submitted toIDA for approval.

Sect. 3.07 Borrower shall make quarterly Complied with but withdeposits into the Borrower's delays.account for Parts A-E ofproject.

Sect. 4.01 (a) Separate accounts for CP Eventually complied with(b) Retention of all records Complied with(c) Have accounts audited annually Not complied with.

and report submitted to IDA Audits for 87,88, andwithin 4 months of FY end. 89 were being audited at time

of completion mission, buthave not yet been sent to IDA.

Sect. 402 (i) Borrower to make annual Borrower eventually paid, butadequate budgetary allocations was consistently late.for its contribution to SONADER.

(ii) Borrower shall make cash Borrower paid but sometimestransfers to SONADER in amounts with considerable delays.sufficient to meet SONADER's In Jan. 87 IDA threatened tocash requirements for each suspend disbursements.quarter.

Section No. of Covenant StatusProject Agreement

Sect. 2.01 SONADER shall carry out relevant Complied withparts of the project withall due diligence.

Sect. 2.02 (a) SONADER shall employ consultants Complied withand specialists satisfactory to Need for specificIDA including a management disciplines and no. ofspecialist, a financial analyst, TA (reduced from 8 to 5)three irrigation engineers, an changed over the courseagricultural engineer, an of the project but changesagricultural economist and a were mutually agreed bycredit specialist. IDA and SONADER.

Sect. 2.02 (b) SONADER shall take all necessary Complied withmeasures to permit consultantsto carry out theirresponsibilities.

Sect. 2.03 Procurement shall be governed by Complied wv.thschedule 3 of DCA.

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Sect. 2.04 (a) Insurance Complied with(b) Goods and services to be used Complied with

exclusively for the project.

Sect. 2.05 (a) SONADER shall furnish to IDA Complied withreports and contract documents.

(b) SONADER shall maintain adequate Complied withrecords and procedures.

(c) Publicity on awarded contracts Complied with(d) SONADER shall enable IDA Complied with

representatives to examine allplants, installations, sites,works, etc.

Sect. 2.06 SONADER shall duly perform all Complied withits obligations under theSubsidiary Agreement.

Sect. 2.07 (a) SONADER shall exchange views with Complied withIDA concerning relevant partsof the Project.

(b) SONADER shall inform IDA of any Complied withcondition which interferes withthe progress of its parts of theProject.

Sect. 2.08 By Jan. 1, 1984, SONADER shall Complied with,employ at least 8 professionals except thatto work as counterparts to the expatriates wereexpatriate specialists. reduced to 5.

Sect. 2.09 By June 30, 1984, SONADER shall Not complied withfurnish to the Association an Borrower proposed thatacceptable training program. this be financed by Kuwait Fund

instead of IDA; IDA agreed.Kuwait mission was scheduled forAugust, 90, but did not take placedue to war in the Gulf.

Sect. 3.01 SONADER shall carry on its Complied withoperations and conduct itsaffairs in accordance withsound practices.

Sect. 3.02 SONADER shall maintain and Compli'-d withrepair its equipment.

Sect. 3.03 Insurance Complied with

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Sect. 3.04 By Nov. 1 of each year of Complied withProject execution, SONADERshall submit to IDA abudget for the followingyear.

Sect. 4.01 (a) Separate accounts Complied with

(b) Retain all accounting records Complied withuntil one year after theclosing date.

Sect. 4.02 (a) Have its accounts and financial Complied with (butstatements audited annually with delays in 85, 86, 87.)

(Accounts for 88 & 89 werenot audited until Nov. 90).

(b) Furnish audit report to IDA Sometimes complied with,within four months of FY end. but always with delays. We

Audit for 88 & 89 was receivedonly in April 91.

(c) Furnish to IDA any information Complied withit may request concerning saidaccounts.

8. Use of Bank Resources_________________________

A. Staff Inputs

FY81 FY82 FY83 FY84 FY85 FY98 FY97 FY99 FY99 FY90 FY91 Tota IPreparation 0.0 1.4 2.0Appraisal 0.4 13.0 1.4 14.9Negotiationsthru Board 8.4 3.1 9.6Supervlslon 9.1 10.8 9.8 2.6 4.1 4.5 2.1 43.0CompletIon

0.2 3.4 3.8Other (LOP, PAD) 3.3 6.7 6.4 1.9 1.1 1.6 3.2 23.2

TOTAL 1.0 17.7 13.6 18.6 12.7 10.9 4.2 7.3 4.6 2.3 8.4 96.1

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8. Uisalows

Stag, of Month/ No. of Days In Specializations Performance Rating Type ofProject Cycle Year Persons Field Represonted (a) Status (b) Trend (c) Problem (d)

Identification 01/81 1 7 ECRPreparation 04/81 1 35 USP (C) (Provided by FAC)Pro-Appraisal 06/81 4 10 EGR, ACR, TRO (C), FNAAppraisal 11/81 2 9 EGR, ECRPost-Appraisal 02/82 2 6 ECR, ECNPost-Appraisal 10/82 1 6 FNAPost-Appraisal 02/83 1 4 ECNSupervision 1 10/83 1 3 EGR 2 1 F, 0Supervision 2 ?/84 2 3 EOR, ECN 2 3 F, 0 (e)Supervislon 3 11/84 1 9 EGR 2 1 0Superviston 4 03/85 1 4 EOR I ISupervision Follow-Up 10/86 1 14 ECR (A 690 was not producod.)Supervielon S 03/85 2 16 EGR, fNA (C) 2 U, DISupervision S 12/86 1 7 FNA 2 M, DISupervision 7 06/87 1 8 ECU 2 H. DISupervision Follow-Up 11/87 I I ECN (A 690 was not produced)Supervision 0 3/89 1 I ECU I U, DICompletion 10/90 1 11 0O

(a) Specialliations:ACR a Agronomist, Agriculturist(C) a ConsuitantECN a EconomistEOR a EnginsorFNA a financial AnalystUSP * aMnag ment SpecialistOA a Operations AssistantTRO * Training Specialist

(b) Status:I a Problem-fre or sinor problems.2 a ioderste problms.a a MaJor problems.

(c) TrendsI * Improving.2 a Stationary.8 a Deteriorating.

(d) Types of ProblmsoDI a Devolopmnt ImpactF a Financial.U UMnagerial.T a Technical.P * Political.0 = Other.

(s) Status/Trend was originally submitted as 3/2 but an amended 690 was lssued by thoDeputy Division Chlef changing status/trend to 2/3.

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ANNEX I

Government Counterpart Funding

Year Amount in Amount in PurposeMillion UM US$

A. SONADER 1985 50 648,508 Liquidation of SONADER's debts1986 60 857,143 Liquidation of SONADER's debts1987 30 410,959 1/ Operating Costs1988 21,609,419 UM owed but not

paid as of 10/901989 34,202,940 UM owed but not

paid as of 10/901990 30 370,370 1/

170 2,286,980

B. MDR PlanningUnit

1986 3.0 40,333 Salaries + operating costs1987 6.0 81.1691988 9.9 131,4061989 7.0 84,3581990 7.4 91,358

33.3 428,537 1/

1/ Included in Government contribution to financing project costs.

IBRD 23095

M A U R I T A N I A SECOND RURAL SECTOR TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE PROJECT oC ,S

Paved Roads Q-~ - - - Unpaved Roads

*- * *---* -Ro.Iroads

* Airfields

Annuol Rumnfoll in Millimeters (1970.84)

international Boundaries

- Indicates the Territory of the former SpanishSaharo (Western Sohara)

@ Copper AL GE RI AIron

Dote Palms !Fishing =)

A Wharf iAGRICULTURAL ZONES:

IZ::J Sohoran Desert | _.

Sohoran Sub-Desert \ftlaheeitiE J Sohefian ! 'eii

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