Document of
The World Bank
Report No: 24609-AFR
PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT
ON A
PROPOSED GRANT FROM THE
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 6.00 MILLION(US$8.00 MILLION EQUIVALENT)
TO THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE
(FOR THE BENEFIT OF BURUNDI, DR CONGO, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, RWANDA,
SUDAN, TANZANIA, UGANDA)
FOR
NILE TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROJECT
September 15, 2002
Nile Team

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
(Exchange Rate Effective )
Currency Unit = US$
FISCAL YEAR
2003 -- 2008
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
CAS
Country Assistance Strategy
CCBO
Community-based Organization
CCF
Country Cooperation Framework (UNDP)
CEM
Country Economic Memorandum
CG
Consultative Group
CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency
DSS
Decision Support System
EAC
East African Community
EN-SAP
Eastern Nile riparian grouping for project development: includes Egypt, Sudan and
Ethiopia
FAO
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FMR
Financial Management Report
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GIS
Geographical Information System
HEP
Hydro-Electric Power Development
ICCON
International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile
ILWM
Integrated Land and Water Management Program for Africa
IMS
Information Management System
IPM
Integrated Pest Management
IUCN
World Conservation Union
LVDP
Lake Victoria Development Strategy and Action Plan for Sustainable Development
LVEMP
Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project
NBI
Nile Basin Initiative
NBTF
Nile Basin Trust Fund
NEL-SAP
Nile Equatorial Lakes Region ­ riparian group for project development: includes the six
countries in the southern portion of the Basin ­ Burundi, D.R. Congo, Kenya, Rwanda,
Tanzania and Uganda ­ as well as the downstream riparians, Sudan and Egypt
NGO
Nongovernmental organization
Nile-COM
Council of Ministers of Water Affairs of the Nile Basin
Nile-TAC
Nile Basin Initiative Technical Advisory Committee
Nile-SEC
Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat
NRBAP
Nile River Basin Action Program
PDF
Project Development Facility (GEF)
PIP
Project Implementation Plan
PIR
Project Implementation Review
PMU
Project Management Unit
PSA
Project Services Agency
PSC
Project Steering Committee
RBM
River Basin Model
SAP
Subsidiary Action Program
SGP
Small Grants Programme
Sida
Swedish International Development Agency
SMLVBP
Sustainable Management of the Lake Victoria Basin Program

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SVP
Shared Vision Program
TEA
Transboundary Environmental Analysis
UNDB
United Nations Development Business
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNOPS
United Nations Office for Project Services
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
Vice President:
Callisto Madavo
Country Manager/Director:
Praful C. Patel
Sector Manager/Director:
Praful C. Patel
Task Team Leader/Task Manager:
Inger Andersen

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NILE BASIN INITIATIVE
NILE TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROJECT
CONTENTS
A. Project Development Objective
Page
1. Project development objective
2
2. Key performance indicators
2
B. Strategic Context
1. Sector-related Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) goal supported by the project
3
2. Main sector issues and Government strategy
5
3. Sector issues to be addressed by the project and strategic choices
9
C. Project Description Summary
1. Project components
9
2. Key policy and institutional reforms supported by the project
15
3. Benefits and target population
15
4. Institutional and implementation arrangements
16
D. Project Rationale
1. Project alternatives considered and reasons for rejection
17
2. Major related projects financed by the Bank and other development agencies
17
3. Lessons learned and reflected in the project design
20
4. Indications of borrower commitment and ownership
22
5. Value added of Bank support in this project
22
E. Summary Project Analysis
1. Economic
23
2. Financial
23
3. Technical
24
4. Institutional
25
5. Environmental
26
6. Social
27
7. Safeguard Policies
29
F. Sustainability and Risks
1. Sustainability
29
2. Critical risks
30

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3. Possible controversial aspects
32
G. Main Conditions
1. Effectiveness Condition
32
2. Other
33
H. Readiness for Implementation
33
I. Compliance with Bank Policies
33
Annexes
Annex 1: Project Design Summary
34
Annex 2: Detailed Project Description
41
Annex 3: Estimated Project Costs
72
Annex 4: Cost Benefit Analysis Summary, or Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Summary
73
Annex 5: Financial Summary for Revenue-Earning Project Entities, or Financial Summary
90
Annex 6: Procurement and Disbursement Arrangements
91
Annex 7: Project Processing Schedule
105
Annex 8: Documents in the Project File
106
Annex 9: Statement of Loans and Credits
111
Annex 10: Country at a Glance
124
Annex 11: Strategic Action Program
143
Annex 12: Public Involvement Plan Summary
144
Annex 13: Institutional Arrangements for Project Implementation
152
Annex 14: Description of the Nile Basin Initiative
162
Annex 15: Root Causes
173
Annex 16: Letters of Endorsement
180
Annex 17: STAP Roster Technical Review
191
Annex 18: Response to STAP (and IA comments as appropriate)
195
Annex 19: Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet
196
Annex 20: Summary of GEF Co-Financing
202
MAP(S)
IBRD 30967 (May 2001)

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