|  Private sector and human-resource development in Georgia |
|
4.4
|
S
|
S
|
12/17/98
|
05/21/99
|
12/31/04
|
|
Irrig/Drainage
Dev.
|
27.0
|
S
|
S
|
06/28/01
|
02/20/02
|
04/30/07
|
|
Cultural
Heritage
|
4.5
|
S
|
S
|
02/13/98
|
05/18/98
|
12/31/03
|
|
Integrated
Coastal Mngmt (GEF)
|
1.3
|
|
U
|
12/17/98
|
05/21/99
|
12/31/04
|
|
Agriculture
Research Ext (GEF)
|
2.5
|
S
|
S
|
05/11/00
|
02/05/01
|
12/31/05
|
|
Agriculture
Research Ext
|
7.6
|
S
|
S
|
05/11/00
|
02/05/01
|
12/31/05
|
|
Total
|
354.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROJECT
|
AMOUNT
(millions)
|
|
|
Rehabilitation
Credit
|
US$
75.0
|
Closed June 1996. Fully disbursed.
|
|
SAC
|
US$
60.0
|
Closed December 1997. Fully disbursed.
|
|
SATAC
|
US$
4.8
|
Closed December 1998. Fully disbursed.
|
|
Institution
Building Credit
|
US$
10.1
|
Closed June 1998. Fully disbursed
|
|
SAC
II
|
US$
60.0
|
Closed December 1998. Fully disbursed
|
|
Transport
|
US$
12.0
|
Closed June 30, 1999. Fully disbursed.
|
|
SATAC II
|
US$ 5.0
|
Closed December 31, 1999. Fully
disbursed.
|
|
Municipal Infrastructure Rehabilitation
|
US$ 18.0
|
Closed June 30, 2000. Fully disbursed.
|
|
Power Rehabilitation
|
US$ 52.3
|
Closed June 30, 2000.
|
|
Oil Institution Building
|
US$ 1.4
|
Closed December 31, 2000. Fully
disbursed.
|
|
Energy Sector Adjustment Credit (ESAC)
|
US$ 25.0
|
Closed March 1, 2002. Fully disbursed.
|
|
Third Structural Adjustment Credit (SACIII)
|
US$ 60.0
|
Closed October 30, 2002. Fully disbursed
|
|
Total:
|
US$
383.6
|
|
REHABILITATION CREDIT
Implementing
Agency Temuri
Basilia, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Georgia; State
Chancellery, 7 Ingorokva str.
(99532)989953, (99532) 999757
Fax: (99532)995797
Task
Manager Michaelle
Riboud, EC4C2
Phone: (202) 4738743
Fax: (202)4773387
Project
Objective The main
objective is to support the government’s economic reform program aimed at
restoring macroeconomic stability and at promoting resumption of growth and
improvement in living standards. The other objectives are to:
1. Provide budgetary support to maintain the
level of basic public expenditures, in particular for wages and the social
safety net;
2. Provide foreign exchange for the purchase
of critical imports;
3. Improve the functioning of the foreign
exchange market;
4. Provide a framework for assistance from
other donor agencies.
Project
Description The reform
program to be supported by the credit comprises three sets of policies:
a) those aimed at reducing and redefining the
role of the public sector in the economy
b) those theta foster the development and
increase efficiency of markets;
c) those that maintain a minimum social safety
net through improved targeting of benefits.
Disbursement Fully disbursed
INSTITUTION BUILDING
Project Objective Assist the Georgian
government in its efforts to move to a private market economy through
strengthening public institutions on three functional areas: (a) financial
sector, (b) economic management , (c) privatization and enterprise reform
Project Description 1. Financial Sector
Reform (US$ 2.325 million)
(a) Financial Sector Infrastructure:
Consulting service and equipment:
-- to introduce and implement Broadly Adapted
Financial Statement (BASF), and internationally acceptable accounting and
auditing system;
-- to conduct diagnostic studies in five
state-owned banks and make recommendation for steps to streamline the system;
-- review existing payment system and make
recommendations for steps to streamline the system
2. Economic management (US$ 5.660 million)
(b) Economic Policy Formulation
Support will be provided to the Office of the
Deputy Prime Minister (now Chief Economic Advisor to the President) to design a
strategy for the restructuring and the reform of the government’s economic
management agencies, particularly the Ministries of Finance and Economy, and to
strengthen economic policy formulation and analyses.
(c) Statistical Services:
Consulting services, training, and equipment
to assist the Committee for Social and Economic Information in
-- reviewing the methodology used for
generating and maintaining national accounts and initiating steps to introduce
the internationally acceptable System of National Accounts (SNA);
-- designing and conducting an improved
household survey in the city Tbilisi
(d) Tax Administration:
-- computerization of tax offices; IDA pilot
project for the modernization and computerization of the central State Tax
Inspectorate (STI) and the Tbilisi City Inspectorate;
-- training of the STI staff.
(e) Treasure:
-- first phase: a central treasury function
will be established in the Ministry of Finance and regional branch in Tbilisi;
-- second phase: regional Treasuries will be
established throughout of Georgia:
-- IDA will finance computers for the
establishment of the Treasury offices.
(g) Strengthening of Customs Administration:
Support will be provided to the Customs
Committee in
(i) simplifying and reforming the organization
and procedures of customs operations: (ii) modernizing customs management ;
(iii) training the customs staff in the
customs management and the computerization;
(iv) computerizing customs clearance
procedures, accounts, and statistics at Tbilisi headquarters and at the
Tbilisi airport as the first pilot site.
(h) Aid Coordination:
-- Project will finance long-term external
advisor and equipment to assist and train the staff of Aid Management Unit
(AMU) in maintaining donor procedures, coordinating country’s external aid
priorities consistent with the national development objectives, and
communicating those with the external aid agencies.
-- Project will finance experts to assist the
government staff in analyzing Sectoral information with the objective to design
and develop project that will be acceptable to the donor community.
(i) Project Implementation: The project will
finance:
-- an external procurement consulting firm to
assist the PIU with the preparation of procurement an disbursement documents
under this project, and to ensure that all procurement under the project follow
the World Bank’s procurement guidelines
3. Privatization and Enterprise
Reform (US$ 2.27 million)
(j) Support for Privatization:
-- one short-term senior level adviser to
assist the Ministry of the state Property Management and the Office of the
Chief Economic adviser to the President in reviewing the current privatization
plan;
-- experts and equipment to assist in:
a) formulation the mass privatization program
and the voucher scheme
b) the design and implementation of a public
information campaign to support the mass privatization campaign;
c) provide training aimed at strengthening the
institutional capabilities of SPM;
d) review and further development of a
legislative framework for privatization.
Implementing
Agency Alex
Sikharulidze, Head of PIU, 42, Kazbegi ave.,
Phone: (99532)950865
Fax: (99532)950865
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CREDIT (SATAC)
Project Objective To support the
Government’s reform program to stabilize the economy and create the conditions
for a resumption of growth and an improvement in living standards.
Project Description 1. Privatization and
post-privatization (US$ 0.95 million)
(i) Continued support for the implementations
of the privatization program and on support for the establishment of the share
registries.
(ii) Introduction of cash auctions and an
international tender program;
(iii) Strengthening of institutional capacities,
elaboration of standard procedures, advise on structuring of transactions and
bid evaluation, as well as legal assistance and licensing of private share
registries.
(iv) Elaboration of operational guidelines,
training of officials in securities market and in the starting-up of pilot
registries.
2. Financial Sector ( US$ 0.78 million )
(i) Advisory services on supervisory issues as
well as the development of training programs.
(ii) Audits if the three former state banks
will be financed to dacilitate a realistic assessment of the financial position
of each bank.
3. Energy sector reform ( US$ 0.86 million )
(i) Assistance in creating the capacity to
monitor and manage payment performance, and in reviewing structural and tariff
issues.
(ii) Assistance in reviewing the scope of the
regulatory authority and its tariff policy functions.
4. Social Protection ( US$ 0.56 million)
(i) Assistance in the design of a program of
social assistance which meets the needs of poor families that do not qualify under
any existing program;
Ñòðàíèöû: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
|
© 2009 Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû.
Íàâåðõ