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Report No: PAD1329

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION PROJECT PAPER ON A

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 1.8 MILLION

(US$2.525 MILLION EQUIVALENT) AND A

PROPOSED CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 1.8 MILLION

(US$ 2.475 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE

REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA FOR A

MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION AND HEALTH RESULTS PROJECT April 3, 2015

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Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice Africa Region

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

(Exchange Rate Effective February 28, 2015)

Currency Unit = Gambian Dalasi (GMD) GMD 42.95 = US$1

US$0.71053510 = SDR 1

FISCAL YEAR January 1 ? December 31

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AF BFCI CCT CPPR CRR EU EVD FA GAVI GDP GFATM GIFMIS GNI HCWMP HMIS HRITF IDA JPS LRR MCNHRP M&E MOHSW MOU NaNA NBR NBR-E NBR-W PAGE PBF PDO PHC

Additional Financing Baby Friendly Community Initiative Conditional cash transfer Country Portfolio Performance Review Central River Region European Union Ebola Virus Disease Financing Agreement The Vaccine Alliance Gross Domestic Product Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Gambian Integrated Financial Management System Gross National Income Health Care Waste Management Plan Health Management Information System Health Results Innovation Trust Fund International Development Association Joint Partnership Strategy Lower River Region Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Results Project Monitoring and evaluation Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Memorandum of Understanding National Nutrition Agency North Bank Region North Bank Region East North Bank Region West Program for Accelerated Growth and Employment Performance-based financing Project Development Objective Primary Health Care

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RAD RBF RHD RHT SBCC SDR SORT UNICEF UNFPA URR VDC VSG WFP WHO

Regional Agriculture Directorate Results-based financing Regional Health Directorate Regional Health Team Social and behavior change communication Special Drawing Rights Systematic Operations Risk-Rating Tool United Nations Children's Fund United Nations Population Fund Upper River Region Village Development Committee Village Support Group United Nations World Food Program World Health Organization

Vice President: Country Director: Senior Global Practice Director: Practice Manager: Task Team Leader:

Makhtar Diop Vera Songwe Timothy G. Evans Trina S. Haque Rifat A. Hasan

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THE GAMBIA MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION AND HEALTH RESULTS PROJECT

CONTENTS

Project Paper Data Sheet

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Project Paper

I. Introduction

1

II. Background and Rationale for Additional Financing

2

III. Proposed Changes

8

IV. Appraisal Summary

21

V. World Bank Grievance Redress

27

Annexes

1. Annex 1: Revised Results Framework and Monitoring Indicators

28

2. Annex 2: Detailed Description of Modified and New Project

35

Activities

3. Annex 3: Revised Implementation Arrangements and Support

40

4. Annex 4: Systematic Operations Risk-Rating Tool (SORT)

42

5. Annex 5: Map of The Gambia

43

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