GENERAL PROJECT CONTEXT CADANGAN PEMBIAYAAN UNTUK TANGGAP BENCANA ALAM

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14.2 GENERAL PROJECT CONTEXT

This se tio p ese ts the ge e al p oje t o te t. It sta ts ith the p ese tatio of the p oje t s de elop e t objective and it continues with the description of project components, its financing arrangements and the safeguards it triggers.

14.1.1 Project Development Objective

The Project Development Objective PDO is to increase the effective use of selected sections of national roads along the Western Sumatera Corridor by reducing road user costs.

14.1.2 Project Beneficiaries

The project beneficiaries are road users in participating provinces, districts and towns in the four provinces included in the WINRIP region North Sumatera, West Sumatera, Bengkulu and Lampung. Direct beneficiaries of the project include people who live in the vicinity of the project area who directly benefit from the improvement of the road sections financed by the project. The project road sections traverse twelve districts with a total population of more than four million of which around half are women.

14.1.3 Project Components

The project has the following four components:  Component 1: Betterment and Capacity Expansion of National Roads US314.9 million.  Component 2: Support to the MPW for the implementation of civil works US16.0 million.  Component 3: Road Sector Institutional Development – focusing on the provision of technical assistance and capacity building to strengthen disaster risk mitigation in the road sector US1.0 million.  Component 4: Contingency for Disaster Risk Response 0. Providing preparedness and rapid response to disaster, emergency andor catastrophic events, as needed. A provisional zero-dollar component is included under this project that will allow for rapid reallocation of loan proceeds during an emergency, under streamlined procurement and disbursement procedures. In the event of an emergency, the contingent component would be implemented following the rapid response procedures under OPBP 8.00. In addition to reallocation of funds from other project components, the contingent component may also serve as a conduit for additional funds to be channeled to the project in the event of an emergency. The overriding aim of a contingent component is to improve the response capacity of Indonesia in case of an emergency.

14.1.4 Safeguards triggered by the project

World Bank Safeguard triggered in this project are: i Environmental Assessment OP 4.01; ii Physical Cultural Resources OP 4.11; and iii Involuntary Resettlement OP 4.12 safeguards.

14.3 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS