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Community Empowerment Project

Abstract*

The Community Empowerment Project for Liberia will assist war-affected communities to restore infrastructure and services and to build their capacity for collective action. The project has the following three components: Component 1) will provide support to at least 100 communities to rebuild social capital and in parallel will fund demand-driven processes to restore social and economic infrastructure and services using community mobilization and...

* The project abstract is drawn from the PAD, SAR or PGD and may not accurately reflect the project's current nature

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Development Objective

The project development objective will be to assist war-affected communities to restore infrastructure and services and to build their capacity for collective action.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P098266

  • Closed

  • Giuseppe Zampaglione

  • N/A

  • Liberia

  • March 1, 2005

  • (as of board presentation)

    March 1, 2005

  • N/A

  • US$ 6.00 million

  • Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE)

  • Western and Central Africa

  • 2005

  • US$ 6.00 million

  • B

  • Not Applicable

  • December 31, 2008

  • BANK APPROVED

  • January 15, 2013

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

No data available.
Financier Commitments
Special Financing 6.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment N/A
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount 6.00
Total Project Cost** 6.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of June 30, 2025

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Detailed Financial Activity as of June 30, 2025

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Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name Review Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory 2008-12-11
Overall Safeguards Rating Satisfactory 2008-12-11
Procurement Moderately Satisfactory 2008-12-11
Monitoring and Evaluation Moderately Satisfactory 2008-12-11
Financial Management Satisfactory 2008-12-11
Project Management Satisfactory 2008-12-11

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATORIMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT:
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Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

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Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Improve social capital and organizational developmentValueRapid Social Assessment (RSA) showed profound deplThe update of RSA (11/06) made recommendations to Overall positive assessment at project closing to
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • Increase access to and use of social and economic infrastructure and servicesValuePost-conflict needs assessment showed virtual non-Health post sample: now 35 patients/week, up from Mantain the same progression in sample projects
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • Proportion of subprojects that reflect community prioritiesValueRapid Social assessment showed very limited level At least 90% of subprojects reflect community prioSustain participation in community life/decisions
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • All supported communities have benefited from social mobilization and facilitation process using highly participatory methodologiesValue0100 communities in 12 counties have benefited from100 communities in 12 countries have benefited fro
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • At least one hundred (100) subprojects have been implementedValue096 subprojects have been completed, 4 subprojects At least one hundred (100) subprojects have been i
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • CBOs are inclusive and well representative (meaning PMC)ValueNo functioning PMC - Project Management CommitteePMC are representative of communities also in termPMC are representative also in terms of gender (fo
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • At least three (3) successful capacity building events are carried out by Beneficiaries per year.ValueVery weak capacity and virtually no program to sup9 successful capacity building events for PMC membProgram running for three years. Hence at least 9
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment
  • Project management expenses are 10% or less of the total budgeted annual expendituresValue0Operating costs are higher than 10%. The GOL is cuProject management expenses are 10% or less of the
    DateJuly 1, 2005October 5, 2008December 31, 2008
    Comment