LB - Municipal Infrastructure

Development Objective

The objectives of the additional financing grant are to (i) restore basic services and rebuild priority public infrastructure in the affected municipalities and villages, (ii) support local economic recovery and development in the municipalities that have suffered the heaviest damage, and (iii) provide technical assistance to and build the capacity of municipalities to mitigate the impact of the hostilities on municipal finances (within the broader context of developing the municipal sector).

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P103875
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Chantal Reliquet
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Lebanon
Disclosure Date
October 26, 2006
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
November 3, 2006
Effective Date
November 29, 2006

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 30.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Fiscal Year 3
2007

Commitment Amount
US$ 30.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
April 30, 2012

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
January 15, 2013

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration20%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform6%
- FY17 - Municipal Institution Building14%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence40%
- FY17 - Conflict Prevention20%
- FY17 - Post-conflict reconstruction20%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Urban Development40%
- FY17 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery20%
- FY17 - Urban Planning20%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Special Financing	30.00

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	30.00
Total Project Cost**	30.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of July 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

No data available.

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Project Management	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Overall	Low	2012-05-12
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Procurement	Satisfactory	2012-05-12
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2012-05-12

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 10-30-2012
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Modest
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 12-03-2013	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Restore basic services and rebuild priority public infrastructure - Physical Works	Value	Reconst. of munic. buildgs: 0Roads repaired: 0Re	Re. Munic. Buildings: 17Roads repaired: 175 kmSt	Re. Munic. Buildings: 18Roads repaired: 183 kmSt
	Date	March 15, 2006	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment		The work is completed. The marginal difference with the end target is due to the fact that some of the works were conducted byother stakeholders.

Restore basic services and rebuild priority public infrastructure - Equity monitoring	Value	Ratio of built up area over total area in the proj	Ratio of built up area over total area in the proj	Ratio of average municipal areas served by the Pro
	Date	November 29, 2006	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment	Reflects the density of municipal infrastructure (% municipal infra/total infra)	Reflects the intensity of damage (% repaired infra/munic. infra)Emergency works are complete.	Reflects share of fin. assistance (% repaired munic. infra/ total infra).The equity indicators show that the grant assistance wasin line with the density of assets with the exception of North Lebanon where add. funds were provided to overcome the Nahr El Baredconflict.

Support Local Economic Development: LED projects launched in the conflict areas	Value	Nb of cazas (districts) targeted: 0Increased capi	Nb. of cazas: 11Increased cap. inv.: 35%	Nb. of cazas: 10Increased cap. inv.: 35%
	Date	March 15, 2008	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment	This component was initiated after the emergency reconstruction work and data were only available in 2008.	The ratio shows increased share of the municipal budget allocated to investments.	The number of cazas was raised to 11 following the review in 2008 from the PCU and the Prime Minister's Office rankings showingthat 11 cazas were equally ranked in terms of affected municipalities.

Mitigate impact of hostilities on municipal finance	Value	Completion of 3 case Studies: 0	3 studies	3 studies
	Date	March 15, 2006	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment	Studies designed to reduce dependency on Central Gvt subsidy (from the Independent Municipal Fund). The results of the Study aresupported by the declining ratio of municipal revenues/Government transfers shown in the intermediate results indicator.	Completed.	Completed.

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Municipal revenues/Government transfers. A decreasing ratio will show improved financial sustainability.	Value	Ratio: 70%	Ratio: 49.5%	Ratio: 40%
	Date	March 15, 2006	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment	A declining ratio of Gvt transfers/munic. revenues shows improved fin. sustainability.The ratio is based on a representativesample of municipalities.	The ratio, which monitors the collection of own resources by the municipalities after the conflict, shows gradual improvement.	Gradual improvement is to be noted but, as of April 2012, the data is not available for 2011. The data to be provided in thesecondhalf of 2012 should permit to confirm the positive trend in terms of financial sustainability.

Capacity Building: Setting up and operating a Municipal Observatory	Value	Capacity Building: Setting up and operating a Muni	The Municipal Observatory is established. It is su	Produce at least 5 municipal management performanc
	Date	November 29, 2006	April 24, 2012	April 30, 2012
	Comment		The Municipal Observatory is operating at the Directorate General level and is officially embedded in the Ministry of Interior andMunicipalities since the Decree of October 15, 2011.	The Municipal Observatory is operating and is collecting targeted data and developing the municipal performance indicators.