Sri Lanka: Emergency Northern Recovery Project

Development Objective

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support Government of Sri Lanka#s efforts to rapidly resettle the IDPs in the Northern Province by creating an enabling environment#. It will be achieved through: (A) Emergency Assistance to IDPs; (B) a Work-fare Program; (C) Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Essential Public and Economic Infrastructure; and (D) Project Management Support.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P118870
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Seenithamby Manoharan
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Sri Lanka
Disclosure Date
November 9, 2009
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
December 17, 2009
Effective Date
February 22, 2010

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 65.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2010

Commitment Amount
US$ 65.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
August 20, 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 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence100%
- FY17 - Conflict Prevention50%
- FY17 - Post-conflict reconstruction50%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	65.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	65.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	65.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	65.00

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	58,002.24
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,920,913.50
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	197,161.67
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	197,161.67
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	58,002.24
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	182,796.23
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Int Charges	182,796.23
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	26,502.88
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,889,339.50
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	2,987.59
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	2,987.59
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,820,413.00
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	169,224.77
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	169,224.77
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	454.18
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	454.18
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	210,132.12
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	210,132.12
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	1,774.35
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,816,246.20
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Int Charges	211,351.56
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Int Charges	211,351.56
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,889,449.80
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Int Charges	148,868.66
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Int Charges	148,868.66
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	7,253.81
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	3,081.21
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	3,081.21
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	215,004.52
Sep 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	215,004.52
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	109.62
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	109.62
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,529.23
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,529.23
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	951.43
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	951.43
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	206,971.66
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	206,971.66
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	254.21
Dec 30, 2013	IDA-46760	Loan Disb	410,443.84
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-46760	Int Charges	4,668.81
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-46760	Int Charges	4,668.81
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,649.05
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,649.05
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	234,404.11
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	234,404.11
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	3,177.75
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	3,177.75
Jun 4, 2014	IDA-46760	Loan Disb	-868.43
May 22, 2014	IDA-46760	Loan Disb	-6,224.26
Jun 4, 2014	IDA-46760	Loan Cancel	7,072.82
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	2,469.17
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	2,469.17
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	230,006.64
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-46760	Int Charges	230,006.64
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	203,213.10
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	7,026.63
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	7,026.63
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	203,213.10
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	76,749.96
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Int Charges	0.01
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Int Charges	0.01
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Int Charges	122,526.75
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Int Charges	122,526.75
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,646,066.20
Dec 17, 2009	IDA-46760	Loan Commitment	65,000,000.00
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,585,807.50
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	148,938.38
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Int Charges	148,938.38
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	61,986.11
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Int Charges	142,909.20
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Int Charges	142,909.20
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	31,100.96
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,690,979.00
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	2,659,527.50
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Loan Repay	36,951.92
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Int Charges	131,453.39
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-46760	Int Charges	131,453.39
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	254.21
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	212,985.19
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-46760	Int Charges	212,985.19
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	5,218.81
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	5,218.81
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	219,680.98
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-46760	Int Charges	219,680.98
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	205,651.23
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	205,651.23
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	8,684.65
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-46760	Int Charges	8,684.65
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	1,951.79
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	1,951.79
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	212,163.88
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	212,163.88
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,761.27
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	213,761.27
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	1,584.42
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-46760	Int Charges	1,584.42
Sep 10, 2013	IDA-46760	Loan Disb	1,700,000.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Overall	Low	2014-03-19
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Project Management	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2014-03-19
Procurement	Satisfactory	2014-03-19

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-30-2014
Outcomes
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 05-26-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	476013.00	100000.00
	Date	January 6, 2009	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	On June 2009, nearly 279,000 IDPs were housed in government camps pending return and resettlement in their villages of origin. Theproject expects to reach 100,000 people after their return to help reestablish their livelihoods.	The Government has resettled a total of 476,013 people in 284 Grama Niladhari divisions. These include 140,000 IDPs who lived inGovernment's welfare camps in Vavuniya at the time of project approval in December 2009. The target has therefore been achievedand in fact exceeded. The project has benefited not only the IDPs who came from the camps but other IDPs returned too.	The Government has resettled 585,458 people in entire Northern Province at present.

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Employment generated for the IDP households	Value	0.00	2150098.00	1070000.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Zero emplyment opportunities to the IDP households in the villages soon after the return	Adequate employment opportunities for the IDP households soon after their return from the camps to villages of origin.

Rural road rehabilitated	Value	0.00	682.00	875.00
	Date	January 31, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	1,200 Km rural roads badly damaged	718 Km rural roads completed.	717 Km roads have been completed.

Jungle growth of farmlands cleared and made ready for cultivation	Value	19000.00	7600.00	7106.00
	Date		December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	19,000 Ha of farm lands that belong to IDPs cannot be farmed due to thickvegetative growth	6,965 ha farm cleared and 369 km defense bunds removed for people’s use.	7,106 ha farm cleared and 385.3 km defense bunds removed for people’s use. This sub component is successfully completed

Retunees are provided with at least 50 days of employment in their villages immediately soon after the return	Value	0.00	2150098.00	0.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013
	Comment	No employment opportunities for IDPs in the first 50- 60 days after return	About 2,150,098 person days of labor created, 44,612 families in 283 GNDs benefitted and received cash grants worth of Rs 1184million.

Jungle growth of farmlands cleared and made ready for cultivation	Value	0.00	7106.00	7600.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	19,000 Ha of farm lands that belong to IDPs cannot be farmed due to thickvegetative growth	7,106 ha farm cleared and 385.3 km defense bunds removed for people’s use.

Farmlands brought back to production (as a result of jungle clearing, seed provisions, and irrigation rehabilitation):	Value	0.00	16332.00	16200.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	53,000 Ha of paddy lands had not been cultivated (abandoned) due to non-availability of irrigation facilities	107 Irrigation schemes totaling 19,511 Ha completed.	107 schemes totaling 19,071 Ha have been irrigated.

Farmers/ fishermen receiving seeds orImplements for first time after return.	Value	0.00	9603.00	6000.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Returnees do not have seeds/implements or cash to purchase seeds and implements	9,603 households received seeds for first cultivation after return. 72,010 coconut seedlings were distributed from a nurseryrehabilitated under the project.	This component is successfully completed.

Returning people provided with access to safe drinking water supply	Value	0.00	17620.00	30000.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Approximately about 80,000 IDPs lack safe and regular water supplies as most water supply schemes in the North are damaged andnon-functional	All 9 WSSs have been handed over for the use 605 connections have been provided against 1,200 applications	All 9 WSSs have been completed and 605 connections have been provided against 1,200 applications. 630 connections will berealized.51,226 people will be benefited by 2020.

Public buildings restored and functional	Value	0.00	461.00	400.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	A large number of public buildings are destroyed or severely damaged	466 buildings have been rehabilitation. This includes MPCs, Fertilizer / Paddy, Schools, Health buildings, Agrarian & OtherGovernment buildings.	472 have been rehabilitated.

Regular CSIAs completed quarterly in project year 1 and 2and lessons incorporated	Value	0.00	3.00	6.00
	Date	January 1, 2010	December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	It was felt that Comprehensive social assessments are needed to evaluate quality of return and impact of the project	The SIA has been completed.	SIA was completed in Jan 31, 2014

Farmers/ fishermen receiving seeds orImplements for first time after return.	Value	0.00	9603.00	6000.00
	Date		December 31, 2013	December 31, 2013
	Comment	Returnees do not have seeds/implements or cash to purchase seeds and implements	9,603 households received seeds for first cultivation after return. 72,010 coconut seedlings were distributed from a nurseryrehabilitated under the project.	9,603 households received seeds for first cultivation after return. 72,010 coconut seedlings were distributed from a nurseryrehabilitated under the project.