 
Contact Address:
World
Bank - Gambia
Banjul area Head Office
Tel no: 4580345 (Program
Coordinator)
Fax: 4735450
Tel no: 473 7893 (Communications
Officer)
Fax: 473 5450
Email:
mademba@worldbank.org
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Information:
The Gambia Government joined the World Bank in 1967.
As at August 2006, the World Bank
had approved a total of 34 International Development
Association (IDA) credits for The Gambia for a total
of approximately US$296 million equivalent. As at August
2006, the commitment value of 7 ongoing World Bank operations
is approximately US$86.9 million.
The loans are aimed at programs to help the country
to promote economic development and reduce poverty.
Among these activities are the building of new classrooms
to rehabilitating roads to expanding public water supply
facilities.
Other
Offices:
Country Director (Dakar based)
Tel: +221
849 5000
Fax: +221 849 5027
Country Director
Tel: (221) 33 859 41 00
Fax: (221) 33 859 42 83
Country Program Coordinator in Gambia
Tel: (220) 473-3749
Fax: (220) 473-5450
Email: muwanyiligira@worldbank.org
Sr. Operations Officer
Tel: (220) 473 7893 
Fax: (220) 473 5450
Email: bweber@worldbank.org
Senior Economist
Tel: (220) 473-4710
Email: Adekleine1@worldbank.org
World Bank Liaison Officer in Banjul
Tel: (220) 4 49 78 30
Fax: (220) 4 49 79 36
Email: bjoof@worldbank.org
Senior Communication officer
Tel : (221) 33 859 41 40
Fax: (221) 33 859 42 83
Email : mademba@worldbank.org
Active Projects & Approval Dates:
CBEMP
Supplemental Credit
30 Oct, 2007
The original project, funded by a credit of SDR 12.0
million (US$15.0 million equivalent), was approved by
the International Development Association on July 26,
2001, and became effective on January 3, 2002. The project
was needed to strengthen local capacity for economic
policy formulation and execution, including in official
statistics, public financial management and the judiciary.
These areas for assistance have been highlighted in
the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),
the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), and in the Bank’s
diagnostic instruments, in particular the Public Expenditure
Reviews (PERs) and the Country Financial Accountability
Assessment (CFAA).
The additional financing will support ongoing activities
which are part of the original project. The need for
additional financing is mainly due to cost overruns.
These overruns resulted from an underestimation of the
degree to which the public sector needed to grow capacity,
which necessitated greater than expected funding for
this purpose prior to undertaking project initiatives.
In addition, many of the project’s original activities
required a longer than expected period of gestation
and therefore greater than expected support from the
project, in order to gradually strengthen the fundamental
building blocks for the activities. The benefit of this
approach has been to ensure good stakeholder ownership
and to strengthen sustainability of the efforts.
Community-Driven Development
Project
31 Aug, 2006
The development objective forThe Community-Driven Development
Project for Gambia is the following: Rural communities,
in partnership with Local Government Authorities, plan,
implement and maintain their priority social and economic
investments.
Third Education
Project - Phase II
01 June, 2006
The Second Phase of the Education Sector Program for
Gambia aims to: (a) Improve conditions for teaching
and learning in basic education; (b) Strengthen capacity
building and performance management for improved management
and enhanced monitoring and evaluation; and (c) Continue
expansion of effective access to under-served communities.
Gateway Project
28 Feb, 2002
This is a US$16 million project which seeks to enable
The Gambia to establish itself as a globally competitive
export and processing center. The project is a key component
of the Government's strategy for achieving broad-based,
export-oriented, and sustained growth.
Capacity Building For Economic
Management Project
26 July, 2001
This is a US$15 million operation that will help build
the Government capacity for economic policy formulation,
and execution, including capacity building of the judicial,
and financial systems, to facilitate private sector
development.
Country Assistance Strategy:
Improve public expenditure management
Promote private sector-led growth
Enhance the equity and quality of service delivery |
