The World Bank. Uruguay. Additional Financing for the Institutions Building Technical Assistance Project

The objective is to improve the Borrower’s public sector performance by: (i) supporting its public sector modernization program in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, performance-based budgeting, e-government, tax administration and statistics; and (ii) strengthening its institutions involved with the design and implementation of public policy reforms in the areas of taxation, promotion of the business environment, and social protections.

The proposed additional financing would help finance the costs associated with a scale-up of a well performing project in order to enhance its development impact. This will be achieved through: (i) increasing financing for four components to expand their original coverage; (ii) adding two components; (iii) slightly adjusting the PDOs to reflect the changes made to the original components and the inclusion of the two new components; and (iv) and the revision or elimination of a few activities envisioned in the original Legal Agreement, which are no longer relevant; and (v) adjusting the project’s results
framework to reflect the identification of a few data limitations, the modifications of the original components, and the inclusion of new components. Furthermore, the additional financing will help continue to provide technical assistance to the DPL series on Public Sector Competitiveness and Social Inclusion, especially in the areas of fiscal reform, capital markets, and the social information system, SIIAS

Document Date: 2011/09/15.Document Type:Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet.Report Number:64675. Volume No:1 of 1.Country:Uruguay.Disclosure Date:2011/09/29

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