SOUTHERN CONE

ARGENTINA
Second State Modernization:P101170 -Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10. World Bank. The project would contribute to a (i) strengthened capacity of the CCO to carry out its mandate in key public sector management areas for improved coordination, monitoring and evaluation; and to (ii) the increased use of modern e-government, procurement, human resource management and social accountability tools as well as improved capacity for investment promotion..Author:Bellver Vazquez-Dodero,Ana.Document Date:2012/01/10.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR4890
Mining Environmental Restoration Project: P110462-Implementation Status Results Report: Sequence 06. The development objectives of the project are to: (a) strengthen Government of Argentina's capacity to assess and mitigate environmental risks associated with closed uranium mines, processing sites, and related mining sector investments in accordance with international good practice; and (b) reduce potentia;economic and health damages associated with a closed uranium mining site in Malargue, Mendoza..Author:Marulanda,Catalina; Document Date: 2012/01/08.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number: ISR4080
Buenos Aires Infrastructure 1st Phase APL: P088032-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 15. Author:Velez,Carlos E.; Document Date: 2012/01/03. Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report Number: ISR5480
AR APL2 National Highway Asset Mgt. Rural services and infrastructure (29%);Infrastructure services for private sector  development (29%);Environmental policies and institutions (14%);Injuries and noncommunicable diseases (14%);Administrative and civil service reform (14%). World Bank. Document Date:2011/12/16.Document Type: Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Report Number:AC6603
AR-L1133:Norte Grande II Road Infrastructure Program.The Program is an investment loan that has as an objective to facilitate the integration of the various productive regions of the provinces of NOA y NEA (North-West Argentina and North-East Argentina) to the process of economic development, through the improvement of intra and inter-regional accessibility and connectivity conditions, and/or complimenting public as well as private investments and actions, to facilitate the economic growth and diversification process within the different nucleuses and circuits of economic activity of the regions.
Argentina Rural Education Improvement Project. PROMER: P070963. Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 11. The Project's Development Objective is to support national Government policy to: (i) improve the coverage, efficiency, and quality of the Argentine education system, and (ii) to improve the governance of the Argentine education system through strengthening of thenormative, planning, information, monitoring, and evaluation capacity at the national and provincial level. World Bank.Author:Holland,Peter Anthony; Document Date: 2011/12/25.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR4266
AR-T1084: Support for the Sustainable Urban Mobility in the City of Bariloche. IDB. This operation seeks to give support to the city of Bariloche organization of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Strategy that consolidates the proposals of the Urban and Land Use Plan
AR SOC:P101171.Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 08. The project's development objective is to identify social and/or fiscal attributes of physical and legal persons in Argentina, through a sustainable information exchange system, aimed at improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of social services and fiscal programs at all levels of government in Argentina.The specific objectives to be pursued under this operation are:...World Bank. Author: Bellver Vazquez-Dodero,Ana. Document Date:2011/12/26.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number:ISR5504
AR Buenos Aires Infrastructure Sustainable Investment Development Project Phase II. P105288-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 11.The overall purpose of the program is to improve the provision of infrastructure services in the Province within a framework offiscal responsibility. Through improved services the Project aims to support the return to a sustainable path of economic growth, to alleviate poverty and to increase social equity. To this end, the Province prioritized a set of interventions through the sector wide Infrastructure Program for the period 2005-2012 specifically aimed to:...World Bank.Author: Velez,Carlos E.Document Date: 2011/12/26.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number:ISR5385
Norte Grande Water Infrastructure:P1202-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 02. World Bank.Author:Lopez Martinez,Patricia;Document Date:2011/12/22.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number:ISR5426
AR-T1094:Promotion of the Rights of People with Disabilities and Best Practice. IDB. In the field of disability, IPNA Foundation aims to promote the rights of children and young people affected, in particular those belonging to families living in poverty and social risk. IPNA career in the implementation of law programs in Buenos Aires villas allows them to recognize that one of the most effective and durable tools for community development is the transmission of knowledge and practices to strengthen local capacities of the beneficiaries so that themselves become advocates for improving their community. The "Program for Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Best Practices in health care in vulnerable communities," an initiative proposal to the IDB for this TC, already have a first experience that was developed in three (3) Villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Villa 19 (Barrio INTA Lugano), Lugano and Villa 20 Villa 31 Retiro
Flood Prevention and Drainage APL1:P088220.Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 14.The proposed APL project, Phase A, would increase The City of Buenos Aires resilience to flooding through protection of its critical infrastructure and the introduction of a risk management approach to the government investment program. The project would focus on the issue of risk identification and reduction through prevention, mitigation, education and training. World Bank. Author:Lopez Martinez,Patricia.Document Date: 2011/12/21.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR5407
Urban Flood Prevention and Drainage APL1:P088220-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 14.The proposed APL project, Phase A, would increase The City of Buenos Aires resilience to flooding through protection of its critical infrastructure and the introduction of a risk management approach to the government investment program. The project would focus on the issue of risk identification and reduction through prevention, mitigation, education and training. World Bank.Author: Lopez Martinez,Patricia; Document Date: 2011/12/21.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR5407
AR San Juan SWAP. P113896.Improve the equity, quality and efficiency of health services, thereby supporting the reduction of child and maternal mortality, especially among those citizens with limited resources who rely heavily on public health services. The four health programs supported by the operation (detailed below) are conducive for these objectives.Improve the equity, quality and efficiency of education services in the first few years of schooling; thereby strengthen the human capital foundations of the province and improving equal opportunities in education. The two education programs supported by the operation (detailed below) are conducive for these objectives.Strengthen public sector management. The project aims to build institutional capacity in key line ministries and the finance ministry, introducing basic elements of performance-informed budgeting and policy planning,Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 04 Author:Fiess,Norbert Matthias.Document Date: 2011/12/19.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number
AR Santa Fe Road Infrastructure:P099051-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 10. The overall purpose of the project is to improve transport conditions along a strategic road corridor that links the Province of Santa Fe with regional and international markets. Adding capacity to National Road 19, a key component of a major bi-oceanic corridor that links the PSF and the Center Region with Chile and Brazil will reduce logistics costs, facilitate access to major regional consumption and export markets and foster the effective economic integration of the  Center Region rovince.World Bank.Author:Serebrisky,Tomas S.Document Date:2011/12/13.Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report Report Number:ISR5250


CHILE
CH-L1064: Program to Support SENCE's Effectiveness.Component 1 - Improving efficiency and effectivenes in public spending in job training and training to improve job insertion - aprox. US$5.070.000.Component 2 - Improving labor policies - aprox. US$600.000.Component 3 - Developing information systems, follow up, evaluation and coordination of labor policies - aprox. US$1.800.000.
RG-L1034: Regional Affordable Housing Fund. IDB.The transaction entails an A Loan or Guarantee - to be determined during due diligence - to a Fund to finance the development of housing real estate projects in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica.
CL Santiago Urban Transport Technical Assistance Project: P086689-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 16.To support the Borrower in achieving an efficient and sustainable urban transport system for Metropolitan Santiago. World Bank.Author: Goller,Elisabeth.Document Date: 2011/12/28.Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR5387
Second Public Expenditure Management: P103441-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 11. The overall development objective would be to increase the efficiency of operations regarding financial management, budget formulation, and budget execution, and the transparency of public expenditure management at the central and municipal level through the implementation of an updated, functionally enhanced and expanded financial administration system (SIGFE). World Bank Author: Bellver Vazquez-Dodero,Ana. Document Date: 2011/12/28. Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number:ISR5622
CH-X1010.Banco Internacional.TFFP. The transaction consists of a US$20 million uncommitted line of credit under the TFFP program.: ISR5263

PARAGUAY
PY Energy Sector Strengthening Project: P114971- Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 0. World Bank.Author:Reinstein,David. Document Date:2012/01/01. Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number: ISR5274
PR-T1117: Support Conceptualization and Development of Industrial Park and Aluminum Plant. IDB: The TC will support the Inter-institutional Technical Team (ETI in Spanish) created by the Government of Paraguay for the conceptualization and development of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminum Smelter Project, private investment amount estimated US$3,000 million, and an industrial park where the Project will be installed. The TC will finance experts in the aluminum market, site visits, workshops and training seminars; economic, financial, environmental, tax studies; and basic studies required to define infrastructure installations such as transmission lines, logistic, ports and river transportation.
Public Sector Reform Development Policy Loan Paraguay. Overview Financial Procurement Implementation & Results News & Related Info.Project ID: P117043 | Project Status: Active.The objective of the Public Sector Development Policy Loan Program for Paraguay is to contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the public sector. This is expected to be reached via the following specific objectives: (i) exerting effective state-owned enterprises (SOE) oversight; (ii) improving central administration's internal financial control; and (iii) strengthening the tax system. This Development Policy Loan (DPL) supports the Government reform plans and builds upon the significant achievements in several areas of a previous programmatic DPL in 2009. 
Microfranchise Development for Low-Income Women Microentrepreneurs.The project will develop a model to create microfranchises through clients of Fundación Paraguaya with the final goal of improving their livehoods. The beneficiaries will be 600 low income women.

URUGUAY

MONTEVIDEO LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY PROJECT.Approval Date 09-DEC-2011.Total Project Cost**2.5.Region Latin America And Caribbean.Major Sector (Sector) (%) Water, sanitation and flood protection (Solid waste management) (100%).Themes (%) Climate change (67%).Pollution management and environmental health (33%). Environmental Category B. Bank Team Lead Scholz, Sebastian Martin. Borrower/Recipient N/A.Implementing Agency.MUNICIPALITY OF MONTEVIDEO
OSE Modernization: P101432-Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10. World Bank.Author: Velez,Carlos E. Document Date: 2012/01/03. Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number: ISR5589World Bank.Author: Menon Parameswaran,Balakrishna. Document Date: 2012/01/03. Document Type:Implementation Status and Results Report. Report Number: ISR4245
UY Integrated Natural Resources and Biodiversity Management Project: P070653-Implementation Status Results Report:Sequence 12.To promote, mainly among groups of small and medium-sized farmers, the adoption of economically and environmentally viable integrated production systems within a context of holistic ecosystem and natural resources management, while mainstreaming biodiversity. World Bank.Author: Altimari Montiel,Fabiola. Document Date: 2011/05/27. Document Type: Agreement
Amendment to the Loan Agreement for Loan 4556-UY Conformed. We refer to the loan agreement entered into between Administración de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado (the Borrower) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) in respect of the Loan listed in Annex 1 to this letter.  We also refer to the request by República Oriental del Uruguay (the Guarantor) that the Bank enters into a Master Derivatives Agreement with the Guarantor. World Bank.Author: Altimari Montiel,Fabiola. Document Date: 2011/05/27. Document Type: Agreement
Amendment to Loan Agreements for Loans:4598-UY,4540-UY,4395-UY,4381-UY,4280-UY and 4204-UY Conformed.Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing by signing and dating this amendment letter in the spaces provided below. This amendment letter shall be executed in three counterparts, each of which shall be an original. Upon confirmation, please return one fully executed original to us. The provisions set forth in this amendment letter . This amendment shall become effective upon receipt by the Bank of one fully executed original of this amendment letter. World Bank.Author: Altimari Montiel,Fabiola. Document Date: 2011/05/27. Document Type: Agreement
Institutions Building Technical Assistance Additional Financing. Approval Date 06-DEC-2011.Total Project Cost 10. Region Latin America And Caribbean-Major Sector (Sector) (%) Public Administration, Law, and Justice (General public administration sector) (100%).Themes (%)Tax policy and administration (25%). Other public sector governance (25%). Public expenditure, financial management and procurement (25%).Environmental Category C.Bank Team Lead Ballivian, Amparo.Borrower/Recipient REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY.Implementing Agency MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE X