Panamá.Rural and Indigenous Drinking water and Sanitation Program

The proposed operation targets water and sanitation interventions in rural communities and indigenous Comarcas considered among the poorest populations of the Republic of Panama with no or very limited access to water supply and sanitary connections. The operation seeks to reduce the coverage gap in water and sanitation services in these areas and expand water and sanitation services to low-income people. It also includes assistance and funding for the protection of water sources in order to guarantee the availability of water resources for the communities.

It is a multiple-works project and it will complement two loan operations that are currently being executed: IDAAN Water and Sanitation Investment Program

(PN-L1042) and CONADES Water and Sanitation Investment Program for the Provinces (PN-L1019), which reinforces the initiative with the Spanish Fund. The

program will also support the Ministry of Health to improve the public institutional framework of the sector, especially in strengthening its public policy

formulation and regulatory function. It will also create innovative mechanisms to adapt to local circumstances, in order to improve the allocations of funds and the service efficiency indicators, with clear accountability and performance measurement mechanisms to monitor and supervise the JAARs (community organizations in charge of operating the community water and sanitation system).

Finally, the program will provide essential assistance to the JAARs in order to improve their limited technical and financial capacity.

IDB.PN-G1003 : Rural and Indigenous Drinking water and Sanitation Program

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Kenya.Health Sector Support Additional Financing

Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: Safeguard policies triggered in the original project were Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) and Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) and no new safeguard policies will be triggered. No exceptions to Bank policies are required.

World Bank.Author Fernstrom,Erik Magnus .Document Date:  2011/12/01.Document Type: Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet.Report Number:  AC6579

Kenya-Health Sector Support Additional Financing

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México.Accompanimient of Indigenous Basic School

This operation will: (i) accompany a sample of indigenous preschools schools in the states of Michoacán and Yucatan; (ii) train a cadre of supervisors/technical pedagogical assistants currently attached to participating schools in each state to ensure the sustainability of the effort; (iii) design and implement a system of accompaniment-based supervision intended to improve quality at the school level for replication in other states in Mexico; and (iv) evaluate and disseminate the results obtained.

ME-T1176 : Accompanimient of Indigenous Basic School

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Chile.Third Tertiary Education Finance for Results Project:indigenous peoples

The objective of the Third Tertiary Education Finance for Results Project for Chile is to improve quality, efficiency, and relevance of Chilean tertiary education by strengthening the link between funding and accountability for performance.

Some of the negative and mitigation measures include: a) proportionally, there are more indigenous students in secondary education on the vocational track than there are in the science and humanities track, which makes them less prepared for tertiary education and tends to accelerate their entry into the labor market; b) compared with non-indigenous people, indigenous people receive a large share of the benefits and scholarships awarded by the Government.

When benefits are conditioned on socioeconomic status and PSU score, however, indigenous students from the lower quintiles profit while those from the higher quintiles do not. This is because the PSU requirements are greater for higher quintiles, and the indigenous population typically has lower scores than non-indigenous; and c) poverty and rural life can largely explain tertiary education access issues.

When these two factors are controlled, the variation compared to non-indigenous population is smaller.

World Bank.Document Date: 2011/11/14.Document Type:Indigenous Peoples Plan.Report Number:IPP532.Volume No:1 of 1

Chile-Third Tertiary Education Finance for Results Project: indigenous peoples plan

First Regional Forum on Human Resources for Health and Indigenous People: The Challenge of Interculturality

PAHO.On 21-23 November 2011, Panama City will host the First Regional Forum on Human Resources for Health and Indigenous Peoples: The Challenge of Interculturality. The forum is a joint initiative of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Health Canada, the Fondo Indígena and the Inter-American Development Bank, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Panama.

You can follow the event live via webcast on November 21 and 22 (8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Washington DC time) at:http://www.livestream.com/paho

Interpretation into English is available at: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.B8CD32A3FA5D970A769D8C9BEAF7ED&sid=1110

More information (in Spanish) is available at:http://www.paho.org/pueblosindigenas

World Bank.Bolivia.Country partnership strategy progress report for FY2012-FY2015

Bolivia has undergone a period of profound change since the Government of President Morales came to power in January 2006. The Morales administration has implemented an array of economic and social policies to empower indigenous peoples and reduce poverty and inequality.

Macroeconomic results have been positive, with regular fiscal and current account balances for the first time in decades, declining public debt and steady 4.5 percent annual growth rates over the past seven years. In the nearly six years since Mr. Evo Morales was elected as Bolivia's first indigenous president, the country has experienced significant socio-political and economic change.

Driven by high commodity prices and prudent fiscal and monetary policies, Bolivia's economy has had an annual average growth of 4.5 percent for the past seven years, increasing per capita income by 18 percent. Current account surpluses have prevailed since 2003, and the fiscal balance turned positive in 2006 for the first time in decades. Thanks to this positive macroeconomic performance and debt relief, gross public debt dropped from 96 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2003 to 40 percent in 2010 while international reserves increased from less than $1 billion to nearly $10 billion over the same time span. Despite progress, Bolivia faces major development challenges.

It has one of the lowest GDP per capita levels in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, moderate poverty afflicts more than half of the population and income inequality is still very high. Recent economic growth is vulnerable to shifts in international commodity prices and total investment is low, limiting economic expansion. This four-year World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), agreed upon with the Government, proposes a viable medium-term program for addressing some of Bolivia's challenges.

During the consolidation of the reform process initiated by the election of the Government of President Morales, the World Bank Group (WBG) has operated through two consecutive Interim Strategy Notes (ISNs), following the recommendation from the 2005 country assistance evaluation to use shorter-term strategies in the face of high uncertainty.

Now that the conditions for the implementation of a CPS are in place a new constitutional framework, consolidated policy environment, sound macroeconomic situation, good dialogue between the WBG and authorities and improved implementation capacity and the Government has requested Bank support through a medium-term strategy.

Document Date:2011/11/01. Country Assistance Strategy Document.Report Number: 65108. Volume No: 1 of 1. Country:Bolivia.Disclosure Date: 2011/11/09

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