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We are pleased to share with you the
second issue of Outreach. We hope you
found our first edition useful and
informative. Through Outreach we
aim to reach out to people and highlight
the World Bank Group programs in
Egypt. We hope through this issue to
widen the scope and understanding of
the Bank's work.
We also take this opportunity to wish
you and your families a happy and
blessed holiday semon and a successful
new yeat:
Mahmood Ayub ISam; HaddadWorld Bank, IFC, DirectorCountry Director; Middle Bart &Egypt, Yemen & Djibouti North Africa
In partnershillJ with the NGO SerViCE! Center*, and other developlmentpartners in E!~ypt, the World Bank h;as launched this month EgyptDevelopment Marketplace, a program aimed at engaging organizations infighting poverty through innovative I~evelopment initiatives. Par't of theWorld Bank's global program, the De1'/elopment Marketplace matches socialentrepreneurs innovative ideas to t~lckle poverty with partners 'who havethe resources to implement their vis,ion.'The NGO Service Center is a developmental activity aiming to increase the participation of citizens and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) in development, The Center is sponsored by the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs and fundedby the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
n cooperation with:
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A glimpse on the Global Development Marketplace, held in Washingotn D.C. in January 2002.
The objective of this program is to promote them," said Mahmood Ayub, World Bank
grassroots solutions to poverty alleviation and Country Director for Egypt. "Therefore, we are
sustainable development. "We strongly believe looking to the Egyptian community to come
that local communities have a better up with innovative ideas to poverty reduction
understanding of how to improve their individual by opening new doors of opportunity."
quality of life than we can second guess for
The first country in the Middle East and North Africa to launch a local version of the Development
Marketplace, Egypt is introducing a program which focuses on the theme of "Skills E:nhancement
for Development" and will include:
1. Innovation Competition -a competition open The Egypt Development Marketplace will be
to any Egyptian organization, whereby start- held on 25 March, 2003 when the award
up funds are awarded to organizations winners will be announced and the Knowledge
proposing innovative ideas around the chosen Forum will be held. An independent jury
theme. The awards, in the amount of Egyptian comprised of representatives from the
Pounds 50,000 -250,000 depending upon development community will select the winners.
the needs of applicants' project proposals,
will serve as seed funding that will enable
teams to implement their idea. The Egypt Country Innovation Day is part of
the Development Marketplace Program -an
innovation initiative launched by the World
Bank in 1998 as a means of seeding grassroots
development projects worldwide among the
World Bank's staff. Based on its overwhelming
success, the competition was expanded globally
to invite all those working in development to
participate. Since 1998, over $12 million has
been awarded to NGOs, foundations, and the
private sector to test out innovative methods
of combating poverty.
2. Knowledge Forum where social visionaries
and activists gettogether to network and
learn from each other's experience. They will
be able to discuss the evolution of
development efforts, the roles of emergingcivil society, and connect with those able to
provide technical assistance, access to vital
networks and financial support. For donors
and financers, it offers a chance to listen,
learn, and support cutting edge initiatives
that promote empowerment of the poor and
community development.
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operation and development in the Basin.
Egypt and other five riparian countries -
the Democratic Republic of Congo (CI.R.
Congo), Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and
Uganda -formed the Technical Co-
operation Committee for the Promotion
of the Development and Environmen1:al
Protection of the Nile Basin (TECCONILE).
The other four riparian states participated
as observers. In 1997 the Nile Basin
Initiative was initiated and all the ten
countries sharing the Nile waters agrE~ed
to use the NBI as the basis for any water
cooperation between them. The NBI 'vvas
officially launched in 1999.
In October 2002,
three years after
initiation of the Nile
Basin Initiative (NBI),
a program seeking to
develop the river in a
cooperative manner,share substantial
socioeconomic
benefits, and promote regional peace and
security, the Ugandan Parliament vested
the NBI with juridical personality and thus
with the powers of an international
organization. A Headquarters Agreement
was signed by the Government of Uganda
and the Nile Secretariat on November 4,
2002. This is a milestone for NBI, enabling
a speedy transition to implementation of
programs approved by the Ministers and
supported by several donors.
Q: Whalt are the objectives andprogralms of the Nile Basin Initiatiive,and where do they stand todav;»A: The NBI seeks to develop the river in
a cooperative manner, share substantial
socioeconomic benefits, and promote
regional peace and security. It is guided
by a shared vision "to achieve sustainable
socio-economic development through the
equitable utilization of, and benefit from,
the common Nile Basin water resources."
On this occasion, Outreach interviewed
H.E. Minister Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, Minister
of Water Resources and Irrigation to explain
the Nile Basin Initiative and its benefits to
its member, especially to Egypt.
Q: Minister Abu-Zeid, can vou pleasebrief us about the historv of the Nile To translate the NBI's shared vision into
action, a Strategic Action Program has
been launched to Identify and prepare
cooperative projects in the Basin. The
program consists of two complementary
sub-programs:1 )The basin-wide Shared Vision Program
is intended to be a broad-based basin-wide
program of collaborative action, exchange
of experience, and capacity building to
ensure a strong foundation for regional
cooperation. Currently the program includes
seven projects, which build upon each
other to form a coordinated program. Four
of these are thematic in nature, addressing
issues related to environmental
management, power trade, efficient water
use for agriculture, and water resources
planning and management. The remaining
three are facilitative, supporting efforts to
strengthen confidence-building and
stakeholder involvement, applied training,
and socio~conomic development and
benefit-sharing. These projects are close
to appraisal and funding and will roll out
in 2003; and
2)The Subsidiary Action Programs which
includes investment programs at a sub-
basin level involving all potentially affected
countries. Two sub-basin programs have
been identified:
a. A program for the Eastern Nile (EN-
SAP), which includes Egypt, Sudan and
Ethiopia.b. A program for the Nile Equatorial Lakes
Region (NEL-SAP) ), which includes the six
countries in the southern portion of theA: In 1992 the Council of Ministers of
Water Affairs of the Nile Basin States
launched an initiative to promote co-
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facilitate a dialogue among the riparians
on cooperative water resources
management, and to identify a strategic
plan of adtion.
Basin, as well as the downstream riparians
Sudan and ~gypt.
These subsidiary groups have identified
joint investnilent opportunities which
warrant furt~er investigation and
preparation. I
Q: What is the importance of thl~ NileBasin Initiative to fUIPtiiA: Egypt is a dry country that depends on
the Nile for its water resources. As
enormous quantities of water is wasted in
the Nile Basin, better management of the
Nile water through the NBI will help
maintain and increase Egypt's water
resources.
In June 2001, the World Bank chaired a
meeting of international donors, at the
request of the Nile Council of Ministers.
This meeting provided a forum for building
donors commitment to, raising funds for,
and monitoring progress of NBI programs.A: The World Bank, at the request of the
Nile Council'of Ministers, has supported
and facilitated the development of the NBI
and is coordinating donor involvement
and support to NBI projects. The Bank is
working closely with the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP) and the
Canadian International Development
Agency (aDA) and other donors to
Cooperation on the Nile water opens up
new opportunities for realizing win-win
solutions. Collaboration serves the best
interest of all countries II
The World Bank is committed to supporting
the NBI and has promised to respond to
the financial requests by the Nile countries
on a case by case basis.
The World Bank recently published a Rural Clevelopment StratE!gy for the Middle East anCJINorth Africa (MENA) region titled "Reaching the Rural Poor in the MENA Region."
level coordination in the design and
implementation of development
programs in rural areas, and more
importantly in capturing the lessons
learned from different activities in terms
of overall spatial and budget planning,
the impact on rural well-being and the
feedback into overall/ national level rural
strategy development.
Egypt has been selected as one of the
three pilot countries for the MENA Rural
Development Strategy Implementationand the Case Study preparation is
supported by the MENA Rural Alliance,
a cross sectoral group established to
promote the implementation of the
Strategy.
As a follow-up to this study, the Rural
DeVeIO! ment, Water & Environment
Sector f the World Bank's MENA
depart ent will be undertaking a
country-specific case study aimed at
analyzing different sectoral efforts in
rural Egypt to capture lessons learned
and opportunities from the
implementation of development
programs in rural space. The study will
be implemented in close collaboration
with other World Bank sectors involved
in the rural areas (health, education,
social development) as well as
Government agencies and key relevant
donors.
The Governorate of Sohag has been
chosen as the geographic focus of the
study, given the multitude of ongoing
World Bank and other donor programs
in the region.
It is hoped that the study will assist in
identifying effective mechanisms of local
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,The project aims at: (i) improving access and equity thtough a well
designed school construction and maintenance program; (ii) improving
the quality of teaching and consolidate advancements !n curricula
design; (iii) enhancing the Ministry of Education (MaE') capacity in
policy analysis, management and education planning through training
MaE staff and further development and efficient use of an education
management information system; and (iv) assisting in the formulation
of options for addressing priority basic education issues.
the quality of student performance; and (iii) enhance system efficiency.
The project aims to increase the productivity of 26,000 low-income
families who have been settled on about 130,000 feddans of saline
soil to be reclaimed.
The Project aims to: (i) strengthen the monitoring and enforcement
capabilities of the erlvironmental institutions; and (ii) establish technical
and financial mechanisms for industria! pollution abatement investments
in Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and Ismailia.
Through the development of the tourism sector, the project aims to:
(i) create employment opportunities; and (ii) increase foreign exchange
earnings.
The project aims at: (i) expanding health insurance towards universal
coverage for a basic package of primary health care and public health
services; and (ii) improving access to efficient primary care and public
health services, in three pilot Governorates, to meet the service
demand created by the expansion of Primary Health Care insurance
coverage.
The project seeks to: (i) conserve the water, land and vegetation
resources in the project area; and (ii) reduce poverty and improve
the local Bedouin population quality of life by providing support for
enhanced natural resource management practices, coupled with
agricultural and non-agricultural development. The main objective of the project is to improve the efficiency and
reliability of deliver~{ of irrigation water, and the timely evacuation
of drainage water, to prevent the losses in crop yields resulting from
aging pumping stations on the irrigation and drainage system.The project aims at: (i) increasing agricultural production and farmers
income by improving the irrigation infrastructure, facilitating a more
equitable distribution of water and improving on-farm irrigation
management; (ii) improving the long term sustainability through
takeover of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the
tertiary level irrigation system by the farmers and their sharing in
the costs for tertiary level investments; and (iii) strengthening the
institutional planning and implementation capacity of the Ministry
of Water Resources and Irrigation in the irrigation subsector.
The project aims to primarily support the sustainable development
of Sohag rural villa~~es through the participatory approach initiated
by the National Prol~ram for Integrated Rural Development (Shrouk).
The project objectives are to: (i) increase access to general secondary
education; (ii) better align curricula and assessment with the skills
needs of employers and higher education; (iii) provide professional
development for teachers and administrators on new technologies,
curricula, assessment and management techniques; and (iv) strengthen
institutional capacity.
The project aims at helping Egypt: (i) better manage population
growth by giving the Ministry of Health and Population the institutional
capacity to play the lead role in the population sector; and (ii) improve
the conditions and status of women and children in areas where
fertility remains high, mainly in rural areas of Upper Egypt, by
stimulating additional demand for smaller family size and for family
planning services.
The project's objective is to help create jobs and provide community
infrastructure and services through labor-intensive works.
Key objectives of the project are to: (i) ensure universal access to
basic education, with an emphasis on access for girls; (ii) improve
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The project aims to: (i) increase the agricultural productivity of about
0.8 million feddan!; of irrigated land by improving drainage conditions
through evacuation of excess irrigation water with subsurface drains
into existing open drains; and (ii) avoid yield and production losses
on this land, which would result if water logging and soil salinity
problems were to persist
The project seeks to support the Government's continuing policies
of encouraging broad-based private-sector-led growth in order to
meet the need for increased employment opportunities and income
for a growing population. The project will specifically: (i) promote
rural economic development, leading to increased income and
employment in rural Egypt; and (ii) strengthen financial and institutional
viability of the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit
(PBDAC), a public sector institution that is in effect the main institution
providing financial services in rural Egypt.The project aims to create the conditions fundamental to improving
the quality and ef1:iciency of the higher education system in Egypt
through legislative reform, institutional restructuring, and establishmentof independent quality assurance mechanisms and monitoring systems.
The objective of the project is to develop and test integrated programs
for children with disabilities and youth at risk, through a range of
providers. and to assist the Government in developing a new strategy
to improve services for this sector.
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Nicholas H. Stern, the World Bank's
Chief Economist and Senior Vice
President will visit Egypt during January
20-21,2003. Mr. Stern engage in
dialogue with a group of Cabinet
Ministers on poverty challenges in
Egypt, and best practice from regional
and international experience in
addressing them. He will also deliver
a talk at Cairo University on Inclusion
and Innovation. Mr. Stern will. also
deliver a presentation on the
investment climate hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce
in Egypt and the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Stern was Chief Economist at
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where he
was also the Special Advisor to the President from 1994-1999. Before
1994, his career was mostly in academic life including teaching at
the London School of Economics, Oxford and Warwick universities
in the United Kingdom, and at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in the United States.
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At the invitation of the Public Administration and Development Forum of the Am4~rican University in Cairo, Mr. MahmoodAyub, World Bank Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti spoke on " Strengthening Governance: World Bank Experience
to Date". The presentation was held on December 11th, 2002 and was attendl~d by a wide audience of students,professors, and others interested in the topic. The diagram demonstrates one aspect of Mr. Ayub's presentation.
;'~I;J,~[~I;~.[;; [.;ii ~~~.J~'J::;;.J'JJ:,=iJ:i; I ~~.;j;i.~l r;"'.~~[.;:!I'l;~l_~j I;.Legal and Practical serparation of powers .Political competition, credible political parties.Executive decision-making structure and power .Transparency in party financing.Legislative oversight .Disclosure of parliamentary votes.Independence and effectiveness of judiciary .Asset declaration, conflict-of-interest rules
.Absence of "state capture"
.C,:>mpetitive restructuring of monopolies
.Regulatory simplification for entry
.Transparency in corporate governance
.Role of civil society organizations
.Public consultations on draft laws
.Freedom of press
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in October
At their meeting this year, both
ladies focused on the recently
completed strategy paper titled:
"Strategic Options for Early
Childhood Education" (October
2002), jointly prepared by the
Egyptian Ministry of Education
and the World Bank. During their
discussion, Mrs. Mubarak
suggested the need to open up
community libraries10 early
childhood education programs;
this would help accelerate the
pace of kindergarten expansion.
Paving the way for implementing
the Egypt Early Childhood
Education Program, the strategy
aims at: making early childhood
education available to the poorest
segments of the population;
improving the quality of
kindergarten by benchmarkingwith international standards;
ensuring that Egypt has enough
well-trained kindergarten teachers
and administrators; encouraging
the private sector to !::ontinue its
efforts in providing high quality
early education; and monitoring
Supporting early childhood
education is another example of
strong partnership between the
Egyptian Government and the
World Bank to support education
at all levels. Together, they have
undertaken a comprehensive
approach -from basic to tertiary
education -and the inclusion of
early childhood to the equation,
extends the continuum of life-
long learning by providing an
enriched first step. II
and evaluating the progress of
early childhood education
throughout the country.
Both the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and
the World Bank are considering
supporting this Pro~:ram, given
the many positive outcomes of
early childhood education,
including preparing children for
school, improving their health, as
well as the high economic and
social benefits for the society
overall, as shown through
international studie!;.
For more information about Early Childhood Development, please visit: ww~i.worldbank.org/children/
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This publication includes readings related to the U.N. International Conference on Financing for
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Peace," a keynote speech given by World Bank's experience, written by Ian Goldin,
Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, two Halsey Rogers, and Nicholas Stern;
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Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern, major agreements reached at the
discussing the consensus that emerged conference, with an introductio,n by Mats
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