INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSC5620 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 29-Jan-2014 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 29-Jan-2014 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Djibouti Project ID: P146250 Project Name: Djibouti: Governance for Private Sector Development Project (P146250) Task Team Djibrilla Adamou Issa Leader: Estimated 17-Feb-2014 Estimated 29-Apr-2014 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: MNSF1 Lending Investment Project Financing Instrument: Sector(s): General industry and trade sector (50%), Agro-industry, marketing, and trade (20%), SME Finance (15%), Public administration- Indust ry and trade (15%) Theme(s): Other Private Sector Development (50%), Corporate governance (50%) Financing (In USD Million) Total Project Cost: 4.00 Total Bank Financing: 4.00 Public Disclosure Copy Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 International Development Association (IDA) 4.00 Total 4.00 Environmental C - Not Required Category: Is this a No Repeater project? B. Project Objectives The Project Development Objective is to help improve selected aspects of Djibouti’s business environment and support enterprises in selected sector/industries. The PDO’s related performance indicators are (i) the improvement in the investment climate as measured by the reduction in time required to create a company; and the reduction in time to pay taxes; (ii) the decrease in the average number of days to settle commercial dispute; (iii) the improvement of the performance of SMEs supported by the project as measured by the increase in their sales/turnover compared to a control group. The ultimate beneficiaries would be SMEs, Government and private sector institutions in charge of PPD and investment climate reform. C. Project Description Public Disclosure Copy The project would have the following two components: Component 1: Governance and Investment Climate Reform (US$2.5million of which IDA US $1million for the commercial court; US$1million (TBC) through the IFC for Investment Climate Reforms in particular the support for the creation of a one stop for improve business registration, TA to streamline tax and customs regimes, and TF US$0.5million from the First initiative for the access to finance TA); and, Component 2: Investment Promotion and enterprises development (US$1.5million of which US $1million from IDA for the matching grant, US$0.5million from PPIAF for the PPP framework, and US$0.5million from the FPD Competitive Industries Program for the ANPI and PPD). D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) E. Borrowers Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies The project, by the nature of its development objective, brings together a diverse group of stakeholders and beneficiaries, consisting of investors, SMEs, business owners, with diverse and sometime conflicting interests. As the project is primarily offering technical assistance and capacity building, with no infrastructure, the social impacts of the project are largely expected to be positive. The project is considered to be a Category C as it will primarily finance technical assistance and capacity building activities. The project is considered to be a Category C as it will primarily finance technical assistance and capacity building activities. F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team Public Disclosure Copy Maged Mahmoud Hamed (MNAOS) II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ No BP 4.01 Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Pest Management OP 4.09 No Physical Cultural Resources OP/ No BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Public Disclosure Copy Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No 7.60 III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN A. Tentative target date for preparing the PAD Stage ISDS: 08-Jul-2013 B. Time frame for launching and completing the safeguard-related studies that may be needed. The specific studies and their timing1 should be specified in the PAD-stage ISDS: N/A IV. APPROVALS Task Team Leader: Name: Djibrilla Adamou Issa Approved By: Regional Safeguards Name: Maged Mahmoud Hamed (RSA) Date: 29-Jan-2014 Coordinator: Sector Manager: Name: Simon C. Bell (SM) Date: 29-Jan-2014 Public Disclosure Copy 1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the InfoShop and (ii) in country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially affected persons.