Mauritania – Country Assistance Evaluation *
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CONFIDENTIAL AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ADB/BD/WP/2005/39 ADF/BD/WP/2005/37 1ST June 2005 Prepared by: OPEV Original: French Translated by: CLSU Probable Date of Presentation to the Committee Operations and Development Effectiveness FOR CONSIDERATION TO BE DETERMINED MEMORANDUM TO : THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS FROM : Cheikh I. FALL Secretary General SUBJECT : MAURITANIA – COUNTRY ASSISTANCE EVALUATION * Please find attached the above-mentioned document. Attach: cc: The President * Questions on this document should be referred to: Mr. G. GIORGIS Director OPEV Extension 2041 Mr. H. RAZAFINDRAMANANA Principal Evaluation Officer OPEV Extension 2294 SCCD : G .G. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ADF/OPEV/2005/05 MARCH 2005 Original: French Distribution: Limited MAURITANIA COUNTRY ASSISTANCE EVALUATION THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE BANK GROUP OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT SCCD : G .G. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ..............................................................................................i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................iv I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1 1.1 Objective of the evaluation.........................................................................................................1 1.2 Methodological approach...........................................................................................................1 II. COUNTRY BACKGROUND....................................................................................................2 2.1 Economic Developments............................................................................................................2 2.2 Social Background......................................................................................................................3 2.3 Principal Constraints on the Country’s Development ................................................................4 2.4 The Country’s Dependance on External Assistannce and the Relative Contribution of the Bank………………………………………………………………………………………........4 III. BANK GROUP ASSISTANCE IN MAURITANIA: PRODUCTS AND SERVICES…………………….. ...............................................................................................5 3.1 Bank Strategy and its Relevance ................................................................................................5 3.1.1 Priority Objectives of the Bank’s Strategies in Mauritania.......................................................5 3.1.2 Analysis of Sector Strategic Priorities.......................................................................................6 3.1.3 Relevance to the Needs of the Population .................................................................................8 3.1.4 Consistency with Assistance Programmes of other Donors......................................................8 3.2 Implementating the Strategy: Loan and Grant Operations.........................................................8 3.2.1 Caracteristics and Composition of the Overall Portfolio...........................................................8 3.2.2 Performance of Projects............................................................................................................9 3.3 Implementating the Strategy: Analytical and Advisory Services.............................................10 3.3.1 Economic and Sectoral Studies ...............................................................................................10 3.3.2 Policy Dialogue .......................................................................................................................10 3.3.3 Aid Coordination, Cofinancing and Resource Mobilisation ...................................................11 IV. DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS OF BANK ASSISTANCE ......................12 4.1 Growth and Macroeconomic and Sector Stabilization .............................................................12 Mining and Industrial sector.............................................................................................................13 Agriculture and Rural Development Sector .....................................................................................15 Transport Sector................................................................................................................................18 4.2 Poverty Reduction and other Millenium Development Objectives..........................................20 Social Sector .....................................................................................................................................21 4.3 Impact on Crosscutting issues ..................................................................................................22 V. Performance of Development Partners.....................................................................................24 5.1 Government Performance.........................................................................................................24 5.2 Bank Performance ....................................................................................................................25 VI. OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COUNTERFACTUAL ANALYSIS ................................25 6.1 Relevance..................................................................................................................................25 6.2 Efficacy.....................................................................................................................................25 6.3 Efficiency..................................................................................................................................26 6.4 Institutional Development Impact ............................................................................................26 6. 5 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................27 6.6 Overall Outcome of the Assessment and Counterfactual Analysis..........................................27 VII. LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS..............................................................................28 7.1 Lessons .....................................................................................................................................28 7.2 Recommendations.....................................................................................................................28 Annexes 1. Ratings of strategies and operations 2. Major macroeconomic indicators 3. Socio-economic and demographic indicators 4. Monitoring indicators of the PRSP 5. Millennium Development Goals in Mauritania (situation in 2002) 6. Bank Group Operations in Mauritania 7. Matrix of Recommendation and Follow-up Measures. This report was prepared by Mr. H. RAZAFINDRAMANANA, Principal Project Evaluation Officer (Extension: 2294) with support from a consultant following a mission to MAURITANIA in September 2004. Questions on this report may be referred to Mr. G. GIORGIS, Director OPEV, (Extension 2041). -i- ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADB : African Development Bank ADF : African Development Fund AESDF : Arab Economic and Social Development Fund CDHLCPI : Commission on Human Rights, Poverty Alleviation and Integration CSP : Country Strategy Paper DGD : Directorate General of Customs DGI : Directorate General of Taxes DPE : Directorate of Programming and Research DWS : Drinking Water Supply ECOWAS : Economic Community of West African States ENER : National Road Maintenance Enterprise EPCP : Economic Prospects and Country Programming Paper EPFP : Economic Policy Framework Paper EU : United States FISAP : Fiscal Adjustment Programme GBM : Générale des banques de Mauritania GDP : Gross Domestic Product HIPC : Heavily Indebted Poor Countries IDA : International Development Association IDB : Islamic Development Bank IMF : International Monetary Fund MAED : Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development MDG : Millennium Development Goals NGO : Nongovernmental organisation MFI : Micro-Finance Institution MTEF : Medium-Term Expenditure Framework MU : Mauritanian monetary unit (Ouguiya) NPV : Net Present Value ODA : Official Development Assistance OHADA : Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa OMVS : Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River ONS : National Statistics Bureau PAIM : Multisectoral Institutional Support Project PE : Public Enterprise PERP : Public Enterprise Reform Programme PGRP : Public Resources Management Programme PIP : Public Investments Programme PME : Small and Medium-scale Enterprises PNDSE : National Programme for the Development of the Education System UNDP : United Nations Development Programme PRSP : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper RMC : Regional Member Countries SAP : Structural Adjustment Programme SDA : Social Dimensions of Adjustment SMI : Small and Medium-scale Industries SNDE : National Water Company SNIM : National Mining Industries Company SOMELEC : Mauritanian Electricity Company -ii- SONADER : National Rural Development Company SYPSIM : Public Investments Programming and Monitoring System in Mauritania UBD : Union des banques de Mauritanie UC : Unit of Account UE : European Union UEMOA : West African Economic and Monetary Union UMA : Union of the Maghreb Arab UNCACEM : Agricultural Credit