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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No: PAD4213 Public Disclosure Authorized INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT ON A PROPOSED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 70.9 SDR MILLION (US$100 MILLION EQUIVALENT) Public Disclosure Authorized TO THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND AND THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN) FOR A RESTORING EDUCATION AND LEARNING EMERGENCY PROJECT December 4, 2020 Public Disclosure Authorized Education Global Practice Middle East And North Africa Region Public Disclosure Authorized This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Exchange Rate Effective Oct 30, 2020 Currency Unit = SDR SDR 0.708396 = US$1 US$ 1.411640 = SDR 1 Currency Unit = YER YER 249.75= US$1 FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 Regional Vice President: Ferid Belhaj Country Director: Marina Wes Regional Director: Keiko Miwa Practice Manager: Andreas Blom Task Team Leaders: Samira Halabi, Almedina Music ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ASER Annual Status of Education Report BEC Basic Education Certificate BEDP Basic Education Development Project CCRT Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust CEN Country Engagement Note CERC Contingent Emergency Response Component COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 CRI Corporate Results Indicator CRW Crisis Response Window DEO District Education Offices DNA Damage and Needs Assessment ECW Education Cannot Wait ECRP Emergency Crisis Response Project EHNP Emergency Health and Nutrition Project EMIS Education Management Information Systems E&S Environmental and Social ESCP Environmental and Social Commitment Plan ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan ESPIG Education Sector Plan Implementation Grant ETI Education Teachers Incentives FCS Food Consumption Score FCV Fragility, Conflict, and Violence FM Financial Management FMFA Financial Management Financial Agreement GAFSP Global Agricultural and Food Security Program GBV Gender-Based Violence GEO Governorate Education Office GIZ German Corporation for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) GPE Global Partnership for Education GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism GRS Grievance Redress Service HNO Humanitarian Needs Overview ICT Information and Communications Technology IDA International Development Association IDP Internally Displaced Persons IFR Interim Financial Report IMF International Monetary Fund INEE Interagency Network for Emergencies ISDB Islamic Development Bank JENA Joint Education Needs Assessment KAP Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices KFW Credit Institute for Reconstruction (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia LAYS Learning Adjusted Years of Schooling LEG Local Education Group LMP Labor Management Plan LWiE Learning and Wellbeing in Emergencies M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MENA Middle East and North Africa MIS Management Information System MOE Ministry of Education NER Net Enrollment Ratio NGO Non-Governmental Organization PDO Project Development Objective PMU Project Management Unit POM Project Operational Manual PPSD Project Procurement Strategy for Development PTI Project Targeting Index REAL Restoring Education and Learning RFT Rural Female Teacher SCI Save the Children International SDR Special Drawing Rights – International Monetary Fund SEA/SH Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment SEP Stakeholder Engagement Plan SFD Social Fund for Development SFP School Feeding Program TEP Transitional Education Plan TiCC Teachers in Crisis Contexts TOR Terms of Reference TPD Teacher Professional Development TPM Third-Party Monitoring TPMA Third-Party Monitoring Agency TVET Technical and Vocation Education Training UK United Kingdom UAE United Arab Emirates UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs USAID United States Agency for International Development WASH Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene WFP World Food Programme YEC Yemen Education Cluster YEGRA Yemen Early Grade Reading Approach YER Yemeni Rial YHRP Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT ...................................................................................................... 7 A. Country Context................................................................................................................................ 7 B. Sectoral and Institutional Context .................................................................................................... 8 C. Role of Partners .............................................................................................................................. 12 D. Relevance to Higher Level Objectives ............................................................................................ 15 E. Country Program Adjustment Responding to COVID-19 ................................................................ 16 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................. 18 A. Project Development Objective ..................................................................................................... 18 B. Project Components ....................................................................................................................... 18 C. Project Beneficiaries ....................................................................................................................... 22 D. Results Chain .................................................................................................................................. 23 E. Project Cost and Financing .............................................................................................................. 24 F. Lessons Learned and Reflected in the Project Design .................................................................... 24 III. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................ 25 A. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements .......................................................................... 25 B. Targeting Methodology .................................................................................................................. 28 C. Results Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements ......................................................................... 30 D. Sustainability .................................................................................................................................. 31 IV. PROJECT APPRAISAL SUMMARY ................................................................................... 31 A. Technical, Economic and Financial Analysis ................................................................................... 31 B. Fiduciary .......................................................................................................................................... 33 C. Legal Operational Policies ............................................................................................................... 42 D. Environmental and Social ............................................................................................................... 42 V. GRIEVANCE REDRESS SERVICES ..................................................................................... 46 VI. KEY RISKS ..................................................................................................................... 46 VII. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND MONITORING ................................................................... 49 ANNEX 1: Implementation Arrangements and Support Plan .......................................... 61 ANNEX 2: Basic Education Statistics .............................................................................. 64 ANNEX 3: Development Partner Education Activities ..................................................... 66 ANNEX 4: Detailed Project Description .......................................................................... 68 ANNEX 5: Economic and Financial Analysis .................................................................... 92 ANNEX 6: Audit Review Summary of UN agencies ....................................................... 100 BASIC INFORMATION BASIC INFO TABLE Country(ies) Project Name Yemen, Republic of Yemen Restoring Education and Learning Project Environmental and Social Risk Project ID Financing Instrument Process Classification Urgent Need or Investment Project P175036 Substantial Capacity Constraints Financing (FCC) Financing & Implementation Modalities [ ] Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) [✓] Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) [ ] Series of Projects (SOP) [✓] Fragile State(s) [ ] Performance-Based Conditions (PBCs) [ ] Small State(s) [ ] Financial Intermediaries (FI) [ ] Fragile within a non-fragile Country [ ] Project-Based Guarantee [✓] Conflict [ ] Deferred Drawdown [ ] Responding to Natural or Man-made Disaster [ ] Hands-on Enhanced Implementation Support (HEIS) [✓] Alternate Procurement Arrangements (APA) Expected Approval Date Expected Closing Date 17-Dec-2020 16-Dec-2024 Bank/IFC Collaboration No Proposed Development Objective(s) The project development