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POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (PHRD) FUND INTEGRATED THIRTY-YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPORT AND FISCAL YEARS 2019 AND 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Pioneering Change and Delivering Sustainable Development Results for Three Decades A Steadfast Approach to Fighting Poverty with Innovative Knowledge Masanori Yoshida, World Bank Group Executive Director for Japan: The PHRD’s track record has demonstrated its “agility and responsiveness to the ever-changing and increasingly complex needs of the developing world. The PHRD Fund has adjusted the framework of its Technical Assistance (TA) and non-TA programs to facilitate prompt responses to emerging development challenges. Moreover, the PHRD has enabled the accumulation of a vast body of knowledge and experience through its support to the critical role that scholars, researchers, leaders, and practitioners play in promoting and working toward sustainable development. The collaboration between the Government of Japan and the WBG and the evolution of the PHRD, demonstrate Japan’s confidence in its partnership with the WBG to steer PHRD resources effectively to operations in accordance with the WBG’s poverty reduction and equitable growth goals and strategies.” ii POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (PHRD) FUND THIRTY YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS PHRD DEVELOPMENT IMPACT—SELECTED A commitment to OVERARCHING RESULTS achieving development results, including Over 214 million beneficiaries leveraging World reached (farmers, pregnant Bank Group (WBG) and lactating women, crisis workers) investments under preparation, co-financing, climate change initiatives, disaster risk and resilience, improving Over 1.2 million jobs Africa’s productivity, created (small-scale disability and farmers, animal development, achieving husbandry) universal health coverage (UHC) for all, Over 2.8 million pandemic children immunized preparedness, and educating a new generation of development leaders. 5.3 million beneficiaries received health and nutrition care 5.7 million doctor visits facilitated, including 1 million first-time patients INTEGRATEDINTEGRATED THIRTY-YEAR THIRTY-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY REPORT REPORT ANDAND FISCALFISCAL YEARSYEARS 20192019 ANDAND 20202020 ANNUAL REPORTREPORT POLICY AND HUMANHUMAN RESOURCESRESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT (PHRD) (PHRD) FUND FUND iii PHRD DEVELOPMENT IMPACT — PHRD DEVELOPMENT IMPACT — LEVERAGING WBG INVESTMENTS CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES UNDER PREPARATION SELECTED RESULTS SELECTED RESULTS $24.8 million in climate Project preparation (PP) grants change initiatives totaling $943 million, leveraged leveraged, $1.8 billion $100 billion of WBG financing in WBG investments, significantly improving PP grant-prepared projects quality-at-entry contributed to the design and greater of more than one-third of development WBG-financed operations in impact 144 low and lower middle- income countries 209 million tons of carbon sequestered 97,575 hectares of PHRD IMPACT — CO-FINANCING barren or de-forested SELECTED RESULTS land converted into agricultural or 4.1 million students benefitted from new pastoral land and/or renovated schools with access to 246,406 megawatts of learning materials, updated infrastructure, renewable energy generated and sanitation facilities 12 million birds and livestock vaccinated PHRD IMPACT — IMPROVING 35,462 kilometers of AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVITY roads constructed or (TICAD IV AND V) rehabilitated SELECTED RESULTS 3,132 health centers Some 389,000 hectares brought constructed or under improved farming technology rehabilitated, improving Nearly 520,000 farmers adopted pre-and post-natal at least one new technology care, immunization, new technologies introduced to and nutrition 20 enhance productivity interventions households million hectares 1,565 9.6 adopted improved of agricultural land upgraded via new food processing and farming technologies, improved seeds, cooking techniques better irrigation facilities, and upgraded farming skills 5,581 women benefited from nutrition subprojects PIONEERING CHANGECHANGE AND AND DELIVERING DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT RESULTS RESULTS FOR FOR THREE THREE DECADES DECADES iv POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (PHRD) FUND hree decades ago, the Government of Japan, in partnership with the World Bank Group (WBG), established the Policy and Human Resources Develop- ment (PHRD) Fund out of a commitment to reduce poverty, build the neces- Tsary foundations for sustainable development, and create a close development partnership. Since inception, the PHRD Fund has a record of considerable achievements through its support to WBG-financed operations and activities. This fruitful alliance has been a model for the creation of other trust funds and partnerships managed by the WBG for shared growth and the eradication of poverty. The Government of Japan has contributed $3.4 billion to the PHRD Fund in support of a portfolio of 4,500 operations that span more than 150 countries. Message True to its catalytic precept, the PHRD Fund has enabled the WBG to expand its reach and development impact. In so doing, the PHRD has facilitated positive progress in tackling many challenging issues of the developing world. Most importantly, it has strengthened from the the know-how, skills, and knowledge of government institutions, civil society organiza- tions, and individuals in low- and middle-income countries that are required to direct their Director own development process. At the same time, the flexibility and responsiveness of PHRD’s framework has allowed it to channel resources, as needed, to confront and manage crises. DIRK REINERMANN The PHRD has been a leading source of concessional finance for the preparation and Director, implementation of WBG-financed operations. Its support has addressed a broad range Trust Funds and of challenges, such as reforms in East Asia in the wake of financial crises, debt relief Partner Relations, for heavily indebted countries, climate change resilience, post-conflict and emer- Development Finance gency reconstruction and recovery, global health threats and pandemics, strengthening agricultural capacity issues in Africa, and barriers for persons with disabilities. The PHRD Fund has built the capacity of thousands of development professionals and project workforces and disseminated data and learning across the globe. It has forged partnerships between Japanese researchers, professionals and consultants, and the WBG on international development issues. It continues to make generous financial contributions to global and multilateral programs managed by the WBG. Examples of these contributions are the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). This report recognizes key accomplishments of the PHRD’s various programs in celebra- tion of the 30-year anniversary. The development results presented in this anniversary report are extremely encouraging. In addition, the impact of the PHRD on the WBG’s staff development is heartening. More than 1,000 senior-level staff have been task team leaders for PHRD-funded activities, with support from many technical specialists as well as oper- ational and administrative team members. The report also presents the fund’s performance in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 as it continued to ensure PHRD’s relevance, results focus, and alignment with Japan’s overseas development assistance priorities and the WBG’s overarch- ing goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. These accomplish- ments support the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The World Bank Group is very grateful to Japan and its people for their enduring generosity to this exemplary, responsive, and dynamic partnership during the past three decades and for years to come as we strive toward our shared goal of helping the poor and most vulner- able groups in the developing world. INTEGRATED THIRTY-YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPORT AND FISCAL YEARS 2019 AND 2020 ANNUAL REPORT POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (PHRD) FUND v Abbreviations and Acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank FEPA Federal Environment Protection AfDB African Development Bank Agency AHIF Avian and Human Influenza FY Fiscal Year Facility G7 Group of Seven AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency G8 Group of Eight Syndrome GDLN Global Distance Learning AP Andhra Pradesh Network APDAI Andhra Pradesh Drought GDP Gross Domestic Product Adaptation Initiative GDN Global Development Network ASA Advisory Services and Analytics GEF Global Environment Facility CARICOM Caribbean Community and GEJE Great East Japan Earthquake Common Market GFF Global Financing Facility in CCIG Climate Change Initiative Grant Support of Every Woman Every CO2 Carbon Dioxide Child CCRIF Caribbean Catastrophe Risk GFDRR Global Facility for Disaster Insurance Policy Reduction and Recovery CDD Community Driven Development GoJ Government of Japan CDM Clean Development Mechanism H5N1 Avian Influenza CEPF Critical Ecosystem Partnership HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Countries Fund HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus CGAP Consultative Group to Assist the HLC Healthy Living Center Poorest HMIS Health Monitoring and CGIAR formerly Consultative Group Information System for International Agricultural HNPSP Health Nutrition and Population Research Sector Program CHW Community Health Worker HRH Human Resources for Health COVID 19 Coronavirus IAVI International AIDS Vaccine DFi Development Finance Initiative DFTPR Trust Funds and Partner Relations IBLIP Index Based Livestock Insurance Department