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Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No 76230-GN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY Public Disclosure Authorized COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY FOR GUINEA FOR THE PERIOD FY14-17 Public Disclosure Authorized September 4, 2013 International Development Association West Africa 3 Country Management Unit, AFCW3 Africa Region International Finance Corporation Sub-Saharan Africa Department Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Public Disclosure Authorized Sub-Saharan Africa Department 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. The previous Country Assistance Strategy for Guinea (Report no. 25925-GUI) was discussed by the Board of Executive Directors on June 10, 2003. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange rate effective as of Jan 1, 2013) Currency Unit = Guinea Francs (GNF) US$1 = 7,000 GNF GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR January 1 – December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AAA Analytical and Advisory IDB Islamic Development Bank Activities IDF Institutional Development Fund APIP Investment Promotion Agency IFAC International Federation of APL Adjustable Program Lending Accountants AU African Union IFR Interim Financial Report Bac Baccalaureate ISN Interim Strategy Note BCRG Central Bank of Guinea JSAN Joint Staff Advisory Note BE Business Edge LSDP Local Supplier Development CAS Country Assistance Strategy Program CASA Conflict Affected States in Africa MDGs Millennium Development Goals CBG Guinea Bauxite Company NSDS National Strategy for the CNT National Transition Council Development of Statistics CPIA Country Policy and Institutional PAO Professional Accounting Assessment Organization DTP3 Diptheria-tetanus-pertussis PFM Public Financial Management EAPSP Second Emergency Agricultural PHRD Policy and Human Resources Productivity Support Project Development Fund ECOWAS Economic Commission of West PIU Project Implementation Unit African States PPD Public-Private Dialogue EDG Energy of Guinea PPPs Public-private partnerships EGTACB Economic Governance and PREMA Program for State Reform and Technical Assistance and Modernization of the Public Capacity Building Administration EITI Extractive Industries PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Transparency Initiative Program EPC Efficient Wood Cookers SIP Small Investment Products GDP Gross Domestic Product SME Small and Medium Enterprise HCREMA High Commission for State SOGUIPAMI Guinean Mining Heritage Society Reform and Administration TFR Total Fertility Rate Modernization UN United Nations HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries WAAPP West Africa Agricultural HIV/AIDS Human Immune Deficiency Productivity Program Virus/ Acquired WAEMU West African Economic and Immunodeficiency Syndrome Monetary Union IDA International Development Agency ii IDA IFC MIGA Vice President: Makhtar Diop Regional Vice President: Jean Philippe Prosper Vice President: Michel Wormser Country Director: Ousmane Diagana Regional Director: Yolande Duhem Program Manager: Ravi Vish Country Manager: Cheick Fantamady Kante Regional Manager: Mary-Jean Moyo Task Team Leader: Conor Healy (Task Team Leader) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The World Bank Group greatly appreciates the close collaboration of the Guinean authorities in the preparation of this Country Partnership Strategy. The preparation of the document involved extensive discussions with government representatives at all levels, as well as civil society, private sector, academia and development partners. The strategy is the result of a team effort that drew on knowledge, experience, and guidance from individuals across the World Bank Group. We thank them for their contributions. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 1 I. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3 II. COUNTRY CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 4 A. Political and Institutional Context ................................................................................................. 4 B. Economic Context ......................................................................................................................... 4 C. Poverty and Gender Profiles ......................................................................................................... 6 III. DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ............................................. 10 A. Overcoming Fragility and Laying the Foundation for Long-term Stability ................................ 10 B. Laying the Foundation for Good Governance ............................................................................ 10 C. Diversified and Inclusive Growth ............................................................................................... 12 D. Strengthening Human Capital ..................................................................................................... 14 IV. GOVERNMENT’S STRATEGY ............................................................................................ 15 A. Unlocking Diversified and Inclusive Growth: Guinea’s Development Agenda ......................... 15 PRSP-III .............................................................................................................................................. 15 B. Targeting Growth by Sector ........................................................................................................ 15 C. Embracing Regional Integration ................................................................................................. 16 D. Promoting SMEs and an Enabling Business Environment ......................................................... 16 E. Developing Twenty-first Century Skills ..................................................................................... 17 V. WORLD BANK GROUP PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY FOR GUINEA (FY14-FY17) .. 17 A. The World Bank’s Role in the Current Landscape of Development Assistance in Guinea ........ 17 B. Ongoing World Bank Group Portfolio ........................................................................................ 18 C. Lessons from the Previous Country Strategies ........................................................................... 19 D. Proposed Program ....................................................................................................................... 19 VI. RISK ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................... 30 VII. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................. 32 Annex 1: Guinea CPS Result Framework .......................................................................................... 33 Annex 2: Guinea Country Assistance Strategy (2003-2006) .............................................................. 37 and Interim Strategy Note (FY11-FY12) Completion Report ............................................................ 37 Annex 3: Millennium Development Goals ......................................................................................... 58 Annex 4: The WBG’s Role in the Current Landscape of Development Assistance in Guinea .......... 59 Annex 5: Stakeholder Consultations ................................................................................................... 60 Annex 6: Summary of Gender Portfolio Review ................................................................................ 61 Annex 7: Summary of Client Survey Findings ................................................................................... 64 Annex 8: Addressing Fragility across World Bank Portfolio in Guinea ............................................ 66 Annex 9: IFC program status (portfolio and pipeline) ........................................................................ 69 Annex 10: Summary of Guinea Conflict Analysis: a private sector perspective/ IFC ....................... 70 Annex 11: Overview of Main Trust Funds ......................................................................................... 75 Annex 12: Statistical Development in Guinea ................................................................................... 88 Current Status and Planned Activities over the CPS Period ............................................................... 88 Annex A2: Guinea at a Glance ........................................................................................................... 91 Annex B2: Selected Indicators of Bank Portfolio Performance and Management ............................. 93 Annex B3-A: IBRD/IDA Program Summary ..................................................................................... 94 Annex B3-B: IFC and MIGA Program Summary .............................................................................. 95 Annex B4: Summary of Nonlending Services .................................................................................... 96 Annex B5: Social Development Indicators......................................................................................... 97 Annex B6: Key Economic Indicators ................................................................................................