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The World Bank
INTERNATIONAL
BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
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New Delhi Office
70 lodi estate New Delhi- 110003 India
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Telephone: 24617241/24619491Cable
Address: INTBAFRADMailing Address: P.O. Box 416Facsimile:
24619393
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I am writing in
connection with the recently completed Rajasthan
DPIP
Implementation review mission. On behalf of the
mission, I would like to thank you, the project
staff, NGOs and community groups for organizing
the visit. the mission's recommendations and agreements
are documented in the attached Aide-Memorie, which
was discussed in a wrap-up meeting held under
the chairpersonship of the principal secretary,
Rural Development on May 3, 2006.
We are pleased
to note, significant progress has been made since
the last mission in November 2005, on the agreed
actions. This is reflected both through the establishment
of management systems and enhanced business processes,
monitoring of service standards, a revised project
structure, recruitment of new staff, enhances
and functioning monitoring information system
(MIS), and strengthened social accountability
and oversight at all levels. the project has also
taken significant steps to complete the remedial
actions with respect to strengthening of the project's
internal control framework, as recommended by
earlier Bank Missions.
Nine out of the ten agreed
actions have been satisfactorily completed,
except reconciling underutilized funds sitting
in common interest group (CIG) accounts. Based
on this progress, and the restructuring activities
completed by the Government of Rajasthan, as noted
in the letter sent by the Government of Rajasthan
to the World Bank on April 27, 2006,
the Project Development Objective is upgraded
to satisfactory.
I am pleased to notice
that the Government of Rajasthan has taken
several progressive steps to turn around the performance
of Project in the last six months.
However, continued satisfactory rating of the
project will depend on timely action being taken
by the project authorities on three specific actions
listed below.
1. Reconciling
underutilized funds sitting in CIG accounts and
providing information to the bank on reallocation
to the state project management unit account by
June 15, 2006.
2. Initiating Quality & Sustainability capacity
Building activities by June 15,2006; and
3. Implementing at least ten cluster development
proposals by September 30, 2006.
If you need any
further clarification on the letter or the Aide
Memoire, Please feel free to contact Asmeen Khan
or Samik Sundar Das at our New Delhi Office.
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