Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/07/24
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Concept Program Information Document (PID)
- Lending Instrument
- Program-for-Results
- Originating Unit
- WB Off:Buenos Aires-Southrn Cone (LCC7C)
- Pages
- 11
- Product Line
- IBRD/IDA
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- AR-Program For Enhancing Foundational Learning And Strengthening F -- P505179
- Unit Owning
- Education LCR (HLCED)
- Version Type
- Final
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Table of Contents
- The World Bank 1
- The World Bank 2
- BASIC INFORMATION 2
- A. Basic Program Data 2
- Proposed Program Development Objectives 2
- COST FINANCING US Millions 2
- Maximizing Finance for Development 2
- Is this an MFD-Enabling Project MFD-EP 2
- Is this project Private Capital Enabling PCE 2
- SUMMARY 2
- Government program Cost 1383.00 2
- Total Operation Cost 500.00 2
- Total Financing 500.00 2
- Financing Gap 0.00 2
- FINANCING 2
- The World Bank 3
- Total World Bank Group Financing 500.00 3
- B. Introduction and Context With a gross domestic product GDP of US641 billion in 2023 Argentina is the third-largest economy in the 3
- Latin America and the Caribbean LAC. The middle class has historically been large with social indicators generally above the regional average. 3
- However persistent social inequalities economic volatility and underinvestment have limited the countrys development. 3
- The historic drought from late 2022 to early 2023 severely impacted Argentinas already fragile economy 3
- The World Bank 4
- A new administration assumed office on December 10 2023 and immediately began implementing a 4
- Several factors have contributed to Argentinas poor unequal and deteriorating educational outcomes 4
- The World Bank 5
- In response to these challenges Argentinas Ministry of Human Capitals Ministerio de Capital Humano MCH 5
- Consejo Federal de Educación 5
- Plan Nacional de Alfabetización Planes Provinciales de Alfabetización 5
- The World Bank 6
- Argentina. 6
- The rationale for Bank engagement through an MPA is also based on the increased likelihood that working with 6
- The World Bank 7
- The financing instrument chosen for the first phase of the MPA the Operation will be a Program for Results 7
- PforR with an Investment Project Financing IPF component. C. Program Development Objectives PDO and PDO Level Results Indicators 7
- The proposed PDO-level indicators PDOI for the Operation will be the following 7
- PDOI 1 Share of compulsory education institutions CEIs implementing the literacy-based ESD program 7
- PDOI 2 Number of provinces with PPAs under implementation 7
- PDOI 3 Percentage of compulsory education student-level data in national EMIS 7
- PDOI 4 Number of sub-national EMISs strengthened under the Operation 7
- The World Bank 8
- D. Program Description The proposed PforR would support five out of the six strategic axes of the GoAs PNA 2024-2027 8
- Table 1. Boundaries of the PforR vs. the Governments program 8
- E. Initial Environmental and Social Screening Since the first phase of the MPA will be operationalized through a PforR with an IPF component the Bank will 8
- The World Bank 9
- For the ESSA the Bank will review the environmental and social systems that are relevant to the Program. 9
- Triggered 9
- Last approved Current 9
- The IPF component mainly includes TA activities including support to the PIU staff for the management and 9
- CONTACT POINT 9
- World Bank 9
- The World Bank 10
- BorrowerClientRecipient 10
- Argentine Republic 10
- Implementing Agencies 10
- Secretariat of Education Ministry of Human Capital 10
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 10
- ANNEX 1 References 10
- The World Bank 11