Disclosable Restructuring Paper - WAPP APL4 (Phase 1) - C?te d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea Power System Re-development - P113266

The objectives of the Guinea Power System Re-development Project for the two sub-projects are: (i) to reduce the cost of and increase the electricity supply at utility level, and to increase the export capability of Cote d’Ivoire, and (ii) to increase the technical integration of the WAPP network. The proposed change consists of a reallocation between disbursement categories of resources available already underthe current project, to allow the financing with IDA resources of an overrun costs in the total payment for lands and compensation to the people affected by the project in Sierra Leone. It is proposed to reallocate funds among disbursement categories under the IDA credit Cr. 6841 to Sierra Leone from the allocation approved by the World Bank on November 17, 2017, described in the column ‘Current Allocation’ of the table below. The reallocation proposed here, described in the ‘Proposed Allocation’ column of that table reflects the changes requested by the Government of Sierra Leone in their request dated February 22nd, 2019.