| Approval Date | 24 Jul 2020 |
| Signature Date | 06 Aug 2020 |
| Planned Completion Date | 31 Dec 2020 |
| Last Disbursement Planned Date | 31 Dec 2020 |
| Sovereign / Non-Sovereign | Sovereign |
| Sector | Multi-Sector |
| DAC Sector Code | 11330 |
| Commitment | U.A 10,500,000 |
| Status | Approved |
The COVID-19 Crisis Response Budget Support Program in Central African Republic (PABRC-RCA) aims to support the efforts made by the Government to control the pandemic and help to mitigate its negative economic and social impacts. PABRC-RCA is aligned with the Government’s Response Plan to combat the pandemic. It complements the Regional Program to Support Member States of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) approved in June 2020. As at 13 July 2020, there were 4 259 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in CAR, 1 142 of which were declared ‘recovered’ and 53 deaths. The number of infections rose most rapidly in June with 2282 cases, i.e. an average of 87.8 infections per day for this month alone compared with 12.4 for the March to May period. Two thirds of the cases are due to local transmission but almost 85% of imported cases come from neighbouring Cameroon, causing tension that is affecting regional trade and integration. This situation represents a complex challenge since the Douala-Bangui corridor is vital for CAR’s trade because the country is completely landlocked. The proposed program will be financed from ADF resources allocated to the COVID-19 Rapid Response Facility (CRF). It was appraised in April 2020 following a request by the Government to the Bank in March 2020. It is an UA 4.5 million from ADF-15 and UA 6 million from TSF Pillar I budget support operation whose resources will be disbursed in a single tranche for each instrument. The measures retained under PABRC-RCA will be implemented over the 2020-2021 period and focused on the following two components: (i) protecting the labour force productivity against the outbreak threat by supporting the health response; and (ii) mitigation of the pandemic’s economic and social impacts.
The PABRC-RCA goal is to help to control the COVID-19 pandemic and contribute to the country’s economic and social recovery. Therefore, the PABRC is aligned with the strategic priorities of ADF-15 which aim to strengthen economic resilience and shock management, in particular Pillar II, which targets the improvement of the business climate, governance and human and institutional capacity. Thus, the PABRC, by protecting the RCA’s economy will contribute to ensuring the continuity of the reforms and progress noted in RCA in the various areas of engagement of ADF-15; as well as in resource mobilization and debt management.
PABRC-RCA will directly benefit infected people, households and businesses affected by COVID-19, for instance through food distribution kits and access to water supply. Overall, the program’s indirect beneficiaries will be the government of the Central African Republic through the ministries directly involved as well as Cameroonian citizens and businesses that will be protected from the rapid, continuing spread of COVID-19.
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Funding
African Development Fund
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Funding
Fragile States Facility
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Implementing
GOUVERNEMENT DE CENTRAFRIQUE MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE ET DES FINANCES
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| IATI identifier | 46002-P-CF-K00-010 |
| Last Update | 24 Oct 2020 |
| Name | LUMBILA Kevin Numbi |
| k.lumbila@afdb.org |
| Country | Central African Republic |