Poland: Country Assistance Review

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2001

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Volume I: Poland at a Glance. 5

Preface . 7

Executive Summary. 9

1. How the Bank’s Assistance Strategy Changed Over Time. 25

Background 25

Evolution of the Bank’s assistance strategy . 26

Cutting back 36

2. Systemic and Institutional Transformation and Social Amelioration. 39

Systemic and institutional transformation 39

Collateral law and registry of liens—underestimating the complexity

of legal reform 39

Getting rid of monopolies—a dramatic increase in competition . 40

Procurement—establishing a competitive procurement environment . 41

Decentralization—analytical work and advice as a vehicle for donor

coordination . 42

Support for social amelioration 43

Poverty assessment—reweaving the safety net 43

Attention to gender—missed opportunities . 44

Instruments of Bank assistance for systemic and institutional transformation

and social amelioration. 46

Structural Adjustment Loan—strong, early support for Poland’s

reform program 46

Debt and Debt-Service Reduction Loan—technical and financial assistance

to improve Poland’s creditworthiness 48

Labor market loan—modernization of Poland’s unemployment services, despite serious

implementation problems 49

Health Services Development Project—attempting too much in too complex a manner . 50

Proposed education restructuring project—a no-go, after long preparation, but the need for reform

remains. 51

3. Private Sector and Infrastructure Development . 53

Instruments of Bank assistance for private sector development. 53

Enterprise restructuring and privatization—falling far short of expectations, despite helpful technical

assistance . 53

Financial sector assistance—a major role in transforming the financial sector 55

Agriculture—a successful blueprint for reform, but some misses as well 58

Housing—too much too soon?. 60

Instruments of Bank assistance for infrastructure development. 63

Transport—moving ahead, but a need for better donor coordination 63

Energy—overoptimistic assessment of political support. 67

Telecommunications—success in financial terms, but inadequate preparation for competition. 69

Environmental protection—bringing environment into the core economic dialogue 70

4. Implementation and Supervision 73

Portfolio management. 73

Findings of the country strategy implementation reviews . 74

Other generic implementation issues evident from a review of operations. 75

Some inefficiencies in project supervision 76

Slow disbursement of credit line operations 77

Aid coordination: changing dynamics of donor operations . 78

Cost effectiveness: room for improvement 80

5. Findings and Recommendations . 85

Outcome. 85

Assessment of Bank assistance. 90

Major findings for Poland 90

Findings for transition countries. 91

Volume II

Bank’s Loan Portfolio to Poland as of March 1, 1997 and Project Summaries 3

1. Industrial Exports Development (L3166). 7

2. Agro-industrial Exports (L3167) 8

3. Environmental Management Project (L3190) 9

4.-5. Transport I Project - General and Railways (L3193 & L3194) 10

6. Energy Resource Development Project (L3215) 11

7. SAL (L3247). 12

8. Telecoms I (L3319) 13

9. Employment Promotion Project (L3338) . 14

10. Agricultural Development Project (L3343) 15

11. Privatization and Restructuring Project (L3342) 16

12. Financial Institutions Development Loan (L3341) 17

13.-19. Heat Supply Restructuring Project and Energy Sector Adjustment Loan . 18

20. Private Enterprise Development (L3467). 19

21. Health (L3466) . 20

22. Housing (L3499). 21

23. Roads Project (L3564) 22

24. Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan (L3600) . 23

25. Enterprise and Financial Sector Adjustment Loan (L3599). 24

26. Forestry Development Project (L3641) 25

27. Debt and Debt Service Reduction (L3804) 26

28. Katowice Heat Supply Project (L3809) . 27

29. Power Transmission Project (L3959). 28

30. Bielsko-Biala Water (L4032) . 29

31. Port Access Management (L4080) . 30

Annexes

1. A company town. 33

2. Donor assistance in Poland. 38

3. Bank assessment of successive reform programs. 40

4. Evolving Bank’s agenda, objectives, achieved and what remains to be done 42

5. Implementation of financial audits . 44

6. High cost of dropped activities. 45

7. Average lending completion costs (staffweeks). 47

Attachments—Letters* from:

1. Ministry of Finance 51

2. National Bank of Poland. 54

3. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy 56

4. Ministry for Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry 59

5. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. 60

6. Office for Housing and Urban Development . 66

7. Ministry of Justice 69

8. Ministry of Labour and Social Policy 70

9. Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy 75