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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, include the following: Issued Presidential Decree No. 118-09 dated February 14, 2009, establishing the legal and regulatory framework for the restructuring and strengthening of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned to the investment in human capital by poor families. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009.

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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, Program include the following: Issued Presidential Decree No. 118-09 dated February 14, 2009, establishing The Borrower has defined the legal roles and regulatory framework responsibilities of MINAM in the evaluation of environmental impact assessments for large projects and key sectors pursuant to the restructuring and strengthening issuance of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as nonSupreme Decree No. 019-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned to the investment in human capital by poor families. Issued, through its Vice2009-President’s office MINAM (acting as head Regulation of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee Law No.27446 for the coordination National System of all policy actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shopsEnvironmental Impact Assessment). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head MINAM, has approved the financial strategy of the Social CabinetBorrower’s Natural Protected Areas System (Plan Financiero del Sistema de Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado), pursuant to the issuance of the Borrower’s Presidential Resolution No. 123-2009-SERNANP. The Borrower has prepared approved the Action Plan for Natural Protected Areas System (Plan Director), pursuant to the issuance of the Borrower’s Supreme Decree No. 016-2009-MINAM. The Borrower has issued regulatory measures to promote private sector financing and thereafter informed its Finance Secretarymanagement of the Borrower’s national protected areas, as evidenced by: (i) SERNANP’s approval of “Guidelines for the Creation of Trust in National Protected Areas”; and (ii) the issuance of Supreme Decree No. 018-2009-MINAM which regulates tourism activities within the Borrower’s national protected areas. The Borrower has completed the publication and dissemination of SENAMHI’s website of daily real-time air quality monitoring data for the cities of Lima and La Oroya. The Borrower has: (i) approved the Directorial Resolution No. 173-2009-MEM-DGM which mandates the application of PERCAN’s methodology for the identification and prioritization of all mining environmental legacies in the Borrower’s territory; and (ii) approved a three year work program with budget for calendar year 2010 to identify, rank and manage mining environmental legacies. The Borrower, through MINEM, has: (a) issued a Ministerial Resolution No. 304-2008-MEM/DM which approved norms to regulate the process of participatory environmental monitoring and surveillance in mining exploitation activities; and (b) started the operation of at least forty initiatives of environmental participatory monitoring. The Borrower has issued the Supreme Decree No. 061-2009-EM which prohibits the supply of diesel with more than 50ppm of sulfur content in the cities of Lima and Callao. The Borrower has continued the promotion and implementation of vehicle conversions to natural gas, as evidenced by an official letter dated September 17allocation in the proposed budget for calendar year 2010. The Borrower has issued the Directorial Resolution No. 11645-2008-MTC/15 which regulates the implementation of a vehicle inspection and maintenance system, 2009according to a timetable based on license plate numbers in the Lima metropolitan region. The Borrower has issued the Supreme Decree No. 021-2008-PRODUCE (Regulation of Legislative Decree No. 1084), an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, coveringwhich mandates: (a) the provision implementation of education services and related inputs (didactic materials)fishing quotas by vessel; (b) the provision implementation of primary health care services including access to essential medicinesthe social compensation fund for fisheries; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign implementation of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs retirement pension fund for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009fisheries.

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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower Recipient under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, Program include the following: Issued Presidential Decree No. 118The Recipient has: ensured that the recommendations for reducing post-09 harvest losses (made in the post harvest loss study, dated February 14April 2008, 2009undertaken by the University of Ghana), establishing the legal have been incorporated into MOFA’s sector plan for FY 2010-2015, in form and regulatory framework for the restructuring and strengthening of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned substance satisfactory to the investment in human capital by poor families. IssuedAssociation, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009thereby ensuring that these actions will be funded; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy taken actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all implement its irrigation policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, coveringincluding: (a) the provision conduct of education services a survey of irrigation facilities to establish a baseline directory of existing irrigation schemes; and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision adoption by MOFA of primary health care services including an action plan for increasing the management of irrigation facilities by water user associations, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Association; adopted an action plan for improving access to essential medicines; agricultural credit, in form and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked substance satisfactory to the redesign of Association; prepared, in form and substance satisfactory to the CCT Solidaridad Program identified Association, a fisheries and aquaculture policy, following consultations with stakeholders; demonstrated a continued commitment to increasing private sector participation in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced byagriculture through: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary competitive recruitment of the Treasurymanagement of “Shed 9 Multipurpose Fruit Terminal” at Tema, with the facility being utilized on a commercial basis; and (b) official letter No. 5697 from facilitation of contractual arrangements between small holders and the Borrower’s Subprivate sector by maintaining and using a web-secretary based database on out-growers, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Association; ensured that MOFA has adopted a sustainable agricultural land management strategy, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association; prepared a strategic environmental assessment, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, to identify actions needed for the implementation of the Treasury Recipient’s revised food and agriculture sector development policy; ensured that MOFA has completed a public expenditure and institutional review to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25inform its institutional performance and reforms, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19including the identification of areas for improvements in the short and medium term, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget in form and substance satisfactory to the Borrower’s General Director of Public CreditAssociation; and released at least 80 percent of the committed national budget for FY 2008 to Items 3 and 4 (drespectively, Services and Investment, in accordance with the Recipient’s expenditure classification systems) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, released at least 60 percent of FY 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs allocation for the introduction of performance agreements in the education said items 3 and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed 4 by the Borrower’s Secretary third quarter of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, FY 2009.

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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, Program include the following: Issued The Borrower has issued a Presidential Decree Regulation (Perpres No. 118-09 dated February 1436/2010) on the Investment Negative List which updates restrictions on investment, 2009including preferential treatment for ASEAN investors, establishing and clarifies the legal grandfather clause, the treatment of publicly listed companies, and regulatory framework mergers and acquisitions. The Borrower has submitted to the President a draft Presidential Regulation on the national logistics system (Sislognas) development blueprint. The Borrower has issued advertisements (invitations for bids) for XXXXXX procurement as an initial step in the restructuring development of business process improvements and strengthening of a new integrated information system. The Borrower has (a) implemented a revised program structure with measurable results and targets aligned with the organizational structure in the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as nonNational Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM) for 2010-conditional cash transfers2014; and (b) based both indicative ceilings and budget proposals (RKA-KL) from all Line Ministries for the Fiscal Year 2011 budget on the revised structure. The Borrower has finalized academic papers for a draft procurement law and prepared a draft of the procurement law, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned ready for the public consultation process. BPKP has submitted to the investment in human capital Ministry of Finance a draft Presidential Regulation on government internal audit systems as required by poor families. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head Article 58 of the Social Cabinet), Resolution Government Regulation No. 0160/2008. The Ministry of Finance has submitted to the President the draft Government Regulation on accrual-01 based accounting. The Borrower has established an inter-ministerial National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (National Team) by Presidential Regulation (Perpres 15/2010). The Borrower has revised the methodology to calculate the national poverty line by: (a) completing national poverty line simulations using alternative measurement methodologies; (b) conducting internal consultations in BPS and key government stakeholders to identify a poverty measurement methodology for consideration; and (c) holding external consultations about the implications of adopting the revised methodology with universities, NGOs and key Line Ministries. The Borrower has strengthened PNPM fiduciary systems as outlined in the action plan dated March 9February 16, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through2010 by: (i) having documented and publicized major complaints and the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy actions steps taken to be developed in the social protection sectoraddress these; (ii) the creation BPKP in partnership with the BAWASDA having been explicitly tasked with the systematic auditing of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectorsPNPM funds; and (iii) the approval Ministry of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, Home Affairs and the second on Ministry of Public Works having submitted quarterly reports detailing the operative rules applicable status of all known complaints to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education National Team and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009Joint Management Committee members.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, Program include the following: Issued Presidential Decree No. 118-09 dated February 14, 2009, establishing the legal and regulatory framework The Borrower’s Cabinet has passed a decision to: (i) eliminate tax exemptions issued under said Cabinet’s authority that do not provide for a specific duration or amount for the restructuring and strengthening of exemption; (ii) consider any new tax exemptions on condition that there is a sound framework that identifies the Borrower’s social protection system rationale for said tax exemptions, as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidiesconsider the costs of the foregone revenues, and cash transfers conditioned to establish a specified duration for the investment in human capital by poor familiestax exemptions; and (iii) clarify that no tax exemptions will be proposed outside the main legislative framework for taxation. IssuedThe Borrower’s Prime Minister has issued the 2010 Budget Circular, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, throughincluding: (i) the creation of an intermedium-institutional Committee term fiscal parameters for 2010-2012, with a revised budget for the coordination fiscal year 2009, as a baseline in which 2009 public expenditures, other than subsidies, are reduced by at least 4.0 percentage points of all Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in accordance with the revised 2009 Budget Circular; and (ii) a comprehensive policy actions framework that includes stable wage and salary expenditures in terms of GDP compared to be developed the fiscal years 2008-2009, and the termination of the remaining subsidies for oil derivatives and barley, including the resulting expenditure ceiling which translates into a lower budget deficit before any grants by at least 1.0 percentage point of GDP in 2010 over 2009. The Borrower’s Ministry of Finance has adopted an enhanced budget calendar to strengthen the initial strategic phase of budget preparation, and such calendar shall guide the review of budget performance, budget strategies and budget priorities as well as the evaluation of medium-term spending requirements, and shall set forth provisions for Cabinet level consultations in the social protection sectorfirst quarter of each fiscal year on key parameters and issues underlying the development of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) based on a Budget Policies and Priorities Paper. The Central Bank of Jordan has completed a first-run of stress testing on the aggregate banking sector balance sheet and has issued guidelines on stress testing to individual banks; and the first-run stress testing by a select group of banks has been completed. The Borrower’s Cabinet has approved a draft Credit Bureau Law that provides for the public availability of adequate and timely borrower-credit information, concerning both banking and non-bank borrowers, and that gives such borrowers the right to verify said information. The Borrower’s Cabinet has approved a draft Company Law that: (i) abolishes the minimum capital requirements for limited liability companies; and (ii) eliminates the requirement for depositing fifty (50) percent of the capital of limited liability companies in commercial banks. The Borrower’s Cabinet has approved a draft Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law that provides for the priority order of secured creditors in banckruptcy cases. The Borrower has set up specialized commercial court divisions at eight courts outside Greater Amman to improve the resolution of business disputes. The Borrower has adopted a program, as part of the broader framework provided for under the draft Social Security Law, to provide unemployment insurance benefits to members of the Social Security Corporation, which benefits consist of: (a) a flexible mechanism of unemployment insurance savings accounts financed by contributions from employers and employees; (ii) the creation use of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions balances in savings accounts or borrowing from accumulated pension rights with limits to be developed determined by regulation; and (iii) coverage for all Social Security Corporation members after a minimum vesting period to be determined by regulation. The Borrower, through its National Aid Fund (NAF), has initiated testing of a new targeting mechanism that is envisaged under the healthNAF Renewal Action Plan, education and nutrition sectorsincluding: (i) the drafting of revised and/or improved questionnaires for such targeting; (ii) the collection of data from at least 2,000 households out of the targeted 6,000 households; and (iii) the approval development and population of two new manuals: a database using the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment data referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (aii) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009above.

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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital Coordinating Ministry for the poorEconomy has completed an inter-ministerial review and convened a ministerial-level plenary session (Letter No. UND-95/SES.M.EKON/06/2009) which has reviewed and endorsed the draft of a new regulation on the Investment Negative List that updates sector and investment restrictions, include and clarifies the following: Issued status of publicly listed companies, foreign equity limits for direct investment and grandfathering. The President has issued implementing regulations for the 2007 Investment Law, on one stop shops (PTSP) (Presidential Regulation No.27), simplifying the steps required to set up a domestic or foreign company and the role of the central government relative to provincial and local governments in approving or licensing domestic or foreign direct investment. The National Single Window technical team has submitted a draft proposal (S-02/SA.IV.M.EKON/NSW/08/2009) for the operational model for the National Single Window to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy for inter-ministerial discussion and decision. The DG Tax has issued a decree (Decree No. 118-09 dated February 14, 2009, establishing the legal 47) allowing recognition of digital signatures for individual taxpayer registration and regulatory framework for the restructuring filing personal income tax returns. The DG Tax has issued a decree (PER-39/PJ) implementing new simplified standard formats capturing key financial indicators and strengthening annual tax returns from all types of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidiesbusinesses, and cash transfers conditioned eliminating the need for taxpayers to the investment in human capital by poor familiessubmit separate financial statements. IssuedThe Minister of Finance has issued a regulation (PMK No.222/2008) on credit guarantee and re-guarantee companies. The Ministry of Finance and BAPPENAS have developed a revised program structure for RPJMN 2010-2014 with measurable results and targets, through its Vice-President’s office draft corresponding key performance indicators for all budget holders and finalized requisite regulations and formats (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution Decree No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops014/M.PPN/06/2009). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head DG Treasury has implemented next day daily sweep of revenue accounts into the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years oldTreasury Single Account for all commercial banks. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, DG Treasury has taken signed the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs contract for the introduction of performance agreements in the education new treasury and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements budget system (Convenios de GestiónSPAN) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspxContract Number 02/GFMRAP/A.3/CON/2009). The BorrowerNational Public Procurement Office (LKPP) has submitted (Letter No. 03/D.1/VIII/2009) to line ministries for inter-departmental review a revised Keppres No. 80/2003 on procurement, through its Secretariat mandating the use of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office standard bidding documents. BAPPENAS has continued (Reference No. 4829/D.III/08/2009) to use poverty targeting in determining the size of the Vicesub-President (acting as head district community block grants under PNPM and increased the average size of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on block grant for the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009poorest sub-districts.

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Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, include the following: Issued Presidential Decree No. 118-09 dated February 14, 2009, establishing the legal and regulatory framework for the restructuring and strengthening of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned to the investment in human capital by poor families. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program identified in the assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the Sub-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFIXXXX’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspx). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009.

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Samples: Loan Agreement

Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower Recipient under the Program, aimed to enhance performance of social sectors to promote human capital for the poor, Program include the following: Issued Presidential Decree NoPrivate Sector Development Adoption by the ministry of the Recipient in charge of urbanism of new procedures for issuing a building permit, so as to reduce the time and cost involved in securing a building permit. 118Inclusion of a CFAF 45 billion appropriation for road maintenance in the 2010 Finance Law of the Recipient. Human Development Reconfirmation through the issuance of implementing regulations (Circulaire) by the Ministry of Education of a competitive recruitment system for all contractual teachers, including quantitative benchmarks for the phase-09 dated February 14out over three years of the “quotas sécuritaires” recruitment. Adoption of the national strategy for extending health risk coverage by an Arrêté interministériel cosigned by the ministries of the Recipient in charge of health, 2009economy and finance and labor. Mitigating Vulnerabilities Disclosure by the ministry of the Recipient in charge of fisheries of existing fishing agreements (or assimilated contracts) on a government website. Governance Issuance by the Prime Minister of the Recipient of implementing regulations allowing the examination of the approved budgets and of the previous year's financial reports of public entities. Issuance of instructions by the ministry of the Recipient in charge of economy and finance mandating the publication on its website of budget execution tables on a monthly basis and a budget execution report on a quarterly basis within 30 days of the end of the relevant period, establishing so as to enhance transparency in budget execution. Adoption through an Arrêté of the legal ministry of the Recipient in charge of economy and finance of a new organigram for the Tax Directorate, including the Cadastre and Domaines departments. Submission to the Audit Office (Cour des Comptes) of the budget execution laws up to 2008 and submission to the Parliament of the execution laws reviewed by the Audit office (Cour des Comptes) from 1999 to 2002. Adoption by the ARMP Council of the revised procurement regulatory framework for to address the restructuring and strengthening of the Borrower’s social protection system as well as mandating social protection programs to be organized as non-conditional cash transfers, targeted subsidies, and cash transfers conditioned to the investment in human capital by poor families. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 01-01 dated March 9, 2009; Resolution No. 02-09 dated March 12, 2009 and Resolution 04-09 of August 31, 2009, strengthening the institutional framework and operative rules of the CCT Solidaridad Program, through: (i) the creation of an inter-institutional Committee for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed in the social protection sector; (ii) the creation of an Inter-agency Committee, for the coordination of all policy actions to be developed for the health, education and nutrition sectors; and (iii) the approval of two new manuals: the first on cross-cutting processes to be applied to all social programs, and the second on the operative rules applicable to the CCT Solidaridad Program. Issued, through its Secretary of Education, Resolution No. 3126-2009 dated August 14, 2009, validating the student evaluation standards for pre-primary education and the first cycle of basic education, as well as ordering the mandatory use of performance indicators (indicadores de logro) for the third cycle of the initial level and first cycle of the basic level in all public and private schools. Issued, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), Resolution No. 06-09 dated September 17, 2009 approving the Borrower’s plan to expand the network of institutions affiliated to the CCT Solidaridad Program (to include the Abasto Social network, including colmados or corner grocery shops). The Borrower, through its Vice-President’s office (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has prepared and thereafter informed its Finance Secretary, through an official letter dated September 17, 2009, an assessment quantifying and estimating the costs of supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program, covering: (a) the provision of education services and related inputs (didactic materials); (b) the provision of primary health care services including access to essential medicines; and (c) the provision of micronutrients (iron and folic acid), prioritizing CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, specifically pregnant women and children under two years old. The Borrower, through its State Secretariat of Finance, has taken the necessary measures to ensure that sufficient funds will be included on the Borrower’s 2010 Budget Law to cover the supply-gaps linked to the redesign of the CCT Solidaridad Program remaining issues identified in the public procurement assessment referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as well as special measures to ensure that those funds are disbursed in a timely fashion, as evidenced by: (a) official letter Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit to the SubUCS-secretary of the Treasury; (b) official letter No. 5697 from the Borrower’s Sub-secretary of the Treasury to PAFI’s General Coordinator dated September 25, 2009; (c) official letter No. 1981 dated August 19, 2009, from the Borrower’s General Director of Budget to the Borrower’s General Director of Public Credit; and (d) official letters No. 5689, 5688 and 5687 dated September 23, 2009 from the Borrower’s Secretary of Finance to the Borrower’s Secretaries of Education and of SESPAS, and the Borrower’s Vice-President, respectively. The Borrower, through the State Secretariat of Economy and the Secretariat of Public Administration, has completed an institutional diagnostic to assess the preparedness and capacity building needs for the introduction of performance agreements in the education and health sectors, as evidenced by official communication Xx. 0000000 dated September 22, 2009 from the State Secretary of Public Administration to the Borrower’s State Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development. The Borrower, through SESPAS, has signed internal management agreements (Convenios de Gestión) with two of the Borrower’s regional health services, as evidenced by agreements entered into between SESPAS and the Regional Health Service Directorates of Cibao Central and El Xxxxx respectively, duly signed by the Borrower’s Secretary of SESPAS and the Director of the respective health service directorate before a notary public on July 1, 2009. The Borrower has published electronically on the CCT Solidaridad Program website, through its Social Cabinet, the list of CCT Solidaridad beneficiaries, as well as the results-based needs assessment to cover supply gaps in health, education and nutrition sectors referred to in paragraph 5 of this Section, as evidenced by official letter No. 00187 dated September 17, 2009 from the Borrower’s Director of the Social Cabinet, informing other departments of said electronic publication, accompanied by a screenshot of said publication on the Solidaridad Program website (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/solidaridad/BrechasEducacionysalud.aspxstage 1 report). The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Finance, Planning and Development, its Secretariat of Economy, its State Secretariat of Administration and its Office of the Vice-President (acting as head of the Social Cabinet), has signed a basic management agreement (Acta Acuerdo) agreeing on the policy and institutional strengthening actions needed to improve the performance and accountability of the CCT Solidaridad Program, as evidenced by Acta Acuerdo duly signed by representatives of each of the parties on September 21, 2009.

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Samples: Financing Agreement

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