Capture World Bank Compliance Bottleneck via ESF Certification Monopoly
- Organization
- Ministry of Planning and Development Aid Coordination (MPDAC)
- Sector
- Local DRC engineering and consulting firms seeking World Bank contracts
- Location
- Democratic Republic of Congo
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Executive summary
Current state
World Bank allocates $62.9 million to DRC's Ministry of Planning for infrastructure project preparation, but the ministry lacks technical capacity and compliance expertise to execute the work, creating forced dependency on external vendors through competitive procurement processes.
Market catalyst
The $62.9M World Bank allocation requires strict Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) compliance that local DRC engineering firms lack, creating a forced dependency on certification before they can bid. MPDAC must spend the money but local firms can't access it without ESF expertise they don't have.
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