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The World Bank 
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NTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 
USA  
 
July 2, 2010 
CONFORMED COPY FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 
 
H.E. Ronald Baudin 
Minister of Economy and Finance  
Ministry of Economy and Finance  
Republic of Haiti  
Palais des Ministères  
Port-au-Prince, Haïti 
 
Re: 
Haiti:  Electricity Loss Reduction Project 
 
IDA Grant No. H251-0-HA
 
Second Amendment to the Financing Agreement
IDA Grant No. H510-0-HT 
First Amendment to the Financing Agreement (Additional Financing)
Excellency: 
 
We refer to the Financing Agreement between the Republic of Haiti (the Recipient) and the 
International Development Association (the Association) dated September 11, 2006 as amended on 
November 16, 2009 with regard to the above-captioned Project (the Financing Agreement).  Please note 
that capitalized terms used in this letter (the Amendment Letter) and not defined herein have the meaning 
ascribed to them in the Financing Agreement. 
 
We also refer to the Financing Agreement between the Republic of Haiti (the Recipient) and the 
International Development Association (the Association) dated November 2, 2009 with regard to the 
above-captioned Project (the Additional Financing Agreement). Please note that capitalized terms used in 
this Amendment Letter and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Additional 
Financing. 
 
We further refer to: (a) your communication dated June 10, 2010 to the Association wherein 
requests are made to: (i) reallocate the proceeds of the Financing among the Disbursement Categories of 
the Financing Agreement and the Additional Financing Agreement; (ii) extend the deadline for submitting 
the Project’s audited financial statements; and (iii) extend the Closing Date of the Project; and (b) our 
telephone communication on June 23, 2010, wherein it was agreed to (i) exclude the request to add a new 
component of payroll support from the Recipient’s communication dated June 10, 2010; and (ii) later 
confirm said exclusion to the Association in writing. 
 
We are pleased to inform you that the Bank proposes, through this Amendment Letter, to 
amend the Financing Agreement as follows: 
 
1.  Schedule 1 to the Financing Agreement is amended by adding a new component and now 
reads as follows: 
 
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“Part 4: Improving the Managerial Performance of EDH
Providing institutional, operational and managerial support to EDH, through: 
 
4.1 
 the appointment of qualified international experts  to be employed as special  
 
deputies in selected divisions of EDH for the provision of technical advisory  
 
services to the   managerial team of EDH; 
 
4.2 
the provision of support for the implementation of a new EDH operation plan for  
 
existing and future power generation; 
 
4.3 
the acquisition of related goods and equipment; and 
 
4.4 
the provision of additional support, technical assistance, training for all level  
 
EDH staff and equipment in connection with, 
inter alia
,
accounting, planning,  
 
technical, information technology or general administration matters to instill  
 
good practice management standards in key funct
ions of EDH.”  
 
2. 
Paragraph A.2, Section IV of Schedule 2 to the Financing Agreement is amended to read as 
set forth in Attachment 1 to this Amendment Letter.   
 
3. 
Part B.3 (b), Section II of Schedule 2 to the Financing Agreement is amended in its entirety to 
read as follows: 
 
“(b) 
each audit of EDH’s financial statements shall cover the period of one fiscal year 
of EDH which runs from October 1 to September 30 in each calendar year.  The first such 
audit of EDH shall be due in respect of its financial statements for the
 
fiscal year ending in 
2010 and shall be furnished to the Association not later than 18months after the end of such 
period.” 
 
4. 
The Closing Date in paragraph B.2, Section IV of Schedule 2 to the Financing Agreement is 
amended to read: “February 28, 2013”. 
 
We are also pleased to inform you that the Bank proposes, through this Amendment Letter, to 
amend the Additional Financing Agreement as follows: 
 
1. 
Paragraph C.2, Section II of Schedule 2 to the Additional Financing Agreement is amended 
in its entirety to read as follows: 
 
“For purposes of this Financing, the first audited financial statement of EDH shall be 
furnished to the Association not later than 6 months after EDH’s first fiscal year following 
the completion of the action plan specified in paragraph 1 of this Section II.C of Schedule 2 
to this Agreement or not later than March 31, 2012, whichever date is the latest.” 
 
2. 
Paragraph A.2, Section IV of Schedule 2 to the Additional Financing Agreement is amended 
to read as set forth in Attachment 2 to this Amendment Letter. 
 
3.  The Closing Date in paragraph B.2, Section IV of Schedule 2 to the Additional Financing 
Agreement is amended to read: “February 28, 2013”. 
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Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendments by signing and dating this 
Amendment Letter in the spaces provided below.  Henceforward, all other provisions of the Financing 
Agreement and the Additional Financing Agreement, except as amended through this Amendment Letter 
shall remain in full force and effect.  This Amendment Letter shall be executed in two counterparts each 
of which shall be an original. 
 
Upon confirmation, please return one fully executed original to us.  The provisions set forth in 
this Amendment Letter shall become effective as of the date of the countersignature upon receipt by the 
Bank of the countersigned original of this Amendment Letter. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
 
By /s/ David Warren 
Acting Director 
Caribbean Country Management Unit 
Latin America and the Caribbean Region 
 
AGREED: 
 
REPUBLIC OF
 
HAITI
 
By: 
/s/ Ronald Baudin 
Authorized Representative 
 
Title: 
Minister of Economy and Finance 
 
Date: 
July 14, 2010 
 
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Attachment 1 
 
“2. 
The following table specifies the categories of Eligible Expenditures that may be financed out of 
the proceeds of the Financing (“Category”), the allocations of the amounts of the Financing to 
each Category, and the percentage of expenditures to be financed for Eligible Expenditures in 
each Category: 
IDA Grant No. H251-0-HA 
 
Category 
Amount of the Financing 
Allocated  
(expressed in SDR) 
Percentage of 
Expenditures to be 
Financed 
 
(1)  Goods, Training and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 1 of the Project 
2,248,908 100% 
(2)  Goods, Works and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 2.2 of the Project 
70,194 100% 
(3)  Goods, Works, Training and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 2.3(b)
 
of the Project 
925,917 100% 
(4)  Goods, Training, 
Consultants’ services and 
operating costs for  Part 3 of 
the Project 
632,570 100% 
(5)  Refund of Project 
Preparation Advance (PPF) 
45,185 Amount 
payable 
pursuant to Section 
2.07 of the General 
Conditions 
(6) Unallocated 
136,226 
 
(7) Goods, Training, 
Consultants’ services and 
Operating Costs for Part 4.1 
of the Project  
41,000 100% 
TOTAL AMOUNT 
4,100,000  
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Attachment 2 
 
“2. 
The following table specifies the categories of Eligible Expenditures that may be financed out of 
the proceeds of the Financing (“Category”), the allocations of the amounts of the Financing to 
each Category, and the percentage of expenditures to be financed for Eligible Expenditures in 
each Category: 
 
IDA Grant No. H510-0-HT 
 
Category 
Amount of the Financing 
Allocated  
(expressed in SDR) 
Percentage of 
Expenditures to be 
Financed 
 
(1)  Goods, Training and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 1 of the Project 
905,105 100% 
(2)  Goods, works and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 2.2 of the Project 
0
100%
(3)  Goods, works, Training and 
Consultants’ services for  
Part 2.3(b)
 
of the Project 
264,000 100% 
(4)  Goods, training, consultants’ 
services and operating costs 
for  Part 3 and 4.2 of the 
Project 
 
333,696 100% 
(5)  Refund of Project 
Preparation Advance (PPF) 
0
Amount payable 
pursuant to Section 
2.07 of the General 
Conditions 
(6) Unallocated 
6,600 
 
(7) Goods, Training, 
Consultants’ services and 
Operating Costs for Part 4.1 of 
the Project  
1,790,599 100% 
TOTAL AMOUNT 
3,300,000  
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