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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION         U.S.A.                    Cable Address: INDEVAS
April 26, 2013
Hon. Kaifala Marrah
Minister of Finance and Economic Development
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
George Street
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Honorable Minister:
SIERRA LEONE - Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Project
MDTF Grant Number TF095389
We refer to the Grant Agreement (the Agreement) dated October 19, 2009 for the
above-referenced Project between the Republic of Sierra Leone (the Recipient) and the
International Development Association (the World Bank) acting as administrator of grant
funds provided by the Donors to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Sierra Leone: Integrated
Public Financial Management Reform Project, and to your request dated December 19,
2012.
We are pleased to inform you that the World Bank hereby agrees to your request and
proposes to amend the Agreement as follows:
I.    Part 3.4 of Schedule I (Project Description) to the Agreement is deleted in its
entirety and the subsequent paragraph renumbered accordingly.
2.     Section II.A. 1 (Project Reports) of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is amended to read
as follows:
"The Recipient shall monitor and evaluate the progress of the Project and prepare
Project Reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06 of the Standard
Conditions and on the basis of indicators acceptable to the World Bank. Each
Project Report shall cover the period of one calendar semester, and shall be
furnished to the World Bank not later than one month after the end of the period
covered by such report."
3.     Section II.A.2 (Project Reports) of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is deleted in its
entirety and subsequent para ap sre§ii "-ccoirtgly.
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4.     The table under Section IV.A.2 (General) of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is
amended to read as follows:
Category           Amount of the Grant    Percentage of Expenditures
Allocated               to be Financed
(expressed in U.S.       (inclusive of Taxes)
Dollars)
(1) Goods, Consultants'          12,257,091        Such percentage as shall be
Services (excluding services                       specified in the Annual Work
provided under Part 3.5 of                           Plan and Budget for the
the Original Project),                                respective Fiscal year
Training, Study Tours and
Workshops, and Operating
Costs
(2) Civil service staff              0             Such percentage as shall be
salaries under Part 3.4 of the                     specified in the Annual Work
Original Project (Pro                                Plan and Budget for the
memoria; see Grant                                   respective Fiscal Year
Agreement)
(3) Consultants' services         217,109           Such percentage as shall be
under Part 3.5 of the Original                     specified in the Annual Work
Project                                              Plan and Budget for the
respective Fiscal year
(4) Sub-grants                    408,271           Such percentage as shall be
specified in the Annual Work
Plan and Budget for the
respective Fiscal year
TOTAL AMOUNT                     12,882,471
5.     Section IV.B. (Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period) of Schedule 2 to the
Agreement is amended to read as follows:
1. (b) "... payments under Category (2) made after the date of this amendment."
2.     "The Closing Date referred to in Section 3.06 (c) of the Standard
Conditions is March 31, 2014".


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6.    Section I. (Definitions) of the Appendix to the Agreement is amended as follows:
"New paragraph 16 is added to read: ""Original Project" means the Project
described in the Grant Agreement dated October 19, 2009.", and subsequent
paragraphs renumbered accordingly.
All other provisions of the Agreement, except as herein amended, shall remain in
full force and effect.
Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendments to the Agreement,
on behalf of the Recipient, by countersigning and dating the two original copies of this
letter and returning one countersigned and dated original to us. Upon receipt by the World
Bank of the copy of this letter of amendment countersigned and dated by you, this letter of
amendment will become effective as of the date of the countersignature.
Sincerely,
Yusupha B. Crookes
Country Director for Sierra Leone
Africa Region
AGREED:
REPUBLIC    F SIE     LEONE
By:
Name:
Title:
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