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I.  The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved the International Development Association (IDA) credit for a project to reduce the amount of toxins in the local water supply of the country of Blueland.  This project will require the construction of a relatively new technology -- a subsurface reverse osmosis water purification system (ROWPS).

II. Blueland is a small country with approximately 1 million people.  The limited underground fresh water supply has rising levels of dangerous toxins because of environmental contamination, dumping and other industrial abuses.  The country relies heavily on expensive bottled water, rainwater collection and distillation, and toxic subsurface water.

III. The Project has been approved for $20 million.  The Project Implementation Unit (PIU) has been established in an old apartment that was rented by the Ministry of Ecology.  The PIU does not have any equipment or other office fixtures.  Moreover, within the Ministry of Ecology, there is no one deemed technically qualified to run a project of this magnitude.  Accordingly, the Ministry has opted to hire an outside consultant, Mr. Kenneth Luci, to be the project Director.  Mr. Luci was hired upon the strong recommendation of the Deputy Minister of Ecology, based on the strength of his CV and known reputation in the community for excellent work.

 

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