ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN

1. The Republic of Djibouti (the “Recipient) will implement the Horn of Africa Initiative: Djibouti Regional
Economic Corridor Project (PCERD) (the Project), with the involvement of the Djibouti Road Agency
(ADR), as set out in the Original Financing Agreement (P174300) and the First Additional Financing
Agreement (P181415), and Financing Agreement (together, the Agreements). The International
Development Association (the Association) has agreed to provide a second additional financing (AF2)
for the Project, as set out in the Financing Agreement. This ESCP supersedes previous versions of the
ESCP for the Project and shall apply to the original, first additional financing, as well as this AF2 for
the Project referred to above.
2. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and
Social Standards (ESSs) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner
acceptable to the Association. The ESCP is a part of the Agreements. Unless otherwise defined in this
ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreements.
3. Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that the
Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out, including, as applicable, their respective
timeframes; institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements; and grievance
management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) documents that shall be
prepared or updated, consulted, disclosed and implemented under the Project, consistent with the
ESSs, in form and substance acceptable to the Association. Said E&S documents may be revised from
time to time with prior written agreement by the Association. As provided for under the referred
Agreements, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of
implementing the ESCP.
4. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time, if
necessary, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes or unforeseen circumstances or in
response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Association and the Recipient agree to
update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the
Association and the Recipient’s Representative specified in the Agreements of the Djibouti Road
Agency. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.
5. The subsection on “Indicators for Implementation Readiness” below identifies the actions and
measures to be monitored to assess Project readiness to begin implementation in accordance with
this ESCP. Nevertheless, all actions and measures in this ESCP shall be implemented as set out in the
“Timeframe” column below irrespective of whether they are listed in the referred subsection.

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