Mauritania Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP)

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The Mauritania Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP) is an instruments that can be used to channel up to 10% of undisbursed and uncommitted funds in the country portfolio available through the Rapid Response Option (RRO). This IPF is prepared in advance, with no initial funding. It can be activated to use RRO funds to respond to natural disasters, public health emergencies, political or security crises, and economic or social crises. Funds will be executed based on a positive list of eligible expenditures, including funding for essential imports (e.g., food, medicine, fuel, fertilizer), cash transfers to affected households, key sector salaries to improve emergency response, and replenishment of emergency or solidarity funds. This list will be prepared and agreed with the government during preparation. The overall risk of this operation is low as it includes only emergency response support with minimal to no impact on physical infrastructure.