Below you will find the definitions of the various project-related documents that are published during the project cycle with a description of the kind of information available in each report:

Poverty Reduction Strategy papers
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)and Interim PRSPs (I-PRSPs) are prepared by the country concerned, and among other things, summarize the country’s objectives, policies and measures for poverty reduction. Once a PRSP (or I-PRSP) has been disclosed in-country, the Bank makes it publicly available after distributing it to the Executive Directors and before they discuss it.

Country Assistance Strategy documents
The Bank prepares country assistance strategies (CASs),which provide the framework for Bank assistance to a given country over a periodof time. CASs for countries eligible for IDA financing (including countries eligible for both IDA and IBRD financing) are publicly available after they have been discussed by the Executive Directors and finalized, unless inexceptional circumstances, the country concerned objects to such disclosure and the Executive Directors agree that it may not be disclosed.

Economic and Sector reports
Economic and sector Reports (ESRs) provide the basis for the Bank’s diagnosis of a given country’s development prospects and hence contribute to the formulation of the strategy. Economic and Sector Reports are publicly available after distribution to the Executive Directors.

Project Information Documents
Project Information Documents (PIDs) provide a brief factual summary of the main elements of the evolving project. A list of factual technical documents that underpin project preparation is contained in the PID. As project preparation evolves, the PID is updated. The updated PIDs are also publicly available.

Resettlement Plans Reports
Whenever the Bank requires a Resettlement Plan (RP) for an operation -for projects which may have an impact on the population location-, the proposed borrower prepares an RP as a separate, free-standing document. As a condition of appraisal of the operation, the borrower provides the draft RP and makes it available at a place accessible to, and in a form, manner and language understandable to the displaced or affected people and local NGOs. Once the Bank accepts the draft RP as providing an adequate basis for project appraisal, and before the Bank begins formal appraisal of the project, the Bank makes it publicly available. RPs are available at PIC Europe upon request only.

Environmental Assessment Reports
Whenever the Bank requires an Environmental Assessment (EA) -for projects which may have an impact on the environment, such as infrastructure for example-, the proposed borrower prepares an EA report as a separate, free-standing document. The EA report is publicly available (a) after the borrower has made the draft EA report available at a public place accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs, and (b) after such EA report has been officially received by the Bank, but before the Bank begins formal appraisal of the project.

Program documents
For each development policy operation (formerly adjustment operations) proposed for Bank financing, the Bank prepares a Program Document (PD), which describes the operation, and sets forth the Bank’s appraisal and assessment of the feasibility of, and justification for, the program to be supported by the Bank.

Project Appraisal Documents
For each investment project the Bank prepares a Project Appraisal Document (PAD), which describes the project, and sets forth the Bank’s appraisal and assessment of the feasibility of, and justification for, the project. Once the loan, credit, or guarantee for the project has been approved, the related PAD is publicly available.

Project Performance Assessment Reports
The Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the Bank, an independent department which reports directly to the Bank’s Executive Directors, prepares evaluations of selected completed operations, known as Project Performance Assessment Reports (PPARs).

Implementation Completion Reports
Upon completion of each lending operation financed by the Bank, the Bank reviews the results, and prepares an assessment of the operation, known as an Implementation Completion Report (ICR). ICRs are publicly available after they have been distributed to the Executive Directors for information.

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheets
The Bank prepares an Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS) for each investment project and sector adjustment operation under preparation for Bank financing, which identifies key issues under the Bank’s safeguard policies and provides relevant information concerning their management in the proposed operation. The ISDS is prepared when the first formal review of the proposed operation is held by Bank management, and is made publicly available. As project preparation evolves, the ISDS is updated. It is revised before formal project appraisal; if changes to the project that are relevant to the ISDS are made after appraisal, a final revision of the ISDS is prepared. The updated ISDSs are also publicly available.