Snapshot review of Two World Bank COVID-19 Health support programs in Egypt The performance of the MENA region COVID-19 loans contrasts with its African counterparts (see Appendix D). The countries in the chart are those of the same income level as Egypt, and many share vastly similar socio-economic conditions. To begin with, Ghana has had 100% disbursement (with the disbursement exponentially ahead of schedule) of its initial loan, with 92% progress in its overall objectives. Most of the end targets were exceeded/fully met, with only a few unmet. Comparatively, there is a wealth of available documents including 7 procurement plans and 2 ISRs. Ghana has also requested an additional loan of 130 million USD, which has been approved. The initial loan was approved approximately only one month before the Egyptian loan. The MENA region averages perform well in this chart; however, the MENA dataset is more skewed than the other displayed regions. The disbursement percentage is neatly in range and is 36 “World Bank Project : Sri Lanka Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health SYSTEMS Preparedness Project - P173867.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173867. 37 “World Bank Project : Bhutan: Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health SYSTEMS Preparedness Project - P173787.” Accessed February 28, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173787. 38 “World Bank Project : India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health SYSTEMS Preparedness Project - P173836.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173836. 39 “World Bank Project : NEPAL: Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health SYSTEMS Preparedness Project - P173760.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173760. 40 “World Bank Project : Bangladesh: Covid-19 Emergency Response and PANDEMIC Preparedness Project - p173757.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173757. 41 “World Bank Project : STP COVID-19 Emergency Response Project - P173783.” World Bank. World Bank. Accessed March 1, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/projectdetail/P173783. 42 “World Bank Project : Papua New GUINEA Covid-19 Emergency Response Project - p173834.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/projectdetail/P173834. 43 “World Bank Project : Kiribati Covid-19 Emergency Response Project - P174219.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P174219. 44 “World Bank Project : CAMBODIA Covid-19 Emergency Response Project - P173815.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P173815. 45 “World Bank Project : Lao PDR COVID-19 Response Project - P173817.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P173817?lang=en. 46 “World Bank Project : Myanmar Covid-19 Emergency Response Project - p173902.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P173902. 47 “World Bank Project : Philippines Emergency COVID-19 Response Development Policy Loan P174120.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/projectdetail/P174120. 48 “World Bank Project : MONGOLIA Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Project - P173799.” Accessed February 22, 2021. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projectsoperations/project-detail/P173799. 18