Above: Northwest Plastic Manufacturing in northern Namibia bridges the gap between traditional and modern by manufacturing durable eeshishas / omaandas for storage of mahangu (millet). The company also manufactures water tanks for rainwater harvesting and pipes for irrigation and general plumbing.

Assessing development impact

• Creation of sustainable employment opportunities
• Contribution to economic growth and sectoral diversity
• Infrastructure development
• Manufacturing
• Socio-economic transformation
• Import substitutions and export promotion
• Regional equity

• The highest average development impact score is 5
• A score of less than 1 is considered to have low development impact, and a motivation must be provided prior to approval for a project in this band.
• A score of more than 1 but less than or equal to 3 is considered to have moderate development impact
• A score of more than 3 but less than or equal to 4 is considered to have a high development impact
• A project with a score of 4 and up to 5 is considered to have a very high development impact, and should be prioritised

• Manufacturing
  Manufacturing is treated separately to provide an overview of impact in light of Namibia’s industrialisation drive.
• SMEs
  SMEs were added to score the impact of the class of enterprises in light of the Bank’s realignment which is intended to ringfence SMEs into their own lending operation.
• Infrastructure
  Infrastructure is scored separately as it is an enabler of socio-economic wellbeing  and enterprise success, but is not comparable to enterprise, for instance
• Services
  All other sectors are scored cumulatively under services.