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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00003018 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-46640 IDA-H1710 IDA-H5250) ON A Public Disclosure Authorized GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 45.74 MILLION (US$ 71.00 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO NEPAL FOR THE RURAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENT AND DECENTRALIZATION PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized June 24, 2014 Sustainable Development Unit Nepal Country Unit South Asia Region Public Disclosure Authorized CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective 31st December 2013) Currency Unit = Nepalese Rupee (NPR) NPR 98.76 = US$ 1.00 US$1.54 = SDR 1 FISCAL YEAR July 15 – July 14 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADB Asian Development Bank AF Additional Finance BER Bid Evaluation Report CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis CBAS Capacity Building and Advisory Services CBPM Community-Based performance Monitoring CEA Cost-Effectiveness Analysis DDC District Development Committee DOLIDAR Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads DTMP District Transport Master Plan DTO District Technical Office EOP End of Project ERR Economic Rate of Return ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework FMIS Financial Management Information System GAAP Governance and Accountability Action Plan GON Government of Nepal ICR Implementation Completion and Results IDA International Development Association ILO International Labor Organization ISAP Institutional Strengthening Action Plan ISN Interim Strategy Note IT Information Technology LIL Learning and Innovation Loan LRUC Local Road Users Committee MOFALD Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development MTR Mid-Term Review NPR Nepalese Rupee PAD Project Appraisal Document PAF Project Affect Family PCU Project Coordination Unit PDO Project Development Objective QAE Quality at Entry RAIDP Rural Access Improvement and Decentralization Project RED Road Economic Decision Model RIP Rural Infrastructure Project RuTIMS Rural Transport Infrastructure Management System SPAF Severely Project Affect Family SNRTP Strengthening the National Rural Transport Program SWAp Sector Wide Approach VCDP Vulnerable Community Development Plan VDC Village Development Committee VRCC Village Road Coordination Committee Vice President: Philippe H. Le Houerou Country Director: Johannes C.M. Zutt Sector Manager: Karla Gonzalez Carvajal Project Team Leader: A.K. Farhad Ahmed ICR Team Leader: Sri Kumar Tadimalla NEPAL RURAL ACCESS IMPROVEMENT AND DECENTRALIZATION PROJECT CONTENTS B. Key Dates ........................................................................................................................ i C. Ratings Summary ............................................................................................................ i D. Sector and Theme Codes ................................................................................................ ii E. Bank Staff ....................................................................................................................... ii F. Results Framework Analysis .......................................................................................... ii G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs ..................................................................... viii H. Restructuring (if any) .................................................................................................. viii I. Disbursement Profile ..................................................................................................... ix 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ................................................... 1 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes .................................................. 5 3. Assessment of Outcomes .............................................................................................. 11 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ............................................................. 18 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance ......................................................... 19 6. Lessons Learned............................................................................................................ 22 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners............... 23 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing .............................................................................. 24 Annex 2. Outputs by Component...................................................................................... 26 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ..................................................................... 27 Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ................. 37 Annex 5. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results ....................................................... 39 Annex 6. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ......................... 42 Annex 7. List of Supporting Documents .......................................................................... 55 MAP .................................................................................................................................. 56 A. Basic Information Rural Access Country: Nepal Project Name: Improvement and Decentralization Project IDA-46640,IDA- Project ID: P083923 L/C/TF Number(s): H1710,IDA-H5250 ICR Date: 06/23/2014 ICR Type: Core ICR GOVERNMENT OF Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: NEPAL/MOF Original Total XDR 21.20M Disbursed Amount: XDR 45.70M Commitment: Revised Amount: XDR 45.70M Environmental Category: B Implementing Agencies: Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR) Cofinanciers and Other External Partners: B. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 10/14/2003 Effectiveness: 08/16/2005 08/16/2005 12/17/2009 Appraisal: 12/20/2004 Restructuring(s): 11/07/2013 Approval: 06/21/2005 Mid-term Review: 11/10/2008 11/10/2008 Closing: 12/31/2010 12/31/2013 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Moderately Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Moderate Bank Performance: Moderately Satisfactory Borrower Performance: Moderately Satisfactory C.2 Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR) Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings Moderately Moderately Quality at Entry: Government: Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Implementing Quality of Supervision: Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Agency/Agencies: Overall Bank Overall Borrower Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Performance: Performance: C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation QAG Assessments Indicators Rating Performance (if any) Potential Problem Project Quality at Entry No Highly Satisfactory at any time (Yes/No): (QEA): Problem Project at any Quality of No None time (Yes/No): Supervision (QSA): DO rating before Moderately Closing/Inactive status: Satisfactory D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Rural and Inter-Urban Roads and Highways 100 100 Theme Code (as % of total Bank financing) Decentralization 25 25 Other social development 25 25 Rural services and infrastructure 50 50 E. Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Philippe H. Le Houerou Praful C. Patel Country Director: Johannes C.M. Zutt Kenichi Ohashi Sector Manager: Karla Gonzalez Carvajal Guang Zhe Chen Project Team Leader: A.K. Farhad Ahmed Binyam Reja ICR Team Leader: Sri Kumar Tadimalla ICR Primary Author: Gary Taylor Sri Kumar Tadimalla F. Results Framework Analysis Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) Original financing PAD includes: "The PDO is for residents of participating districts to utilize improved rural transport infrastructure and services and benefit from enhanced access to social services and economic opportunities." Outcome Indicators: a) 20 percent increase in motorized and non-motorized trips by beneficiaries by End of Project (EOP); and b) 20 percent reduction in travel time by beneficiaries by EOP. Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving authority) The additional financing PAD includes: "For residents of participating districts of the Recipient to utilize improved rural transport infrastructure and services in order to have enhanced access to social services and economic opportunities." Outcome Indicators at the time of additional financing included: a) 20 percent increase in motorized and non-motorized trips by beneficiaries by End of Project (EOP); b) 20 percent reduction in travel time by beneficiaries by EOP; and c) 30 percent increase in annual average daily traffic (AADT) within the project districts in the categories bus, truck, microbus and jeep. (a) PDO Indicator(s) Original Target Formally Actual Value Values (from Revised Achieved at Indicator Baseline Value approval Target Completion or documents) Values Target Years 20 percent increase in motorized and non-motorized trips by beneficiaries by End Indicator 1 : of Project (EOP) 20% increase in motorized and non-motorized Weighted Average Average 5.4 motorized trips (6.48 of (i) Motorized trips per VDC per day motorized trips) trips: 25.7 (145% (Alternative baseline Value increase vis-à-vis from 2011 Study: per quantitative or (Based on 2011 2011 baseline); and household per month: Qualitative) baseline – (ii) Non-motorized Weighted Average of (i) Weighted Average trips:7.3 (77% Motorized trips: 10.5; (ii) of (i) Motorized increase vis-à-vis Non-motorized trips:4.14) trips: