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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No.: 78275 Public Disclosure Authorized PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROJECT (P054937) June 27, 2013 Public Disclosure Authorized IEG Public Sector Evaluation Independent Evaluation Group Public Disclosure Authorized Currency Equivalents (annual averages) Currency Unit =DominicanPeso 2002 US$1.00 DOP$18.60 2003 US$1.00 DOP$30.83 2004 US$1.00 DOP$42.11 2005 US$1.00 DOP$30.51 2006 US$1.00 DOP$33.25 2007 US$1.00 DOP$33.31 2008 US$1.00 DOP$34.87 2009 US$1.00 DOP$36.12 2010 US$1.00 DOP$37.30 2011 US$1.00 DOP$38.23 Abbreviations and Acronyms ECD Early Childhood Development EYE Early Years Evaluation IDB Inter-American Development Bank ICT Information Communication Technology IEG Independent Evaluation Group IRR Internal Rate of Return ISR Implementation Status and Results Report M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PAD Project Appraisal Document PPAR Project Performance Assessment Report PREAL Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe TTL Task Team Leader Fiscal Year Government: January 1 - December 31 Director-General, Independent Evaluation Ms. Caroline Heider Director, IEG Public Sector Evaluation Mr. Emmanuel Jimenez Manager, IEG Public Sector Evaluation Mr. Mark Sundberg Task Manager Ms. Susan Ann Caceres ii Contents Principal Ratings..................................... ............... v Key Staff Responsible......... .................................. v Preface..................................................... vii Summary .................................................... ix 1. Background and Context..................1....................... Socio-Economic Context of Dominican Republic ............... ............ 1 Education in the Dominican Republic ............................ 2 Early Childhood Education in the Dominican Republic.............. ............. 3 Early Childhood Education: International Evidence ............. ......... 4 2. Objectives, Design, and Their Relevance............... .............. 6 Objectives..................................................6 Relevance of the Objectives.................... .................. 6 Design.....................................................7 Relevance of Design...........................................9 3. Implementation..............................................11 Implementation Experience......................................12 Safeguards................................................. 13 Fiduciary.................................................. 14 Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation........................15 4. Achievement of the Objectives................................... 16 Increasing Access to Early Childhood Education with a Particular Focus on the Poor................................................... ... 16 Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education with a Particular Focus on the Poor................................................. 23 5. Efficiency.................................................. 27 6. Ratings.................................................... 29 Outcome .................................................. 29 Risk to Development Outcome ..................................... 29 Bank Performance ..................................... ......... 30 Borrower Performance ........................................... 33 R sktopmen Dve Outome........ 12 ........... This report was prepared by Susan Ann Caceres who assessed the project in October 2012. The report was peer reviewed by Michelle J. Neuman and panel reviewed by Christopher D. Gerrard. Viktoriya Yevsyeyeva provided administrative support. Monitoring and Evaluation .................................. ..... 34 7. Lessons.............................................. ...... 35 References ............................................. ...... 37 Annex A. Basic Data Sheet............... .................. ..... 39 Annex B. Mapping Classrooms with Provincial Poverty ....................... 43 Annex C. Mapping Classrooms with Municipal Poverty ....................... 44 Annex D. List of Persons Met..................................... 55 Annex E. Borrower Comments ..................................... 57 Tables Table 1. Dominican Republic, Selected Economic Variables ................. 1 Table 2. The Poverty Rate in the Dominican Republic (percent) ...... .......... 2 Table 3. Spending on Public Education per student for each Level (US$) .............. 2 Table 4. Activities within each Component and Planned Costs.... .................... 8 Table 5. Project Results Chain...................................... 10 Table 6. Appraisal and Actual Cost of the Project by Component ($ million)........... 11 Table 7. Grant Fund Amount Planned and Actual Execution (RD) 2004-20 10 ........ 19 Table 8. Priorities Established by Grant Fund ..................... 19 Table 9. Summary of Grantee Survey Responses (n=19)................... 20 Table 10. Enrollment Rate of Five Year-Olds (Public and Private) (percent), 2003-2010.......................................... ......... 21 Table 11. Pre-primary Enrollment Number of Students by Sector, 2003-2011......... 21 Table 12. Expected and Actual Enrollment in Model Centers, 2012 School Year .... 22 Table 13. Classroom, Poverty and Population........................... 44 Table 14. Grantee Respondents to IEG Survey .. ............................ 53 Figures Figure 1. Model of Early Childhood Development ........................... 5 Figure 2. Relationship between Number of Classrooms Built and Municipal Poverty Rate ........................................................ 18 Figure 3. Relationship between Number and Classrooms and Number of Poor Peopl e...................................................... 18 Figure 4. Project's Theory of Action to Support Early Childhood Development...... 23 Figure 5. Pre-primary Classroom.................. ................. 24 Figure 6. Children Utilizing Objects and Play to Learn ....................... 25 Figure 7. Percentage of Poor Households and Number of Classrooms Built by the Project by Province ................................................ 43 iv Principal Ratings ICR* ICR Review* PPAR Outcome Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Risk to Development Low or Negligible Low or Negligible Moderate Outcome Bank Performance Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Borrower PerformancePerfomanceModerately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory * The Implementation Completion and Results (ICR) report is a self-evaluation by the responsible Bank department. The ICR Review is an intermediate IEG product that seeks to independently verify the findings of the ICR. Key Staff Responsible Division Chief/ Project Task Manager/Leader Sector Director Country Director Appraisal Alberto Rodriguez Marito H. Garcia Orsalia Kalantzopoulos Completion Karla McEnvoy Chingboon Lee Franqoise Clottes v IEG Mission: Improving World Bank Group development results through excellence in independent evaluation. About this Report The Independent Evaluation Group assesses the programs and activities of the World Bank for two purposes: first, to ensure the integrity of the Bank's self-evaluation process and to verify that the Bank's work is producing the expected results, and second, to help develop improved directions, policies, and procedures through the dissemination of lessons drawn from experience. As part of this work, IEG annually assesses 20-25 percent of the Bank's lending operations through field work. In selecting operations for assessment, preference is given to those that are innovative, large, or complex; those that are relevant to upcoming studies or country evaluations; those for which Executive Directors or Bank management have requested assessments; and those that are likely to generate important lessons. To prepare a Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR), IEG staff examine project files and other documents, visit the borrowing country to discuss the operation with the government, and other in-country stakeholders, and interview Bank staff and other donor agency staff both at headquarters and in local offices as appropriate. Each PPAR is subject to internal IEG peer review, Panel review, and management approval. Once cleared internally, the PPAR is commented on by the responsible Bank department. The PPAR is also sent to the borrower for review. IEG incorporates both Bank and borrower comments as appropriate, and the borrowers' comments are attached to the document that is sent to the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. After an assessment report has been sent to the Board, it is disclosed to the public. About the IEG Rating System for Public Sector Evaluations IEG's use of multiple evaluation methods offers both rigor and a necessary level of flexibility to adapt to lending instrument, project design, or sectoral approach. IEG evaluators all apply the same basic method to arrive at their project ratings. Following is the definition and rating scale used for each evaluation criterion (additional information is available on the IEG website: http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org). Outcome: The extent to which the operation's major relevant objectives were achieved, or are expected to be achieved, efficiently. The rating has three dimensions: relevance, efficacy, and efficiency. Relevance includes relevance of objectives and relevance of design. Relevance of objectives is the extent