Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00004550 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT < IDA‐51640‐BT > ON A CREDIT Public Disclosure Authorized IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR6.0 MILLION (US$9.0 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE Kingdom of Bhutan FOR A Public Disclosure Authorized Remote Rural Communities Development Project December 10, 2018 Agriculture Global Practice South Asia Region Public Disclosure Authorized CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective {September 28, 2018}) Currency Unit = Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN) BTN 69.0 = US$1 US$ 1.45 = SDR 1 FISCAL YEAR July 1 ‐ June 30 Regional Vice President: Hartwig Schafer Country Director: Qimiao Fan Senior Global Practice Director: Juergen Voegele Practice Manager: Loraine Ronchi Task Team Leader(s): Izabela Leao ICR Main Contributor: Kunduz Masylkanova ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AFD Administrative and Finance Division CPS Country Partnership Strategy EA Extension agents EFA Economic and financial analysis ENPV Economic net present value ESMF Environmental and social management framework ESS Environmental and Social Screening FA Financing Agreement FNPV Financial net present value FRR Financial rate of returns GRM Grievance redress mechanism ICRR Implementation Completion and Results Report IUFR Interim Unaudited Financial Reports NPPC National Plant Protection Center NSC National Seed Center NWFP Non‐wood‐forest products M&E Monitoring and evaluation MOAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forests MOF Ministry of Finance MOU Memorandum of Understanding MTR Mid‐term review O&M Operation and maintenance PAD Project Appraisal Document PCU Project Management Unit PDO Project development objective PDOI PDO indicators PG Producer Group PMT Project Management Team POM Project Operations Manual RAA Royal Audit Authority RGoB Royal Government of Bhutan RNR Renewable Natural Resources RUG Road User Group SLM Sustainable Land Management SP Sub‐projects STEP Systematic Tracking of Exchanges in Procurement WB World Bank WLM Wildlife Management WUA Water Users Association AFD Administrative and Finance Division CPS Country Partnership Strategy ESS Environmental and Social Screening EFA Economic and financial analysis FA Financing Agreement IUFR Interim Unaudited Financial Reports NPPC National Plant Protection Center NSC National Seed Center MOAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forests MOF Ministry of Finance MOU Memorandum of Understanding O&M Operation and maintenance PAD Project Appraisal Document PDOI PDO indicators PMT Project Management Team PCU Project Management Unit PG Producer Group POM Project Operations Manual RAA Royal Audit Authority RGoB Royal Government of Bhutan RUG Road User Group SLM Sustainable Land Management SP Sub‐projects WB World Bank WLM Wildlife Management WUA Water Users Association TABLE OF CONTENTS DATA SHEET ........................................................................................................................... 1 I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ........................................................ 5 A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL ........................................................................................................... 5 B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING IMPLEMENTATION (IF APPLICABLE) ........................................ 8 II. OUTCOME ...................................................................................................................... 10 A. RELEVANCE OF PDOs .............................................................................................................. 10 B. ACHIEVEMENT OF PDOs (EFFICACY) ........................................................................................ 11 C. EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................. 15 D. JUSTIFICATION OF OVERALL OUTCOME RATING ..................................................................... 17 E. OTHER OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS (IF ANY) ............................................................................. 17 III. KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME ................................ 18 A. KEY FACTORS DURING PREPARATION..................................................................................... 18 B. KEY FACTORS DURING IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................. 19 IV. BANK PERFORMANCE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME .. 19 A. QUALITY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) ............................................................. 19 B. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE ..................................................... 21 C. BANK PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................. 23 D. RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME ........................................................................................ 25 V. LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................. 26 ANNEX 1. APPRAISAL AND RESTRUCTURING RESULTS FRAMEWORKS AND KEY OUTPUTS .... 27 ANNEX 2. BANK LENDING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT/SUPERVISION ......................... 40 ANNEX 3. PROJECT COST BY COMPONENT............................................................................. 42 ANNEX 4. EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................ 43 ANNEX 5. BORROWER, CO‐FINANCIER AND OTHER PARTNER/STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS ... 48 ANNEX 6. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (IF ANY) ...................................................................... 59 The World Bank Remote Rural Communities Development Project (P123820) DATA SHEET BASIC INFORMATION Product Information Project ID Project Name P123820 Remote Rural Communities Development Project Country Financing Instrument Bhutan Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Revised EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Organizations Borrower Implementing Agency The Kingdom of Bhutan Minsitry of Agriculture and Forests Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project development objective is to increase agriculture productivity and access to community assets in remote rural areas by improving access to markets, irrigation, agricultural technologies, and community infrastructure. Page 1 of 61 The World Bank Remote Rural Communities Development Project (P123820) FINANCING Original Amount (US$) Revised Amount (US$) Actual Disbursed (US$) World Bank Financing 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,692,704 IDA‐51640 Total 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,692,704 Non‐World Bank Financing Borrower 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 Total Project Cost 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,692,704 KEY DATES Approval Effectiveness MTR Review Original Closing Actual Closing 02‐Oct‐2012 15‐Nov‐2012 24‐Nov‐2015 31‐May‐2018 31‐May‐2018 RESTRUCTURING AND/OR ADDITIONAL FINANCING Date(s) Amount Disbursed (US$M) Key Revisions 24‐Aug‐2017 7.74 Change in Results Framework KEY RATINGS Outcome Bank Performance M&E Quality Moderately Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Modest RATINGS OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN ISRs Actual No. Date ISR Archived DO Rating IP Rating Disbursements (US$M) 01 12‐Dec‐2012 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0 02 12‐Jun‐2013 Satisfactory Satisfactory .31 Page 2 of 61 The World Bank Remote Rural Communities Development Project (P123820) 03 02‐Dec‐2013 Satisfactory Satisfactory .69 04 15‐Jun‐2014 Satisfactory Satisfactory 6.03 05 02‐Dec‐2014 Satisfactory Satisfactory 6.03 06 13‐Jun‐2015 Satisfactory Satisfactory 6.03 07 30‐Jul‐2015 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 6.03 Moderately 08 21‐Jan‐2016 Moderately Unsatisfactory 6.03 Unsatisfactory 09 22‐Aug‐2016 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 6.03 10 09‐Mar‐2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 6.03 11 11‐Oct‐2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 7.74 SECTORS AND THEMES Sectors Major Sector/Sector (%) Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry 50 Crops 14 Irrigation and Drainage 35 Public Administration ‐ Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry 1 Transportation 42 Rural and Inter‐Urban Roads 42 Industry, Trade and Services 8 Agricultural markets, commercialization and agri‐ 8 business Themes Major Theme/ Theme (Level 2)/ Theme (Level 3) (%) Finance 9 Finance for Development 9 Agriculture Finance 9 Page 3 of 61 The World Bank Remote Rural Communities Development Project (P123820) Social Development and Protection 5 Social Inclusion 5 Participation and Civic Engagement 5 Urban and Rural Development 77 Rural Development 77 Rural Markets 15 Rural Infrastructure and service delivery 57 Land Administration and Management 5 Environment and Natural Resource Management 45 Climate change 35 Adaptation 35 Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management 10 Biodiversity 5 Landscape Management 5 ADM STAFF Role At Approval At ICR Regional Vice President: Isabel M. Guerrero Hartwig Schafer Country Director: Robert J. Saum Qimiao Fan Senior Global Practice Director: John Henry Stein Juergen Voegele Practice Manager: Simeon Kacou Ehui Loraine Ronchi Task Team Leader(s): Bekzod Shamsiev, Winston Dawes Izabela Assis Leao Luz ICR Contributing Author: Kunduz Masylkanova Page 4 of 61 The World Bank Remote Rural Communities Development Project (P123820) I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL Context 1. At appraisal, Bhutan was facing decline in economic growth, high rural poverty, and rapid urbanization. Its economy was dependent on the Renewable Natural Resources (RNR)