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SAMOA AVIATION INVESTMENT PROJECT June 28, 2021 Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00005473 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT IDA‐H9140 TF‐17019 IDA‐58050 IDA‐D4570 ON A Public Disclosure Authorized CREDIT/GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 30.63 MILLION (US$ 44.12 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE Public Disclosure Authorized INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA FOR THE SAMOA AVIATION INVESTMENT PROJECT June 28, 2021 Transport Global Practice Public Disclosure Authorized East Asia And Pacific Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Exchange Rate Effective, December 31, 2020 Currency Unit = Samoan Tala (WST) WST 2.59 = US$1 US$ 1.44 = SDR 1 FISCAL YEAR July 1 ‐ June 30 Regional Vice President: Victoria Kwakwa Country Director: (Acting) Paul Vallely Regional Director: Ranjit J. Lamech Practice Manager: Almud Weitz Task Team Leader(s): Noroarisoa Rabefaniraka, Nana S R H Soetantri ICR Main Contributor: Nana S R H Soetantri ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AF Additional Financing AGL Airfield Ground Lighting AGO Attorney General’s Office APW Faleolo International Airport ARFF Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighting ATC Air Traffic Control Equipment CAD Civil Aviation Division CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority CBA Cost‐benefit analysis (CBA) CEMP Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan CESMP Contractor’s Environmental and Social Management Plan China EXIM Bank Export‐Import Bank of China CMA Continuous Monitoring Approach CPS Country Partnership Strategy CoC Codes of Conduct COVID‐19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 D&S Design and Supervision DA Designated Account DSA Debt Sustainability Analysis EI Effective Implementation EIB European Investment Bank EIRR Economic Rate of Return EMP Environmental Management Plan GBV Gender‐Based Violence GDP Gross Domestic Product GoS Government of Samoa GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus IA Implementing Agency IAM Infrastructure Assets Management Project ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization IDA International Development Association IESMP Integrated Environmental and Social Management Plan IPSAS International Public Sector Accounting Standard M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MALIAT Multilateral Agreements on the Liberalization of International Air Transport MNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MOF Ministry of Finance MWTI Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure NPV Net Present Value NZCAA New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority PAIP Pacific Aviation Investment Program PASO Pacific Aviation Safety Office PDO Project Development Objective PESMP Project Environmental and Social Management Plan PIASA Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement PICASST Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty PICs Pacific Island Countries PRIF Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility PUMA Planning and Urban Management Agency PST Project Support Team SAA Samoa Airport Authority SAIP Samoa Aviation Investment Project SCG Shanghai Construction Group SDR Special Drawing Rights SDS Strategy for the Development of Samoa STEP Systematic Tracking and Exchanges in Procurement TAL Tonga Airport Limited TFSU Technical and Fiduciary Services Unit TISCD Transport and Infrastructure Sector Coordination Division ToC Theory of Change USOAP Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program VAC Violence Against Children VFR Visiting Friends and Relatives VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal WST Samoan Tala TABLE OF CONTENTS DATA SHEET ...................................................................................................................... 1 I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ................................................. 7 A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL ........................................................................................................... 7 B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................... 14 II. OUTCOME ............................................................................................................... 16 A. RELEVANCE OF PDOs .............................................................................................................. 16 B. ACHIEVEMENT OF PDOs (EFFICACY) ........................................................................................ 17 C. EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................. 20 D. JUSTIFICATION OF OVERALL OUTCOME RATING ..................................................................... 23 E. OTHER OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS (IF ANY) ............................................................................. 23 III. KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME ...................... 25 A. KEY FACTORS DURING PREPARATION..................................................................................... 25 B. KEY FACTORS DURING IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................. 25 IV. BANK PERFORMANCE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME 26 A. QUALITY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) ............................................................. 26 B. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE ..................................................... 27 C. BANK PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................. 29 D. RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME ........................................................................................ 30 V. LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................ 30 ANNEX 1. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND KEY OUTPUTS ..................................................... 34 ANNEX 2. BANK LENDING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT/SUPERVISION ................... 43 ANNEX 3. PROJECT COST BY COMPONENT ...................................................................... 46 ANNEX 4. EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS ...................................................................................... 47 ANNEX 5. BORROWER, CO‐FINANCIER AND OTHER PARTNER/STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS49 ANNEX 6. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ............................................................................. 81 The World Bank Samoa Aviation Investment Project (P143408) DATA SHEET BASIC INFORMATION Product Information Project ID Project Name P143408 Samoa Aviation Investment Project Country Financing Instrument Samoa Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Revised EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Organizations Borrower Implementing Agency Independent State of Samoa Samoa Airport Authority, Ministry of Finance Page 1 of 81 The World Bank Samoa Aviation Investment Project (P143408) Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project development objective is to improve operational safety and oversight of international air transport and associated infrastructure. FINANCING Original Amount (US$) Revised Amount (US$) Actual Disbursed (US$) World Bank Financing 25,000,000 25,000,000 22,708,906 IDA‐H9140 300,000 299,100 299,100 TF‐17019 16,620,000 16,620,000 16,935,370 IDA‐58050 2,200,000 2,199,865 2,198,325 IDA‐D4570 Total 44,120,000 44,118,965 42,141,701 Non‐World Bank Financing 0 0 0 Borrower/Recipient 6,250,000 0 0 Total 6,250,000 0 0 Total Project Cost 50,370,000 44,118,965 42,141,702 KEY DATES Approval Effectiveness MTR Review Original Closing Actual Closing 06‐Mar‐2014 08‐May‐2014 28‐Apr‐2017 30‐Jun‐2019 31‐Dec‐2020 Page 2 of 81 The World Bank Samoa Aviation Investment Project (P143408) RESTRUCTURING AND/OR ADDITIONAL FINANCING Date(s) Amount Disbursed (US$M) Key Revisions 06‐Jun‐2016 1.77 Additional Financing Change in Results Framework Change in Components and Cost Change in Financing Plan Change in Legal Covenants Change in Implementation Schedule 18‐Apr‐2019 26.50 Additional Financing Change in Results Framework Change in Components and Cost Change in Loan Closing Date(s) Change in Institutional Arrangements Change in Procurement 22‐Mar‐2020 39.49 Change in Loan Closing Date(s) KEY RATINGS Outcome Bank Performance M&E Quality Highly Satisfactory Satisfactory Modest RATINGS OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN ISRs Actual No. Date ISR Archived DO Rating IP Rating Disbursements (US$M) 01 09‐May‐2014 Satisfactory Satisfactory .10 02 16‐Dec‐2014 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory .24 03 30‐Apr‐2015 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory .57 04 10‐Aug‐2015 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 1.02 Page 3 of 81 The World Bank Samoa Aviation Investment Project (P143408) 05 25‐Jan‐2016 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 1.54 06 13‐Aug‐2016 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 1.77 07 21‐Feb‐2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 2.76 08 23‐Jun‐2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 3.18 09 30‐Nov‐2017 Satisfactory Satisfactory 4.71 10 19‐Apr‐2018 Satisfactory Satisfactory 10.85 11 02‐Nov‐2018 Satisfactory Satisfactory 15.45 12 04‐May‐2019 Satisfactory Satisfactory 26.50 13 23‐Jul‐2019 Satisfactory Satisfactory 27.65 14 19‐Dec‐2019 Satisfactory Satisfactory 38.25 15 22‐Jun‐2020 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 39.91 16 07‐Jan‐2021 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 41.84 SECTORS AND THEMES Sectors Major Sector/Sector (%) Transportation 100 Public Administration ‐ Transportation 8 Aviation 92 Themes Major Theme/ Theme (Level 2)/ Theme (Level 3) (%) Page 4 of 81 The World Bank Samoa Aviation Investment Project (P143408) Economic Policy 46 Trade 46 Trade Facilitation 46 Private Sector Development 46 Regional Integration 46 Finance 1 Finance for Development
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