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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00002016 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IBRD-47470) ON A Public Disclosure Authorized LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF EURO 31 MILLION (US$ 36.86 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FOR A RURAL ROADS PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized December 8, 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized Sustainable Development Department Maghreb Department Middle East and North Africa Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective December 8, 2011) Currency Unit = MAD 1.00 = US$ 0.12 US$ 1.00 = MAD 8.34 MAD FISCAL YEAR July 1 – June 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AFD French Development Agency CAS Country Assistance Strategy CFR Caisse pour le Financement Routier CNER National Center for Road Study and Research CPS Country Partnership Strategy DPET Provincial Office of the MPWT (Direction Provinciale de l’Equipement et des Transports) DR Directorate of Roads (Direction des Routes) DRET Regional Office of the MPWT (Direction Régionale de l’Equipement et des Transports) EIB European Investment Bank EMP Environmental Management Plan ERR Economic Rate of Return FSR Road Fund (Fonds Spécial Routier) IRI International Roughness Index IERR Internal Economic Rate of Return MDG Millennium Development Goals METP Ministry of Equipment and Transport (Ministère de l’Equipement et des Transports) NPRR-1 First National Program of Rural Roads NPRR-2 Second National Program of Rural Roads NPV Net Present Value RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SPA Specific Provincial Agreement Vice President: Inger Andersen Country Director: Neil Simon M. Gray Sector Manager: Patricia Veevers-Carter Project Team Leader: Abdelmoula Ghzala ICR Team Leader: Abdelmoula Ghzala KINGDOM OF MOROCCO RURAL ROADS PROJECT CONTENTS Data Sheet ..................................................................................................................................................... ii A. Basic Information ................................................................................................................................. ii B. Key Dates .............................................................................................................................................. ii C. Ratings Summary .................................................................................................................................. ii D. Sector and Theme Codes ..................................................................................................................... iii E. Bank Staff ............................................................................................................................................ iii F. Results Framework Analysis ................................................................................................................ iii G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs .............................................................................................. iv H. Restructuring (if any) ............................................................................................................................ v I. Disbursement Profile .............................................................................................................................. v 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design .......................................................................... 1 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes ......................................................................... 4 3. Assessment of Outcomes .......................................................................................................................... 9 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ......................................................................................13 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance .................................................................................13 6. Lessons Learned ......................................................................................................................................15 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners ....................................15 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing .......................................................................................................16 Annex 2. Outputs by Component ...............................................................................................................17 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ..............................................................................................19 Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ......................................24 Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results .........................................................................................................26 Annex 6. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results ..............................................................................26 Annex 7. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ..............................................27 Annex 8. Comments of Co-financiers and Other Partners/Stakeholders ...............................................60 Annex 9. List of Supporting Documents ....................................................................................................61 i Data Sheet A. Basic Information Country: Morocco Project Name: MA-Rural Roads Project ID: P082754 L/C/TF Number(s): IBRD-47470 ICR Date: December 8, 2011 ICR Type: Core ICR Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO Original Total USD 36.86M Disbursed Amount: USD 43.06 M Commitment: Revised Amount: USD 36.86M Environmental Category: B Implementing Agencies: Directorate of Roads of the Ministry of Equipment and Transport Cofinanciers and Other External Partners: N/A B. Key Dates Process Date Process Original Date Revised / Actual Date(s) Concept Review: 09/11/2003 Effectiveness: 06/21/2005 06/21/2005 Appraisal: 04/26/2004 Restructuring(s): Approval: 06/29/2004 Mid-term Review: 03/20/2007 12/20/2007 Closing: 06/30/2010 06/30/2011 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Low or Negligible Bank Performance: Satisfactory Borrower Performance: Satisfactory C.2 Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR) Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings Quality at Entry: Satisfactory Government: Satisfactory Implementing Quality of Supervision: Satisfactory Satisfactory Agency/Agencies: Overall Bank Overall Borrower Satisfactory Satisfactory Performance: Performance: C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation Performance Indicators QAG Assessments (if any) Rating Potential Problem Project at No Quality at Entry (QEA): None any time (Yes/No): Problem Project at any time No Quality of Supervision (QSA): None (Yes/No): DO rating before Satisfactory Closing/Inactive status: ii D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Central government administration 3 1 Roads and highways 97 99 Theme Code (as % of total Bank financing) Injuries and non-communicable diseases 33 Rural services and infrastructure 67 100 E. Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Inger Andersen Christiaan J. Poortman Country Director: Neil Simon M. Gray Theodore O. Ahlers Sector Manager: Patricia Veevers-Carter Hedi Larbi Project Team Leader: Abdelmoula Ghzala Mohammed D.E Feghoul ICR Team Leader: Abdelmoula Ghzala ICR Primary Author: Mohammed D.E Feghoul F. Results Framework Analysis Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) The project's development objective is to increase rural populations' access to roads, especially in the more disadvantaged provinces, by supporting a national program of road improvements and through strengthening institutional capacity. Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving authority) (a) PDO Indicator(s) Formally Actual Value Original Target Revised Achieved at Indicators Baseline Value Values (from approval Target Completion or documents) Values Target Years Main PDO Indicators National Rural Roads Accessibility 45% (in 2002) 67% (in 2010) 70% (in 2010) Index (NRRAI) 50% (in 2005) Accessibility differential 0.38 (in 2002) 0.60 (in 2010) 0.63 (in 2010) Indicator(ADI) 0.43 (in 2005) Improvement in Quality Inter-city No Baseline Surveys carried out in 2010 on six roads have passenger transport service reflected value shown that costs for passenger transport have in higher service frequency, more decreased on average by about 40%. Additional comfortable vehicles, or lower rates. surveys are scheduled on more roads as part of an impact evaluation study to be completed by the end of 2012. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) No Baseline M&E system M&E System system working value operational and operational and used during used during iii implementation implementation Dissemination program implemented No Baseline M&E results Yearly Reports value disclosed to disclosed to stakeholders during stakeholders for implementation 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Study on the Strengthening of No Baseline Study Completed Study Completed Municipal Road Management value as part of a completed maintenance strategies study covering all road networks Training Environment and Social No Baseline Training sessions Training sessions value held for Directorate held for of Roads Staff Directorate of Roads Staff (b) Intermediate