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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00002788 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-38100, IDA-38101, IDA-3810A and IDA-49330) ON A Public Disclosure Authorized CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR21.1 MILLION (US$32.15 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA FOR A Public Disclosure Authorized SECOND MINING SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT June 13, 2014 Public Disclosure Authorized Sustainable Energy, Oil, Gas, and Mining Unit Sustainable Development Network AFCF1 Africa Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective May 15, 2014) Currency Unit = Mauritania Ouguiya (MRO) MRO 1.00 = US$ 0.0034 US$ 1.00 = MRO 298 FISCAL YEAR July 1 – June 30 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Bpd Barrels per day CAS Country Assistance Strategy CNITIE Comité National de l’Initiative pour la Transparence dans les Industries Extractives CNRE Centre National des Ressources en Eau CPPR Country Portfolio Performance Review DMG Direction des Mines et de la Géologie EI Extractive Industries EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative GIRM Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania GIZ Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit ICR Implementation Completion Report IDA International Development Association IDB Islamic Development Bank LED Local Economic Development IMF International Monetary Fund M&E Monitoring and evaluation MMI Ministère des Mines et de l’Industrie MPEM Ministère du Pétrole, de l’Energie et des Mines NORAD Norwegian Agency for development Cooperation PAD Project Appraisal Document PCU Project Coordination Unit PDO Project Development Objective PRECASP Projet de Renforcement des Capacités du Secteur Public PRISM Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel du Secteur Minier PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSC Production Sharing Contract QAG Quality Assurance Group QALP Quality Assessment of Lending Program SAE Service des Affaires Environnementales SESA Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment SIGE Système d’Information Géologique et Environnemental SIGM Système d’Information Géologique et Minier ii SMH Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures SNIM Société Nationale industrielle et Minière SPEG Société de Production de l’Electricité à partir de Gaz UPM Unité de Promotion du Secteur Minier Vice President: Makhtar Diop Country Director: Vera Songwe Sector Manager: Christopher Sheldon Project Team Leader: Morten Larsen ICR Team Leader: Morten Larsen ICR Primary Author: Yves Duvivier iii MAURITANIA Second Mining Sector Capacity Building Project CONTENTS Data Sheet A. Basic Information B. Key Dates C. Ratings Summary D. Sector and Theme Codes E. Bank Staff F. Results Framework Analysis G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs H. Restructuring I. Disbursement Graph 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ........................................................................14 1.1 Context at Appraisal ...........................................................................................................................14 1.2 Original Project Development Objectives (PDO) and Key Indicators ..............................................16 1.3 Revised PDO and Key Indicators, and reasons/justification .............................................................17 1.4 Main Beneficiaries .............................................................................................................................18 1.5 Original Components .........................................................................................................................18 1.6 Revised Components .........................................................................................................................19 1.7 Other significant changes ...................................................................................................................20 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes ........................................................................21 2.1 Project Preparation, Design and Quality at Entry ..............................................................................21 2.2 Implementation ..................................................................................................................................23 2.3 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Design, Implementation and Utilization ...................................23 2.4 Safeguard and Fiduciary Compliance ................................................................................................24 2.5 Post-completion operation .................................................................................................................25 3. Assessment of Outcomes .....................................................................................................................25 3.1 Relevance of Objectives, Design and Implementation ......................................................................25 3.2 Achievement of Project Development Objectives .............................................................................26 3.3 Efficiency ...........................................................................................................................................30 iv 3.4 Justification of Overall Outcome .......................................................................................................31 3.5 Overarching Themes, Other Outcomes and Impacts .........................................................................32 3.6 Summary of Findings of Beneficiary Survey and/or Stakeholder Workshops ..................................33 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ....................................................................................33 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance .................................................................................34 5.1 Bank Performance ..............................................................................................................................34 5.2 Borrower Performance .......................................................................................................................35 6. Lessons Learned ...................................................................................................................................36 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners ......................................37 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing ....................................................................................................38 Annex 2. Outputs by component .............................................................................................................40 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ............................................................................................56 Annex 4: Bank Lending and Implementation Support/ Supervision Processes ......................................63 Annex 5. Beneficiary survey results ........................................................................................................65 Annex 6. Stakeholder workshop report and results .................................................................................66 Annex 7. Summary of Borrower’s ICR ...................................................................................................67 Annex 8. Comments of co-financiers and other partners/ stakeholders ..................................................72 Annex 9. List of supporting documents ...................................................................................................73 Map ..........................................................................................................................................................75 v A. Basic Information SECOND MINING Country: Mauritania Project Name: SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT IDA-38100,IDA- Project ID: P078383 L/C/TF Number(s): 38101,IDA-3810A,IDA- 49330 ICR Date: 06/08/2014 ICR Type: Core ICR ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF Lending Instrument: TAL Borrower: MAURITANIA Original Total XDR 13.10M Disbursed Amount: XDR 20.34M Commitment: Revised Amount: XDR 20.34M Environmental Category: B Implementing Agencies: UCPM - Unite de Coordination du Projet Minier Cofinanciers and Other External Partners: B. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 09/12/2002 Effectiveness: 10/17/2003 10/17/2003 Appraisal: 04/29/2003 Restructuring(s): Approval: 07/08/2003 Mid-term Review: 06/30/2008 06/30/2008 Closing: 03/15/2009 11/15/2013 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Moderate 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: Moderately Satisfactory Implementing Quality of Supervision: Satisfactory Highly Satisfactory Agency/Agencies: Overall Bank Overall Borrower Satisfactory Satisfactory Performance: Performance: vi C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation QAG Assessments (if Indicators Rating Performance any) Potential Problem Project at No Quality at Entry (QEA): None any time (Yes/No): Problem Project at any time Quality of Supervision No None (Yes/No): (QSA): DO rating before Satisfactory Closing/Inactive status: D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing) Central
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