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Implementation Status & Results Report Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Myanmar | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Emergency Recovery Loan | FY 2013 | Seq No: 7 | ARCHIVED on 27-Dec-2015 | ISR21043 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:01-Nov-2012 Effectiveness Date:11-Jan-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:31-Mar-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:10-Mar-2015 Original Closing Date:31-Jan-2019 Revised Closing Date:30-Nov-2021 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective is to enable poor rural communities to benefit from improved access to and use of basic infrastructureand services through a people-centered approach and to enhance the government’s capacity to respond promptly and effectively to aneligible crisis or emergency. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Community Block Grants:(Cost $52.20 M) Facilitation and Capacity Development:(Cost $14.20 M) Knowledge and Learning:(Cost $1.80 M) Implementation Support:(Cost $11.80 M) Emergency Contingency Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 12/27/2015 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) Overall Risk Rating -- High Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project continues to achieve significant results towards its development objective, with a second community cycle coming to a close that saw the construction of some 1,800 subprojects in 1,729 villages, home to 850,000 people, with high participation rates by communities, including women and ethnic minorities. Social audits conducted at the end of the second cycle confirmed continued high satisfaction levels of beneficiaries, with over 75 percent of community members reporting high or very high satisfaction levels with project implementation and results. An ongoing technical audit (started in November 2015, with results expected in early 2016) is evaluating the project's cost-effectiveness and the technical quality of sub-projects. The project's grievance handling mechanism has been actively used across all project townships and has been effective in identifying shortcomings that in turn have been addressed effectively through the leadership of the Department of Rural Development (DRD). A union-level multi-stakeholder review (MSR) was held in August 2015 with the active participation of government, civil society, development partners and the private sector. Suggestions raised at the MSR were used by the project in the updating of the Operations Manual to be used in the third cycle, continuing the project’s emphasis on adaptive learning to achieve its development objective. On 30 September 2015, an Additional Financing Credit of $400 million equivalent became effective. On 18th September 2015 a Euro 20 million concessional loan providing financing for the project's scale-up was signed, and on 10th July 2015 a $11.5 million grant from the Japanese Social Development Fund was approved. Together with increased financing from the Government of Myanmar, the total project is now US$542.5 million, which will enable the project to cover at least 63 townships, home to an estimated 6.9 million people. In the coming cycle, the project will expand to the following townships: : Palewa township in Chin State; Myaung township and Banmauk township in Sagaing Region; Thabaung and Kyangin township in Ayeyawady Region; Mindon township in Magway Region; Kawmu township in Yangon Region; Lewe township in the Nay Pyi Taw Union territory; Ngazun township and Nyaung-U township in Mandalay Region; Monyo township andKyaukkyi township in Bago Region; Bilin township and Chaungzone township in Mon State; Demoso and Hpruso township in Kayah State; Kyain Seikgyi township in Kayin State; and Tanintharyi township in Tanintharyi Region. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- -- High Macroeconomic -- -- Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- -- Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- -- High Sustainability Fiduciary -- -- Substantial Environment and Social -- -- Moderate Stakeholders -- -- High Other -- -- -- 12/27/2015 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) Overall -- -- High Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 850.00 850.00 2500.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-May-2015 31-May-2015 31-Jan-2019 PHINDPDOTBL Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 51.00 51.00 50.00 PHINDPDOTBL Number of persons having access to and use of project-built infrastructure and ser-vices (e.g., all-weather roads, water, schools, health ser-vices) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 225000.00 225000.00 -- PHINDPDOTBL Percent of households in project villages participating in planning, decision-making, and implementation of sub-projects (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 56.00 56.00 50.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Sep-2014 30-Sep-2014 01-Oct-2018 12/27/2015 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) PHINDPDOTBL Percent of community members satisfied with the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 90.00 80.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 30-Nov-2014 30-Nov-2014 01-Oct-2018 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL #/type of rural infrastructure built (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 357.00 357.00 -- Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 -- PHINDIRITBL % of sub-projects evaluated as high priority by communities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 PHINDIRITBL % of sub-projects evaluated independently meeting project operations manual technical and safeguard specifications (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 59.00 59.00 85.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 12/27/2015 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) PHINDIRITBL # of Government officials using their new skills in project management, engineering, planning (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49.00 49.00 75.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 PHINDIRITBL # of community members using their new skills in project planning, financial management, and procurement (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4731.00 4731.00 16000.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 PHINDIRITBL # of internal cross-township learning exchanges (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 43.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 PHINDIRITBL Awards given out through development marketplace (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 12/27/2015 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Myanmar National Community Driven Development Project (P132500) PHINDIRITBL Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits addressed (%) (Percentage, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 99.00 99.00 85.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Mar-2015 31-Mar-2015 01-Oct-2018 PHINDIRITBL Grievances related to delivery of project benefits that are addressed-(number) (Number, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 573.00 573.00 0.00 PHINDIRITBL % of annual significant financial audit findings addressed (misuse of funds, non-compliance with procedures) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 95.00 Date 01-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2014 31-Oct-2014 01-Oct-2018 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P132500 IDA-56870 Effective XDR 284.50 284.50 0.00 0.00 284.50 0% P132500 IDA-H8140 Effective
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