Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00003487 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-42440 TF-93651) ON A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR20.2 MILLION Public Disclosure Authorized (US$30 MILLION EQUIVALENT) AND A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF US$5.90 MILLION TO THE REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR Public Disclosure Authorized FOR THE IRRIGATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT June 24, 2015 Public Disclosure Authorized Agriculture Global Practice Country Department AFCS4 Africa Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective May 1, 2015) Currency Unit = Malagasy Ariary (Ar) US$ 1.00 = Ar 3,100.00 FISCAL YEAR January 1 – December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AFD Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) APL Adaptable Program Loan ASC Agricultural Service Center BV Bassin Versant (watershed) CAS Country Assistance Strategy CelCo Cellule de Coordination (IWMP implementation unit) COGE Comité de Gestion (sub-watershed management committee) DRDR Direction Régionale du Développement Rural (Regional Directorate for Rural Development) ERR Economic Rate of Return EU European Union FERHA Fonds d’Entretien des Réseaux Hydro-Agricoles (Irrigation Scheme Maintenance Fund) GEF Global Environment Facility GEO Global Environment Objective GER Gros Entretien et Renouvellement (major repairs and replacement) GGDT Groupement de Gestion Durable des Terres (sustainable land management association) GoM Government of Madagascar ICR Implementation Completion and Results Report IDA International Development Association ISR Implementation Status and Results IWMP Irrigation and Watershed Management Project KFW German Federal Government Development Bank MAP Madagascar Action Plan MAPER Montant d’Apport Préalable Estimé Réaliste (upfront contribution considered realistic) MINAGRI Ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement Rural (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MTR Mid-Term Review NIWMP National Irrigation and Watershed Management Program (Programme National Bassins Versants - Périmètres Irrigués) ii NPV Net Present Value NRDP National Rural Development Program O&M Operation and Maintenance OP Organization of Producers PAD Project Appraisal Document PARECAM Projet d’Appui à la Résilience aux Crises Alimentaires à Madagascar (Food Crisis Resilience Support Project, EU funded) PC Performance Contract PDO Project Development Objective PHRD Policy and Human Resources Development project PIU Project Implementation Unit PLAE Programme de Lutte Anti-Erosive (Anti-Erosion Program, KFW funded) PLOF Plan Local d’Occupation Foncière (PLOF, communal land use plan) PPF Project Preparation Facility PPP Public-Private Partnership PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PUPIRV Projet d’Urgence pour la Préservation des Infrastructures et la Réduction de la Vulnérabilité (Emergency Infrastructure Preservation and Vulnerability Reduction Project) PURSAPS Projet d’Urgence pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et la Protection Sociale (Emergency Food Security and Social Protection Project) SAC Schéma d’Aménagement Communal (communal development plan) SDP Scheme Development Plan SIL Sector Investment Loan SLM Sustainable Land Management SP Strategic Partner SRA Système de Riziculture Améliorée (improved rice cultivation system) SRI Système de Riziculture Intensive (intensive rice cultivation system) TA Technical Assistance / Technical Assistant VAT Value Added Tax VCR Value-Cost Ratio WDP Watershed Development Plan WMP Watershed Master Plan WUA Water User Association Senior Global Practice Director: Juergen Voegele Practice Manager: Severin L. Kodderitzsch Project Team Leader: Ziva Razafintsalama ICR Team Leader: François Onimus iii REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR Irrigation and Watershed Management Project Contents A. Basic Information ................................................................................................................. vi B. Key Dates .............................................................................................................................. vi C. Ratings Summary .................................................................................................................. vi D. Sector and Theme Codes ..................................................................................................... vii E. Bank Staff ............................................................................................................................. ix F. Results Framework Analysis ................................................................................................. ix G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs ............................................................................. xiv H. Restructuring (if any) ........................................................................................................... xv I. Disbursement Profile ........................................................................................................... xvi 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design .......................................................... 1 1.1 Context at Appraisal ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Original Project Development Objectives and Key Indicators (as approved) .............. 3 1.3 Revised PDO (as approved by original approving authority) and Key Indicators, and Reasons/justification ........................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Main Beneficiaries ........................................................................................................ 6 1.5 Original Components (as approved) ............................................................................. 6 1.6 Revised Components .................................................................................................... 8 1.7 Other Significant Changes ............................................................................................ 9 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes .......................................................... 9 2.1 Project Preparation, Design and Quality at Entry ......................................................... 9 2.2 Implementation ........................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Design, Implementation and Utilization ............ 15 2.4. Safeguards and Fiduciary Compliance ...................................................................... 15 2.5 Post-completion Operation/Next Phase ...................................................................... 17 3. Assessment of Outcomes ...................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Relevance of Objectives, Design and Implementation ............................................... 18 3.2 Achievement of Project Development Objectives ...................................................... 18 3.3 Efficiency .................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Justification of Overall Outcome Rating .................................................................... 24 3.5 Overarching Themes, Other Outcomes and Impacts .................................................. 24 3.6 Summary of Findings of Beneficiary Survey and/or Stakeholder Workshops .......... 24 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome .................................................................... 25 5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance ................................................................. 26 5.1 Bank Performance ...................................................................................................... 26 5.2 Borrower Performance ............................................................................................... 27 6. Lessons Learned ................................................................................................................... 28 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners ...................... 30 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing ..................................................................................... 32 Annex 2. Outputs by Component ............................................................................................. 33 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ............................................................................. 55 iv Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ........................ 65 Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results ....................................................................................... 68 Annex 6. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results .............................................................. 74 Annex 7. Summary of Borrower's ICR and Comments on Draft ICR ..................................... 75 Annex 8. Comments of Cofinanciers and Other Partners/Stakeholders ................................... 81 Annex 9. List of Supporting Documents and Datasets ............................................................. 83 Map ........................................................................................................................................... 85 FIGURES Figure 1.1 : Disbursement profile and Implementation Status and Results (ISR) reports ratings ......................................................................................................................................