The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) AFRICA | Benin | Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 02-Oct-2019 | ISR38513 | Implementing Agencies: Ministère de l'Economie Numérique et de la Communication, Republic of Benin Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 01-Jul-2019 Effectiveness Date: -- Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Jun-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Jul-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Jul-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve access to broadband services in targeted rural communities and promote the use of digital solutions to improve efficiency of selected value-chains, financial inclusion and access to markets. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Extending connectivity in rural areas:(Cost $45.00 M) Digital financial inclusion and skills:(Cost $16.00 M) Digital solutions for rural development:(Cost $10.00 M) Access to markets:(Cost $20.00 M) Project implementation:(Cost $9.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors on July 1, 2019. The legal documents were signed on August 8, 2019. The deadline for effectiveness is December 6, 2019. 10/2/2019 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial -- Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Moderate -- Moderate Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Substantial -- Substantial Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other Substantial -- Substantial Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase access and use of broadband services in rural communities IN00742620 ►Mobile broadband (3G and above) penetration rates (DE4A Moonshot indicator) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 15.00 -- 15.00 25.00 Date 31-Dec-2018 -- 31-Dec-2018 30-Jun-2024 Percentage of the targeted population using broadband services (i.e. 3G+ or fixed internet for more than Comments: 1Mo/s) Leverage digital solutions to improve value-chain efficiency, financial inclusion, access to markets IN00742619 ►Population with a mobile money account (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 18.00 -- 18.00 36.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 This indicator measures the percentage of project beneficiaries who have a mobile money account in the Comments: targeted regions. 10/2/2019 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) IN00742691 Population with a mobile money account - Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 11.70 -- 11.70 25.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742692 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,600,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 This indicator measures the number of farmers who were provided with agricultural assets or services as a result of World Bank project support. "Agriculture" or "Agricultural" includes: crops, livestock, capture fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry, timber, and non-timber forest products. Assets include property, biological assets, and farm and processing equipment. Biological assets may include animal agriculture breeds (e.g., livestock, fisheries) and genetic material of livestock, crops, trees, and shrubs (including fiber Comments: and fuel crops). Services include research, extension, training, education, ICTs, inputs (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides, labor), production-related services (e.g., soil testing, animal health/veterinary services), phyto- sanitary and food safety services, agricultural marketing support services (e.g., price monitoring, export promotion), access to farm and post-harvest machinery and storage facilities, employment, irrigation and drainage, and finance. Farmers are people engaged in agricultural activities or members of an agriculture- IN00742693 related business (disaggregated by men and women) targeted by the project. Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,000,000.00 IN00742694 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services through women-led producer organizations (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 400,000.00 IN00742695 ►Beneficiaries using digital solutions supported by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 This indicator measures the percentage of people targeted by the project who use and adopt (long term) Comments: the applications and digital tools developed through components 2 and 3. IN00742696 Beneficiaries using digital solutions supported by the project through women-led producer organizations (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742697 10/2/2019 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) ►Increase in volume of produce put on the market by beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 The increase in volume of products brought to local and regional markets by farmers from the targeted Comments: project zones and in the selected value chains. IN00742698 Increase in volume of produce put on the market by beneficiaries - Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742699 ►Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 This indicator is a "citizen feedback" indicator measuring the level of satisfaction (beneficiary perception) Comments: of the communities targeted by the project. IN00742700 Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs - Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1 - Extending connectivity in rural areas IN00742704 ►People using social media (Facebook) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 850,000.00 -- 850,000.00 1,700,000.00 Date 01-May-2019 -- 01-May-2019 30-Jun-2024 Comments: An estimate of the size of Facebook audience IN00742706 People using social media (Facebook) - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 10/2/2019 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Value 255,000.00 -- 225,000.00 600,000.00 Date 01-May-2019 -- 01-May-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742712 ►Public officials trained on ICT policy and regulatory environment (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Component 2 - Digital financial inclusion and skills IN00742703 ►Previously unbanked informal women's savings groups using digital financial services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742707 ►Made or received digital payments in last year (DE4A Moonshot indicator) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 28.00 -- 28.00 35.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 -- 29-Dec-2017 30-Jun-2024 This indicator measures the percentage of project beneficiaries who have received or made at least one Comments: payment through mobile money services or digital platforms in the past 12 months. IN00742709 Made or received digital payments in the last year - Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 19.00 -- 19.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 -- 29-Dec-2017 30-Jun-2024 IN00742714 ►Active mobile money accounts (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2,210,000.00 -- 2,210,000.00 3,000,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742716 ►Agriculture cooperatives / businesses accepting digital payments (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 36.00 -- 36.00 72.00 10/2/2019 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Agricultural cooperatives, including tontines and other women's informal savings groups, using digital Comments: payments. IN00742718 ►Agriculture payments made via digital channels (DE4A Moonshot) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 9.43 -- 9.43 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 -- 29-Dec-2017 30-Jun-2024 Comments: Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone (% payment recipients, age 15+) IN00742720 ►Beneficiaries reached with trainings (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Comments: The number of beneficiaries reached with digital literacy, financial literacy or financial application trainings. IN00742722 Beneficiaries reached with trainings - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 28-Jun-2024 Component 3 - Digital solutions for rural development IN00742701 ►Newly established women-led producer organizations (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742705 ►Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 700,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 The household irrigation systems will be used for supplementary irrigation of rained agriculture, for diversification of production or for the transformation from a primarily subsidence agriculture towards the production of one or two marketable products, depending on the regional conditions and depending on the Comments: farmers' interests. Technical assistance will introduce good agricultural practices adjusted to each situation. These are, among other, the use of organic fertilizer, certified seeds, diversification and shifting cultivation and will be identified during project implementation. The indicator evaluates if at least one good 10/2/2019 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) agricultural practice transferred during technical assistance is being adopted by the farmer. Municipal staff using their site visits will evaluate use of agricultural practices or improved agricultural technology. One year after the completion of the first systems, an independent evaluation will confirm monitoring results of the municipal staff. If needed, an additional independent evaluation will be realized during mid-term IN00742711 review. Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 500,000.00 IN00742715 Farmers adopting improved agricultural technology through women-led producer organizations (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 300,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742717 ►Public officials trained in digital skills (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742719 Public officials trained in digital skills - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 500.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742721 ►Students trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742723 Students trained - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 500.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742724 ►Public grievances captured by GRM responded to in less than 24h (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 10/2/2019 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Comments: The percentage of public grievances that are responded to within 24 hours of being received via the GRM. Component 4 - Access to markets IN00742702 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 600.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 IN00742708 Roads rehabilitated - rural (Kilometers, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 600.00 IN00742710 ►Roads maintained (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,400.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Comments: The cumulative length of roads maintained IN00742713 Roads maintained - rural (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,400.00 Date 01-Jul-2019 -- 01-Jul-2019 30-Jun-2024 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Not P162599 IDA-64530 USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 98.01 0% Effective Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date 10/2/2019 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital Rural Transformation Project (P162599) Not P162599 IDA-64530 01-Jul-2019 08-Aug-2019 -- 31-Jul-2024 31-Jul-2024 Effective Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/2/2019 Page 9 of 9