The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) AFRICA | Niger | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 14-Nov-2019 | ISR38504 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of Niger, Ministry of Equipment Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 18-Mar-2019 Effectiveness Date: 25-Jul-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Mar-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to improve and sustain road access of farming communities to production sites, markets and basic social services in selected areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improvement of rural transport infrastructure:(Cost $42.50 M) Rural road maintenance:(Cost $3.25 M) Operational support for the Project:(Cost $6.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO ►Satisfactory ►Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) ►Satisfactory ►Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating ►Substantial ►Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was declared effective on July 31, 2019 ahead of the deadline. The conditions required to begin the civil works of the first package of the first phase are being implemented. The Recruitment process of the NGO in charge of monitoring GBV is underway, which is expected to mobilize end of March 2020. The resettlement action plans are expected to be implemented by January 2020. Therefore the civil works of the first package ( about 170 km) are estimated to begin early April once the NGO in 11/14/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) charge of GBV is place. In the meantime, the bidding document of the second package of the first phase ( about 100 km) will be published by the end of the year, together with the recruitment of the consultants in charge of the engineering and safeguards studies for the second phase, which will begin by December 2019. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance ►High ►High ►High Macroeconomic ►Substantial ►Substantial ►Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies ►Moderate ►Moderate ►Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program ►Moderate ►Moderate ►Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability ►Substantial ►Substantial ►Substantial Fiduciary ►Substantial ►Substantial ►Substantial Environment and Social ►High ►High ►High Stakeholders ►Moderate ►Moderate ►Moderate Other -- -- ►Substantial Overall ►Substantial ►Substantial ►Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved road access of farming communities to production sites in selected areas. IN00742334 ►Number of irrigated agricultural production sites with all season road access (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 0.00 0.00 88.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Number of irrigated production sites of bank funded Sahel Irrigation Initiative Project and Climate Smart Agricultural Comments: Project located within 2 km of the project roads Improved road access of farming communities to markets in selected areas. IN00742333 11/14/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) ►Percentage of rural markets with all season road access (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 19.30 0.00 0.00 43.86 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Ratio between the number of markets with year round road access in the project area to the total number markets in the Comments: project area. the ratio is expected to increase as the road are being improved, more markets will have year round road access. Improved access of farming communities to basic social services in selected areas. IN00742335 ►Number of basic social services (schools, health centers) with all season road access (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 73.00 0.00 0.00 269.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Number of schools and health services located along the project roads that was not accessible before the project and now Comments: accessible. Improved road access of farming communities to markets and social basic services in selected areas. IN00742361 ►Number of people with access to all-reason roads in the project area (RAI) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 375,000.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: Number of people with 2 km radius of the project roads using the latest government census Sustained road access of farming communities in selected areas. IN00742332 ►Percentage of project roads receiving routine maintenance (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Ratio between the km of roads improved by the project and receiving routine maintenance thru the mechanism established by the project, and the total km of roads improved by the project. Road improved by the project means that the civil works Comments: are completed and the roads have been handed over. Roads under routine maintenance means that the roads have received at least one local community maintenance campaign with satisfactory end of campaign inspection report Overall Comments PDO 11/14/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) The activities of the project have not started therefore the indicators cannot be filled. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Improvement of rural transport infrastructure IN00742362 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 650.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 IN00742368 ►Number of short term jobs in person-days worked (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 189,000.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: Total number of days worked by the workers locally hired. IN00742369 ►Proportion of villages with physical road safety measures (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 ratio number of villages along the project roads with physical road safety measures and total number of villages along the Comments: project roads. Support for road maintenance IN00742363 ►Road Maintenance workers (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 433.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: cumulative number of workers group created and have already done a routine maintenance campaign. IN00742366 ►Women road maintenance worker (Number, Custom) 11/14/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 43.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: Maintenance works that are women Operational support IN00742364 ►Grievesss Adressed with the stipulated timeframe (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: percentage of all grievances received thru the project level GRM and addressed ( feedback to complaints) within 30 days IN00742365 ►Share of construction workers that have signed the code of conduct (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Dec-2024 ratio cumulative number of construction workers that have signed the code of conduct and the total number of construction Comments: workers recruited by the contractors. IN00742367 ►Share of GBV complaints treated and referred to service providers (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 07-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-May-2019 31-Mar-2025 Comments: Ratio number of GVB related complaints treated and referred and total number of GBV complaints reported. Overall Comments IR The project activities have not started. Data on Financial Performance 11/14/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P164498 IDA-63850 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 1.09 47.44 2.2% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P164498 IDA-63850 Effective 18-Mar-2019 13-Apr-2019 25-Jul-2019 31-Mar-2025 31-Mar-2025 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/14/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Mobility and Connectivity Project (P164498) 11/14/2019 Page 7 of 7