Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) AFRICA | Uganda | Social Protection & Labor Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 29-Nov-2017 | ISR30052 | Implementing Agencies: Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:31-Dec-2015 Effectiveness Date:31-Oct-2016 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The main development objective of this project is to improve and sustain household income of the vulnerable poor through provision of business management support services to the existing and new Community Interest Groups (CIGs) in the four pilot districts (Kitgum, Gulu, Nebbi, and Soroti). Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Northern Uganda Business Support Program (NUBSP) has been effective since October 2016. Preparatory work has been taking place at district and community level, and will continue for the next three months, to the end of December 2017. It will be recalled that the project is very much structured around the Sustainable Livelihoods Pilot within the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF 3) project. Given these complementarities, preparatory work for both pilots has been undertaken in terms of (i) specific Technical Support Team staff recruited to support both tasks (ii) training of technical officers begun in May 2017, and is currently ongoing and (iii) Engagement of Community Business Agents (CBAs) was launched in June 2017, and is ongoing to December 2017. 11/29/2017 Page 1 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) Going forward, and prior to the end of the Calendar year, several activities are planned, including district-level sensitizing of stakeholders and beneficiaries on the project, training of Sub County Implementation Support teams, concluding engaging and training of CBAs, identification, strengthening and training of beneficiary groups, and, market assessment and identifying market-linkage opportunities. To date, 526 saving groups comprising of 14,022 beneficiaries in 4 districts, have been selected under this project. 75.22% of these beneficiaries are females. Finally, the Management Information System, part of the broader NUSAF 3 information system, has been completed and rolled-out to the districts. Computers and related information systems hardware have been procured and distributed to district staff, and training provided to them (August-October 2017). Risks Overall Risk Rating Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL Percentage of Community Interest Groups (CIGs) to complete business management training and produce business plans. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 31-May-2017 31-Mar-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL Percentage of CIGs implementing their business plan. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 31-May-2017 31-Mar-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 11/29/2017 Page 2 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) PHINDPDOTBL Percentage of sales revenues accomplishment compared to forecasted sales revenues in the business plan after one year of follow-up advisory services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 31-May-2017 31-Mar-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL Percentage increase in household income of existing and new CIG members who completed business management skills training and produced business plans and received one year of follow-up business adviso (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 31-May-2017 31-Mar-2017 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL Percentage of CIGs reinvests their savings in new capital assets to expand their operations (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25% Date 31-May-2017 -- 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 Overall Comments At this stage, there are no PDO indicator results to report. The project is at an early stage of implementation, but overall, there is now good progress to achieving the results. Intermediate Results Indicators 11/29/2017 Page 3 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) PHINDIRITBL Percentage of female beneficiaries supported by the pilot (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 75.22 50.00 Date 31-May-2017 -- 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL Number of mentors selected (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.00 Date 31-May-2017 -- 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL An MIS system for pilot developed and functional (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N -- Y Y Date 31-May-2017 -- 31-Oct-2017 31-Dec-2018 Overall Comments Progress has been made in developing and rolling out the MIS. Training on its use has been provided at the district level, and the relevant staff are now using the system. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P147258 TF-A2643 Effective USD 2.86 2.86 0.00 1.46 1.39 51% Key Dates (by loan) 11/29/2017 Page 4 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Northern Uganda Business Support Program (P147258) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P147258 TF-A2643 Effective 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/29/2017 Page 5 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy