The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) AFRICA | Niger | Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 28-Feb-2020 | ISR39792 | Implementing Agencies: MOP - PIU (CR 51320), Ministry of Planning, Land Management and Community Development, Republic of Niger Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 19-Aug-2015 Effectiveness Date: 01-Dec-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-Nov-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 16-Nov-2018 Original Closing Date: 29-Mar-2019 Revised Closing Date: 30-Dec-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective is to improve critical elements of investment climate for the private sector and enhance competitiveness of SME inselected agriculture value chain. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Modernization of the Business Environment:(Cost $2.43 M) Component 2. Increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural value chains:(Cost $13.75 M) Component 3: Project Implementation Support:(Cost $2.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 1. The Niger Investment Climate Support Project is rated Moderately Satisfactory on both progress towards achieving the Project Development Objective (PDO), and Implementation Progress. Project disbursement stands at 90 percent of the total financing received from the donor.. The project has been restructured for the second time to extend the Closing date for the Grant (TF0A0809) by 19 months from May 30, 2019 to December 31, 2020. to allow completion of Project activities. 2. The initial phase of project implementation experienced delays due to various bottlenecks in government procurement approval procedures. Thanks to the operationalization of a new expenditure control system and the recruitment of a dedicated controller (trained by the project on World Bank procedures) for the Project’s line ministry in early 2018, project implementation has recorded progress. 3. Progress made by project components is outlined below: Component 1: Modernization of the Business Environment 2/28/2020 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Activities under this component aim to support the implementation of reforms, which will have a quick impact on the business environment. This component is contributing to the strengthening of institutions geared toward private sector development and export promotion. Specific developments are as follows. Niger recorded new progress in the Doing Business report of 2020. On the Business Creation indicator, Niger has move from 132nd place to 24th place in the world, making it the best in Africa. Component 2: Increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural value chains Sub-component 2.1 Support to the “Maison de l’Entreprise” The branches of the “Maison de l'Entreprise” are fully operational and have instruments to offer quality financial and non-financial services to the target beneficiaries of the Project and micro-enterprises in particular. Sub-component 2.2 Provision of financial and non-financial business development services: With regard to non-financial support, the “Maison de l'Entreprise” antennas now offer a total of at least 10 different categories of services, including, inter alia, thematic training or technical assistance. As of 31 December 2019, 19 thematic capacity-building training sessions had been organized in Diffa, Zinder, Maradi and Niamey for more than 1,427 enterprises (IEs, VSEs and Small and Medium Enterprises). With the support of technical assistance mobilized during 2019, the Matching Grant mechanism was operationalized. Matching Grant Access to Financial services for Micro enterprises Target Achievements TPE 38 159 Informal enterprises 750 55 Total 803 214 Cumulation 803 428 amount of grants disbursed 270,215,567 outstanding amount 206,458,014 BDS Window for MSMEs Target at the end of the project Achievements as of December 31, 2019 PME 50 32 TPE 50 240 R &D project 20 1 Informal enterprises 1,000 1,677 Total 1,120 1,945 Success rate 173.7% Total approved support 626,126,360 Sub-component 2.3 Infrastructure Development This sub-component finances economic infrastructure, namely roads for the Zinder trade corridor to Nigeria and marketplaces The contracts for the infrastructure works have all been signed and works fully launched. To date 60 percent of infrastructure has been delivered to beneficiaries. The rest is scheduled to be completed and delivered by May 31, 2020. Component 3: Project Implementation Support 4. Implementation of the activities of the Project is undertaken mainly through the PIU of the IDA-financed Competitiveness and Growth Support Project under on-going arrangements. 2/28/2020 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial 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 Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved Investment Climate IN00805039 ►Number of DB reforms implemented (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00805052 ►Direct compliance cost savings (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 38,000,000.00 38,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00805055 ►Increase of sales revenue of beneficiary firms (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 2/28/2020 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Data should be available in Q1 2020. Comments: IN00805058 ►Direct project beneficiaries, of which female (%) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14,344.00 14,344.00 2,300.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Progress to date - 14,344 of which 29% are female Comments: IN00805066 of which female (%) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 29.00 29.00 20.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Modernization of the Business Environment IN00805040 ►Number of procedures in starting a business (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Simplified business registration procedure Comments: IN00805053 ►Number of day to settle a commercial case (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 545.00 380.00 380.00 445.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Faster contract enforcing mechanism Comments: IN00805056 ►Number of procedures to obtain a construction permit (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 2/28/2020 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Value 15.00 15.00 15.00 9.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Simplified construction permit issuance sytsem Comments: IN00805059 ►Number of documents required to export (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Cross-border trading process is streamlined Comments: IN00805061 ►Number of documents required to import (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 New regime for small-scale entrepreneurs is effective Comments: IN00805063 ►Number of new “entreprenant” registered (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 New regime for small-scale entrepreneurs is effective Comments: IN00805065 ►Increase in number of services offered to members (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 The Maison de l’Entreprise and private sector organizations offer services tailored to MSMEs in Comments: agricultural value ch ains Component 2. Increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural value chains IN00805051 ►Number of firms that have business plan prepared (Number, Custom) 2/28/2020 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 400.00 400.00 600.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 The capacity of actors along the value chains is improved Comments: IN00805054 ►Number of new direct jobs created (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00805057 ►Number of collective market infrastructure constructed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Infrastructures to support the development of the specified agricultural value chains are identified, built, Comments: and managed IN00805060 ►Citizens and/or communities involved in planning/ implementation/ evaluation of development programs (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Jun-2019 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00805062 ►Volume of Loans to MSME generated by Guarantee mechanism (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,000,000.00 Date 07-Aug-2019 -- 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00805064 ►Return on Assets of SAHFI (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 07-Aug-2019 -- 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 2/28/2020 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P148839 TF-A0809 Effective USD 9.08 9.08 0.00 8.17 0.91 90% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P148839 TF-A0809 Effective 19-Aug-2015 25-Aug-2015 01-Dec-2015 29-Mar-2019 30-Dec-2020 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 29-Mar-2019 ,Level 2 Approved on 30-May-2019 ,Level 2 Approved on 13-Dec-2019 Related Project(s) 2/28/2020 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) There are no related projects. 2/28/2020 Page 8 of 8