The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) AFRICA | Western Africa | Poverty and Equity Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 23-May-2019 | ISR36602 | Implementing Agencies: West African Economic and Monetary Union, West African Economic and Monetary Union Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 06-Apr-2016 Effectiveness Date: 08-Jul-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 02-Dec-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: -- Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2021 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO is to support the WAEMU Commission at strengthening the capacity of its member countries to conduct living conditions surveys that meet harmonized, regional standards and to make the collected micro-data publicly accessible. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Capacity building and survey harmonization and modernization through data collection and dissemination:(Cost $36.30 M) Quality control and coordination:(Cost $4.20 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The data collection was completed for the first visit in all 8 countries by December 2018 and data cleaning has been started. Training for the second visit has been completed in all 8 countries. Field work for the second visit will be done between March and June 2019. A workshop will be held in Lome, Togo to work with the countries in how to do poverty measurement using the new methodology and data. With the exception of Niger, this survey represents a significant change in the methodology being used to measure poverty and the countries will learn how to compare the new poverty figures with poverty figures collected in the past. 5/23/2019 Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Low Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability High High High Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Low Low Substantial Stakeholders Low Low Low Other -- Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Build Capacity through Survey Harmonization, Data Collection and Dissemination IN00689512 ►WAEMU member countries which completed the collection of harmonized living conditions surveys that made the anonymized micro-data available to the public through the WAEMU website (*) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/23/2019 Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 85.00 Date 17-Apr-2016 21-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-Apr-2021 IN00689514 ►WAEMU member countries that completed a 2nd living conditions survey according to harmonized, regional standards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 17-Apr-2016 21-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-Oct-2021 Enforce the Use of the harmonize Survey IN00689513 ►Adoption by the WAEMU’s Council of Minister of a ruling committing all member countries to apply WAEMU living conditions survey standards with respect to methodology, contents and periodicity (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 17-Apr-2016 21-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-Oct-2021 Overall Comments PDO Progress has been made towards achieving the final objectives of the project: standardized living conditions survey instruments have been adopted in the 8 countries and 2 countries outside of the WAEMU organization (Chad and Guinea). The survey is now under implementation in all countries. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Capacity building and survey harmonization and modernization through data collection and dissemination IN00689515 ►Draft standardized questionnaires, disaggregated by gender are reviewed by data users (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 14-Apr-2017 21-Sep-2018 21-Sep-2018 15-Apr-2021 IN00689517 ►Standardized living conditions survey instruments and manuals(**)developed, and jointly adopted by the NSIs of all eight WAEMU member states (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes 5/23/2019 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) Date 14-Apr-2017 21-Sep-2018 21-Sep-2018 15-Apr-2021 IN00689518 ►Regional capacity building events (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8.00 9.00 8.00 Date 14-Apr-2017 21-Sep-2018 08-Feb-2019 15-Apr-2021 IN00689519 ►A statistical abstract with selected official welfare statistics for WAEMU countries and the region are published by the WAEMU Commission (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 14-Apr-2017 21-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-Apr-2021 IN00689520 ►WAEMU member countries that archive their harmonized living conditions surveys (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 Date 14-Apr-2017 21-Sep-2018 15-May-2019 15-Apr-2021 Quality control and coordination IN00689516 ►Living conditions surveys that have been subject to review by peers and by independent external parties (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.00 Date 14-Apr-2017 16-Apr-2018 15-May-2019 15-Apr-2021 Overall Comments IR The first wave of the data collection was completed successfully. The second wave has started in all countries and is supposed to end by mid-July 2019. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 5/23/2019 Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report REGIONAL PROGRAM TO HARMONIZE AND MODERNIZE LIVING CONDITIONS SURVEYS (P153702) P153702 IDA-D1120 Effective USD 40.50 40.50 0.00 20.91 20.28 51% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P153702 IDA-D1120 Effective 06-Apr-2016 17-Apr-2016 08-Jul-2016 31-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2021 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 5/23/2019 Page 5 of 5