The World Bank Report No: ISR14166 Implementation Status & Results India Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project (RRLP) (P102329) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project (RRLP) (P102329) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 8 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 13-Apr-2014 Country: India Approval FY: 2011 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: SOUTH ASIA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 11-Jan-2011 Original Closing Date 31-Oct-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date 31-Aug-2014 Last Archived ISR Date 17-Oct-2013 Effectiveness Date 22-Jun-2011 Revised Closing Date 31-Oct-2016 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To enhance economic opportunities and empowerment of the rural poor, with a focus on women and marginalized groups, in the 17 targeted districts of Rajasthan. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Institution Building and Social Empowerment 39.00 Community Investment Support 82.60 Skills Development and Employment Promotion 6.30 Climate Change Adaptation 1.00 Project Implementation Support 14.90 Public Disclosure Copy Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status Overview The World Bank task team conducted the Fifth Implementation Support Mission from from February 24th to March 11th, 2014 to review the progress made by the Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project (RRLP), under the Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (RGAVP). There has been a major change in the project’s management since the previous mission. Since January 2014, new officials joined the offices of the State Mission Director (SMD) and the Principal Secretary, Rural Development. The project has made progress in Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR14166 terms of picking up speed in field-level project implementation. As of date, 12,500 SHGs have been formed, as compared to 5,000 SHGs in September 2013, and over 5,300 SHGs have started receiving funds for rotation. The momentum gained in implementation is reflected in the intensification of grassroots activities and the flow of funds to SHGs in several districts. However, in addition to the one-year lag suffered by the project at the outset due to the inability to hire contract staff, there are a number of critical issues that continue to slow down project implementation, which needs to be addressed if the project is to be implemented fully as designed and prepared. Public Disclosure Copy Firstly, at the state level, business processes and performance review system of SPMU staff need to be significantly strengthened to improve project implementation and the quality of support being provided to the district units. Secondly, although there has been an improvement in the district-wise average of SHGs formed, a number of districts continue to under-perform. Thirdly, the lack of adequate community cadres is becoming a major bottleneck both to the pace of SHG formation and to the quality of SHGs and community federations under the project. To scale up project implementation rapidly, there is a need to quickly build up community-based human capital through selecting, training and deploying a very large number of specialized community cadres of internal Community Resource Persons (CRP), community mobilisers and bookkeepers. Secondly, implementation of livelihoods support initiatives to SHG members has not been initiated and urgent remedial action needs to be taken in this regard to ensure that Community Investment Funds inter- loaned by the community is used for productive livelihoods activities. Lastly, the project component on Skill Development continues to lag and corrective action needs to be taken to ensure that poor youth are given skill training and positive employment outcomes are achieved through the project. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual India Rajasthan Udaipur India Rajasthan Tonk India Rajasthan Sawai Madhopur India Rajasthan Kota India Rajasthan Jhalawar India Rajasthan Dungarpur India Rajasthan Churu India Rajasthan Chittaurgarh India Rajasthan Bundi India Rajasthan Bikaner Public Disclosure Copy India Rajasthan Bhilwara India Rajasthan Banswara India Rajasthan Dausa India Rajasthan Dhaulpur India Rajasthan Karauli India Rajasthan Baran Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR14166 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual India Rajasthan Rajsamand Public Disclosure Copy Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target At least 70% of the 33,000 SHGs supported by Percentage Value 0.00 80.00 the project are financially viable and Date 29-Jun-2011 18-Mar-2014 institutionally sustainable Comments In the baseline household Approximately 12500SHGs survey, only 1.8% of all have been formed.Estimates surveyed households indicate that about 90% are participated in any SHGs. sustainable Moreover, there is no information about the groups themselves. Since the RRLP has initially focussed on establishing new groups, the baseline number is 0. Increase in number of sources of household Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 income reported in at least 70% of the targeted Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Mar-2014 households. Comments In the baseline survey, overall Estimates will only be household income in the available after the mid-line RRLP blocks was Rs. 12,094. survey of 2014. Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target At least 70% of grade #A# SHG members avail Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 credit from inter-loaning within their groups Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Aug-2012 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Since the RRLP has initially The groups formed thus far focussed on establishing new have not yet been graded. groups, the baseline number is 0. At least 80% of the grade A SHGs have Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 accessed credit support from the CDO Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Aug-2012 Comments The groups formed thus far show that 80% are grade A. Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR14166 At least 17,000 youth (including more than 50% Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 women) from the project villages are placed in Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Mar-2014 appropriate jobs as a result of project efforts Comments The RRLP is a new program Youth have been identified for Public Disclosure Copy and so no youth were trained training but no youth have in the baseline. been trained yet due to the RSLDC formation and pending MOU with them. At least 3 pro-poor adaptation approaches Number Value 0.00 0.00 identified and evaluated for scale up Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Mar-2014 Comments The component is yet to be implemented Project management has satisfactorily Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 addressed statutory audit findings according to Date 29-Jun-2011 20-Mar-2014 agreed RRLP business standards Comments 80% compliance with audit report Data on Financial Performance (as of 12-Mar-2014) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P102329 IDA-48590 Effective 11-Jan-2011 24-May-2011 22-Jun-2011 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P102329 IDA-48590 Effective XDR 106.70 80.70 26.00 13.94 66.76 17.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR14166 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The project should continue to focus on working together with participating SHGs, community development organizations and Area Level Federations, funding them adequately through allocated budgets, building up their capacity, linking them to banks for microfinance, and initiating livelihood interventions. To do this and achieve results, developing and implementing effective systems will be critical, including business processes for key project activities, human resource and project management. This is included in the Action Plan prepared by the mission. Restructuring History Level 2 CD Decision on 28-Jan-2014 Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5