The World Bank Report No: ISR7254 Implementation Status & Results Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda - Enhancing Efficiency in Personnel Expenditures (P120474) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Antigua and Barbuda - Enhancing Efficiency in Personnel Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 3 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 28-Mar-2011 Expenditures (P120474) Country: Antigua and Barbuda Approval FY: 2010 Product Line: Institutional Development Fund Region: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Lending Instrument: Implementing Agency(ies): Ministry of Finance Key Dates Board Approval Date 01-Feb-2010 Original Closing Date 22-Mar-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date Last Archived ISR Date 28-Mar-2011 Effectiveness Date 09-Apr-2010 Revised Closing Date 22-Mar-2013 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from IDF Proposal) Increasing the quality of expenditures and public sector efficiency in Antigua and Barbuda (A&B) through building capacity at the Ministry of Finance, the Economy & Public Administration, by working with government teams to: (1) Implement measures to rapidly increase the efficiency of personnel expenditures; (2) Align human resource needs and staffing in A&B s public service through the implementation of recommendations of functional reviews; and (3) Initiate pay and classification reform to promote a fiscally sustainable and more equitable pay and classification system, which generates the right incentives to improve public sector performance. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Measures to Rapidly Increase Efficiency in Personnel Expenditures 109250.00 Aligning human resources needs and staffing in A&B s public service 107500.00 Implementing prerequisites for carrying out a pay and classification reform 78250.00 Public Disclosure Copy Audit 15000.00 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Highly Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview A legislative review done in October 2010 produced a draft Public Service Bill and Regulations. This Public Service Bill was reviewed over a two-day period in November 2011 by Page 1 of 3 The World Bank Report No: ISR7254 selected group that included the Cabinet Secretary, Parliamentary Council, Chief Establishment Officer, the Ombudsman, Director Public Sector Transformation Unit, and the Chief Training Officer. The PSTU has scheduled the Public Service Bill to be read in Parliament in June 2012. An analysis has been done to determine the cost of applying the recommendations to curb expenditure associated retirement ­ mandatory, voluntary and early. However,since it was based on 2010 payroll and public sector census data, it now has to be reviewed with the updated 2011 data. Public Disclosure Copy Locations No Location data has been entered Results Indicators No PDO Indicators have been entered for the project. Data on Financial Performance (as of 03-Nov-2011) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P120474 TF-96304 Effective 10-Mar-2010 22-Mar-2010 09-Apr-2010 22-Mar-2013 22-Mar-2013 Disbursements Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P120474 TF-96304 Effective USD 0.31 0.31 0.00 0.29 0.02 95.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Page 2 of 3 The World Bank Report No: ISR7254 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The remaining IDF activities are (a) job evaluation, and (b) design of a wage bill model. The original terms of reference for the job evaluation had a narrow scope and covered only the ministries for which a functional review was done. The recommendation going forward is to broaden the scope to cover the entire public service since salary re-grading and job reclassification should not be done for part of the public service. The implication is the allotment for the evaluation will have to be increased. The wage bill model depends on the final state of the public sector after new or revised legislations, regulations and policy have been finalized and all reforms for pay, job classifications, organizational restructuring and so on, have been implemented. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 3 of 3