Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Local Government Support Project (P120517) AFRICA | Burkina Faso | Governance Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2012 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 18-Apr-2016 | ISR22836 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:01-Nov-2011 Effectiveness Date:06-Jun-2012 Planned Mid Term Review Date:10-Nov-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:15-Oct-2014 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2016 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed project seeks to harness emerging government commitment to local government reforms by supporting the implementation of critical aspects of fiscal and administrative decentralization in six of the 13 regions of Burkina Faso. The primary objective of the project is to strengthen the central government#s capacity for administrative and fiscal decentralization and the institutional capacities of communes in six regions, and to improve accountability linkages between local policy makers and citizens in the six regions. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1 - Establishing the foundations of robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental institutions:(Cost $9.80 M) Component 2 - Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development:(Cost $37.98 M) Component 3 - Improving accountability linkages between local level policy makers and citizens:(Cost $5.94 M) Component 4: Project management and evaluation:(Cost $10.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory 4/18/2016 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Overall Risk Rating  Moderate  Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was approved by the Board on November 1, 2011 and the financing agreement was signed on December 8, 2011.The effectiveness date was June 6, 2012. The project was restructured in April 2015 to reallocate the funds across the expenditure categories. The project development objectives (PDO) and PDO indicators remained unchanged. The project is making progress in achieving its results despite the events of 2014 and 2015. The implementation of the first component activities is on track. The component supports the central government agencies to further develop a transparent and rule-based intergovernmental fiscal framework and robust intergovernmental administrative systems. It engages with the government to make intergovernmental transfers more transparent and formula based. The component has ensured that the grant amounts available to communes are communicated to the communes in a timely fashion in order to give them an opportunity to make proper budget planning. The Government has initiated the process for the implementation of the 21 decrees to devolve the service delivery responsibilities specified in the 2004 Law. The second component provides institutional development support to communes. It finances the implementation of the institutional development plan of communes. There seems to be a significant progress in improving the capacities of the communes. The third component promotes accountability. It strives to achieve better accountability of communes towards citizens. Working through local and regional NGOs, the component strengthens accountability linkages between citizens and communes. Under this component six NGOs (one per region) have been hired to work with local governance stakeholders in their respective regions. The last component provides support for project implementation. As of February 2016, the disbursement rate of the project stands at 78%. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Moderate  Low Macroeconomic  --  Low  Low Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Low  Low Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Low  Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Low  Low Stakeholders  --  Low  Low Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate 4/18/2016 Page 2 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8754.00 8754.00 4000.00 Date 02-Jan-2012 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2538.00 2538.00 2000.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in the execution rate of annual commune procurement plan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.00 87.00 5.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 Comments The initial average commune execution rate was 83.13 percent (baseline) in 2012. The execution rate went up to 85.39 percent in 2013; dropped to 80 percent in 2014 and went up to 87 percent 2015. Therefore the increase from 2014 to 2015 was 8.75 percent. PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in local taxes collected for the commune governments (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 0.00 15.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 4/18/2016 Page 3 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Comments The amount of local taxes collected in 2012 was FCFA 6,135,471,762; this amount was increased to FCFA 6,222,921,352. This was a 14.25 percent increase. The target is to have a cumulative of 15 percent increase by the end of the project. However there was a drop of 3 percent in 2015. DGI is analyzing the accuracy of the number and the reasons behind it (please see evolution de recouvrement.pdf file). PHINDPDOTBL  Deviation of commune level budget implementation from initially approved annual communal budget (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 25.00 25.00 4.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 Comments The deviation of commune level budget implementation from initially approved budget was 33 % in 2012; 29 % in 2013; 32.3 in 2014 and 25 % in 2015. The target value is to reduce it to 4 percent by the end of project. There has not been much progress towards that goal, partly because of the events of 2014 and 2015 in the country. PHINDPDOTBL  Actual availability of funds to communes committed by the central government earlier in the budget cycle (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target No later than Value April 30, 2011 February 27, 2014 February 27, 2014 February 28, 2016 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Notification of indicative allocation of transfer amounts by central government to each commune government by November of preceding fiscal year (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in percentage of citizens rating commune government’s performance satisfactory (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 4/18/2016 Page 4 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Value 47.30 52.20 52.20 70.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 Comments Citizen satisfaction survey was conducted in 2014 and another one will be conducted at the end of 2016. Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Intergovernmental fiscal framework policy statement issued by the government (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Sectoral decentralization reviews/service delivery guidelines completed (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0 11 11 8 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of government officials who participated in decentralization training courses and study tours (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11.00 26.00 70.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 4/18/2016 Page 5 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) PHINDIRITBL  Communes that established local budget committees (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.30 75.00 75.00 100.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Commune officials find MEF ordinateur function for revenue collection carried out effectively at a regional level (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 35.70 35.70 70.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Communes that comply to 70 percent with organigramme for territorial collectivities in terms of responsibilities and functions implemented on regional and commune level (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5.00 28.57 30.00 30.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of communes with council-validated Institutional Development Plans (IDP) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 4/18/2016 Page 6 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) PHINDIRITBL  Communes that were awarded the consecutive budget allocations (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 70.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Increase in the number of people who state that they have received announcements of the “cadre de concertation” meetings and who can recall through which channel (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 38.00 39.35 39.35 80.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Communes submitting their candidacy documents to the annual regional competition (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 12.82 12.82 60.00 Date 01-Nov-2011 23-Nov-2015 23-Nov-2015 31-Dec-2016 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective XDR 37.30 37.30 0.00 29.17 8.13 78% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective 01-Nov-2011 08-Dec-2011 06-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2016 4/18/2016 Page 7 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P120844-Mainstreaming Governance and Institutional Development in Burkina Faso 4/18/2016 Page 8 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy