The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) AFRICA | Central Africa | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2007 | Seq No: 24 | ARCHIVED on 16-Mar-2020 | ISR40363 | Implementing Agencies: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Ministry of Public Works Cameroon, Ministry of Infrastructure Chad Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 26-Jun-2007 Effectiveness Date: 05-Dec-2007 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Sep-2010 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 25-Apr-2011 Original Closing Date: 31-Jan-2013 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to facilitate regional trade among the Member States and improve the Central African Republic's, the Republic of Cameroon’s and the Republic of Chad’s access to world markets. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The objective of the Project is to facilitate regional trade among the Member States and improve the Central African Republic’s, the Republic of Cameroon’s, and the Republic of Chad’s access to world markets. Components Table Name Roads and Railways Infrastructure Improvement:(Cost $588.46 M) Transit and Transport Facilitation investments:(Cost $36.09 M) Customs and Transport Sector Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building:(Cost $30.45 M) Unallocated Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions Cameroon: The Mora-Dabanga-Kousseri road works are currently underway using an innovative Output Based Disbursement Force Account mechanism implemented by the Cameroon Army Corps of Engineers. After some delays (due to some financial constraint, increase security threats in May-June and rainy season), the first work program is fully completed, and the second work program is underway. It aims at completing the asphalting of 30km on the Mora-Waza segment, the installation of drainages and freeing the right of way on Waza-Dabanga, and the preparation of 3/16/2020 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) the 60km platform on the last segment Dabanga Kousseri. The Ngaoundéré-Garoua and Mbéré-Ngaoundéré road works and reconstruction of bridges have been successfully completed and handed over to the Government of Cameroon. The Army Corps of Engineers has signed contracts for the mobilization of additional equipment to enable them to work on several fronts at the same time. Chad: The Bongor-Ere-Kelo road works contract has been terminated by the GoCh due to the poor performance of the contractor and the difficulties in mobilizing counterpart funding given the worsening fiscal situation resulting from the drop-in oil price. As of now, the GoCh does not have the capacity to finance the works. Some maintenance is being carried out under the Road Fund financing to ensure all weather accessibility. In April 2018, a restructuring was approved to reallocate the undisbursed amount of the Bongor – Ere – Kelo road works contract and related expense categories previously assigned for the supervision of road works to the construction of the new Customs General Directorate building. Construction works have been completed. Railway activities: the rate of railway rehabilitation completion is 95% as of end January 2019. Some works are delayed because of difficulties at the quarry to provide ballast. The mission held in January 2020 reminded CAMRAIL that all activities should be completed by June 2020. Transit and Transport Facilitation (TTF) Activities: Along with the implementation of the TTF activities of the Project, specific attention is being paid to the strengthening of the regional dialogue on TTF between the Customs and Transport administrations of the three countries involved to support the implementation of the new CEMAC transit regime (Cameroon, Chad and CAR). The CEMAC transit regime is yet to be fully operational despite its endorsement by the CEMAC regional economic commission in 2010. However, bilateral agreements aiming at sharing transit data were signed between the Cameroonian and Chadian customs, as well as between the Cameroonian and CAR customs. Implementation of the common action plan for the promotion of the Unique Transit Regime (Regime Unique de Transit) is ongoing. Other meaningful trade facilitation results that have been achieved include the automation of trade clearance procedures under the single window (Guichet Unique pour le Commerce Exterieur, GUCE), e.g. from zero during project kickoff to more than 50 automated clearance procedures today in Cameroon. The capacity of the various key stakeholders has been reinforced and synergies strengthened. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- High High Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- High High Sustainability Fiduciary -- High High Environment and Social -- High High Stakeholders -- High High Other -- -- -- Overall -- High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To facilitate regional trade among the Member States and access to world markets IN00796776 3/16/2020 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) ►Average time from ship readiness to unload to final destination for an imported container, on the corridor targeted by the project (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 15.00 12.00 12.00 7.00 Date 01-Jan-2007 12-Nov-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796777 Douala-Ndjamena (Days, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 15.00 12.00 12.00 9.22 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796778 Douala-Bangui (Days, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 8.00 8.00 5.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796779 ►Customs operations carried out electronically for goods in transit (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796780 Garoua Boulai (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796781 Kousseri (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796782 Douala (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 3/16/2020 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796783 Moundou (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 Overall Comments PDO The data provided is fragmented, incomplete and the level of accuracy is not verified. They will be updated when the project completion report is produced, which the Government of Cameroon is expected to produce before the closing date. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Roads and Railways Infrastructure Improvement IN00796784 ►Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 738.00 738.00 266.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 12-Nov-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796789 Baoro - Bangui (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 217.00 217.00 90.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 12-Nov-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796792 Fambele - Bouar (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27.00 27.00 33.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796795 Fambele - Baboua (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 3/16/2020 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) IN00796798 Mbere - N'Gaoundere (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 89.00 89.00 89.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796799 Bongor - Moundou (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 364.00 364.00 35.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2020 IN00796801 N'Gaoundere - Garoua (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Date 30-Jun-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796804 ►Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 46.00 84.00 84.00 70.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 12-Nov-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796805 Douala - Bangui Corridor (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 53.00 77.00 77.00 69.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 12-Nov-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796807 Douala - N'Djamena Corridor (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 90.00 71.00 71.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796810 ►Number of key bridges rehabilitated or rebuilt by IDA (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 3/16/2020 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) Date 30-Apr-2011 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796811 ►Debt service coverage ratio of CAMRAIL (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.71 Date 31-Dec-2006 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796813 ►Availability of CAMRAIL's CC locomotives (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 76.90 80.00 80.00 80.30 Date 31-Dec-2006 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796816 ►Cumulated length of railway slow down in effect for mor than 90 days (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.40 4.00 4.00 2.74 Date 31-Dec-2006 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Transit and Transport Facilitation investments IN00796786 ►Customs checkpoints for secured goods (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796788 Douala - Bangui corridor (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796791 Douala - N'Djamena corridor (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 3/16/2020 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) IN00796794 ►Average turnarounds (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 24.00 24.00 21.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796796 Douala - Bangui corridor (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 24.00 24.00 21.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796800 Douala - N'Djamena corridor (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 15.00 18.00 18.00 9.80 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796802 ►Douala port operational and transactional dwell times (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.00 6.00 15.00 17.00 Date 30-Apr-2011 01-May-2018 27-Feb-2020 30-Jun-2020 IN00796803 ►Variance of transit time for imports from the arrival at the port of Doula to N'Djamena & Bangui (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.40 5.10 5.10 4.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 12-Nov-2018 12-Nov-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796806 To Bangui (days) (Days, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.40 5.10 5.10 4.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796808 To N'Djamena (days) (Days, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.60 6.90 6.90 7.93 3/16/2020 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) Date 01-Jun-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796809 ►Electronic transmission of the transit documents collected by the Cameroon customs to CAR and Chad customs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796812 CAR (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796814 to Chad customs (%) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 Date 01-Jun-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 IN00796815 ►Time to release customs bond (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 63.00 30.00 30.00 10.00 Date 01-Feb-2007 01-May-2018 01-May-2018 30-Jun-2020 Customs and Transport Sector Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building IN00796785 ►Ratio of staff costs to traffic revenue (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 24.00 24.00 25.09 Date 31-Dec-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796787 ►Publication of key customs statistics in a media acceptable to the Bank (newspaper or most likely Internet). (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes No Date 15-Mar-2007 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 3/16/2020 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) IN00796790 Annual publication of customs statistics in CAR (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes No Date 30-Apr-2011 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796793 Annual publication of customs statistics in Chad (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes No Date 30-Apr-2011 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00796797 Quarterly publication of customs statistics in Cameroon (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 30-Apr-2011 31-Jan-2019 31-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2020 Overall Comments IR The data provided is fragmented, incomplete and the level of accuracy is not verified. They will be updated when the project completion report is produced, which the Government of Cameroon is expected to produce before the closing date. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P079736 IDA-43370 Effective USD 147.00 147.00 0.00 142.74 5.12 97% P079736 IDA-46590 Effective USD 150.00 150.00 0.00 106.78 32.25 77% P079736 IDA-49870 Effective USD 112.00 112.00 0.00 52.91 47.87 53% P079736 IDA-51460 Effective USD 123.40 123.40 0.00 58.34 52.40 53% P079736 IDA-H3140 Closed USD 24.00 24.00 0.00 25.09 0.00 100% P079736 IDA-H3150 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 28.12 0.97 97% P079736 IDA-H5220 Effective USD 67.00 67.00 0.00 64.97 0.59 99% 3/16/2020 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) P079736 IDA-H7980 Effective USD 1.60 1.60 0.00 1.46 0.07 96% P125915 TF-10978 Closed USD 11.49 0.00 11.49 0.00 0.00 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P079736 IDA-43370 Effective 26-Jun-2007 15-Nov-2007 11-Jul-2008 31-Jan-2013 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-46590 Effective 05-Nov-2009 29-Jan-2010 08-Apr-2010 31-Jan-2015 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-49870 Effective 23-Jun-2011 28-Oct-2011 21-Dec-2011 31-Jan-2016 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-51460 Effective 26-Jul-2012 02-Oct-2012 27-Dec-2012 31-Jan-2016 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-H3140 Closed 26-Jun-2007 14-Sep-2007 05-Dec-2007 31-Jan-2013 31-Jan-2019 P079736 IDA-H3150 Effective 26-Jun-2007 29-Aug-2007 25-Jan-2008 31-Jan-2013 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-H5220 Effective 05-Nov-2009 11-Dec-2009 05-Feb-2010 31-Jan-2015 30-Jun-2020 P079736 IDA-H7980 Effective 26-Jul-2012 02-Oct-2012 27-Dec-2012 31-Jan-2016 30-Jun-2020 P125915 TF-10978 Closed 28-Oct-2011 28-Oct-2011 28-Oct-2011 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2012 Cumulative Disbursements 3/16/2020 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CEMAC - Transport-Transit Facilitation (P079736) Restructuring History Level Approved on 31-Oct-2011 ,Level 2 Approved on 29-Jan-2016 ,Level 2 Approved on 22-Dec-2016 ,Level 1 Approved on 31-Jan-2017 ,Level 2 Approved on 25-Oct-2017 ,Level 2 Approved on 22-Apr-2018 ,Level 2 Approved on 29-Jun-2018 Related Project(s) P115259-CEMAC Transport Transit Facilitation - 1st Additional financing Central African Republic and Cameroon ,P125915-Africa: CEMAC Transport and Transit Facil - Second Add'l Financing ,P130422-CEMAC Transport and Transit Facilitation- Third Additional Financing ,P173542- Additional Financing for CEMAC Transport-Transit Facilitation Project 3/16/2020 Page 11 of 11