Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) AFRICA | Eastern Africa | Transport & ICT Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Adaptable Program Loan | FY 2011 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 11-Dec-2015 | ISR21421 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Charge of ICT Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:25-May-2011 Effectiveness Date:19-Dec-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date:31-Mar-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:27-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 development objective of the proposed project is consistent with the PDO for the CAB Program: to contribute to increase geographical reach and usage of regional broadband network services and reduce their prices, in the Republic of Congo. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component 1: Enabling environment at the regional and national levels:(Cost $3.55 M) Component 2: Connectivity:(Cost $9.00 M) Component 3: Promotion of ICT sector:(Cost $1.00 M) Component 4: project Management:(Cost $1.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Moderate  Moderate 12/11/2015 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project implementation is still satisfactory. As of November 6, 2015 the disbursement rate is 55 percent and it expected to exceed 70 percent by December 31. The new project management team has been pro active and dynamic and the good management has impulsed a positive momentum within the PCU. As a result the civil works and fiber optic laying are progressing staisfactorily and on scheduled time. 212 kilometers out of the 504 kilometers have been completed. Following his mission to the civil work site in September, the environmental and social specialist submitted his report including several recommendations: (i) the MoU signed between the DGE and the CAB project should be executed, and the DGE should organize a site visit as soon as possible: the company in acharge of civil works had to create several rural access roads along the site. These roads are appreciated by the local population and could be seen as a positive collateral of the project. However, the report underlined the need for a thorough assessment of the consequences of these new roads (e.g. erosion, unstability around the infrastructure and the rails, etc). The DGE mission should also seize this opportunity to proceed with the payment of compensations for the local communities, estimated around 3 million F CFA. The M&E report attached to this ISR shows that 6 out of 8 DO indicators have already exceeded their final targets. One cannot be measured until the infrastructure is completed. And the indicator pertaining retail costs shows significant progress but has not reached its objective yet. The PIU proposed to add a new series of relevant indicators to better capture the development of backbone infrastructure in Congo. The creation of the SPN remains an important milestone for the successful implementation of the project. Therefore, the team recommends that the new leadership team at the Ministry of ICT set the effective operationalization of the SPN as a top priority, and allocate suffucient time, resources and expertise to complete this task before the CAB infrastructure is completed. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Low  Low Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Low  Low Fiduciary  --  Low  Low 12/11/2015 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Environment and Social  --  Low  Low Stakeholders  --  Low  Low Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Volume of international traffic- International internet bandwidth (bits per second person) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 930.00 2760.00 500.00 Date 31-Dec-2009 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Access to Internet Services (number of subscribers per 100 people) (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.10 23.00 26.00 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Average monthly price of wholesale international E1 capacity link from capital city to Europe (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3200.00 1076.00 1592.00 800.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 Comments The value of this indicator has slightly increased due to a new measurement methodology. PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) 12/11/2015 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50000.00 150000.00 1167838.00 800000.00 Date 31-Dec-2010 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 50.00 23.00 50.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Average cost of mobile call (three minutes, local, peak) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.50 0.41 0.32 0.10 Date -- 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Retail price of internet service (per 256kbit/s per month, in USD) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 300.00 150.00 98.00 80.00 Date -- 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 12/11/2015 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) PHINDIRITBL  Coverage of mobile network (percentage of population covered) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 89.00 93.00 93.00 95.00 Date 31-Dec-2009 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of operators and service providers buying capacity from the regional infrastructure deployed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date -- 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of localities with broadband internet access (128kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.00 12.00 8.00 10.00 Date 15-Apr-2011 31-Oct-2014 07-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Length of Fiber Optic Network Built (km) (Kilometers, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 212.00 520.00 Date 02-Feb-2015 02-Feb-2015 02-Feb-2015 30-Jun-2016 12/11/2015 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) PHINDIRITBL  Number of urban zones connected to the national backbone (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- -- -- -- Date -- -- -- -- Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P122398 IDA-49740 Effective XDR 9.40 9.40 0.00 5.83 3.57 62% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P122398 IDA-49740 Effective 25-May-2011 15-Jul-2011 19-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2016 Cumulative Disbursements 12/11/2015 Page 6 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report AFCC2/RI-Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo (P122398) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 17-Mar-2015 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/11/2015 Page 7 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy