The World Bank Report No: ISR16029 Implementation Status & Results India West Bengal PRI (P105990) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: West Bengal PRI (P105990) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 8 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 04-Oct-2014 Country: India Approval FY: 2010 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: SOUTH ASIA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 08-Jun-2010 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date 01-Mar-2013 Last Archived ISR Date 03-May-2014 Effectiveness Date 03-Sep-2010 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2015 Actual Mid Term Review Date 09-Sep-2013 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To develop institutionally strengthened Gram Panchayats (GPs). Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Grants to Gram Panchayats (GPs) 197.40 Capacity Building for GPs 21.20 State government oversight and monitoring of PRIs 6.90 Program Management and Implementation 9.50 Overall Ratings Public Disclosure Copy Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status Overview The PDO remains relevant and achievable within the project period. The project is implementing the performance based grant system well and is on target in to achieve end of project results. Locations Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR16029 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual India Bengal State of West Bengal ✔ Public Disclosure Copy India Bengal State of West Bengal ✔ ✔ India Bengal State of West Bengal ✔ ✔ India Bengal Nadia ✔ ✔ India Bengal Medinipur ✔ ✔ India Bengal Koch Bihar ✔ ✔ India Bengal Haora ✔ ✔ India Bengal Birbhum ✔ ✔ India Bengal Barddhaman ✔ ✔ India Bengal Bankura ✔ ✔ Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target By EOP, minimum of 80% of 1000 GPs have Percentage Value 52.00 96.10 80.00 well functioning fiduciary and planning systems Date 29-Mar-2010 31-Jul-2014 31-Dec-2015 in place Comments Baseline benchmarks are i) Y4 target : 65% clean external audit; and ii) 961 GPs have met all the four GPMS in excellent condition MMC conditions on planning and fiduciary systems. A performance based grant transfer system is Number Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 well established to roll out to other GPs Date 03-Sep-2010 31-Jul-2014 31-Dec-2015 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Performance based system An Annual Performance does not currently exist based grant transfer system is well established in the project GPs and could be rolled out to other GPs. Intermediate Results Indicators Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR16029 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Grants to Gram Panchayats (GPs) Percentage Value 0.00 96.00 80.00 Date 31-Jul-2014 31-Dec-2015 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Y4 Target :60% Block Grants released to 958 GPs. 2 additional GPs are qualified (total 960) Number of project beneficiaries of which x% Percentage Value 0.00 53.14 are female Date 28-Feb-2014 Comments Baseline study will inform The beneficiary report is semi-annual. Capacity Builidng GPs ( Component 2) : Number Value 0.00 2500.00 2000.00 Minimum of 2000 GPs trained over life of the Date 31-Jul-2014 31-Dec-2015 project Comments Y4 Target : 1000 Minimum of 2 GP operating system areas Number Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 ( planning and GPMS) are improved Date 31-Jul-2014 31-Dec-2015 Comments GPMS and planning are operational in 1000 GPs State Government Oversight and Monitoring of Percentage Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 PRIs ( Component 3): The performance of Date 03-Sep-2010 28-Feb-2014 31-Dec-2015 100% of targeted GPs is assessed each year Comments Y4 Target : 100% By EOP, detailed reports on GP investments Percentage Value 100.00 80.00 are available for 80% of targeted GPs Date 28-Feb-2014 31-Dec-2015 Comments Y4 Target : 60% Three Thematic evaluations or studies are Number Value 0.00 2.00 3.00 completed by EOP Date 03-Sep-2010 28-Feb-2014 31-Dec-2015 Comments Y4 Target : 1 Public Disclosure Copy Project Management and Implementation Number Value 1.00 1.00 1.00 ( Component 4 ) : Project Coordination Cells at Date 03-Sep-2010 28-Feb-2014 31-Dec-2015 the state and district levels are functioningto Comments ISGP cell and DCUs will be Y4 Target : 1 provide suport and oversight to GPs. established at beginning of project Information regarding project is distributed Number Value 0.00 1000.00 1000.00 widely to all 1000 participating GPs by EOP Date 29-Mar-2010 31-Aug-2013 31-Dec-2015 Comments Y4 Target : 800 Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 0.00 21330516.00 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR16029 Date 29-Mar-2010 28-Feb-2014 Comments Population of 958 GPs that received block grants. Public Disclosure Copy Female beneficiaries Percentage Value 0.00 53.14 Sub Type Supplemental Data on Financial Performance (as of 26-Jun-2014) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P105990 IDA-47580 Effective 08-Jun-2010 15-Jul-2010 03-Sep-2010 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2015 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P105990 IDA-47580 Effective XDR 131.80 131.80 0.00 102.59 29.21 78.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Majority of the key activities are on track and have progressed significantly. Block Grants of FY 14-15 have been released to 960 GPs in May 2014. The third round of full Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR16029 performance assessment of Gram Panchayats (GPs) will be completed in end September 2014. The capacity support to GPs on institutional and service delivery aspects are continuously provided by mentors and formal trainings. The web based MIS system is well established in the project GPs. Already 96 percent of participating GPs have well- functioning fiduciary and planning systems (against an end of project target of 80 percent). 96 percent of the project GPs are using GPMS o public service delivery. Second round of procurement and environment and social audits are completed and the results show significant improvements in performance of GPs from the previous round. Project coordination Public Disclosure Copy are well functioning. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5