The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Kyrgyz Republic | Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 20-Aug-2019 | ISR36973 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance, State Committee of Information Technologies and Communications (SCITC) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 20-Mar-2018 Effectiveness Date: 20-Feb-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 19-Oct-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: -- Original Closing Date: 31-May-2023 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Digital CASA - Regional Program PDO: The proposed regional program PDO is to increase access to more affordable internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector, and improve participating governments' capacity to deliver digital government services in Central Asia and parts of South Asia, through the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Rep. PDO: The proposed country-specific PDO for the Kyrgyz Republic is to increase access to more affordable internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector, and improve the government’s capacity to deliver digital government services in the Kyrgyz Republic, by contributing to the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Regional Digital Connectivity Infrastructure:(Cost $21.00 M) Regional Datacenters, Digital Platforms, and Smart Solutions:(Cost $18.00 M) Enabling Environment for Digital Economy:(Cost $8.50 M) Project Management:(Cost $2.50 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 Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective in February 2019. Implementation of all components is underway. In particular, appropriate mechanisms for improving regional connectivity and launching a Eurasia cloud regional data center are being identified. as part of the project are being identified. The project team is also proceeding with finalizing the design and implementing various elements of digital platforms, shared services and smart solutions, with 8/20/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) a focus on rolling out a prioritized set of data-driven government e-services, as well as incubating and rolling out innovative smart solutions by leveraging the digital entrepreneurship ecosystem. At the same time, the work on strengthening legal, regulatory and institutional foundations for the digital economy has been launched. Due the slower than expected implementation, key project ratings have been downgraded from Satisfactory to Moderately Satisfactory. Effort will be made to speed up implementation during the coming months. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase access to more affordable internet IN00700316 ►People provided with access to the Internet (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,563,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700319 Internet penetration (%) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 34.50 34.50 38.20 60.00 IN00700320 ►International Internet bandwidth per capita (kilobit per second per person) (Number, Custom) 8/20/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 21.30 21.30 21.30 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700321 ►Average retail price for 1 GB prepaid mobile data package (US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.65 4.65 4.36 2.50 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 Crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector IN00700317 ►Private sector investments committed through the project (US$) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 Improve the government’s capacity to deliver digital government services IN00700318 ►E-Services and applications utilizing the shared services platforms (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 Overall Comments PDO Current values updated based on the Digital CASA-KR Project Logframe data as of July 2019, provided by the PIU. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Regional Digital Connectivity Infrastructure IN00700322 ►Length of fiber-optic network (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 16,281.00 16,281.00 19,724.00 17,281.00 8/20/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 The date was provided by the State Communications Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Bank team will Comments: work with the PIU on further verifying the current value and possibly adjusting the target value. IN00700326 ►Number of cross-border fiber-optic links (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.00 7.00 7.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700330 ►Internet bandwidth pre-purchased by Government (Gbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700334 ►Wholesale Transit Pricing per Mbps per month (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 22.00 22.00 7.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 The Bank team will work with the PIU to further verify the current value of this indicator and possibly Comments: adjusting the target value. IN00700337 ►Institutions and Government agencies connected to the Government Network (G-Net) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 34.00 34.00 46.00 134.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 Regional Datacenters, Digital Platforms, and Smart Solutions IN00700323 ►Number of government agencies using the G-Cloud shared infrastructure (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700327 ►Number of visitors per year to State Portal of E-Services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 8/20/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700331 ►Digital transactions conducted on the State Portal of E-Services per year (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00700335 ►"Smart” data-driven solutions developed under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700338 ►Users satisfied with digital services supported by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700341 of which satisfied with broadband services (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 IN00700342 of which satisfied with e-services (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Enabling Environment for Digital Economy IN00700324 ►Policy, legal and regulatory documents developed and submitted to the Government under the project (new and amended) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700328 ►People trained under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 8/20/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700332 of which government officials (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700336 of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 IN00700339 ►Partnerships formed under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 4.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 IN00700340 ►Communication and public outreach events (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 10.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2022 Project Management IN00700325 ►M&E Surveys (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2022 IN00700329 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2022 IN00700333 Of which female (%) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 8/20/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Date 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2022 Overall Comments IR As explained by the PIU, some end target values for the indicators have to be revised. To update the results framework, the PIU is planning to conduct a Baseline Survey and will be hiring a company to conduct it shortly. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P160230 IDA-62000 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 23.95 0% P160230 IDA-D2790 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 1.00 22.74 4.2% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P160230 IDA-62000 Effective 20-Mar-2018 02-Jul-2018 20-Feb-2019 31-May-2023 31-May-2023 P160230 IDA-D2790 Effective 20-Mar-2018 02-Jul-2018 20-Feb-2019 31-May-2023 31-May-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 8/20/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Digital CASA - Kyrgyz Republic (P160230) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 8/20/2019 Page 8 of 8