The World Bank Afghanistan Rural Access Project (P125961) REPORT NO.: RES31316 DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF AFGHANISTAN RURAL ACCESS PROJECT APPROVED ON JUNE 26, 2012 TO MINISTRY OF FINANCE,ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN TRANSPORT & DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH ASIA Regional Vice President: Annette Dixon Country Director: Shubham Chaudhuri Senior Global Practice Director: Jose Luis Irigoyen Practice Manager/Manager: Olivier P. Le Ber Task Team Leader: Mohammed Ajmal Askerzoy, Abdul Hameed Khalili The World Bank Afghanistan Rural Access Project (P125961) I. BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P125961 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Approval Date Current Closing Date 26-Jun-2012 31-Mar-2018 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministry of Public Works,Ministry of Rural Ministry of Finance,Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project development objective is to enable rural communities to benefit from all-season road access to basic services and facilities. Current PDO The PDO is to enable (a) rural communities to benefit from all-season road access to basic services and facilities and (b) an early emergency response in the event of an eligible crisis or emergency. Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed IDA-H7920 26-Jun-2012 22-Jul-2012 12-Aug-2012 31-Mar-2018 125.00 121.62 0 TF-13093 15-Sep-2012 15-Sep-2012 15-Sep-2012 15-Mar-2020 312.00 206.17 105.83 The World Bank Afghanistan Rural Access Project (P125961) Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES The project is progressing well with both IP and PDO is rated satisfactory. The Project, which was approved on June 26, 2012, is funded by IDA Grant H7920 and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Grant No. TF13093, and the Additional Grant funded by ARTF, approved by ARTF Management Committee on July 10, 2017. The original closing date for each Grant was March 31, 2018. At the time the Additional ARTF Grant was approved, its closing date was extended to March 15, 2020 while the extension did not include the IDA Grant. This is restructuring is only to extend the IDA Grant to be consistent with ARTF Grant. III. DETAILED CHANGES LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) Original Revised Proposed Proposed Deadline Ln/Cr/Tf Status Closing Closing(s) Closing for Withdrawal Applications IDA-H7920 Effective 31-Mar-2018 15-Mar-2020 15-Jul-2020 TF-13093 Effective 31-Mar-2018 15-Mar-2020