The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) AFRICA | Central African Republic | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 23-Jan-2020 | ISR39298 | Implementing Agencies: Government of Central African Republic, Ministère des Travaux Publics et de l'Entretien Routier Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-Jun-2017 Effectiveness Date: 10-Apr-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Jul-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Dec-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Dec-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve rural road connectivity to markets and social services, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide an immediate and effective response. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Rural Roads Rehabilitation and Maintenance:(Cost $44.00 M) Project Implementation, Management and Monitoring:(Cost $9.10 M) Resettlement:(Cost $0.30 M) Contingency Emergency Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions Component 1: Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance North-East basin: The implementation status of the North East region is rated Moderately Satisfactory.  The Physical works of the RN8 Kaga Bandoro-Ndele-Birao have not started yet. The major number of public works equipment have been purchased and transferred to Bangui. As of today, 20 of the 28 machines are in Bangui and the remaining eight will be conveyed from the port of Douala by end of January 2020. UNOPS is preparing to deploy the equipment and the human resources to start the roads works, In this way, a convention has been negotiated to have ONM be responsible of the equipment management. 1/23/2020 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500)  Funds for the road works Kagabandoro-Ndele-Birao: After a preliminary analysis, it is likely that the fund allocated to UNOPs will not be enough to cover the entire road length from Kagabandoro to Birao. Also, it will be good if the project can cover the remaining 60 km from Birao to Hamdafock, security permitting. The Bank team is discussing with AFD and other potential partners to seek additional funding. The team is also discussing with the Bank management to seek additional financing to expand the project scope.  Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP): The ESIA for the North-East section from Ndele to Birao (which crosses the Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park) is financed by FDA and have started. The ESIA has been already completed for the road section Kagabandoro-Ndele under the Emergency Rural Connectivity Project but given the long time happened, UNOPS has hired a consultant to update the study. The ESIA for the construction of the two bases Kangabandoro and Ndele have already been completed and the impacted people compensated. UNOPS has hired an NGO (EDEN) to implement the Grievance redress Mechanism and the GBV. The sensitization of the population along the road section Kagabandoro-Mbres-Ndele has started.  Technical studies: For the technical studies of the section Ndele-Birao, the draft negotiated contract for the consultant has been cleared by the Bank on December 18, 2019. The study is planned to start by mid February 2020 for a timeline of 4 months. Given the fact that the final itinerary of the road section Ndele-Birao is not yet defined, the technical study will have to present several options of routes so that the client select the final routes. UNOPS has hired a consultant (COMETE/LEGE) to conduct the technical study of the road section Kaga Bandoro – Mbrès – Ndélé and the study is at the final stage. North-West basin: The High-Intensity Labor works are now completed at 96% for the first phase before the mechanical works. The THIMO are implemented by AGETIP who signed a convention with the Ministry of Public Works.  Results achieved by the first phase of High intensity Labor: The first phase of High Intensity Labor has allowed the maintenance of about 493 km for a planned length of 472 km (PAD) in the two regions Ouham and Ouham Pendé. These works have significantly impacted the livelihoods of the beneficiary population through the distribution of about 242,926,902 XAF, a jobs creation of 84,000 man power per day of which 29% are women.  Mechnaical phase of roads works in the North West:The second phase of the road works, which are consisting of mechanical works will start after the technical studies and the environmental and social studies are completed and enterprises recruited.  GRM and GBV in the North West: AGETIP CAF is collaborating with a national NGO (IDC) for the Grievance Mechanism (GRM) and prevention of Gender Based- Violence (GBV). Seven other Civil Society Organization (CSO) are supporting AGETIP in the recruitment, the sensitization for the HIMO. Socio-Economic infrastructures requested by the population: During the sensitization campaign, the population have requested a number of socio-economic infrastructure that the project will try to satisfy. The project has in its initial plan a small fund for such infrastructure. AGETIP is working to launch the construction of these infrastructures composed of wells, drilling reparations, schools rehabilitation, health center rehabilitations, markets constructions etc.. Component 2: Project Management and Monitoring & Evaluation North-East basin: UNOPs has recruited the key personnel as well as the PIU, and the procurement of goods (logistics and IT equipment, office supplies, and communication) is in progress. North-West basin: AGETIP-CAF has recruited for the North-West zone, an NGO for GBV and GRM. Since August 2018, AGETIP-CAF has hired a social development specialist who is working with the environmental specialist to monitor the implementation of the project's safeguards measures. The recent mission has stressed to UNOPS and AGETIP-CAF the need to carefully implement all aspects related to GBV and GRM in their respective zones. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) incidents: The project has reported two incidents since its start with one classified as severe and one as indicative. The incident classified severe is accounted through a SIRT and an updated SIRT is under finalization to consider the new development of the incident impact. The second incident, classified as informative, SIRT is under finalization after the collection of information. The first incident is related to a gun shot on the vehicle transporting a consultant team and has caused the serious injury of the two people in the car. the consultant in charge of the environmental study is a contractor of UNOPS, itself contractor of the Bank project. The two injured people have been evacuated outside Central Africa for health care. A SIRT was prepared at the time of the incident. The second one is related to a car accident. The car purchased for the project at the benefit of the rural road technical committee chair at the Ministry of agriculture has been damaged in an accident. The accident has been reported but clarification is still needed to complete the SIRT. From the information reported to the Bank team, the driver was injured. During this mission period, the Task Team checked with all PIUs and relevant implementing agencies if any OHS incidents occurred, either reported or not yet reported. The mission was informed of new development of the first incident (classified severe) and additional information were collected to update the SIRT accordingly. The mission was informed that the injured driver lost his arm after being evacuated in Morroco for health care. The team has collected additional information to update the SIRT The second incident is related to the consultant in charge of the environmental study team in the surrounding of Kagabandoro. This incident r-is related to a gun shot on the vehicle transporting the consultant and has caused the serious injury of the two people in the car. The driver unfortunately lost his arm and the second is recovering. The two where evacuated outside Central Africa for health care. A SIRT was prepared at the time of the accident. It is being update to reflect the new development of the health status of the two persons. 1/23/2020 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies High High High Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Low Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall High High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve rural road connectivity to markets and social services. IN00766221 ►Farmers in the project area with improved access to markets (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 36,000.00 90,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2018 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766222 ►Proportion of improved project roads under routine maintenance (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 41.00 100.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 12-Oct-2018 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766223 ►Basic social services (markets, schools and health centers) with improved access in the project area (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 1/23/2020 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) IN00766224 ►Travel time between Ndele and Birao (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 10.00 10.00 7.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766225 ►Passability of the road between Ndele and Birao (Months, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5.00 5.00 5.00 12.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Rural Roads Rehabilitation and Maintenance IN00766226 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,250.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766227 ►Person-days of employment created through the Labor Intensive Public Works (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 84,000.00 150,000.00 Date 02-Jul-2019 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766228 Share of person-days of employment created for women (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 29.00 33.00 IN00766229 ►Community-based maintenance organizations that are operational (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00 Date 02-Jul-2019 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766230 ►Roads with improved road safety measures (Kilometers, Custom) 1/23/2020 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,250.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766231 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 36,000.00 115,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2017 02-Jul-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Dec-2022 IN00766232 Proportion of direct beneficiaries expressing positive reaction to the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 95.00 80.00 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P160500 IDA-D2230 Effective USD 45.00 45.00 0.00 22.60 22.68 50% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P160500 IDA-D2230 Effective 30-Jun-2017 11-Oct-2017 10-Apr-2018 30-Dec-2022 30-Dec-2022 Cumulative Disbursements 1/23/2020 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CAR Rural Connectivity Project (P160500) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 10-Oct-2017 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/23/2020 Page 6 of 6