The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Mozambique | Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 28-Feb-2024 | ISR58979 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Republic of Mozambique Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 11-May-2021 Effectiveness Date: 22-Jul-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Sep-2024 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2027 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2027 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to strengthen the performance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Mozambique through economic linkages. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Developing economic linkages through skills, finance, and quality upgrading:(Cost $50.00 M) Enabling elements to support economic linkages:(Cost $40.00 M) Project Management:(Cost $10.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Annual Work Plan and Budget for 2023 was approved by the project’s Steering Committee on December 7, 2022, however the project is not disbursing at a satisfactory rate – it has been active for 2.5 years (out of 6) and has only disbursed 9.2%. The project aims to improve the performance of more than 10,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Mozambique, of which more than 1,000 formal SMEs in upstream linkages between enterprises, and 9,000 MSMEs – including informal sector microenterprises. The project aims to achieve at least 5,000 new, better paid or higher quality jobs as part of the implementation of MSME performance improvement activities. The project has officially adopted its public name of CONECTA Negócios and will no longer be referred to with the acronym PLED. 2/28/2024 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Performance of MSMEs IN01373124 ►Change in sales growth of firms supported by the project (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Simple average change in sales growth of firms supported with skills, quality upgrading, access finance, Comments: and access to markets' interventions IN01373125 Change in sales growth of women-owned/led firms supported by the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 IN01373126 Change in sales growth of firms in Cabo Delgado province supported by the project (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 2/28/2024 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 IN01373127 ►Number of new, better paying, or better quality jobs (as defined in methodology) by the firms supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 New jobs - new employment in firms supported by the project; Better paying jobs - improved employment conditions (higher wages) for those working in the firms supported by the project; Better quality jobs - Comments: improved health and safety, improved skills measured through proper testing post skills programs in the firms supported by the project. IN01373128 Number of new, better paying, or better quality jobs by the women-owned/led firms supported by the project (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500.00 IN01373129 Number of new, better paying, or better quality jobs by the firms in Cabo Delgado province supported by the project (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 IN01373130 ►Implemented reforms supporting private sector development (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 09-Jun-2023 09-Jun-2023 31-Mar-2027 The first reform supported by this Project was implemented with the adoption of the new Private Investment Law on May 4, 2023, and its publication in the Official Gazette on June 9, 2023 (see Lei n.º Comments: 8/2023 de 9 de Junho in the attached). IN01373131 ►Value of private sector investment leveraged by direct activities of the project (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2020 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Resources mobilized from the private sector in activities of the project that concur in reaching the project's Comments: objectives. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 2/28/2024 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Developing economic linkages through skills, finance, and quality upgrading IN01373133 ►Firms benefiting from private sector initiatives (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,100.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 IN01373135 Number of women-owned/led firms benefiting from the project interventions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,700.00 IN01373137 Number of firms in Cabo Delgado province benefiting from project interventions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 IN01373139 Number of firms benefiting from skills interventions for upstream linkages (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 IN01373141 Number of firms benefiting from quality standards upgrading for upstream linkages (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 IN01373143 Number of firms benefiting from matching grants or competitive grants (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 IN01373144 Number of firms supported by the project for consumption linkages (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,000.00 IN01373145 ►Grievances addressed within the stipulated service standards (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 2/28/2024 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Measures the share of target beneficiaries grievances in Component 1 are addressed using the GRM Comments: Manual. The project shall adopt incident reporting and response protocol. IN01373146 ►Number of beneficiary firms having increase in sales (generated through the economic linkages programs in the project) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Comments: Number of beneficiary MSMEs that report increase in sales since project support IN01373147 ►Number of firms with increased number of clients (generated through the economic linkages programs in the project) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Number of firms reporting increased number of contracts with large companies, or number of other Comments: corporate clients, or number of individual clients. Enabling factors to support economic linkages IN01373132 ►Number of digital platforms supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Comments: Number of digital platforms supported by the project IN01373134 ►Number of unique users in digital platforms supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Number of unique users in the past 12 months of the combination of different digital platforms (SME Comments: database, Economic Linkages Platforms, Financial Services Platforms) supported by the project. IN01373136 ►Number of productive infrastructure investments supported by the project that apply harmonized climate resilience standards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 2/28/2024 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Number of productive infrastructure investments supported by the project that apply harmonized climate Comments: resilience standards IN01373138 ►Number of institutions capacitated with support from the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Comments: Number of institutions capacitated with support from the project IN01373140 ►Number of coordination platforms on economic linkages supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Comments: Number of coordination mechanisms supported by the project that seek to drive economic linkages IN01373142 ►Grievances addressed within the stipulated service standards (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 04-Aug-2022 04-Aug-2022 31-Mar-2027 Measures the share of target beneficiaries grievances in Component 2 are addressed using the GRM Comments: Manual. The project shall adopt incident reporting and response protocol. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P171664 IDA-D8100 Effective USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 10.02 83.98 11% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date 2/28/2024 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Economic Linkages for Diversification (P171664) P171664 IDA-D8100 Effective 11-May-2021 25-May-2021 22-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2027 30-Sep-2027 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 2/28/2024 Page 7 of 7