The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Poverty and Equity Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2023 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 13-Dec-2023 | ISR58553 | Implementing Agencies: Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 16-Dec-2022 Effectiveness Date: 12-May-2023 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Oct-2025 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 15-Feb-2028 Revised Closing Date: 15-Feb-2028 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO is to improve the capacity of the Lao PDR Statistical System to produce and disseminate good quality statistics in a timely manner and to enhance use of key statistics, and in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Improving availability and quality of statistics:(Cost $11.74 M) Component 2: Enhancing use of statistics:(Cost $5.96 M) Component 3: Strengthening institutional capacity and project management:(Cost $3.30 M) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response (CERC) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on May 12, 2023. The implementation support mission was conducted from October 9-25, 2023, with participation from officials from the Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment and 11 relevant ministries and agencies The mission noted good progress had been made in the implementation of activities under Subcomponent 1.2 Social Statistics and Project Management. The Lao Statistics Bureau agreed to speed up the preparation of activities under Subcomponent 1.1 Economic Statistics and Component 2 Enhancing Use of Statistics. 12/13/2023 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Low Low Low Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Production and dissemination of good quality statistics IN01361688 ►Number of economic aggregates produced according to the 2008 SNA guidelines and published over at least one year and to the end of the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 6.00 6.00 12.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 The proposed indicator focuses on 16 economic aggregates: GDP by production (current prices, constant prices, structure, growth), GDP by expenditure (current prices, constant prices, structure, growth), GDP by income, GDP per capita, GNI, GNI per capita, and quarterly GDP (current prices, constant prices, Comments: structure, growth). It measures the number of economic aggregates produced each year and that they are published over at least one year and to the end of the project. The baseline is that each year six economic aggregates are publicly available including GDP by production (current prices, constant prices, structure, growth), GDP by expenditure in current prices and GDP per capita. Timely dissemination IN01361689 ►Number of e-GDDS macro and financial indicators published in compliance with the recommended timeliness over at least one year and to the end of the project (Number, Custom) 12/13/2023 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 The proposed indicator will evaluate improvements in the timeliness of data dissemination. It measures the number of the IMF’s e-GDDS macro and financial indicators published each year with a publication Comments: time lag that meets the e-GDDS standards. The baseline is that only CPI and BOP publications follow the e-GDDS standards. Use and re-use of statistics IN01361690 ►Increased number of downloads of datasets and publications during the most recent six-month period (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 The proposed indicator is a percentage increase in downloads of data products (datasets and publications) supported by the project in the most recent six-month period relative to the six months after project start date. The indicator is dependent on an increase in the number of datasets and publications available on the website and the extent to which dissemination activities lead to increased downloads of Comments: data products. The baseline for PDO indicator 3 was collected for the six-month period from May – October 2023, with the total number of downloads of 4,392. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Improving availability and quality of statistics IN01361791 ►Number of price statistics published over at least one year and to the end of the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12.00 12.00 12.00 24.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of price statistics publications including monthly CPI, quarterly PPI, quarterly XMPI and quarterly Comments: construction price index published in one year. IN01361794 ►Number of annual labor force survey results published within 9 months after fieldwork completion (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Cumulative counts of the number of LFS briefs or reports financed by the project that were produced and Comments: published within 9 months after fieldwork completion in the last 3 years. 12/13/2023 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) IN01361796 ►Number of SGS gender economic indicators published (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7.00 7.00 7.00 14.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of gender economic indicators as recommended by the World Bank Strengthening Gender Comments: Statistics (SGS) project collected, produced and published on the LSB website. A list of indicators is provided in Annex 3. Enhancing use of statistics IN01361793 ►Number of agencies/departments exchanging data through the automated system to the integrated platform (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of agencies or departments having at least one dataset included in and exchanged through the Comments: integrated data platform supported by the hybrid data center architecture hosted by LSB. IN01361795 ►Number of portal visits in one year (two-year average) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 18,830.00 18,830.00 18,830.00 26,830.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of users visiting the LSB website in one year. The baseline is the number of portal visits in one Comments: year, averaging across 2021 – 2022. IN01361797 ►Number of government officials and statistical users trained in data literacy (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of government officials that participate in data literacy trainings financed by the project with Comments: positive performance based on training-specific assessments. IN01361798 ►Number of female government officials and statistical users trained in data literacy (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 160.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 12/13/2023 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) Number of female government officials that participate in data literacy trainings financed by the project with positive performance based on training-specific assessments. The target is approximately 33 percent Comments: of the target for all participants. This reflects an equal opportunity to participate in the trainings as it is estimated that one-third of government officials in statistics and member of the National Assembly are female. IN01361799 ►Number of surveys (microdata or metadata) available in the portal (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of surveys (microdata or metadata) available on the microdata library of the LSB website. There Comments: is no microdata available on the website before the beginning of the project. IN01361800 ►Increased user satisfaction score (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 30-Jun-2023 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 User satisfaction score with LSB’s statistical products and dissemination activities obtained from website Comments: users on an ongoing basis and an annual user satisfaction survey targeting specific user groups such as ministerial departments, international organizations, academia, and the private sector. Strengthening institutional capacity and project management IN01361792 ►Number of LSB and LSS staff trained as part of the capacity building (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,200.00 Date 30-Dec-2022 08-May-2023 25-Oct-2023 31-Jan-2028 Number of LSB and LSS staff that participate in trainings financed by the project with positive Comments: performance based on training-specific assessments. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P178002 IDA-72380 Effective USD 16.00 16.00 0.00 0.00 16.76 0% 12/13/2023 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao PDR Strengthening the National Statistical System (P178002) P178002 IDA-72390 Effective USD 5.00 5.00 0.00 1.66 3.50 32% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P178002 IDA-72380 Effective 16-Dec-2022 02-Mar-2023 12-May-2023 15-Feb-2028 15-Feb-2028 P178002 IDA-72390 Effective 16-Dec-2022 02-Mar-2023 12-May-2023 15-Feb-2028 15-Feb-2028 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/13/2023 Page 6 of 6