The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) AFRICA EAST | Eastern Africa | Poverty and Equity Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 07-Dec-2021 | ISR48503 | Implementing Agencies: East African Community, East African Community Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 27-Jul-2018 Effectiveness Date: 20-Dec-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2023 Revised Closing Date: 29-Dec-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of this project is to support the production of harmonized and quality statistics in the EAC, in support of the regional integration in the region, through capacity building of the National Statistical Offices of the East African Community (EAC) Partner States and the EAC Secretariat. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Human Resources and Institutional Developments:(Cost $10.70 M) Component 2: Improved data quality, comparability, dissemination and use:(Cost $7.30 M) Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions After the project became 'effective' on December 20, 2018, recruitment of key project management and technical staff was completed only in February 2020, after which the Covid-19 pandemic slowed down implementation. However since early 2021, project implementation has picked up speed across the various technical areas and the project is now well on its way to achieve the project development objective of increasing the production of harmonized and quality statistics in the East Africa Community. For example, guidelines of the harmonized CPI have been adopted and are currently implemented by National Statistics Offices (NSOs) and most of the remaining set of technical guidelines exist in draft form and their adoption is foreseen for June 2022. An online regional trade statistics database has been developed for all partner states for up to August 2021 and is uploaded on the EAC open data platform found at: https://eac.opendataforafrica.org. 15 NSO staff are currently enrolled in training to upgrade their academic qualifications of which 7 from Burundi and 5 from South Sudan. 12/7/2021 Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Substantial Moderate Environment and Social Low Low Low Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increased production of harmonized and quality statistics in the EAC IN01046816 ►Increased percentage of implementation by the Partner States of the regional guidelines in compiling national accounts, CPI, external sector statistics, and poverty statistics (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 25.00 66.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 24-Jun-2020 26-Nov-2021 29-Dec-2023 Overall Comments PDO One out of the four regional harmonization guidelines (25%) has been adopted by all partner states and is under implementation. This regards the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (CPI). Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 12/7/2021 Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) Human Resources and Institutional Developments IN01046817 ►Number of statistics experts at the EAC Secretariat hired by the project to work at the Statistics Department or the East African Statistics Bureau (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 26-Nov-2021 29-Dec-2023 IN01046819 ►Number of Partner States professional statisticians trained on regional guidelines (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 20.00 13.00 96.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 IN01046822 Number of female traied out of the total experts trained (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 1.00 32.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 Improved data quality, comparability, dissemination and use IN01046818 ►Number of guidelines prepared to improve the comparability of national accounts, CPI, poverty, and external sector statistics in the Partner States (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 1.00 4.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 IN01046820 ►Percentage of use by the Partner States of compatible software for CPI and external trade statistics compilation (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 50.00 75.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 IN01046821 ►Data center at the EAC Secretariat or the EASB established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/7/2021 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) Value No No Yes Yes Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 IN01046823 ►Number of the Partner States conducting user satisfaction surveys on economic statistics (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 3.00 3.00 6.00 Date 31-Jul-2018 01-Mar-2021 29-Oct-2021 29-Dec-2023 Overall Comments IR On the number of guidelines prepared: the guidelines for one dimension (CPI) have been officially adopted and are under implementation. Guidelines for the other dimension exist in draft form and have not yet been officially adopted. On the percentage of use by the partner states of compatible software and external trade compilation: all six partner states are using the agreed system in the data portal for the compilation of external sector statistics. So this indicator is put at 50 percent. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P164243 IDA-D3630 Effective USD 20.00 20.00 0.00 5.17 14.70 26% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P164243 IDA-D3630 Effective 27-Jul-2018 10-Oct-2018 20-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2023 29-Dec-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 12/7/2021 Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report EAC Statistics Development and Harmonization Regional Project (P164243) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/7/2021 Page 5 of 5