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AFCC2/RI-ACBF Regional Capacity Building Project (P122478)
AFRICA | Africa | Governance Global Practice |
IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2011 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 26-Jun-2017 | ISR28580 |
Implementing Agencies: The African capacity Building Foundation, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Key Dates
Key Project Dates
Bank Approval Date:17-Mar-2011 Effectiveness Date:01-Aug-2011
Planned Mid Term Review Date:01-Apr-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:12-Sep-2016
Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2017
Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
The project‘s objectives are to contribute to: (i) enhanced capacity for effective policy
formulation and management in ACBF sub-grant recipients‘ countries; and (ii) improved and
sustained management of ACBF‘s operations.
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
Yes
Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured)PHRPDODEL
To (i) improve capacity of ACBF’s clients to deliver and measure their development results; and (ii) enhance ACBF’s organizational effectiveness
and efficiency.
Components
Name
First Component - Capacity Building Sub-Grants:(Cost $15.00 M)
Second Component: Institutional Development:(Cost $10.00 M)
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
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Implementation Status and Key Decisions
Progress towards the achievement of the Project Development Objective remains Satisfactory. All three PDO indicators either met or exceeded their
2016 end-of-year targets. Likewise, both project components are performing satisfactorily with all 12 intermediate indicators meeting or exceeding their
2016 annual targets. The PDO continues to remain relevant to Bank, Borrower, and member countries of ACBF, as well as sub-grantee priorities, and
ACBF has been able to demonstrate considerably improved efficiency over the period, as demonstrated by a high disbursement-to-cash outflow ratio
(80 percent) and low staff cost-to-cash outflow ratio (14.5 percent).
Overall implementation progress has remained adequate to ensure the achievement of project activities and results, and is likewise rated Satisfactory.
Disbursements remain in line with projections, with cumulative disbursements to the project standing at 95 percent for IDA funds and 93 percent for
Multi-Donor Trust Funds, respectively, at the time of the mission. As noted below, no material concerns have emerged regarding project management,
procurement, and M&E since the Midterm Review mission which took place in September 2016.
Component 1 - Grants to ACBF Supported Programs and Projects: Since the MTR mission, good progress has been recorded under Component 1
of the project. It is proposed to maintain the rating of Satisfactory. All eight intermediate indicators have exceeded their 2016 targets. Notable output
level achievements include: (i) a marked increase in the number of requests for products and services of ACBF’s clients; (ii) improvement in ACBF’s
clients’ M&E systems and peer review processes; (iii) an increased number of engagements with policymakers and increased participation in ACBF-
sponsored training programs; and (iv) increased downloads of, requests for, and citations of ACBF's knowledge and learning (K&L) products.
Component 2 - Institutional Support to ACBF: Since the MTR mission, reasonably good progress has also been recorded under Component 2 of the
project. It is proposed to maintain the rating of Satisfactory. Three out of four intermediate indicators have either met or exceeded their 2016 end-of-
year targets, and the final indicator fell just short of its anticipated target. Notable achievements include: (i) a further reduction of the ratio of total staff
costs to cash outflows to an impressive 14.5 per cent (down from 15.7 per cent in the previous Aide-Memoire; (ii) the completion of two portfolio
reviews; and (iii) an increase in paid-up African contributions to a total of $20.3 million. In addition, 93 percent of the approved business plan was
implemented against an annual target of 90 percent implementation.
Risks
Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating
Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial
Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial
Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial
Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Sustainability
-- Substantial Substantial
Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial
Environment and Social -- Low Low
Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial
Other -- Substantial Substantial
Overall -- Substantial Substantial
Results
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Project Development Objective Indicators
PHINDPDOTBL
User satisfaction of ACBF clients’ (a) products and (b) services (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 55.00 -- 88.00 80.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The consolidated survey results indicate that 8 out of 10 users interviewed were satisfied with ACBF clients’
product and services. A total of 14 ACBF’s clients have undertaken the satisfaction survey in 2016 with a total sample size of 1.200
respondents from public and private sectors, civil society and development partners. The surveys reveal that the products and services
delivered by ACBF’s grantees to their clients are of high quality, relevant, timely and useful (survey criteria).
PHINDPDOTBL
Products (Percentage, Custom Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 60.00 83.00 89.00 90.00
PHINDPDOTBL
Services (Percentage, Custom Supplement)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 55.00 85.00 87.00 80.00
PHINDPDOTBL
Percentage of subprojects in ACBF portfolio rated satisfactory and above (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 62.10 64.00 70.00 77.00
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Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: 85% of the projects in the RIDA portfolio rated Moderately satisfactory to satisfactory during the period due to
regular supervision and communication with grantees. ACBF will ensure project rating does not fall under this level for the rest of the
implementation period of the RIDA projects.
PHINDPDOTBL
Percentage of total disbursements (including knowledge products) to cash outflows (Efficiency Ratio) (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 63.10 78.10 80.00 80.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: This ratio indicates that for each dollar spent by the Foundation in the past two years, 80 cents are used to
finance directly program implementation (grants) and also to generate ACBF’s knowledge products and services
Overall Comments
All three PDO indicators either met or exceeded their 2016 end-of-year targets.
Intermediate Results Indicators
PHINDIRITBL
Number of requests for products and services received by ACBF’s clients (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 200.00 4,884.00 5,995.00 1,200.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
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Annual Target Achieved: The requests include core and commissioned research, technical support, advisory service, and applications for
long-term and short-term trainings. ACBF-supported training institutions continue to receive a huge number of application mainly due to
their good reputation and also the quality of their services.
PHINDIRITBL
Percentage of clients’ products that have undergone peer review process (or any other quality control mechanism)
(Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 55.00 100.00 92.00 80.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The products research studies, papers, briefs and training curriculum produced by the clients. Depending on the
nature and purpose of the product, the review was conducted either internally or externally before the product was published and
disseminated.
PHINDIRITBL
Percentage of ACBF clients with functional M&E systems (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 25.00 86.00 86.00 80.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: All ACBF’s clients have well-defined Results Measurement Frameworks (RMF’s) and Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) Plans that are aligned with the RIDA results indicators. Periodic on-site and remote support is provided to grantees to enable them to
effectively perform the core M&E functions including tracking progress, reporting and using the information for decision-making.
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PHINDIRITBL
Number of engagements/interactions between ACBF clients and policymakers (cumulative) (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 60.00 1,374.00 1,702.00 360.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The engagements comprised of research agenda setting meetings, research validations and advocacy
workshops, policy dialogues and conferences, high-level forums, and international or regional events.
PHINDIRITBL
Number of participants attending long and short-term trainings conducted by ACBF clients (cumulative) (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 300.00 18,873.00 23,076.00 1,800.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: Out of cumulative total of 23,073 people who have benefited from ACBF-supported training programs, 10,669
participants benefited from long-term training courses and 12,407 people for short-term training. The total number of students enrolled in
Economic Policy Management Programs (EPM Ghana, EPM Abidjan, EPM Yaoundé, EPM Zambia and EPM Makerere) in the year 2016 is
629 comprising of 414 males and 215 females. The other degree or long-term programs supported by ACBF including CMAAE, AUST and
GIMPA and PROFAP has a total enrolment of 507 students.
PHINDIRITBL
Number of times ACBF K&L products/documents are downloaded in (a) Africa and (b) Rest of the world (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 5,000.00 162,280.00 84,119.00 55,000.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The exponential growth of this indicator is mainly due to targeted dissemination of new ACBF Knowledge
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products and cooperative arrangements with other institutions to disseminate materials and papers.
PHINDIRITBL
Number of requests received by ACBF for K&L products (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 140.00 533.00 568.00 300.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: Most of the requests were received via e-mail and requests during conferences and seminars organized by or
participated in by ACBF. ACBF has also embarked on outreach activities aimed at increasing the visibility and access to the Foundation’s
knowledge products.
PHINDIRITBL
Number of times ACBF K&L products are cited. (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 2,500.00 23,000.00 24,052.00 12,500.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The citations are made in research papers, notes for seminars or conferences, speeches and presentations.
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PHINDIRITBL
Percentage of total staff costs to cash out flows (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 22.30 15.70 14.50 17.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The total staff salary and related costs in ACBF is kept far below the agreed limit of 17%. The continuous
institutional costs reduction measures taken by the Foundation have enabled to maintain a very low level of staff cost to 14.5% of the total
cash outflows in 2016.
PHINDIRITBL
Actual contributions from African governments to SMTP III (Amount(USD), Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 24,350,000.00 19,805,000.00 22,470,000.00 35,000,000.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: ACBF’s commitment to the Bank is for African countries to pay by 31 December 2016 at least 75% of their total
pledges as of 14 November 2014, which was $27.65 million. As of 31 December 2016, the actual contributions of African countries is
$22.83 million (20.30 million for SMTP III and 2.17 million on SMTP II , which 110% of the African countries’ pledges to SMTP III.
PHINDIRITBL
Percentage of activities implemented from Annual Business Plans (Percentage, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 70.00 57.10 93.00 95.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: Of these 56 activities, 52 were fully implemented, hence an implementation rate of 93%.
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PHINDIRITBL
Number of portfolio reviews conducted (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00
Date 05-Dec-2013 16-Sep-2016 20-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017
Comments
Annual Target Achieved: The final portfolio review results show that most projects in the portfolio are meeting ACBF requirements and
effective in delivery. There is therefore an improvement in the health of ACBF’s projects and programs over the reporting period.
Overall Comments
Both project components are performing satisfactorily with 11 out of 12 intermediate indicators meeting or exceeding their 2016 annual
targets.
Data on Financial Performance
Disbursements (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed
P122478 IDA-H6470 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 23.81 0.63 95%
P122478 IDA-H8760 Effective USD 65.00 65.00 0.00 61.42 2.14 94%
P122478 TF-99645 Effective USD 29.00 29.00 0.00 27.05 1.95 93%
Key Dates (by loan)
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Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date
P122478 IDA-H6470 Effective 17-Mar-2011 05-May-2011 01-Aug-2011 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017
P122478 IDA-H8760 Effective 05-Dec-2013 12-Dec-2013 20-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017
P122478 TF-99645 Effective 05-May-2011 05-May-2011 01-Aug-2011 31-Dec-2015 31-Dec-2017
Cumulative Disbursements
Restructuring History
Level Approved on 31-Dec-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 06-Feb-2017
Related Project(s)
P127549-ACBF Regional Capacity Building Project - SMTP 3
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