The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Improving Mali's Statistical System (P160977)
Improving Mali's Statistical System (P160977)
AFRICA | Mali | Poverty and Equity Global Practice |
IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 06-Nov-2018 | ISR34596 |
Implementing Agencies: Minister for Spatial Planning and Population, Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT)
Key Dates
Key Project Dates
Bank Approval Date: 06-Jul-2017 Effectiveness Date: 15-Nov-2017
Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Jul-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: --
Original Closing Date: 31-May-2022 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2022
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Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
To strengthen the capacity of the National Statistical System (NSS) to produce and publicly disseminate statistics through support to institutional
development and data production.
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
No
Components Table
Name
Data Collection, Quality Enhancement and Dissemination:(Cost $15.00 M)
Institutional and Human Resources Development:(Cost $3.00 M)
Project Management:(Cost $2.00 M)
Overall Ratings
Name Previous Rating Current Rating
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial
Implementation Status and Key Decisions
To date, the project has disbursed $1.25 million. This amount is going to increase in the next three months. The project has just completed the
signing of contracts for eight consultants who will complete their deliverables in the next three months. The contracts include, four consultants to
review the methodology of the Annual Agriculture Survey, one consultant to elaborate the policy for dissemination of micro data of INSTAT, one
consultant for harmonization of EMOP (Enquête Modulaire et Permanente auprès des Ménages) and EHCVM (Enquête Harmonisée des Conditions
de vie des Ménages), one cartography consultant to support the Enterprise Census, and one consultant who will act as the independent entity for
the performance based financing component of the project.
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For FY19, the managing unit has agreed to settle a sequence of five to six activities to be completed successively. Hence, the project has launched
several activities to be completed by February 2019. These are mainly activities to purchase tablets, computers, and vehicles for the Population and
Enterprises Censuses. Purchase of those equipment are necessary to start the cartography of the two censuses.
Follow-up meetings established since January 2018 continue to be organized every two weeks at INSTAT with the project management unit and all
stakeholders: The Observatory for Sustainable Human Development (ODHD), the Unit of Statistical Planning of the Minister of Agriculture (CPS
Agriculture), and the Statistical Training and Development Center (CPF-STAT).
Risks
Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating
Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial
Macroeconomic Low Low Low
Sector Strategies and Policies High High High
Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Sustainability High High High
Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial
Environment and Social Low Low Low
Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate
Other -- -- --
Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial
Results
PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes
Anonimize datasets
IN00584887
►Anonymized Census datasets (RGPH digital cartography and the enterprise data) are produced and made publicly available
(Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00584890
►Anonymized micro-datasets (agriculture and welfare) are produced and made publicly available online (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00
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Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00644639
►Anonimized data (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2.00
Date 15-Nov-2017 -- 26-Oct-2018 31-May-2022
Micro data should be anonimized and rendered public
Comments:
Revise and rebase the System of National Account
IN00584888
►System of National Accounts is revised and rebased with new base year (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No No No Yes
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
Increase the management autonomy of INSTAT
IN00584918
►INSTAT has increased management autonomy (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No No No Yes
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
Intermediate Results Indicators by Components
Institutional and Human Resources Development
IN00584919
►Institutional assessment is completed (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No No No Yes
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00644646
►The autonomie of INSTAT has improved (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No -- No Yes
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Date 15-Nov-2017 -- 26-Oct-2018 31-May-2022
L'INSTAT doit améliorer son autonomie de gestion
Comments:
Data Collection, Quality Enhancement and Dissemination
IN00584889
►Compilation and release of quarterly GDP statistics and revised monthly CPI on time (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No No No Yes
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00584916
►Online-micro-data archive launched with 10 surveys archived (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 10.00 10.00 10.00 20.00
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00584917
►Online feedback platform on annual review of SMP is extended to data users and checked for gender relevance (Yes/No,
Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No No No Yes
Date 01-Sep-2017 24-Apr-2018 26-Oct-2018 30-Jun-2022
IN00644640
►Rebase the nations accounts (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No -- No Yes
Date 15-Nov-2017 -- 26-Oct-2018 31-May-2022
The national account should be rebased on 2008
Comments:
Project Management
IN00644647
►The PIU is functional (Yes/No, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value No -- Yes Yes
Date 15-Nov-2017 -- 02-Jan-2018 31-May-2022
The specialists PS and FS are recruited
Comments:
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Overall Comments IR
Despite large delays noticed in the last ISR and other difficulties related to low capacities at INSTAT, the
project has completed several activities and the last implementation support mission (October 24-26, 2018)
noticed great progress in the accomplishment of some activities in each project component. The process to sign
contracts for eight consultants has been successfully completed and many bids are ongoing to acquire logistic
and to start the cartography of the Population and Enterprises Censuses.
Component 1: Data Collection, Quality Enhancement and Dissemination
The project has funded number of activities for the Population and Enterprises Censuses. First, leasing
equipment of a building to serve as the headquarter of the two censuses, and purchase of shapefiles for the
cartography of the Population Census. Second, organize workshop for the validation of documents, training at
the Census Bureau in Washington for two staff, and travel of staff in Dakar to learn experience from Senegal.
The bid to purchase GPS for the Agriculture Survey is completed. The bids to acquire computers and vehicles
for the two censuses are underway in the government system. As per the procedure, the Minister of Planning
has approved the tenders. The bids for computers and other hardware have been evaluated and the analysis
report sent to the DGMP, the government entity which approves all bids in Mali. It is expected that those
activities will be completed by end of February 2019 then after the cartography of the two censuses will start.
A set of eight contracts have been signed and the service orders sent to the corresponding consultants. Four of
those consultants will review the methodology of the Agriculture Survey, one will produce the policy for the
dissemination of the microdata produced by INSTAT, one will harmonize the EMOP and WAEMU survey,
another one is the cartograph to support the Enterprise Census and the last one will act as an independent entity
for the PBF component of the project. Activities of those consultancies will be finalized in three months.
The Project provides fund to the WAEMU Harmonized survey to collect data in the rural areas of Kidal, in
Taoudeni and Menaka through a third party. Data collection is underway and the WAEMU survey team did not
plan to collect data in the rural area of Kidal due to insecurity. Taoundeni is a new region formally integrated in
Timbuktu with no enumeration area (EA) in the survey. The Project provides money to cover enumeration
areas in Taoudeni as a region. Menaka is another new region like Taoudeni. However, the number of
enumeration areas selected by the survey is not enough to guarantee the statistic power of estimates for Menaka
as a region,the project covers additional enumeration areas in Menaka.
Component 2: Institutional and Human Resources Development
To reinforce the team working on the fifth population Census, the project allowed two members to participate
in a training with the Census Bureau in Washington. In addition, a staff member of the Observatory for the
Sustainable Human Development has obtained visa to participate in a training with the same bureau in
November. The training will cover modules on advanced data analysis methods using statistical software like
STATA and SPSS. Under this component, the project offered scholarships for two Malians admitted to the
African Statistical schools in Dakar and Abidjan and to three others admitted to Institut de Formation et de
Recherche Demographique (IFORD) in Yaounde. In order to increase the chance of Malians to succeed, the
project will provide fund for three months of preparatory courses starting early January 2019.
For institutional development, the project financed the meetings of the National Statistical Council and that of
the Board of INSTAT, and technical committees. The project will cover fees of the next African Day of
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Statistics in November 18th. A tender has been launched for the final evaluation of the Statistical Master Plan
and review of texts organizing INSTAT.
Component 3: Project management
The procurement and financial management specialists hired to support the management of the project advise
the project coordinator. The Minister of Planning has offered two office spaces to the project for two
specialists and the assistant of the project. The three staff support the management of the project preparing
tenders for procurement and follow with the DGMP. Some of the challenges that contributes for the delays to
implement project activities are, all bids in the procurement plan require post approval by the World Bank and
a prior approval by the government, then all bids will be sent to the DGMP for legal agreement. Technical staff
responsible for some activities don't always send the technical advice on time, as a result, the processing time
takes more time. The phase of evaluation of tenders usually takes more time because the staff of INSTAT
involved have other responsibilities for other projects of INSTAT. The solution is to authorize the team to
organize evaluation sessions outside Bamako every two months when necessary, such that the team can fully
concentrate on the evaluation and writing the analysis report on time. The bids of the project are gathered with
those of INSTAT before sending to the DGMP. However, when a bid from an institution doesn’t comply, all
bids from an institution are put on hold and new bid cannot be sent to the DGMP until the problem is resolved.
This is a matter of programming which affects many bids from INSTAT and increases the delays of the bids
approval of the project. The last implementation support mission met with the Minister of Planning who
recommended to find a way to separate the bids of INSTAT from those of the project. The Minister also
restated his support to the project. INSTAT has appointed two of its staff to support the project but they are still
involved in other projects at INSTAT and are not always available for the project. A proposed solution is to
free them from other responsibilities such that they can support the statistical project full time.
Data on Financial Performance
Disbursements (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed
P160977 IDA-D2210 Effective USD 20.00 20.00 0.00 1.25 19.26 6.1%
Key Dates (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date
P160977 IDA-D2210 Effective 06-Jul-2017 01-Aug-2017 15-Nov-2017 31-May-2022 31-May-2022
Cumulative Disbursements
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Restructuring History
There has been no restructuring to date.
Related Project(s)
There are no related projects.
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