The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 21-Dec-2020 | ISR44627 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry Of Public Works and Transport, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 13-Dec-2016 Effectiveness Date: 23-Mar-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 18-Dec-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Aug-2022 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen maintenance systems to improve reliable road connectivity in Lao PDR, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. 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) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve climate resilience and strengthen maintenance systems for a reliable road network in Lao PDR, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. Components Table Name Component 1: Climate Resilient Road Improvement and Maintenance:(Cost $63.05 M) Component 2: Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $10.01 M) Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.84 M) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response 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 Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Progress has been made for all project activities. The procurement of NR13 S improvement is underway. A beneficiary survey was conducted, with local communities are satisfied with the road rehabilitation works. Some adjustments are proposed to ensure satisfactory achievement of the PDO and full disbursement. COVID-19 remain in place, with some impact on travel and larger group trainings/meetings related works. There is a need to improve the Counterpart funding, with sufficient budget allocation from road fund and provincial budget for PBC contracts in a timely manner; 12/21/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) expedite the procurement of supervision consultant for NR13 South; and support government to prioritize investments in the transport sector as part of debt sustainability and fiscal space mitigation measures. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Low Low Low Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To strengthen maintenance systems IN00927585 ►Preparation and implementation of three-year rolling climate resilient road maintenance plans, on annual basis (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 The three-year rolling climate resilient road maintenance plan has been prepared for the six project provinces. The plan for the remaining provinces across the country has been delayed due to COVID-19 Comments: and coordination between central and provinces. With this, DoR will hire 5 individual consultants to support DPWT and DoR for data collection and supervision of the remaining road works. 12/21/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) To improve reliable road connectivity in Lao PDR IN00927584 ►Share of total provincial and district road network in Project area in good and fair condition (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 55.00 65.00 65.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 30-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 To maintain the roads in good and fair condition and meet the Project target, additional length of road in good and fair condition (including the recent completed road under climate resilient improvement) will be Comments: added into the ongoing PBC contacts, which will be extended to 2025 using the identified savings under Component 1. IN00927591 ►Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (National) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 56.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00927593 ►Share of rural population with access to an all-season road in project area (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 53.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00927594 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 700,000.00 1,809,000.00 2,134,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00927595 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 To improve climate resilience IN00927592 ►Kilometers of road improved with climate resilient measures and receive maintenance (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/21/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Value 0.00 290.00 652.15 655.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Climate Resilient Road Maintenance IN00927596 ►Length of road receiving climate resilient periodic maintenance (Cumulative) (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 290.00 652.15 655.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00927599 ►Length of road receiving routine maintenance (Kilometers, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,234.00 1,221.90 1,960.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 All 12 contracts in the 6 provinces have been awarded and the works are currently progressing. Currently, 1,222km of roads in six provinces have entered PBC and are receiving initial improvements and routine maintenance. This figure is behind the 2020 target of 1,305 km; however, 115km have received Comments: improvement and are ready for transferring to PBC and another 117km will be ready by December 2020. The project aims to achieve 1,454km by 2020 and 1,874km by 2021 upon completion of the Year 1 and Year 2 climate resilient contracts. IN00927602 ►Share of women participating in paid jobs related to the implementation of road work contracts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8.00 18.00 10.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Currently the share of women employed under road contracts is 18% of the total labour force, which is Comments: higher than planned. IN00927604 ►Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits addressed (%) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 86.00 80.00 Date 13-Dec-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00927605 12/21/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) ►Kilometers of roads where road safety audit was performed and recommendations were considered (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 181.00 201.25 655.00 Date 21-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Road safety audit manual was completed and training on traffic safety audit training to DPWTs and MPWT staff were conducted. The road safety audit were undertaken and it is expected to meet the target of Comments: 260km for RSA in 2020. The remaining length of roads for Year 1 and Year 2 will be audited in 2021; following which the auditing findings will be carried out in 2022. IN00927607 ►Kilometers of NR13 S transferred to performance-based maintenance phase under OPBRC (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 NR13 S improvement contract is under procurement. Comments: Institutional Strengthening IN00927597 ►Data on road condition and vulnerability to natural hazard collected for preparation of three-year rolling plan (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 02-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 RMS/PROMM system updates has been complete. Data collection/entry into the RMS/PROMMs system for national road networks has been fully completed. However, data collection/entry on road condition and beneficiaries to reflect in the Project result framework by the provinces (DPWTs) was delayed due to the COVID-19 situation and have not yet been completed. There is also a delay in data collection for Comments: preparing the climate resilience investment plan. Coordination between central agency and provinces remains an issue. With this, DoR will hire 5 individual consultants to support DPWT and DoR for data collection and supervision of the remaining road works. IN00927600 ►Updated Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 30-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Road safety strategy and action plan has been updated. It is expected that the strategy will be approved Comments: by the government in May 2021. Climate Resilient Road Improvement and Maintenance for NR13 South 12/21/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) IN00927598 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 Date 26-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Procurement of NR13 S improvement is delayed and still underway. It is expected that the contract be awarded in January 2021. Comments: Proposed adjustment: the end target of NR13S transferred to performance-based maintenance phase under Output Performance Based Road Contract (OPBRC) to be updated to 50km. IN00927601 Roads rehabilitated - rural (Kilometers, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 IN00927603 Roads rehabilitated - non-rural (Kilometers, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 IN00927606 ►Number of beneficairies benefitting from the provision of boats during flooding (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 10,719.00 4,500.00 Date 26-Sep-2016 29-May-2020 04-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2025 Procurement of boats is completed and delivered to communities in August 2020. Comments: Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P158504 IDA-59200 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 18.83 6.35 75% P158504 IDA-65150 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 0.66 25.09 2.6% Key Dates (by loan) 12/21/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P158504 IDA-59200 Effective 13-Dec-2016 07-Feb-2017 23-Mar-2017 31-Aug-2022 31-Dec-2025 P158504 IDA-65150 Effective 13-Dec-2019 28-Jan-2020 20-Mar-2020 31-Dec-2025 31-Dec-2025 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 10-Oct-2018 Related Project(s) P170951-Lao PDR Road Sector Project 2 – Additional Financing 12/21/2020 Page 7 of 7