Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Bolivia | Agriculture Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2013 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 27-Jul-2016 | ISR24637 | Implementing Agencies: EMPODERAR Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:23-Oct-2012 Effectiveness Date:09-May-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:04-May-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:04-May-2015 Original Closing Date:30-Nov-2017 Revised Closing Date:30-Nov-2017 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to improve accessibility to markets for small rural producers in the Selected Areas by: (a) promoting productive alliances between different small rural producer organizations and purchasers; (b) empowering rural producers through the establishment and strengthening of self-managed grass-root organizations; (c) increasing access to productive assets, technologyand financial services; (d) promoting more effective, responsive and accountable service organizations at the local level; and (e)enhancing environmental sustainability of productive practices. The Project is a follow on operation to the successful PAR I, whichtested the model for improving market access. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $3.79 M) Implementation of Rural Alliances:(Cost $52.05 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $8.70 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Moderate  Moderate 7/27/2016 Page 1 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR presents the findings and recommendations from: i) the project implementation support mission that took place on May 3-12, 2016; ii) findings from fields visits carried out Feb 29 to Mar 2, 2016, to assess environmental and social safeguard compliance; and iii) the in-depth procurement review process, which took place in late May 2016. Overall assessment and main achievements. The Project continues to demonstrate satisfactory progress in its implementation. Implementation of activities. Activities under components 1 and 2 are progressing satisfactorily. Dissemination activities linked to the calls for proposals included a total of 562 events and 12 “ferias.” Under component 1, the first call for proposals was finalized and the project is moving towards the implementation of the alliances approved, with about 18 already finishing implementation. Call 2 will be finalized by June/July 2016. As May 2016, the project has signed contracts with 426 Producer Organizations and about 100 more will be signed by June-July 2016. Once all these contracts are signed, the project will have committed the totality of the funds allocated for transferences to producers. Of the approved partnerships, about a third of the beneficiaries are represented by women. - There has been positive progress in piloting alliances models types 2 and 3, and the project is actively pursuing partnerships with other institutions to support alliances model 2 (TA). The project has established a portfolio of 31 infrastructure projects, but only about 15 would be supported under the current Credit, due to budgetary constraints. - It is critical that the project continues supporting alliances during the implementation phase and continues consolidating results at the alliances’ closing stage. EMPODERAR needs to maintain quality control of data input into the SIGG, particularly in relation to PDO indicators. - Safeguards and Fiduciary compliance are satisfactory. Risks 7/27/2016 Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Moderate  Moderate Macroeconomic  --  Low  Low Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Low  Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Low  Low Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Increase in the average volume of sales of the product(s) involved in the alliances (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 57.70 50.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 Comments Based on 18 alliances that completed cycle. Aprox. 200 alliancess will complete their cycle in the next few months. PHINDPDOTBL  Producer organizations that register income and costs, and are accountable to their members (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 34.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 Comments Of the 347 alliance plans under implementation, 218 are recording income and cost data, and are accountable to their members. All this information can be verified in the SIGG. The percentage is reported on the total target of alliances to be financed by the project. On the 7/27/2016 Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) basis of the current number of alliances financed under implementation the percentage is 62.8%. PHINDPDOTBL  Producer organizations that maintain or improve their commercial relations (alliances) for at least two productive cycles (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 Comments This indicator cannot be reported yet, because the final reports of the alliances closing their cycle have not been prepared yet. This information would become available for the first plans that have been completed by the end of July. Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  1.1 Producer organizations that receive assistance to be formalized (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 184.00 284.00 300.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  1.2 Alliances with signed financing agreement for integral support (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 363.00 426.00 645.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 31-Aug-2016 7/27/2016 Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  1.3 Alliances with signed financing agreement for technical assistance (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 30.00 100.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  1.4 Public investment subprojects with signed financing agreement (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 6.00 26.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  1.5 Organizations’ members that receive managerial training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3080.00 3155.00 4305.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 30-Jun-2017 PHINDIRITBL  1.5.1 Women that receive managerial training (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 36.00 34.00 30.00 7/27/2016 Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  2.1 Supported alliances that fulfill their commercial aims in the framework of agreed arrangements (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 85.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 Comments This indicator is not reported yet because the data for the few alliances that have finalized cycle have not been consolidated. However, to date there are no reports of changes in market agents, therefore the achieving of this indicator is expected at the end of the project. PHINDIRITBL  2.2 Households in alliances that receive financing support (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11588.00 12671.00 25000.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  SPO households represented by women that receive financing support (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 33.00 34.00 30.00 PHINDIRITBL  2.3 Producer organizations that obtain positive net incremental real income from alliance product(s) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 Comments This indicator will be reported once the final reports consolidating findings of the alliances that completed the cycle are finalized, first reports are expected in July-August. 7/27/2016 Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  2.4 Producer organizations whose leaders are periodically accountable to their members (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 45.00 63.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  2.5 Executed public investment subprojects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 5.00 26.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  2.6 Households that benefit from public investment subprojects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 7650.00 10100.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 7/27/2016 Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  2.7 Alliances that apply environmental measures satisfactorily (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 Comments This indicator will be reported once a larger number of alliances complete their cycle and final reports are prepared. PHINDIRITBL  3.1 Level of financial execution of the Project's Annual Operational Plan (POA) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 70.00 92.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  3.2 Producer Organization Subprojects without delays in the verification of expenses (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 87.00 90.00 85.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 30-Jun-2017 PHINDIRITBL  3.3 Project's Public Information System installed and operating (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No yes Date 15-Jan-2013 20-Nov-2015 18-Jul-2016 15-Mar-2017 Overall Comments 7/27/2016 Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P127743 IDA-51700 Effective XDR 32.90 32.90 0.00 19.67 13.23 60% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P127743 IDA-51700 Effective 23-Oct-2012 12-Dec-2012 09-May-2013 30-Nov-2017 30-Nov-2017 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) 7/27/2016 Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) P158532-Additional Finance BO Rural Alliances Project II 7/27/2016 Page 10 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy