The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 26-Jul-2021 | ISR47610 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Home Affairs, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-Mar-2020 Effectiveness Date: 23-Jun-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Dec-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve coverage of civil registration of vital events, particularly births and deaths in Lao PDR, with the establishment of a functional electronic civil management information system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Strengthening the Provision and Use of Civil Registration Services:(Cost $21.30 M) Component 2: Monitoring and Impact Evaluation:(Cost $1.00 M) Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.70 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Despite the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, progress towards achievement of the project development objective and implementation progress are both satisfactory. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) Department of Citizen Management (DCM) has been actively engaged in Project implementation in coordination with relevant line ministries and provinces, and is working closely with the National Project Coordination Office (NPCO) full-time consultants (Project Technical Adviser, Information Technology [IT] Adviser, Financial Management (FM) Officer, Project Accountant, and Administrative Assistant). As part of the capacity building of the NPCO, the positions of Project Coordinator and Procurement Officer, previously held by full-time consultants, have been taken over by MOHA DCM civil servants since May 2021. Foundational activities, including acquiring software for the civil management information system, are underway. Despite initial delay due to COVID- 19, data collection for the baseline household survey was completed in August 2020. The MOHA has finalized a comprehensive Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) strategy/program which incorporates comments from stakeholder consultations. 7/26/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Moderate Other -- -- Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve the coverage of civil registration of vital events IN01019365 ►National birth registration coverage (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 38.70 38.70 40.60 70.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Numerator is total number of births registered by MOHA; denominator is expected number of births from Comments: 2015 census IN01019451 ►Birth registration coverage in rural districts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 32.40 32.40 43.90 65.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 7/26/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Numerator is total number of births registered by MOHA in rural districts defined as the districts with Comments: percentage rural of 90 percent or more in the 2015 census (25 districts in total); denominator is expected number of births from 2015 census IN01019452 ►Birth registration coverage in the bottom 20 percent districts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 13.10 13.10 34.90 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Numerator is total number of births registered by MOHA in the bottom 20% districts when districts are Comments: ranked by birth registration coverage (the same districts selected at baseline will be used throughout the project period); denominator is expected number of births from 2015 census IN01019453 ►National death registration coverage (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 36.10 36.10 37.50 46.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Numerator is the total number of deaths registered by MOHA; and denominator is the expected number of Comments: deaths from 2015 census Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Strengthening the provision and use of civil registration services IN01019454 ►Births registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 70,732.00 70,732.00 145,022.00 580,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of births registered by MOHA Comments: IN01019457 ►Births registered, female (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35,234.00 35,234.00 72,751.00 275,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Cumulative number of female births registered by MOHA IN01019459 ►Deaths registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) 7/26/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 19,238.00 19,238.00 39,198.00 130,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Cumulative number of deaths registered by MOHA IN01019460 ►WHO medical certificate of cause of death completed by medically qualified doctors (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of WHO medical certificate of cause of death completed by medically qualified doctors. Comments: The target for Year 1 is zero since it was envisaged that MCCD takes time to establish. IN01019461 ►Marriages registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20,708.00 20,708.00 43,071.00 130,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Cumulative number of marriages registered by MOHA as of December 31 IN01019462 ►Divorces registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,422.00 4,422.00 9,441.00 24,800.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Cumulative number of divorces registered by MOHA as of December 31 IN01019463 ►Provinces providing birth registration data through the CMIS to the central level (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of provinces that provide birth registration data through CMIS to the central level rather than using paper records at end of each calendar year. Comments: The Year 1 target is 0 since this is dependent on the establishment of the CMIS. IN01019464 7/26/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) ►Districts that have completed the digitization of existing paper records (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Numerator is the total number of districts that have completed the digitization of existing paper records; and denominator is all 148 districts in Lao PDR. Comments: This exercise is linked to the CMIS. IN01019465 ►Standard operating procedures based on 2018 Family Registration Law finalized and disseminated (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Standard operating procedures based on Standard operating Standard operating 2018 Family Standard operating procedures Value procedures drafted for Registration Law has procedures drafted disseminated to all validation been finalized for DOHAs dissemination to POHAs and DOHAs Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Standard operating procedures based on 2018 Family Registration Law finalized and disseminated Comments: (printed copies distributed to) POHAs and DOHAs IN01019466 ►DOHA and POHA personnel trained on CRVS (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 344.00 160.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of DOHA and POHA personnel trained on the basic CRVS eLearning course Comments: curriculum developed by the World Bank and partners or standard operating procedures IN01019467 ►SBCC conducted in provinces (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Cumulative number of provinces where SBCC has been conducted IN01019468 ►Grievances responded to within stipulated service standards for response (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 7/26/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Numerator is number of grievances addressed within 7 working days; denominator is number of Comments: grievances reported to MOHA IN01019469 ►Summary report of the grievance redress system published (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Grievance system is Value None None yet to be established Published as part of the CMIS Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Summary report of the grievance redress system prepared and published on the MOHA website or in Comments: annual progress report within 3 months of the end of the calendar year Component 2: Monitoring and Impact evaluation IN01019455 ►Annual progress reports disseminated to stakeholders, including POHA and DOHA, at annual consultative meetings (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Annual progress reports disseminated to stakeholders, including POHA and DOHA, at annual consultative Comments: meetings organized by MOHA DCM with representation of at least four of eight line ministries involved with CRVS (MOHA, MOH, MOJ, MPS, MOES, MPI, MOF, MOLSW) IN01019458 ►Annual vital statistics reports that uses civil registration data (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of annual vital statistics reports that uses civil registration data The targets for both Year 1 and Year 2 are zero since it was envisaged this will take about 2 years from Comments: project effectiveness Component 3: Project management IN01019456 ►National Program Coordination Office Personnel or DCM staff trained on CRVS or project management (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 26.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 14-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative number of National Program Coordination Office Personnel or DCM staff trained on CRVS or Comments: project management 7/26/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P167601 IDA-65700 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 2.31 23.85 8.8% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P167601 IDA-65700 Effective 30-Mar-2020 28-Apr-2020 23-Jun-2020 31-Mar-2025 31-Mar-2025 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC 7/26/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 7/26/2021 Page 8 of 8