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: 7 | ARCHIVED on 19-Jan-2016 | ISR22358 | 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 1/19/2016 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 of the project implementation support mission that took place on Nov 16-21, 2015. During the mission, field visits to beneficiary producer organizations were carried out in the Department of Tarija. During the visits, a practical exercise was carried out, with the support of FAO staff, for the validation of procedures to capture information on key project indicators. Overall assessment and main achievements. The Project continues to demonstrate satisfactory progress in its implementation. The project became effective in May 2013 and has been under implementation for a period of two and a half years, and has continuously shown satisfactory ratings. Implementation of activities. Activities under components 1 and 2 are progressing satisfactorily. Dissemination activities linked to the calls for proposals, under component 1, have been finalized, but the project needs to continue working on activities linked to strengthening producer organizations. At the time of the mission, activities under component 2, linked to alliances established, had approved 399 plans and established 364 partnership agreements with organizations of small-scale producers (56% of the target), committing US$20.8 million and benefiting 16,125 families. Of the approved partnerships, 35% are represented by women. In the call II, a total of 322 partnerships are in development or in various stages of evaluation. With current funds, about 510 partnerships will be financed --135 alliances less than the expected goal. In spite of some delays in the process of evaluating proposals from the second call, the project is expected to commit the totality of the funds to be transferred to farmers during the first semester of 2016. - There has been positive progress in piloting models of partnership types 2 and 3, with a total of 30 partnerships identified. The project has established a portfolio of 31 infrastructure projects (16% above the target set), but only about 21 may be implemented, due to budgetary constraints. 1/19/2016 Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Risks 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 0.00 50.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 Comments Data on this indicator will be reported in the next progress report, in alignment with the results framework of the project, with reporting expected the third year of project implementation. A preliminary calculation of the indicator will be carried out by late January with the15 1/19/2016 Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) alliances that closed/ended the implementation cycle on Dec 31, 2015. 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 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 Comments Data on this indicator will be reported in the next progress report, in alignment with the results framework of the project, with reporting expected the third year of project implementation. A preliminary calculation of the indicator will be carried out by late January with the15 alliances that closed/ended the implementation cycle on Dec 31, 2015. 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 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 Comments Data on this indicator will be reported in the next progress report, in alignment with the results framework of the project, with reporting expected the third year of project implementation. A preliminary calculation of the indicator will be carried out by late January with the15 alliances that closed/ended the implementation cycle on Dec 31, 2015. Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 1/19/2016 Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  1.1 Producer organizations that receive assistance to be formalized (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 137.00 184.00 300.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  1.2 Alliances with signed financing agreement for integral support (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 288.00 363.00 645.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  1.3 Alliances with signed financing agreement for technical assistance (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 2.00 100.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 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 2.00 4.00 26.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 31-Aug-2016 1/19/2016 Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  1.5 Organizations’ members that receive managerial training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2830.00 3080.00 4305.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 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 36.00 30.00 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 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  2.2 Households in alliances that receive financing support (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11003.00 11588.00 25000.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 1/19/2016 Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) 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 33.00 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 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 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 0.00 45.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 PHINDIRITBL  2.5 Executed public investment subprojects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2.00 26.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 1/19/2016 Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  2.6 Households that benefit from public investment subprojects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10100.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 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 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 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 99.15 70.00 80.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 18-Aug-2017 Comments The indicator decrease in value due to the addition to the annual budget. However, financial execution by the end of December is expected at 90% 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 85.00 Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2017 1/19/2016 Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) PHINDIRITBL  3.3 Project's Public Information System installed and operating (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- No No yes Date 15-Jan-2013 14-May-2015 20-Nov-2015 15-Mar-2017 Overall Comments 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 16.26 16.64 49% 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 1/19/2016 Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural Alliances Project II (P127743) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P158532-BO Rural Alliances Additional Finance 1/19/2016 Page 10 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy