The World Bank Report No: ISR9648 Implementation Status & Results Africa West Africa Regional Transport and Transit Facilitation Project (P079749) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: West Africa Regional Transport and Transit Facilitation Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 12 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 17-May-2013 Project (P079749) Country: Africa Approval FY: 2008 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Sector Investment and Maintenance Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 19-Jun-2008 Original Closing Date 31-Mar-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date 30-Nov-2011 Last Archived ISR Date 05-Nov-2012 Effectiveness Date 02-Oct-2008 Revised Closing Date 31-Mar-2014 Actual Mid Term Review Date 14-Dec-2011 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project is expected to support the implementation of the first phase the WAEMU/Ghana’s Road Program I (RP-I) program. This program is intended to facilitate transport and transit on the Tema -- Ouagadougou -- Bamako corridor as a pilot for other priority corridors. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Corridor road infrastructure improvement. 164.70 Corridor transport and transit facilitation measures. 35.70 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Public Disclosure Copy Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status Overview Project implementation has improved substantially over the last 6 months primarily due to the: (a) full resumption of all project activities in Mali, including start of Sikasso - Heremakono road rehabilitation works; (b) improved performance of the civil works component in Ghana; (c) substantial completion of the civil works component in Burkina Faso; and (d) renewed progress being made in implementing the interconnection/interface of customs management systems between Ghana - Burkina Faso - Mali. In light of the improved project performance over the last six month it was decided to upgrade the implementation performance rating of the project from 'Moderately Unsatisfactory' to 'Moderately Satisfactory'. Going forward the involved Governments and World Bank Project Team will focus the supervision effort to ensure that by the project closing date, the remaining project Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9648 activities are substantially completed and that substantial progress is made in implementing key regional facilitation activities such as the interconnection/interface of the customs management systems. As of mid-April 2013, disbursements had reached about US$100 million against a Project Appraisal Document (PAD) target of approximately US$173 million and contractually Public Disclosure Copy committed funds had reached 90%. For the current World Bank fiscal year (FY13) projected revised disbursement target is around US$45 million which is above the FY13 PAD disbursement projections of US$41 million. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Africa Not Entered Dakar Ghana Not Entered Tema Ghana Not Entered Techiman Ghana Northern Region Tamale Ghana Upper East Region Paga Ghana Not Entered Kintampo Ghana Not Entered Buipe Ghana Greater Accra Region Accra Burkina-Faso Centre-Ouest Sakoinse Burkina-Faso Not Entered Sabou Burkina-Faso Centre-Sud Po Burkina-Faso Centre Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso Hauts-Bassins Bobo-Dioulasso Mali Region de Sikasso Sikasso Public Disclosure Copy Mali Region de Segou Region de Segou Mali Region de Sikasso Bougouni Mali District de Bamako Bamako Burkina-Faso Hauts-Bassins Orodara Results Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9648 Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Average transit time for imports moving by Text Value 7 days 6.5 days 5.6 days Public Disclosure Copy containers from the exit at the Port of Tema to Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Ouagadougou decreases by 20%. Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Average tranist time for imports moving by Text Value 15 days 13 days 12 days container from the exit at the Port of Tema to Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Bamako decreases by 20%. Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Variance of transit time from the exit at the Port Text Value 3 days 3 days 2.4 days of Tema to Ouagadougou decreases by 20%. Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Comments Indicator will be updated after the next mission. Variance of transit time from the exit at the Port Text Value 6 days 3 days 4.8 days of Tema to Bamako decreases by 20%. Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Number of fixed customs checkpoints in Text Value 6 - Ghana; 1 - Burkina Faso; 9 - Ghama; 0 - BF; 6 Mali 2 - Ghana 0 - Burkina Faso 1 Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali (excluding 4 - Mali - Mali border posts). Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Border crossing time at Paga (Ghana/BF). Text Value 5 hours 5 hours 4 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Border crossing time at Heremakono Text Value 4 hours 4 hours 3 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 29-Mar-2013 30-Sep-2013 Comments Indicator will be updated after next mission. Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9648 Average dwell time for transit trucks in the Text Value 48 hours 24 hours satellite trucking village near the Port of Tema Date 19-Jun-2008 31-Jul-2012 30-Sep-2013 Comments STTV still not operational. Public Disclosure Copy Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural Kilometers Value 0.00 50.00 220.00 Date 19-Jun-2008 31-Jul-2012 31-Mar-2014 Comments Bamako - Bougouni already The end of target figure was completed. Partly funded changed from about 356 km (about 20 km) under to about 220 km to include WATTFP. only the portion of the Bamako - Bougouni road rehabilitation works funded under the WATTFP. Average time from ship readiness to unload to Days Value 17.00 7.00 14.00 final destination for an imported container, on Date 19-Jun-2008 31-Jul-2012 31-Mar-2014 the corridor targeted by the project Comments Data on Financial Performance (as of 26-Mar-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P079749 IDA-44350 Effective 19-Jun-2008 17-Jul-2008 09-Oct-2008 31-Mar-2014 31-Mar-2014 P079749 IDA-44380 Effective 19-Jun-2008 08-Jul-2008 04-Dec-2008 31-Mar-2014 31-Mar-2014 P079749 IDA-44390 Effective 19-Jun-2008 11-Jul-2008 02-Oct-2008 31-Mar-2014 31-Mar-2014 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P079749 IDA-44350 Effective XDR 24.60 24.60 0.00 8.15 16.45 33.00 P079749 IDA-44380 Effective XDR 43.00 43.00 0.00 39.15 3.85 91.00 P079749 IDA-44390 Effective XDR 49.10 49.10 0.00 18.27 30.83 37.00 Public Disclosure Copy Disbursement Graph Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR9648 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation There are no key decisions for disclosure. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5