The World Bank Report No: ISR4455 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: 9 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: Project (P079749) Country: Africa Approval FY: 2008 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Sector Investment and Maintenance Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Transport (MOT)/National Coordination Unit (NCU) 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 29-Mar-2011 Effectiveness Date 02-Oct-2008 Revised Closing Date 31-Mar-2014 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Corridor road improvement improvement works. 164.70 Corridor transport and transit facilitation measures. 35.70 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Public Disclosure Copy Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status Overview The implementation of all of the major components of the West Africa Transport and Transit Facilitation Project continues, and despite delays in the implementation of some of the civil works components, is proceeding in a largely satisfactory manner. More specifically, progress has been made in the implementation of the road and civil works component of the project. Furthermore, progress has also been made in implementing part of the facilitation activities supported by the project. However, due to the need for extensive consultations between all UMEOA, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali, more limited progress has been made in the inter-connection of customs management systems and introduction of a cargo tracking system on the Tema - Ouagadougou- Bamako transport Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4455 corridor. Disbursements have fallen slightly behind Project Appraisal Document (PAD) projections. The main reason for this are the delays in the implementation of the civil works in Ghana and Mali. However, during the World Bank Fiscal Year (FY) 12 (i.e. July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012), disbursements are expected to increase substantially to about US$57 Public Disclosure Copy million which is line with PAD disbursement projections. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Senegal Region de Dakar 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 Project Development Objective Indicators Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4455 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Average transit time for imports moving by Text Value 7 days 7 days 5.6 days containers from the exit at the Port of Tema to Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Public Disclosure Copy Ouagadougou decreases by 20%. Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. Average tranist time for imports moving by Text Value 15 days 7 days 12 days container from the exit at the Port of Tema to Bamako decreases by 20%. Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. 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 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. 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 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. 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 - Ghana; 0 Burkina Faso; 6 2 - Ghana 0 - Burkina Faso 1 Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali (excluding 4 - Mali Mali - Mali border posts). Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. Border crossing time at Paga (Ghana/BF). Text Value 5 hours 5 hours 4 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4455 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Border crossing time at Heremakono Text Value 4 hours 30 minutes 3 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Public Disclosure Copy Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. Average dwell time for transit trucks in the Text Value 48 hours 72 hours 24 hours satellite trucking village near the Port of Tema Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments STV still not operational. Number of road fatalities along the Tema - Text Value 500 people 42 (Malian portion of Corridor) 400 people Ouagadougou - Bamako corridor. Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2013 Comments Full update of all indicators will be done before end-Nov. MTR. Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural Kilometers Value 0.00 154.00 356.00 Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 31-Mar-2014 Comments Bamako - Bougouni already completed. Partly funded under WATTFP. Average time from ship readiness to unload to Days Value 17.00 7.00 14.00 final destination for an imported container, on the corridor targeted by the project Date 19-Jun-2008 30-Jun-2011 31-Mar-2014 Comments Data on Financial Performance (as of 24-Aug-2011) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Public Disclosure Copy Project Loan No. Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Closing Date P079749 IDA-44350 Effective 19-Jun-2008 17-Jul-2008 09-Oct-2008 31-Mar-2014 P079749 IDA-44380 Effective 19-Jun-2008 08-Jul-2008 04-Dec-2008 31-Mar-2014 P079749 IDA-44390 Effective 19-Jun-2008 11-Jul-2008 02-Oct-2008 31-Mar-2014 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Loan No. Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P079749 IDA-44350 Effective XDR 24.60 24.60 0.00 5.08 19.52 21.00 P079749 IDA-44380 Effective XDR 43.00 43.00 0.00 23.01 19.99 54.00 Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4455 P079749 IDA-44390 Effective XDR 49.10 49.10 0.00 7.98 41.12 16.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation At this point in time there are not 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