Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) AFRICA | Ghana | Poverty and Equity Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2012 | Seq No: 6 | ARCHIVED on 02-Feb-2016 | ISR21972 | Implementing Agencies: Ghana Statistical Service Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:25-Aug-2011 Effectiveness Date:28-Apr-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date:25-Apr-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-Aug-2016 Revised Closing Date:31-Aug-2016 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To strengthen the National Statistical System in the production and dissemination of timely and robust statistics relevant for evidence-based policy- making and other uses Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name 1 Institutional reform and organisational change:(Cost $9.36 M) 2 Enhancing capacity:(Cost $14.96 M) 3 Data development and dissemination:(Cost $11.73 M) 4 Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.30 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Moderate  Moderate 2/2/2016 Page 1 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Implementation Status and Key Decisions Progress continues to be made on project implementation. Under component 1 (Institutional Reform and Organizational Change), a new organizational structure of the GSS has been made operational. A total of 29 staff members are pursuing masters' degree courses in economics, statistics, demography/population and labor studies. 29 staff have been integrated into the Local Government Service. The buyout program was concluded and for 54 staff were separated from the GSS. A final round of consultations on the new National Statistics Bill has been is slated for the first quarter of 2016. Under component 2a, activities implemented were trainings and workshops in networking environment software, in economics and microeconomic analysis, in modelling and forecasting, in International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) assessment and in Android Mobile Application.. For Sub-component 2b, a post-census cartographic mapping was carried out with the objective of updating all the enumeration area (EA) maps and size established during the 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC). In addition, and an economic census (the Integrated Business Establishment Survey) to establish the business register was carried out and the business register has been produced. Field work for phase 2 of IBES started in November 2016 to collect economic data on about 31,000 establishments. The GSS has launched for the first time a Labor Force Survey (LFS) in November 2015 and the field work is expected to be completed at the end of January 2016. Under component 3, the Ministry of Education produced a report on the 2014/15 School Census. The Ministry of Health produced a report on Maternal Deaths Survey to provide in-depth knowledge of the causes of maternal deaths in Ghana. The Birth and Death Registry completed the capturing of an initial backlog of over 200,000 entries from 2000-2012. The GSS disseminated the following reports - the District Census Reports, Ghana Poverty Profile, Ghana Poverty Mapping Report and the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Report, Maternal Deaths Survey Report. The Project Coordinating Unit facilitated the preparation of the 2016 Annual Work Plan. 2/2/2016 Page 2 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) 2/2/2016 Page 3 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) 2/2/2016 Page 4 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Low  Low Macroeconomic  --  Substantial  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Low  Low Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Low  Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Moderate  Moderate Environment and Social  --  Low  Low Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Moderate  Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  User satisfaction with statistical products and services of the NSS (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 -- 88.50 60.00 Date 30-Nov-2011 -- 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Ghana Statistical Capacity overall score (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 64.00 48.00 66.00 70.00 Date 30-Nov-2010 04-Dec-2014 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 2/2/2016 Page 5 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) PHINDPDOTBL  Periodicity and Timeliness (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 92.00 87.00 87.00 92.00 Date 30-Nov-2010 30-Mar-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Methodology (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 60.00 60.00 65.00 Date 30-Nov-2010 04-Dec-2014 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Source data (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 23.00 54.00 65.00 Date 30-Nov-2010 04-Dec-2014 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Proportion of Surveys and Censuses implemented by NSS as per the long-term census and survey plan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 60.00 100.00 90.00 100.00 Date 30-Nov-2011 04-Dec-2014 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Dissemination of Timely and Robust Statistics (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- -- -- -- 2/2/2016 Page 6 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Date -- -- -- -- Comments Number of months between the end of data collection and release of results to users. For DHS the current value reflects the delay needed to release not only the preliminary report but also the main report of the latest 2014 survey. The field work of the 2015 LFS is not yet finish and for the GLSS it will start in September 2016. Hence the current values could not be served at the moment. PHINDPDOTBL  Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12.00 4.00 9.00 9.00 Date 30-Sep-2010 30-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 18.00 8.00 -- 9.00 Date 31-Mar-2007 01-Sep-2014 15-Dec-2015 15-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 18.00 -- 18.00 12.00 Date 31-May-2006 -- 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDPDOTBL  Integrated Business Enterprise Survey (IBES) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- 6.00 6.00 6.00 Date -- 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 2/2/2016 Page 7 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) PHINDPDOTBL  Labour Force Survey (LFS) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- 8.00 -- 3.00 Date -- 01-Sep-2014 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 Overall Comments Baselines for IBES and Labor Force survey don’t exist because it is the first time that GSS is carrying out such surveys. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Proportion of Staff with professional qualification (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- -- -- -- Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Jun-2012 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Proportion of GSS staff with professional qualification (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 41.20 48.00 70.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 2/2/2016 Page 8 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) PHINDIRITBL  Proportion of MDA statistical unit staff with professional qualification (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 65.00 -- 65.00 70.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 -- 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of staff (full-time equivalents) employed by GSS (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 532.00 476.00 385.00 350.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of persons trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 120.00 321.00 70.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Use of master sampling frame based on updated cartographic maps for household surveys (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y Y Y Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 2/2/2016 Page 9 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) PHINDIRITBL  MDA and regional statistics offices fully equipped and operational with computers, essential equipment and furniture and ICT connectivity (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 29-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Economic statistics produced in accordance with internationally accepted standards, including rebased within the last 5 Years (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- -- -- -- Date -- -- -- -- Comments The current notation has taken not only the base year but also the use of the latest international recommendations in terms of classifications and methodology (SCN2008). PHINDIRITBL  Supply and Use tables (SUT) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y N Y Date 31-Aug-2011 29-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y Y N Y Date 31-Aug-2011 29-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 2/2/2016 Page 10 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) PHINDIRITBL  Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y N Y Date 31-Aug-2011 29-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Producer Price Index (PPI) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y N Y Date 31-Aug-2011 29-May-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Proportion of statistical products released in accordance with national statistics release calendar (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 20.00 100.00 70.00 Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 Comments The actual numbers involving this indicator are related to only the economic statistics. PHINDIRITBL  Communications and Dissemination Policy Adopted by NSS (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 31-Aug-2011 30-Apr-2015 15-Dec-2015 31-Aug-2016 Overall Comments 2/2/2016 Page 11 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P118858 IDA-50100 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 15.34 11.54 51% P118858 TF-10425 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 6.94 3.06 69% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P118858 IDA-50100 Effective 25-Aug-2011 27-Feb-2014 28-Apr-2014 31-Aug-2016 31-Aug-2016 P118858 TF-10425 Effective 27-Feb-2014 27-Feb-2014 28-Apr-2014 31-Aug-2016 31-Aug-2016 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. 2/2/2016 Page 12 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Ghana Statistics Development Program (P118858) Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 2/2/2016 Page 13 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy