The World Bank Report No: ISR13524 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: 14 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 09-Feb-2014 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 09-Oct-2013 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 Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status Overview Based on the findings of the November/December 2013 full implementation review mission, implementation of the project continues to make steady progress towards the achievement of its objectives. More specifically: - The implementation of all project funded activities has fully resumed in Mali and is making good progress; - the implementation of the Sikasso – Heremakono road rehabilitation/reconstruction works contract in Mali is making good progress and should be substantially completed by Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR13524 August 2014; - the Ouagadougou - Sakoinse road reconstruction works contract in Burkina Faso has been completed since April 2013; - implementation of the Buipe - Tamale road rehabilitation/reconstruction road works contract is expected to be fully completed by February 2014; - the bulk of the country specific facilitation activities have long been completed; Public Disclosure Copy - construction of the intervening stations/rest stop areas in Ghana and rest stop in Mali should commence before the end of the 1st quarter 2014; - construction of the Satellite Transit Trucking Village (STTV) in Ghana should commence before the end of the 1st quarter of 2014; and - project disbursements remain strong. However, implementation of some of the key key regional transit facilitation activities, such as the interface/interconnection of customs management systems between Ghana - Burkina Faso - Mali, is proceeding more slowly than what was expected in June 2013. That is why the implementation performance (IP) rating for the project remains as ‘Moderately Satisfactory’ ('MS'). Lastly, as of mid-January 2014, disbursements had reached about US$140 million against a Project Appraisal Document (PAD). For the current World Bank fiscal year (FY14) projected revised disbursement target is around US$46 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 Public Disclosure Copy 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 Mali Region de Segou Region de Segou Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR13524 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Mali Region de Sikasso Bougouni Public Disclosure Copy Mali District de Bamako Bamako Burkina-Faso Hauts-Bassins Orodara Results 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 days 5.6 days containers from the exit at the Port of Tema to Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Ouagadougou decreases by 20%. Comments Average tranist time for imports moving by Text Value 15 days 12 days 12 days container from the exit at the Port of Tema to Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Bamako decreases by 20%. Comments 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 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Comments 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 13-Dec-2013 28-Mar-2014 Comments 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; 3 - Ghana; 0 - BF; 6 - Mali 2 - Ghana 0 - Burkina Faso 1 Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali (excluding 4 - Mali - Mali Public Disclosure Copy border posts). Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Comments Border crossing time at Paga (Ghana/BF). Text Value 5 hours 3 hours and 45 minutes 4 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Comments Border crossing time at Heremakono Text Value 4 hours 27 hours 3 hours Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR13524 Comments This indicator will be updated in February 2014 to ensure its reliability. Public Disclosure Copy Average dwell time for transit trucks in the Text Value 48 hours 48 hours 24 hours satellite trucking village near the Port of Tema Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Comments STTV still not operational. Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural Kilometers Value 0.00 154.00 220.00 Date 19-Jun-2008 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 Comments Ougadougou - Sakoinse road The end of target figure was fully completed + about 100 changed from about 356 km km of wearing course just to about 220 km to include completed on Buipe - Tamale only the portion of the road. 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 13-Dec-2013 31-Mar-2014 the corridor targeted by the project Comments Data on Financial Performance (as of 23-Jan-2014) 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 Public Disclosure Copy P079749 IDA-44350 Effective XDR 24.60 24.60 0.00 14.98 9.62 61.00 P079749 IDA-44380 Effective XDR 43.00 43.00 0.00 40.46 2.54 94.00 P079749 IDA-44390 Effective XDR 49.10 49.10 0.00 36.14 12.96 74.00 Disbursement Graph Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR13524 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The Governments of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali have all submitted formal requests to extend the closing date of their respective Credits from March 31, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The World Bank is currently reviewing the requests and will communicate its final decision on the matter by mid-February 2014 at the latest. Restructuring History Level two Approved on 15-Jan-2014 Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5