The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Tonga | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2020 | Seq No: 10 | Archived on 09- Feb-2025 | ISR02803 Implementing Agencies: Tonga Statistics Department (TSD) 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 11-Feb-2020) To improve the quality and efficiency of welfare data collection, and accessibility to comparable welfare data in Tonga. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Innovation & capacity building in data collection:(Cost 1,390,000,000,000.00) Institutional strengthening:(Cost 334,000,000,000.00) Implementation support:(Cost 276,000,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Feb 09, 2025 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) The World Bank Board of Directors approved the project on February 11, 2020. The Financing Agreement was signed on June 3, 2020, and the project became effective on May 7, 2020. The first disbursements were made on November 6, 2020. The project's implementation progress rating was downgraded to Moderately Unsatisfactory at the Mid-Term Review Mission in May 2023 due to limited progress in several project activities. The progress rating was upgraded in April 2024 to Moderately Satisfactory after the implementation issues were addressed. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 09 - 01 May Proposed Rating 11 Feb 2020 2024 Political and Governance Moderate Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Low Low Low Stakeholders Low Low Low Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Feb 09, 2025 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improve efficiency of HIES implementation Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Aug/2019 16.50 05-Apr-2024 16.50 09-Dec-2024 20.00 Dec/2026 Percentage decrease in per- Comments on The indicator will assess the per-survey cost of core HIES data collection for the project- survey cost of core HIES data achieving targets financed HIES rounds in 2020/21 and 2024/25 and compare them to the per-survey costs collection compared to incurred in the 2015/16 round. A per-survey comparison of "core" data is specified to 2015/16 (Percentage) exclude the extra costs of additional modules that were not collected in 2015/16. Improve quality of data production Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of HIES datasets 0.00 Aug/2019 1.00 05-Apr-2024 1.00 09-Dec-2024 2.00 Dec/2026 produced during the project Comments on Survey data produced using improved electronic data capture systems have built-in checks lifetime using improved achieving targets and data cleaning/processing functions that improve the quality of data compared to paper electronic data capture surveys. systems (Number) Improve accessibility of welfare data Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Aug/2019 50.00 05-Apr-2024 50.00 09-Dec-2024 40.00 Dec/2026 Share of HIES datasets Comments on Share of anonymized and non-confidential HIES datasets, including previous survey rounds available for open access achieving targets not financed by the Project, that are made available for open access, i.e. without requiring (Percentage) approval by TSD. Feb 09, 2025 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) Improve regional comparability Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of comparable 0.00 Sep/2019 11 05-Apr-2024 11 09-Dec-2024 14.00 Dec/2026 regional indicators produced Comments on The project will establish a core set of regionally comparable indicators. (Number) achieving targets 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Innovation & capacity building in data collection Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Length of time between the 25.00 Nov/2018 22 05-Apr-2024 22 09-Dec-2024 12.00 Dec/2026 completion of data collection Comments on This indicator measures the time lag between the completion of HIES data collection and the and the publication of a achieving targets publication of a poverty report based on the HIES data. poverty report (Months) Number of UNSD Minimum 5.00 Aug/2019 21 05-Apr-2024 21 09-Dec-2024 17.00 Dec/2026 List gender indicators Comments on The indicator measures the number of gender indicators (drawn from the UNSD Minimum available using data collected achieving targets List of Gender Indicators) that are reported by the NSO using HIES data collected before the within the past 5 years project and comparing it to the number during the project lifetime. (Number) Food price index is No Oct/2019 No 05-Apr-2024 No 09-Dec-2024 Yes Dec/2026 maintained and published Comments on This indicator tracks the maintenance of the Food Price Index, supported by the project. along with CPI (Yes/No) achieving targets Report is produced based on No Oct/2019 No 05-Apr-2024 No 09-Dec-2024 Yes Dec/2026 HIES data user feedback Comments on This is a beneficiary feedback indicator which tracks whether the feedback from HIES data survey (Yes/No) achieving targets users is analyzed. Feb 09, 2025 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) No Oct/2019 Yes 05-Apr-2024 Yes 09-Dec-2024 Yes Dec/2026 Public consultation and Comments on This indicator examines whether the 2020/21 and 2024/25 HIES rounds utilize citizen awareness campaign achieving targets engagement by announcing the HIES and holding public consultations on the questionnaire. conducted on the HIES questionnaire (Yes/No) This is a citizen engagement indicator. Building materials price index No Oct/2019 No 05-Apr-2024 No 09-Dec-2024 Yes Dec/2026 is established and maintained Comments on This indicator measures whether the building materials price index, the start-up of which is with CPI (Yes/No) achieving targets supported by the project, is sustained throughout the project lifetime. Institutional strengthening Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of analytical 0.00 Aug/2019 2 05-Apr-2024 2 09-Dec-2024 5.00 Dec/2026 products produced by NSO Comments on This indicator measures the improved technical capacity of TSD by tracking the number of during project lifetime achieving targets analytical reports produced during the project lifetime. (Number) Analytical reports present No Oct/2019 Yes 05-Apr-2024 Yes 09-Dec-2024 Yes Dec/2026 indicators that are Comments on This indicator measures improvement in the quality of technical skills in TSD by monitoring disaggregated by disability achieving targets the targeted improvement in the quality of analytical reports. Disability is used due to it status (Yes/No) being a stated priority of TSD. Feb 09, 2025 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-D5430 Effective 2.00 1.96 0.00 1.09 0.91 54.31% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-D5430 Effective 11-Feb-2020 24-Mar-2020 07-May-2020 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 8. KEY DATES Feb 09, 2025 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in Tonga (P171377) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 11-Feb-2020 11-Feb-2020 Effectiveness 07-May-2020 07-May-2020 Mid-Term Review No. 01 15-May-2023 16-May-2023 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2026 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 14-Jan-2024 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Feb 09, 2025 Page 7 of 7