The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2018 | Seq No: 14 | Archived on 31-Mar-2025 | ISR03368 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Public Works and Transport 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 18-May-2018) To improve the road condition, safety and climate resilience on critical sections of National Road 13. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Road Improvement and Maintenance:(Cost 120,500,000.00) Technical Assistance and Supervision:(Cost 4,800,000.00) Project Management:(Cost 2,700,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Apr 01, 2025 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) All Project Development Objectives has been achieved. The original 58 km Sykeut -Phonhong road section civil works have been completed and is in the 2nd year of the Operation and Maintenance phase of the OPBRC contract. The construction of the additional 6 km Sikhai - Sykeut section is completed. There are many transferable lessons from this project's successful implementation of OPBRC to future road construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance projects both within Laos and neighboring countries. The project is on track to close on time with all works and activities completed before the project closing date (March 31, 2025). 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 013 - 16 Sep Proposed Rating 18 May 2018 2024 Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic High Substantial Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Moderate Apr 01, 2025 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Objective 1: Road Condition Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Road condition: Reduction in 0.00 May/2018 25.00 09-Aug-2024 25.00 14-Feb-2025 20.00 Mar/2025 vehicle operating costs on the project road (Percentage) Objective 2: Road Safety Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Road safety: Increase in 1.00 May/2018 3.00 09-Aug-2024 3.00 14-Feb-2025 3.00 Mar/2025 average iRAP star rating of Comments on iRAP survey and assessment was carried out in May 2023 on the improved road by the Asian the project road (Number) achieving targets Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand. Objective 3: Climate Resilience Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Climate resilience: Project No May/2018 Yes 09-Aug-2024 Yes 14-Feb-2025 Yes Mar/2025 road upgraded and improved, with climate resilient measures (Yes/No) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Apr 01, 2025 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) Road Improvement and Maintenance Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 7.00 May/2018 3.30 09-Aug-2024 3.30 14-Feb-2025 3.00 Mar/2025 Reduction in average IRI Comments on After the completion of the pavement works along the original 58 km, the IRI was 3.3m/km. (Number) achieving targets The IRI measurement for the additional 6km has not been carried out at the time of the last mission. The final measured value for both sections at the time of the project completion will be reported in the ICR. Kilometers of road upgraded 0.00 May/2018 19.00 09-Aug-2024 25 27-Mar-2025 25.00 Mar/2025 from 2 to 4 lanes, with Comments on The upgrade of the first 19km (part of the original 56 km) and the additional 6km has been climate resilience measures achieving targets completed. The indicator is reported as completed at 25km in length. (Kilometers) Kilometers of road improved 0.00 May/2018 39.00 09-Aug-2024 39.00 14-Feb-2025 39.00 May/2023 on 2 lanes, with climate resilience measures (Kilometers) Roads rehablitated 0.00 May/2018 58.00 09-Aug-2024 64 14-Feb-2025 64.00 Mar/2025 (Kilometers) Roads rehabilitated - 0.00 58.00 64 64.00 non-rural (Kilometers) 0.00 May/2018 58.00 09-Aug-2024 58.00 14-Feb-2025 64.00 Mar/2025 Kilometers of roads Comments on The original 58 km Sykeut to Phonhong road section has been completed and is in the 2nd transferred to performance achieving targets year of the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) phase of the OPBRC contract. The based O&M phase under construction of the additional 6 km Sykhai-Sykeut section is 98% completed and will start its OPBRC (Kilometers) O&M phase under the OPBRC by April 2025, bringing the total value of the indicator to 64km at the time of the ICR. This will be confirmed at ICR. Percentage of adjacent 0.00 May/2018 90.00 09-Aug-2024 90.00 14-Feb-2025 90.00 Mar/2025 markets with improved Apr 01, 2025 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) pedestrian facilities, with focus on safety of women traders and school children (Percentage) Share of women employed in 0.00 May/2018 7.00 09-Aug-2024 35.00 14-Feb-2025 15.00 Mar/2025 paid jobs in implementation of OPBRC (Percentage) Contractor’s workforce 0.00 May/2018 100.00 09-Aug-2024 100.00 14-Feb-2025 100.00 Mar/2025 trained on ESHS, OHS and GBV Code of Conduct (Percentage) Project beneficiaries 0.00 May/2018 500,000.00 02-Feb-2024 500,000.00 14-Feb-2025 500,000.00 Mar/2025 (number), of which female (percentage) (Number) Female project 0.00 47.00 47.00 47.00 beneficiaries (Percentage) Technical Assistance and Supervision Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Grievances registered related 0.00 May/2018 99.00 09-Aug-2024 100 14-Feb-2025 90.00 Mar/2025 to delivery of the project addressed, with disagrigated data by gender (Percentage) Total Number of MPWT staff 0.00 May/2018 98.00 09-Aug-2024 98.00 14-Feb-2025 40.00 Mar/2025 received training on OPBRC and related topics (Number) Apr 01, 2025 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) Number of MPWT female 0.00 May/2018 19.00 09-Aug-2024 19.00 14-Feb-2025 15.00 Mar/2025 staff received training on OPBRC and related topics (Number) Apr 01, 2025 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) 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-62260 Closed 40.00 36.34 0.00 34.24 3.04 91.84% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-62260 Closed 18-May-2018 23-Jul-2018 22-Jan-2019 31-May-2023 31-Mar-2025 8. KEY DATES Apr 01, 2025 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance (P163730) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 18-May-2018 18-May-2018 Effectiveness 22-Jan-2019 22-Jan-2019 Mid-Term Review No. 01 22-Jul-2021 06-Dec-2021 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Mar-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 26-Apr-2019 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 30-Mar-2023 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Apr 01, 2025 Page 8 of 8