The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Argentina | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2017 | Seq No: 16 | Archived on 19-Dec-2024 | ISR02662 Implementing Agencies: General Secretariat - Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Provincial Organization for Social and Urban Integration (OPISU) - Province of Buenos Aires, Unidad de Proyectos Especiales (UPE) Urbanización Barrio Padre Carlos Mugica (UUBPCM) - Autonomous C 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 02-Apr-2018) The Project Development Objectives are to improve housing conditions and access to selected basic services and infrastructure in selected disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), and strengthen the institutional capacity for urban management at the metropolitan level. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Urban and social integration of Barrio 31 in CABA:(Cost 194,570,000.00) Habitat improvement of disadvantaged neighborhoods in Greater Buenos Aires:(Cost 36,300,000.00) Strenghtening institutional capacities for metropolitan urban management:(Cost 3,000,000.00) Project Management and Monitoring – CABA:(Cost 7,000,000.00) Project Management and Monitoring – PBA:(Cost 1,120,000.00) Front End Fees:(Cost 500,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Dec 19, 2024 Page 1 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions City of Buenos Aires: The Project implementation period concluded in December 2023, and the development objectives for the City of Buenos Aires have been largely achieved.  Province of Buenos Aires: The Province of Buenos Aires continues to implement interventions aimed at improving living conditions for residents in selected neighborhoods in the Province. Currently, works are underway in three neighborhoods, and OPISU is making progress in preparing new subprojects to ensure full commitment of the available funds. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 015 - 21 Jun Proposed Rating 02 Apr 2018 2024 Political and Governance Moderate High High Macroeconomic Moderate High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Dec 19, 2024 Page 2 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Number of people (of which females) provided with improved access to selected basic services. Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of people (of which 0.00 Jun/2017 47,126.00 18-Jun-2024 47,157.00 13-Dec-2024 75,023.00 Jun/2025 females) provided with Comments on The current value reported corresponds to 40,269 for Component 1 (Barrio Mugica) and 6,890 improved access to selected achieving targets (estimated) for Component 2 (Province of Buenos Aires). basic services. (Number) 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 Percentage of females Comments on This indicator measures the percentage of female provided with access to basic services. (Percentage) achieving targets Number of people (of which females) provided with improved housing. Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of people (of which 0.00 Jun/2017 2,961 18-Jun-2024 2,992 13-Dec-2024 3,221.00 Jun/2025 females) provided with Comments on This indicator has shown improvement since the last ISR, as the resettlement process under improved housing. achieving targets the highway concluded in May of this year with the completion of the YPF 3 housing works, (Number) which has allowed the relocation of the remaining 55 families. 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 Percentage of females Comments on This indicator measures the percentage of female beneficiaries assigned to new housing in (Percentage) achieving targets Barrio 31 in the YPF plot under Sub-component 1.2. Metropolitan Information System (AMBA-DATA) developed and operational. Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year No System Jun/2017 Operational for 18-Jun-2024 Operational for 13-Dec-2024 Operational for Jun/2023 external use external use external use Comments on This indicator measures the success of the initiatives supported through Component 3, on Metropolitan Information achieving targets strengthening the institutional capacities of CABA and PBA for metropolitan urban System (AMBA-DATA) management. The baseline is set as “No System.” Intermediate targets were proposed to developed and operational. reflec the evolving development phases of AMBA-DATA, from the earlier diagnostic and (Text) definition of the general architecture and data model phase to the latter development of the architecture, functionalities and sustainability aspects of the system. AMBA-DATA is to be launched and operational initially for internal use. The system will be considered fully operational when made available for external users, at the end of the Project. 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Urban and social integration of Barrio 31 in CABA Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2017 40,203.00 18-Jun-2024 40,269.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 Direct project beneficiaries Comments on Direct beneficiaries are people or groups who directly derive benefits from an intervention (Number) achieving targets (i.e., children who benefit from an immunization program; families that have a new piped water connection). 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 Female beneficiaries Comments on Based on the assessment and definition of direct project beneficiaries, specify what (Percentage) achieving targets percentage of the beneficiaries are female. Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) 0.00 Jun/2017 2,961 18-Jun-2024 2,992 13-Dec-2024 3,221.00 Jun/2023 Number of people provided Comments on This indicator has shown improvement since the last ISR, as the resettlement process under with improved housing with achieving targets the highway concluded in May of this year with the completion of the YPF 3 housing works, property title. (Number) which has allowed the relocation of the remaining 55 families. 0.00 Jun/2017 100.00 18-Jun-2024 100.00 18-Jun-2024 100.00 Jun/2023 Comments on This indicator measures the percentage of women assigned to the new housing units in the Percentage of women given achieving targets YPF plot under Sub-component 1.2 that were informed about their right and given the option the option to exercise their to have a property title. The indicator does not measure the percentage of women wih actual right to have a property title. property titles because the right to titling will not be presented as an obligation, but rather as (Percentage) an option. An accessible redress system will be in place to receive and handle complaints and monitor cases. Unresolved cases will be deducted from this indicator. 0.00 Jun/2017 39,429.00 18-Jun-2024 39,429.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 Comments on This indicator measures the actual number of people in urban areas who benefited from achieving targets improved water supply services that have been constructed under the project. Guidance on "improved water sources": Improved water sources include piped household connections (house or yard connections), public standpipe, boreholes, protected dug well, protected spring Number of people in urban and rainwater collection. Hence, "Improved Water Sources" do not include, inter alia, water areas provided with access to provided through tanker truck, or vendor, unprotected well, unprotected spring, surface water Improved Water Sources (river, pond, dam, lake, stream, irrigation channel), or bottled water. The definition of what is under the project (Number) considered an ‘improved water source' follows the UNICEF-WHO Joint Monitoring Program definition. Note that "Improved Water Sources" does not refer to the question of new versus rehabilitated water sources, but is the standard definition used to track progress on the Millennium Development Goals.Indicator will be updated once the households connections are c Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 40,183.00 18-Jun-2024 40,183.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 areas provided with access to Comments on The completion of the water project is pending and will be addressed through a new Improved Sanitation under achieving targets administrative process in the year 2024. the project (Number) Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural 0.00 Jun/2017 17.92 18-Jun-2024 17.92 13-Dec-2024 17.92 Jun/2023 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) (Kilometers) Comments on Kilometers of all non-rural roads reopened to motorized traffic, rehabilitated, or upgraded achieving targets under the project. Non-rural roads are roads functionally classified in various countries as Trunk or Primary, Secondary or Link roads, or sometimes Tertiary roads. Typically, non-rural roads connect urban centers/towns/settlements of more than 5,000 inhabitants to each other or to higher classes of road, market towns and urban centers. Urban roads are included in non- rural roads. 0.00 Jun/2017 29,224.00 18-Jun-2024 29,224.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 Comments on Access to electricity is consistent with the definition used in the World Bank energy sector. This achieving targets indicator measures the number of people in urban areas that have received an electricity Number of people in urban connection under the project via new connections aimed at connecting households. It is areas provided with access to expected that the baseline value for this indicator will be zero. Guidance on people with electricity under the project electricity connection: The data on the number of people provided with electricity connections by household connections can be approximated by multiplying the actual number of household connections with an (Number) estimate of the average household size. Guidance on type of connection: In urban areas access will be provided through grid connections. A grid connection is when electricity is being supplied by a distribution network served by te country or region's interconnected transmission system. 0.00 Jun/2017 40,182.00 18-Jun-2024 40,182.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 Number of people in urban Comments on This indicator measures the cumulative number of people in urban areas that were provided areas provided with improved achieving targets new drainage services in an area that has not had these services before, as well as with the storm water drainage upgrading, rehabilitation, and/or modernization of drainage services in an areaith existing (Number) drainage services, constructed under the project. 0.00 Jun/2017 40,203.00 18-Jun-2024 40,203.00 13-Dec-2024 40,203.00 Jun/2023 Number of people in urban Comments on This indicator measures the cumulative number of people in urban areas that were provided areas provided with access to achieving targets new and/or improved public lighting infrastructure under the project. The target for this public lighting (Number) indicator is lower than for other services due to the estimated population of 2000 people already benefitting from this service. Number of participatory 0.00 Jun/2017 684.00 18-Jun-2024 684.00 13-Dec-2024 582.00 Jun/2023 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) sessions carried out related to Comments on This indicator measures the cumulative number of participatory sessions related to the the improvement of housing achieving targets resettlement process of the people that currently reside under the Illia Highway. The sessions conditions under sub- will be carried out before, during and after the resettlement process. The government of CABA component 1.2 of the Project. has various types of participatory sessions; according to the approach and methodology, these (Number) may be informative, consultative or decisive. On average, 20 people participate in each session, so a total of 1,000 people are expected to participate. Habitat improvement of disadvantaged neighborhoods in Greater Buenos Aires Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2017 6,923.00 18-Jun-2024 13,070 13-Dec-2024 34,820.00 Jun/2025 Direct project beneficiaries Comments on are reported individuals or groups who derive direct benefits from an intervention are (Number) achieving targets reported (i.e., children who benefit from a program; families who have a new water connection). Female beneficiaries 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 (Percentage) Percentage of households in 0.00 Jun/2017 96.00 18-Jun-2024 5 13-Dec-2024 55.00 Jun/2025 which a woman is registered as owner or co-owner on the title at the beginning of the land regularization process (Percentage) Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 6,394.00 18-Jun-2024 274 18-Jun-2024 31,975.00 Jun/2025 areas provided with access to Improved Water Sources under the project (Number) Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 6,394.00 18-Jun-2024 16,649 13-Dec-2024 31,975.00 Jun/2025 areas provided with access to Improved Sanitation under the project (Number) Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural 0.00 Jun/2017 4.30 18-Jun-2024 4.30 18-Jun-2024 22.00 Jun/2025 (Kilometers) Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 336.00 18-Jun-2024 336.00 18-Jun-2024 3,265.00 Jun/2025 areas provided with access to Comments on Reported results correspond to beneficiaries in Carlos Gardel, Moron. electricity under the project achieving targets by household connections (Number) Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 4,151.00 18-Jun-2024 1 13-Dec-2024 31,975.00 Jun/2025 areas provided with improved Comments on This corrects what was reported in the previous ISR storm water drainage achieving targets (Number) Number of people in urban 0.00 Jun/2017 6,923.00 18-Jun-2024 3,124 13-Dec-2024 34,820.00 Jun/2025 areas provided with access to Comments on This corrects what was reported in the previous ISR public lighting (Number) achieving targets Percentage of subproject 0.00 Jun/2017 71.43 18-Jun-2024 100 13-Dec-2024 100.00 Jun/2025 designs validated through Comments on Results reported correspond to Carlos Gardel, Moron. citizen participation activities achieving targets (Percentage) Guidelines for the replication 0.00 Jun/2017 0.00 18-Jun-2024 0.00 18-Jun-2024 2.00 Jun/2025 of intervention model in neighborhoods with similar characteristics developed (Number) Number of parcels benefitted 0.00 Jun/2017 0.00 18-Jun-2024 0.00 13-Dec-2024 5,774.00 Jun/2025 under the project with Comments on Reported results correspond to Carlos Gardel, Moron. increased tenure security achieving targets (Number) Percentage of complaints 0.00 Jun/2017 67.00 18-Jun-2024 62 13-Dec-2024 80.00 Jun/2025 responded to or resolved within the standard response Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) period (Percentage) 28.00 Jun/2017 19.00 18-Jun-2024 19.00 13-Dec-2024 19.00 Jun/2025 Percentage of women who Comments on The indicator has not been measured as it is reported annually, therefore the previous value is feel insecure in the achieving targets maintained. neighborhood (Percentage) Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Historical Disbursed IBRD-87070 Effective 30.00 30.00 0.00 30.00 0.00 100.00 30.00 % IBRD-87060 Closed 170.00 170.00 0.00 169.96 0.00 99.98% 170.00 IBRD-89910 Effective 100.00 100.00 0.00 26.95 73.05 26.95% 100.00 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Dec 19, 2024 Page 9 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project (P159843) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IBRD-87060 Closed 27-Feb-2017 21-Dec-2017 06-Apr-2018 30-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2023 IBRD-87070 Effective 27-Feb-2017 21-Dec-2017 21-Mar-2018 30-Jun-2023 28-Feb-2025 IBRD-89910 Effective 18-Jun-2019 11-Dec-2020 08-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2025 30-Jun-2025 8. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 27-Feb-2017 27-Feb-2017 Effectiveness 21-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2018 Mid-Term Review No. 01 05-Oct-2020 30-Nov-2020 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Jun-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 23-Oct-2018 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 14-Jul-2021 Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 15-Jun-2023 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Dec 19, 2024 Page 10 of 10