The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Nicaragua | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 13 | ARCHIVED on 28-Jul-2022 | ISR52433 | Implementing Agencies: Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure), Republic of Nicaragua, Road Maintenance Fund (FOMAV) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 06-Mar-2017 Effectiveness Date: 17-May-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 27-Dec-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 11-Nov-2019 Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objectives of the Project are to: (a) improve safe and sustainable access to markets and services in targeted rural and urban areas of the Recipient; and (b) in the event of an Eligible Emergency, provide immediate and effective response to said Eligible Emergency. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Road Infrastructure Improvement:(Cost $120.11 M) Component 2: Road Safety:(Cost $8.10 M) Component 3: Institutional Strengthening and Implementation Support:(Cost $3.37 M) Component 4: Immediate Response Mechanism Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions To date, US$121.75 million out of the US131.8 million loan have been disbursed, with the disbursement rate at 92.37%. The ratings are Satisfactory for both Progress towards Achievement of PDO and Overall Implementation Progress as per the latest Implementation Status and Results Report as of January 6, 2022. The end-of-project targets of the PDO have already been met (with some indicators exceeding the target), and most of the and intermediate outcome indicators are close to be met. The closing date of the Project has been extended to June 30, 2023, to use the savings under the Sub-component 1.2 (Rehabilitating and improving of Rural Roads) for addressing impacts of climate change on selected vulnerable points under Sub-component 1.4. 7/28/2022 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve safe and sustainable access to markets and services in targeted rural and urban areas IN01171166 ►Total travel time to access markets and services in targeted urban and rural Project areas (% reduction) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21.70 33.60 33.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171167 Total travel time to access markets and services in targeted rural Project areas during rainy season (% reduction) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 29.40 44.50 44.00 IN01171168 ►Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (Percentage, Custom) 7/28/2022 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35.63 37.90 41.05 39.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 During the MTR, since rural population is difficult to define, it was agreed that this indicator will be revised as "Percentage of population that has access to a paved road" to count in the total population, regardless of rural or non-rural. Accordingly, the sub-indicator will also be revised as "Number of population that has access to a paved road". For this reason, the baseline and the target was revised accordingly. Comments: The current value of the indicator "Number of population that has access to a paved road" is lower than the previous value, because the methodology to measure was refined/updated during the MTR. The previous number had been overestimated. IN01171169 Number of rural people with access to an all-season road (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 951,778.00 1,026,977.00 1,132,317.00 1,100,188.00 IN01171170 ►Road traffic fatalities on selected non-rural road sections (% reduction) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.50 90.50 45.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 The monitor frequency of this indicator is annually from 3rd year of the proposed Project, currently not yet Comments: due. IN01171171 ►Creation of a maintenance program for the roads intervened under the project, through maintenance contracts for service levels, for a period of at least 4 years. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 18-Apr-2018 16-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171172 ►Level of Service maintained on roads intervened by the project through closing (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 Date 14-Apr-2017 16-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Road Infrastructure Improvement IN01171173 7/28/2022 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) ►Roads constructed, Rural (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 77.00 77.00 87.27 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171176 ►Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 57.87 57.87 49.81 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171179 ►Rural roads paved with adoquines under performance-based routine maintenance (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 200.81 200.81 200.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171181 ►Short-term employment through participation in rural road construction works, disaggregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,372.00 2,372.00 850.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 The percentage of women's participation in rural road construction works decreased a bit due to increased Comments: hire of total employment and lower participation of women. IN01171183 Share of women employed in short-term MCA rural road construction works (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21.20 21.20 30.00 IN01171184 ►Medium and long-term employment through participation in cooperatives for performance-based maintenance, disaggregated by gender (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 114.00 114.00 50.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 Comments: For the indicator of "Share of women employed in long-term cooperatives for performance-based maintenance", we have discussed this with the client, the reason was that due to increased total employment of the maintenance and low interest of women participate in the longer-term jobs, the current value of the indicator was poorly presented. Per Bank’s request, FOMAV (the maintenance agency) conducted a survey to assess the gender composition in these communities and why women have low 7/28/2022 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) interest in participating. Based on the conclusions of the survey, it was agreed that the target value of the sub-indicator to be decreased from 30% to 15%. IN01171185 Share of women employed in long-term cooperatives for performance-based maintenance. (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 IN01171186 ►Direct Project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 466,661.00 484,028.00 484,028.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171187 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 51.00 51.00 51.00 IN01171188 ►Number of vulnerable spots on the road network with implemented countermeasures for climate resilience (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 7.00 7.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 The sub-component is currently ongoing. Comments: IN01171189 ►Percentage of population in Project areas who can access the nearest city of 30,000 population within 60 minutes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 92.00 94.00 94.00 94.00 Date 30-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 With Macuelizo - Santa Maria Phase I finished, the indicator is updated. Comments: IN01171190 ►Percentage of population in Project areas who can access to nearest major hospital within 30 minutes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 66.00 69.00 69.00 69.00 Date 30-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 All the road sections with access to urban area (where the major hospitals are) are under construction, Comments: therefore the accessibility to the nearest hospital has not been changed yet. 7/28/2022 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Component 2: Road Safety IN01171174 ►Accident black spots removed on most vulnerable sections of the road network (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 6.00 12.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171177 ►Net change in road related fatalities along intervened rural roads (Component 1.2) per year (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 31-Jan-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 As the project will upgrade rural roads with improved pavement, increased speed will be an inevitable result. Thus, the project included implementation of road safety measurement to avoid more accidents Comments: happening due to the upgrade of the roads. The target was set in a conservative way to not increase the number of accidents compare to the situation without the project. Component 3: Institutional Strengthening and Implementation Support IN01171178 ►Number of MTI and FOMAV staff receiving training under the capacity building initiatives (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171180 Number of MTI and FOMAV staff trained, which are female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 IN01171182 ►Share of project beneficiaries surveyed and satisfied (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 79.01 79.01 75.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 The beneficiary report completed in late 2019 completed the survey the provided the numbers of this Comments: indicator. 7/28/2022 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Component 4: Immediate Response Mechanism IN01171175 ►Time taken to disburse funds requested by the Government for an eligible emergency (Weeks, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 01-Jun-2017 15-Dec-2021 15-Jul-2022 30-Jun-2023 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P160359 IDA-59630 Effective USD 46.80 46.80 0.00 39.82 6.98 85% P160359 IDA-59640 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 49.80 0.20 100% P160359 IDA-62010 Effective USD 35.00 35.00 0.00 32.12 2.88 92% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P160359 IDA-59630 Effective 06-Mar-2017 10-Mar-2017 17-May-2017 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2023 P160359 IDA-59640 Effective 06-Mar-2017 10-Mar-2017 17-May-2017 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2023 P160359 IDA-62010 Effective 15-Mar-2018 02-Apr-2018 29-Jun-2018 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 7/28/2022 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project (P160359) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 27-Jun-2022 Related Project(s) P165467-Rural and Urban Access Improvement Project Additional Financing 7/28/2022 Page 8 of 8