The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 21-Jan-2022 | ISR49842 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Home Affairs, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 30-Mar-2020 Effectiveness Date: 23-Jun-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Dec-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve coverage of civil registration of vital events, particularly births and deaths in Lao PDR, with the establishment of a functional electronic civil management information system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Strengthening the Provision and Use of Civil Registration Services:(Cost $21.30 M) Component 2: Monitoring and Impact Evaluation:(Cost $1.00 M) Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.70 M) 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 Despite the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, progress towards achievement of the project development objective and implementation progress are both satisfactory. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) Department of Citizen Management (DCM) has been actively engaged in project implementation in coordination with relevant line ministries and provinces, and is working closely with the National Project Coordination Office (NPCO) full-time consultants, including the Project Technical Adviser, Information Technology (IT) Adviser, Financial Management Officer, Project Accountant, and Administrative Assistant. As part of the capacity building of the NPCO, the positions of Project Coordinator and Procurement Officer, which were previously held by full-time consultants, have been taken over by MOHA DCM civil servants since May 2021. The NPCO continues to be supported by short-term international consultants (covering IT Enterprise Architect, and Procurement) who were recruited to provide technical advice. The agreed actions in the June 2021 Aide Memoire have all been completed, and the contract for the design the civil management information system has been signed on January 6, 2022. The MOHA is adhering to the legal covenants on institutional arrangements, project operations manual, annual work plans and budgets, and safeguards. 1/21/2022 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve the coverage of civil registration of vital events IN01087510 ►National birth registration coverage (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 38.70 40.60 40.60 70.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 IN01087511 ►Birth registration coverage in rural districts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 32.40 43.90 43.90 65.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comments: Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR 1/21/2022 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) IN01087512 ►Birth registration coverage in the bottom 20 percent districts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 13.10 34.90 34.90 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087513 ►National death registration coverage (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 36.10 37.50 37.50 46.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Strengthening the provision and use of civil registration services IN01087514 ►Births registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 70,732.00 145,022.00 145,022.00 580,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087517 ►Births registered, female (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 35,234.00 72,751.00 72,751.00 275,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087519 ►Deaths registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 1/21/2022 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Value 19,238.00 39,198.00 39,198.00 130,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087520 ►WHO medical certificate of cause of death completed by medically qualified doctors (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087521 ►Marriages registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20,708.00 43,071.00 43,071.00 130,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087522 ►Divorces registered (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,422.00 9,441.00 9,441.00 24,800.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Will be updated with calendar year 2021 data in the next ISR Comments: IN01087523 ►Provinces providing birth registration data through the CMIS to the central level (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 The Year 1 target is 0 since this is dependent on the establishment of the CMIS. Comments: IN01087524 ►Districts that have completed the digitization of existing paper records (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 1/21/2022 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 This exercise is linked to the CMIS. Comments: IN01087525 ►Standard operating procedures based on 2018 Family Registration Law finalized and disseminated (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Standard operating Standard operating procedures based on procedures based on Standard operating 2018 Family Standard operating 2018 Family Registration procedures Value Registration Law has procedures drafted Law has been finalized disseminated to all been finalized for for dissemination to DOHAs dissemination to POHAs and DOHAs POHAs and DOHAs Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 IN01087526 ►DOHA and POHA personnel trained on CRVS (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 344.00 374.00 160.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 IN01087527 ►SBCC conducted in provinces (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Comprehensive SBCC strategy/program finalized and rollout will commence in 2022 Comments: IN01087528 ►Grievances responded to within stipulated service standards for response (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 IN01087529 ►Summary report of the grievance redress system published (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Grievance system is yet Grievance system is Value None to be established as part yet to be established Published of the CMIS as part of the CMIS Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 1/21/2022 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Component 2: Monitoring and Impact evaluation IN01087515 ►Annual progress reports disseminated to stakeholders, including POHA and DOHA, at annual consultative meetings (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 IN01087518 ►Annual vital statistics reports that uses civil registration data (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 The targets for both Year 1 and Year 2 are zero since it was envisaged this will take about 2 years from Comments: project effectiveness Component 3: Project management IN01087516 ►National Program Coordination Office Personnel or DCM staff trained on CRVS or project management (cumulative) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 26.00 26.00 20.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2021 20-Dec-2021 31-Dec-2024 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P167601 IDA-65700 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 2.31 23.18 9.1% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P167601 IDA-65700 Effective 30-Mar-2020 28-Apr-2020 23-Jun-2020 31-Mar-2025 31-Mar-2025 1/21/2022 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao People’s Democratic Republic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Project (P167601) Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/21/2022 Page 7 of 7