57227 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Dominican Republic Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 03, 2010 Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY10 provides information on all IBRD, IDA, and trust funded projects that were active as of June 30, 2010. The World Bank has issued a SOPE Report every year as an internal communication to the Board of Executive Directors. In accordance with the Bank's revised disclosure policy, since FY02, the SOPE Report is available to the public. The report is intended to bridge the gap in information available to the public between the Project Appraisal Document or Program Document, disclosed after the Bank approves a project, and the Implementation Completion Report, disclosed after the project closes. In addition to the project progress description, the FY10 SOPE report1 contains project level comparisons of disbursement estimates and actual disbursements, and a table showing the loan/credit/grant amount and disbursements to date. 1 Notes: Amounts and Graphs for loans/credits/grants in currencies other than U.S. dollars may not match exactly due to exchange rate fluctuations over the life of the project. Disbursement graphs are not included for Development Policy Operations, which provide quick-disbursing financing to support policy and institutional reforms. For these operations, funds are disbursed in one or more stages (tranches), released when the borrower complies with agreed prior actions. Projects which are not yet effective may not have a planned disbursement schedule and thus will not include a graph. Dominican Republic Project Name (ID): DO (APL1)Water&Sanitation inTourist Areas (P054221) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 04/02/2009 Closing Date: 09/30/2013 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-76800 Sector (s): Sewerage (87%), Public administration- Water, sanitation and flood protectio (11%), Water supply (2%) Theme (s): Access to urban services and housing (42%), Infrastructure services for private sector development (42%), Pollution management and environmental health (10%), Water resource management (3%), Environmental policies and institutions (3%) Project Development Objectives: The objectives of the first phase of the Project are: (a) strengthening and consolidating the policy framework of the water and sanitation sector in the Dominican Republic; (b) improving and expanding access to sanitation and wastewater treatment and disposal services in the Puerto Plata region; (c) improving the financial and operational performance of CORAAPPLATA, the region#' water utility; and (d) enhancing operational and commercial performance of other regional utilities and preparing them to participate in the second phase of the Program (APL2). Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project was launched at the end of March 2010 and is progressing steadily towards achieving its development objectives. The procurement plan has been updated and a number of technical studies for the first batch of investments are ready to be procured as well as two important strategic environmental and watershed management studies. A Water Sector Council is being established at the national level to provide strategic guidance under the institutional component of the project. The program to strengthen the capacity of CORAAPPLATA, is under preparation and will be extended to the other water utilities based on the results achieved in this utility. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-76800 Effective 27.50 1.07 26.43 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO-EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROJECT (P054937) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 09/05/2002 Midterm Review Date: 06/04/2007 Closing Date: 12/31/2010 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-25609, IBRD-71440 Sector (s): Pre-primary education (90%), Other social services (5%), Central government administration (5%) Theme (s): Education for all (33%), Social risk mitigation (33%), Child health (17%), Nutrition and food security (17%) Project Development Objectives: The objectives are to: (a) increase access and quality of formal pre-school (kindergarten) education for all children aged five, and (b) improve access to, and quality of, non-formal early childhood education that is available to children up to age five. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Progress towards achievement of the development objectives is slow but steady. Overall Pre-school net enrollment rate has increased from the baseline of 71.8% to 82%, and the net enrollment rate of the poorest children has increased from 51% to 73.4%. Sixty non-formal Early Child Development projects have reached 52,011 direct beneficiaries and 105,726 indirect beneficiaries, surpassing project goals. Some 10 model pre-schools have been built and will be fully operational for the new school year. They will be used for teacher training and capacity building. Pedagogical training for groups of pre-primary and primary teachers (together) across the 18 regions has been carried out to ease students' transition from one level to the next, and books and materials have been distributed to new and existing pre-schools. To engage parents more fully, some 2,028 parent schools have been established and 80,000 parents have received an orientation on child development. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation TF-25609 Closed 0.18 0.16 0.00 0.01 IBRD-71440 Effective 42.00 33.86 8.14 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Financial Sector Technical Assistance (P078838) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 02/12/2004 Midterm Review Date: 03/24/2008 Closing Date: 06/30/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-72160 Sector (s): Banking (38%), Payment systems, securities clearance and settlement (25%), Capital markets (20%), Non-compulsory pensions, insurance and contractual savings (17%) Theme (s): Regulation and competition policy (25%), Other financial and private sector development (25%), Standards and financial reporting (24%), Legal institutions for a market economy (13%), Debt management and fiscal sustainability (13%) Project Development Objectives: The objectives are to (a) strengthen the institutional capacity of monetary authorities, and (b) strengthen the institutional capacity of financial regulatory agencies. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Progress towards achieving the development objectives has been slower than anticipated since two significant laws that are needed to strengthen the institutional capacity of the financial and monetary authorities have not yet been approved by Congress: The Law for the Recapitalization of the Central Bank is in its final discussions before being presented for approval, while the Monetary and Financial Law has been put on hold until the authorities have a better understanding of the new international regulations that incorporate the lessons from the recent crisis. Some progress has been made in strengthening the institutional capacity of the authorities participating in the project. In addition to improving the know-how and technical capacity of the different entities, the project has contributed in FY10 to consolidating technological infrastructure related to the areas of payment systems, the supervision of financial institutions, and the issuance and administration of public debt. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-72160 Effective 12.50 6.14 6.36 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Power Sector TA Project (P082715) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 02/12/2004 Midterm Review Date: 04/16/2007 Closing Date: 12/31/2010 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-72170 Sector (s): Central government administration (97%), Power (3%) Theme (s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (25%), Administrative and civil service reform (25%), Rural services and infrastructure (24%), Regulation and competition policy (13%), Environmental policies and institutions (13%) Project Development Objectives: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen the Government's regulatory and consumer protection performance; (b) improve policy formulation and implementation; (c) design the transmission grid and the wholesale power market; and (d) increase the quantity and quality of electricity for the poor. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has made significant progress towards achieving its development objectives. The power sector had many positive changes in management and institutional arrangements. These changes are directly supported by the President of the country. There is an action plan under implementation fully supported by the studies completed under the Technical Assistance Project. The cash recovery index is slowly improving and will be accelerated by the new management teams that will be appointed at the three distribution companies this year. The regulatory agency will implement the technical tariff resulting from calculations a consultant firm is about to complete in three months. The issue of the quality of the electricity services needs still to be addressed by the regulator. Institutional and technical capacities have increased and the Government is committed to speed up decisions to improve the energy sector. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-72170 Effective 7.30 7.22 0.08 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Electricity Distrib Rehabilitation (P089866) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 05/20/2008 Closing Date: 12/31/2012 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-75600 Sector (s): Power (100%) Theme (s): Infrastructure services for private sector development (100%) Project Development Objectives: The project objective is to increase the Cash Recovery Index of the three electricity distribution companies and to improve the quality of electricity service. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project made relevant progress towards achieving its development objectives. During FY10 a prequalification process of six firms was completed and a price bidding process will be closed on August 10, 2010. The Cash Recovery Index increased after important managerial decisions made by the Government and direct involvement of the President of the Country in the sector reform process. The quality of the electricity service is starting to improve and the process will be accelerated once the metering systems are installed within the next 14 months. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-75600 Effective 42.00 0.41 41.60 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Social Sectors Investment Program (P090010) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 08/02/2007 Closing Date: 12/31/2013 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-77980, IBRD-74810 Sector (s): Central government administration (55%), Other social services (45%) Theme (s): Social safety nets (25%), Child health (25%), Education for all (25%), Social risk mitigation (25%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to improve coverage, targeting, and effectiveness of social protection programs through (a) the provision of legal identity documents to poor Dominicans, (b) institutional strengthening of targeting mechanisms, and (c) increased monitoring and evaluation of social programs. The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY 10 US$10 million in Additional Financing (AF) was approved in FY10. The objective of the additional financing is to ensure the attainment of the development objectives. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Significant progress has been made towards achieving the development objectives despite a challenging context of delayed Congressional ratification of the additional financing, and complex inter-institutional arrangements. Certain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are faring well in light of the sound policy decisions of the Social Cabinet, the innovative use of output-based disbursement, and the implementation of technical assistance and capacity-building activities linked to the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) overhaul under existing project resources. The Project Implementing Unit has used the output-based disbursement method to get the Central Electoral Council to issue national IDs to 67,273 poor, previously undocumented Dominicans. Overall, 86% of those documented have been verified as being incorporated into the Solidaridad program or another social protection program, exceeding the 75% KPI. The coverage of the poor and extreme poor has also increased dramatically along with the growth in funding of targeted social programs. Finally, 75% of CCT Beneficiary Committees have already been formed. Beneficiaries, health, education, and CCT staff have also been instructed on the new CCT vision and rules of operation. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-77980 Not Effective 10.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 IBRD-74810 Effective 19.40 3.39 16.01 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Municipal Development (P095863) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 01/21/2010 Closing Date: 02/15/2016 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-56963, IBRD-78360 Sector (s): Sub-national government administration (100%) Theme (s): Rural services and infrastructure (78%), Other rural development (22%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to improve the technical and financial capacity of selected participating rural local governments to program, finance and deliver minimum municipal services. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project was not effective before the close of the reporting period. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation TF-56963 Closed 0.50 0.45 0.00 0.05 IBRD-78360 Not Effective 20.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Youth Development Project (P096605) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 03/23/2006 Midterm Review Date: 10/05/2009 Closing Date: 06/30/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-73710 Sector (s): Vocational training (66%), Adult literacy/non-formal education (21%), Central government administration (13%) Theme (s): Improving labor markets (50%), Education for all (25%), Vulnerability assessment and monitoring (25%) Project Development Objectives: The objective of the project is to improve the employability of: (a) poor at-risk youth by building their work experience and life skills and expanding second-chance education programs to complete their formal education; and (b) poor, low-skilled, long-term unemployed people between the ages of 18 and 65. The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY 10 The restructuring of the project was taking place at the end of the reporting period. The goal of the restructuring is to introduce a new temporary employment program (TEP). This TEP will be launched as a pilot experience in the province of Santiago and is expected to cover 4,000 beneficiaries. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Overall, the project made good progress towards achieving its objectives. The main part of the project (training of youth at risk), administered by the Ministry of Labor, reached more than half of its original target population. The rigorous impact evaluation, currently under implementation, revealed that the program is well targeted on the poorest regions of the Dominican Republic. It is expected that by the end of this reporting period these studies will reveal the magnitude of the impact on employment and wages of program participation. The other two components (Second Chance Education, and Capacity Building) have advanced at a slower pace. The World Bank team is devoting efforts to help the government agencies to overcome the difficulties that are delaying implementation. Moreover, the extension of the closing date of the project may allow implementing agencies to achieve the goals of these parts of the project. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-73710 Effective 25.00 11.20 13.80 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO (APL2) Health Ref II (P106619) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 09/17/2009 Closing Date: 10/30/2015 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-77770 Sector (s): Public administration- Health (95%), Health (5%) Theme (s): Health system performance (100%) Project Development Objectives: The Project's Development Objectives are to: (a) improve the capacity of Regional Health Services to deliver, in a timely fashion, quality services known to improve the health of mothers, children and people with chronic conditions; and (b) improve health system responsiveness, defined here as the institutional capacity of public sector health organizations to conduct strategic purchasing of health care services and goods, and to respond to public health emergencies. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Significant progress has been made towards achieving the development objectives. Special performance agreements for introducing results adjusted capitation transfers have been signed between the Ministry of Health and the two regional health services (RHSs) as planned. Algorithms, information systems, and a practical guidelines manual for the regions have been developed and are currently being refined with technical support from the Bank. The new general manager of health services at the National Health Insurance is taking the lead in reviewing the critical path to start transferring capitations in a coordinated fashion with the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU). An electronic platform and tools for adscription of poor persons not enrolled in any mandatory health insurance are being completed. There is a delay in the implementation of the national financial administrative system (SIGEF) to the decentralized RHS. In case it is needed, the Bank will explore alternatives along with the National Health Insurance and the PCU. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-77770 Effective 30.50 1.74 28.76 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): DO Emergency Recovery & Disaster Mgmt (P109932) Country: Dominican Republic Board Approval Date: 05/01/2008 Closing Date: 12/31/2012 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-75460 Sector (s): General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (27%), Power (26%), Irrigation and drainage (23%), Renewable energy (21%), Central government administration (3%) Theme (s): Natural disaster management (67%), Water resource management (33%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to restore major infrastructure damaged by the tropical storms that struck the Dominican Republic at the end of 2007, in particular in the agriculture, electricity and water supply and sanitation sectors, and to strengthen the country's capacity for future risk management in these sectors. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project continues to make progress towards achieving its development objectives. In the electricity sector, two major rehabilitation contracts of hydro-electric infrastructure were signed and the corresponding 106 MW hydro-electric generation capacity is expected to be restored by the end of 2011. In the irrigation and water resources sector, progress has been made on preliminary designs, and the first rehabilitation works are expected to start by the end of 2010. Key issues to be addressed jointly by the electricity and the water sectors in the remaining 2 years of the project have to do with revising the operation of large dams in normal conditions and in emergency contexts, the updating of contingency plans in case of severe meteorological events, the sharing of hydrological and meteorological data for early warnings, and the sustainability of project investments in view of erosion and sedimentation risks in vulnerable river basins. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-75460 Effective 80.00 23.86 56.14 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION