The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Transport Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 7 | ARCHIVED on 25-Jun-2020 | ISR40550 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry Of Public Works and Transport, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 13-Dec-2016 Effectiveness Date: 23-Mar-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Sep-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Aug-2022 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen maintenance systems to improve reliable road connectivity in Lao PDR, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve climate resilience and strengthen maintenance systems for a reliable road network in Lao PDR, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. Components Table Name Component 1: Climate Resilient Road Improvement and Maintenance:(Cost $63.05 M) Component 2: Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $10.01 M) Component 3: Project Management:(Cost $2.84 M) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Progress has been made for all project activities. The Additional Financing (AF) was signed on January 28, 2020, and became effective on March 20, 2020. With the AF, the project's closing date has been extended to December 31, 2025. The procurement of NR13 S improvement is underway. Although COVID-19 has affected some project activities, mainly on institutional strengthening due to travel restriction, the impact on road works has been minimal as they are being carried out by local contractors and using mostly local materials. The mission noted an opportunity for the project to 6/25/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) help with addressing economic impact related to COVID-19 through creating more jobs for local labor through road maintenance activities. There is a need to improve the payment process, contract management, and data collection for monitoring and evaluation in a timely manner. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Low Low Low Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To strengthen maintenance systems IN00803835 ►Preparation and implementation of three-year rolling climate resilient road maintenance plans, on annual basis (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 06-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2025 The three-year rolling climate resilient road maintenance plan has been prepared for the six project Comments: provinces. The plan for the remaining provinces across the country will fully prepared by July 2020. To improve reliable road connectivity in Lao PDR IN00803834 6/25/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) ►Share of total provincial and district road network in Project area in good and fair condition (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 54.00 55.00 65.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 30-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 The share of total provincial and district road network in Project area in good and fair condition has been slightly increased, but still below the targets as road improvement contracts are still under implementation. Currently 12 climate resilience road improvement contracts with a total length of 290.53 km in six provinces are being implemented and additional In addition, with EIB financing road Comments: improvement contracts under year 2 work plan are being implemented. Six contracts have been awarded and 9 contracts are in awarding process. With this contracts 276 km will be implemented during this year. Moreover, 12 performance based contracts (PBC) for routine maintenance have been awarded to success bidders and are being implemented. IN00803881 ►Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (National) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 56.00 56.00 57.00 57.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00803883 ►Share of rural population with access to an all-season road in project area (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 53.00 57.00 57.00 57.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00803884 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 700,000.00 700,000.00 2,134,000.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00803885 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 To improve climate resilience IN00803882 ►Kilometers of road improved with climate resilient measures and receive maintenance (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/25/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Value 0.00 0.00 290.00 655.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 20-Sep-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Climate Resilient Road Maintenance IN00803886 ►Length of road receiving climate resilient periodic maintenance (Cumulative) (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 290.00 290.00 655.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00803889 ►Length of road receiving routine maintenance (Kilometers, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,214.00 1,234.00 1,960.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 12 performance based contracts for routine maintenance of 1234 kn are being implemented, which is below the target. Once the roads being improved under climate resilient road improvement contracts are Comments: completed they will be included in the PBC contracts, thereby increasing the length of roads receiving routine maintenance. IN00803892 ►Share of women participating in paid jobs related to the implementation of road work contracts (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 8.00 10.00 Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Currently the share of women employed under road contracts is 8% of the total labour force. It is expected the share would be increased once the PBC contracts are fully implemented as the nature the Comments: works under PBC can be more attractive to women. IN00803894 ►Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits addressed (%) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.00 100.00 80.00 Date 13-Dec-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 IN00803895 6/25/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) ►Kilometers of roads where road safety audit was performed and recommendations were considered (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 181.00 181.00 655.00 Date 21-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Road safety audit manual was completed and training on traffic safety audit training to DPWTs and MPWT staff were conducted. DoT will continue to provide on the job training to DPWT during September to Comments: December. The road safety audit for year 1 was completed in January 2020 and DoT planed to complete audit of remaining roads under year 1 work plan and roads under for year 2 work plan in October 2020. IN00803897 ►Kilometers of NR13 S transferred to performance-based maintenance phase under OPBRC (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 14-Aug-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 NR13 S improvement contract is under procurement. Comments: Institutional Strengthening IN00803887 ►Data on road condition and vulnerability to natural hazard collected for preparation of three-year rolling plan (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 02-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Data on road condition and vulnerability to natural hazard have been collected for preparation of three- year rolling plan in the project provinces. For the remaining provinces across the country will be done in Comments: October 2020. IN00803890 ►Updated Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 30-Sep-2016 06-Dec-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Road safety strategy and action plan has been updated. It is expected that the strategy will be approved Comments: by the government in July 2020. Climate Resilient Road Improvement and Maintenance for NR13 South IN00803888 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) 6/25/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 Date 26-Sep-2016 13-Aug-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Procurement of NR13 S improvement is underway. It is expected that the contract be awarded in Comments: November 2020. IN00803891 Roads rehabilitated - rural (Kilometers, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.00 IN00803893 Roads rehabilitated - non-rural (Kilometers, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 IN00803896 ►Number of beneficairies benefitting from the provision of boats during flooding (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,500.00 Date 26-Sep-2016 13-Aug-2019 29-May-2020 31-Dec-2025 Procurement of boats is underway. It is expected that the boats can be delivered to communities in July Comments: 2020. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P158504 IDA-59200 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 11.40 13.42 46% P158504 IDA-65150 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 24.55 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P158504 IDA-59200 Effective 13-Dec-2016 07-Feb-2017 23-Mar-2017 31-Aug-2022 31-Aug-2022 P158504 IDA-65150 Effective 13-Dec-2019 28-Jan-2020 20-Mar-2020 31-Dec-2025 31-Dec-2025 6/25/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Road Sector Project 2 (LRSP2) (P158504) Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 10-Oct-2018 Related Project(s) P170951-Lao PDR Road Sector Project 2 – Additional Financing 6/25/2020 Page 7 of 7