The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) AFRICA WEST | Niger | Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 24-Dec-2020 | ISR43600 | Implementing Agencies: MOP - PIU (CR 51320), Ministry of Planning, Land Management and Community Development, Republic of Niger Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 19-Aug-2015 Effectiveness Date: 01-Dec-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-Nov-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 16-Nov-2018 Original Closing Date: 29-Mar-2019 Revised Closing Date: 30-Dec-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective is to improve critical elements of investment climate for the private sector and enhance competitiveness of SME inselected agriculture value chain. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Modernization of the Business Environment:(Cost $2.43 M) Component 2. Increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural value chains:(Cost $13.75 M) Component 3: Project Implementation Support:(Cost $2.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project’s continues to make substantial progress towards the achievement of its development objectives and to date more than 97.4 percent of the US$12.75 million in total financing received from the donor have been disbursed. The Project has significantly exceeded two PDO indicators, on customs compliance cost savings and women beneficiaries, and met the PDO indicator on Doing Business reforms. On the latter indicator, where four out of four DB reforms have been achieved, the country’s ranking has improved steadily, from 176 out of 189 countries in 2014, to 131st out of 190 countries in 2020 DB. In addition, Niger’s ranking has improved from 159th place in 2014 to 24th place in 2020 on the ease of business creation indicator, the best ranking in Africa. However, with regards to the fourth PDO indicator, increase in sales revenues of benefiting firms progress has been slowly but the team continues to provide hands-on support to fast track progress towards this objective. 12/24/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved Investment Climate IN00896634 ►Number of DB reforms implemented (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00896635 ►Direct compliance cost savings (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 38,000,000.00 38,000,000.00 2,000,000.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00896661 ►Increase of sales revenue of beneficiary firms (Percentage, Custom) 12/24/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Data should be available in Q1 2020. Comments: IN00896662 ►Direct project beneficiaries, of which female (%) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14,344.00 14,344.00 2,300.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Progress to date - 14,344 of which 29% are female Comments: IN00896663 of which female (%) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 29.00 29.00 20.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Modernization of the Business Environment IN00896664 ►Number of procedures in starting a business (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Simplified business registration procedure Comments: IN00896666 ►Number of day to settle a commercial case (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 545.00 380.00 380.00 445.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Faster contract enforcing mechanism Comments: IN00896668 ►Number of procedures to obtain a construction permit (Number, Custom) 12/24/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 15.00 15.00 15.00 9.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Simplified construction permit issuance sytsem Comments: IN00896670 ►Number of documents required to export (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 Date 19-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Cross-border trading process is streamlined Comments: IN00896672 ►Number of documents required to import (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 10.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 New regime for small-scale entrepreneurs is effective Comments: IN00896674 ►Number of new “entreprenant” registered (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 New regime for small-scale entrepreneurs is effective Comments: IN00896676 ►Increase in number of services offered to members (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 The Maison de l’Entreprise and private sector organizations offer services tailored to MSMEs in Comments: agricultural value ch ains Component 2. Increase the competitiveness of selected agricultural value chains IN00896665 12/24/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) ►Number of firms that have business plan prepared (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 400.00 400.00 600.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 The capacity of actors along the value chains is improved Comments: IN00896667 ►Number of new direct jobs created (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00896669 ►Number of collective market infrastructure constructed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 Infrastructures to support the development of the specified agricultural value chains are identified, built, Comments: and managed IN00896671 ►Citizens and/or communities involved in planning/ implementation/ evaluation of development programs (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Aug-2015 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00896673 ►Volume of Loans to MSME generated by Guarantee mechanism (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000,000.00 Date 07-Aug-2019 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 IN00896675 ►Return on Assets of SAHFI (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 07-Aug-2019 19-Feb-2020 19-Feb-2020 30-Dec-2020 12/24/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P148839 TF-A0809 Effective USD 12.75 12.75 0.00 12.74 0.01 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P148839 TF-A0809 Effective 19-Aug-2015 25-Aug-2015 01-Dec-2015 29-Mar-2019 30-Dec-2020 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC 12/24/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Niger Investment Climate Support (P148839) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 29-Mar-2019 ,Level 2 Approved on 30-May-2019 ,Level 2 Approved on 13-Dec-2019 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/24/2020 Page 7 of 7