The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) SOUTH ASIA | Afghanistan | Digital Development Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 10-Nov-2019 | ISR38962 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Communications and IT (MCIT), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 28-Mar-2018 Effectiveness Date: 15-May-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Sep-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2023 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Digital CASA Program-level PDO: To increase access to more affordable Internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector and improve the participating governments' capacity to deliver digital government services in Central Asia and parts of South Asia, through the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. Digital CASA Afghanistan PDO: To increase access to more affordable Internet, crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector, and improve the government's capacity to deliver digital Government services in Afghanistan, by contributing to the development of a regionally integrated digital infrastructure and enabling environment. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Regional and Domestic Connectivity:(Cost $30.00 M) e-Government:(Cost $10.00 M) Enabling Environment (Policy and Regulatory Frameworks):(Cost $3.00 M) Project Management and Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $8.00 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 Implementation progress has been slow with 2.18 percent disbursed to date. Advisory work for the enhancement of the National Internet Exchange of Afghanistan (NIXA) is near completion. However, key procurement packages under components 1 (connectivity) and 2 (e-government), including the pre-purchase of international bandwidth; GovNet; national portal and e-services, and government cloud and disaster recovery data center are 11/10/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) still underway. International experts have been mobilized to provide support to MCIT. The bidding documents for pre-purchase of international bandwidth are planned to be finalized by end-November and the contract awarded by early calendar year 2020. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability High High High Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders High High High Other Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase access to more affordable Internet IN00756424 ►People provided with access to the Internet (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 7,800,000.00 7,800,000.00 12,300,000.00 12,000,000.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 14-Sep-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756473 People provided with access to the Internet - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 IN00756474 People provided with access to the Internet (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 11/10/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) Value 22.50 22.50 38.90 35.00 IN00756475 ►International Internet Bandwidth per Capita (Kbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.20 1.20 3.38 10.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 14-Sep-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756476 ►Average retail price for 1 GB, prepaid, mobile data package (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.40 1.40 1.05 0.65 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 14-Sep-2019 31-Mar-2023 Crowd-in private investment in the ICT sector IN00756425 ►Private sector investments committed through the Project (in millions) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 14-Sep-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756471 ►Private sector investments commited through the project (millions) (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 Date 28-Mar-2018 25-Jan-2019 14-Sep-2019 31-Mar-2023 Improve the Government's capacity to Deliver digital Government Services in Afghanistan IN00756472 ►Number of e-Services and Applications Utilizing the Shared Services Platform (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Regional and Domestic Connectivity IN00756479 11/10/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) ►Length of fiber optic network (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,700.00 4,700.00 4,700.00 6,200.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756483 ►Number of cross-border fiber-optic links (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 8.00 8.00 10.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756485 ►International Internet Bandwidth Pre-Purchased by Government (Gbps) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756491 ►Wholesale Transit Pricing per Mbps (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756495 ►IXP Operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756498 ►Number of institutions and Government agencies connected to the Government Network (GovNet) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 6.00 6.00 6.00 340.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 e-Government IN00756480 ►Number of Government agencies using the G-Cloud Shared Infrastructure (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 11/10/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756484 ►Number of national portal visitors per year (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,000,000.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756486 ►Number of e-services developed under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756489 ►Number of online transactions per year under e-services developed by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000,000.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756493 ►Bidding documents for the development of e-services incorporates specific provisions to train female staff (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 Enabling Environment (Policy and Regulatory Frameworks) IN00756478 ►Tariff regulation issued (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756482 ►Qualityof Service (QoS) Regulation Issued (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756487 11/10/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) ►Interconnection regulation issued (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756490 ►Allocation of 4G spectrum (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756494 ►National Broadband Policy prepared and submitted for approval (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 Project Management and Institutional Strengthening IN00756477 ►Number of MCIT and ATRA officials trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756481 of which percent female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 IN00756488 ►Users report satisfaction with the services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756492 Users report satisfaction with the services (Component 1: Connectivity) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756496 11/10/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) Users report satisfaction with the services (Component 2: e-Government) (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 IN00756497 ►Grievances addressed within stipulated time (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 29-Dec-2017 25-Jan-2019 25-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P156894 IDA-D2820 Effective USD 51.00 51.00 0.00 1.06 47.32 2.2% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P156894 IDA-D2820 Effective 28-Mar-2018 10-Apr-2018 15-May-2018 31-Mar-2023 31-Mar-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 11/10/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Afghanistan Digital CASA Project (P156894) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/10/2019 Page 8 of 8