Public Disclosure Authorized 51028€¦ · 14.10.2009 · STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION – FY09 SOPE EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION COUNTRY: LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Operations

STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION – FY09 SOPE

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

COUNTRY: LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 02, 2009

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Status of Projects in Execution - FY09EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY09 provides information on all IBRD/IDA projects that were active as of June 30, 2009. 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 FY09 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.

Status of Projects in Execution - FY09EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY09 provides information on all IBRD/IDA projects that were active as of June 30, 2009. 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 FY09 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.

Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

Lao People's Democratic Republic Project Name(ID): LA - GMS Power Trade Project (P105331) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 05-Jun-2007 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2013 Sector: Power (86%); Renewable energy (14%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY09:

no

Project development objective(s):

The objective of the Project is to enhance power trade within Greater Mekong Sub-Region with a view to bringing reliable electricity to the Saravan province in Lao PDR, and creating the conditions for eventual interconnections of Lao PDR with other countries of the region.

Progress toward achieving development objective(s):

Progress toward achieving the development objective is well on track. The transmission line from Ban Hat province in Lao PDR to Cambodia has been delayed for six months due to procurement delays on the Cambodia side, but still could be achieved by project closing. Implementation of other components is on track: (i) the transmission line from Xeset 1 to Saravan substation is being installed and should be completed by December 2010; (ii) feasibility study for Houay Lamphan Gnai Hydro site will be completed by December 2009; (iii) bids for the design and supervision of the Load Dispatching Center are under evaluation; and (iv) the feasibility study for the 500 kV Collector Substation System in southern Lao PDR has been completed, with financing from the Asian Development Bank. All these activities will contribute to enhancing power trade within the Greater Mekong Sub-Region by bringing reliable electricity to the project areas.

Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009)

Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation

IDA-H3000 Effective XDR 15.35 1.58 13.83 0.00


Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD)


Project Name(ID): Lao Environment and Social Project (P090693) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 30-Jun-2005 Mid-Term Review Date: 27-Jun-2008 Closing Date: 31-Dec-2010

Sector: Central government administration (48%); Forestry (25%); Other social services (11%); Sub-national government administration (9%); General education sector (7%)

The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY09:

no

Project development objective(s): The objective of the project is to strengthen the management of environmental and social issues associated with the sustainable use of natural resources to enhance the quality of growth and reduce poverty.


The project's performance in terms of number and quality of sub-grants has improved. The sub-grants focusing on developing capacity of agencies have helped to: (a) develop and improve regulatory and institutional implementation frameworks fundamental for ensuring sustainable use of natural resources (i.e., the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment); (b) forge oversight actions on existing hydropower projects; (c) facilitate safeguard actions at provincial level; and (d) initiate an institutional process to establish a river basin organization in one river basin. Technical assistance and operational support to these sub-grants will ensure that the key agencies have adequate technical and management capacity to respond to the pressing needs due to the exponential growth in the hydropower and mining sectors. Similarly, sub-grants focusing on the community and conservation are helping raise awareness related to protected area management, promoting natural resource protection, and improving livelihoods of people. With these types of sub-grants, achieving the PDO is likely especially since the technical and operational capacity of implementing agency has strengthened.







Project Name(ID): Lao PDR Customs & Trade Facilitation (P101750) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 17-Jun-2008 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2013 Sector: Central government administration (100%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY09:

no


The objective of the project is to facilitate trade by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of customs administration. The Project will simplify customs procedures, eliminate duplication and redundancy, reduce transactions costs and time to clear goods, and increase transparency and accountability


The project had a slow start and progress towards achieving PDO in FY09 is lagging. The finalization of the ASYCUDA contract which was planned to be executed shortly after project effectiveness, was delayed for several months, mainly due to unclear and complex procedural aspects. However, this delay has provided an opportunity to improve the contract clauses by integrating some valuable lessons learnt from other similar projects at evaluation phase. The project is now back on track and implementation will be accelerated over the next fiscal year to make up for lost time.







Project Name(ID): LA-Poverty Reduction Fund Project (P077326) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 25-Jun-2002 Mid-Term Review Date: 06-Dec-2005 Closing Date: 30-Sep-2011

Sector: General transportation sector (28%); General education sector (28%); Other social services (25%); Central government administration (11%); Sub-national government administration (8%)


The proposed additional financing supports the Project scale up and restructuring in the form of a 3 year extension of activities of the PRFP in the 14 poorest districts it already covered (out of 21 currently covered), initiating activities in 5 new poor districts, and adding a new sub-component, #Capacity Building of Local Institutions#, intended to promote participatory planning by enhancing the dialogue between communities and local governments. The village targeting mechanism and key performance indicators have also been modified to strengthen the pro-poor focus of the PRFP.


The project aims to: (i) improve the access to public infrastructure and services at the village level; (ii) build capacity and empower villages in poor districts to manage their own public investment planning; and (iii) strengthen local institutions to support participatory decision making and conflict resolution processes at the village, inter-koumban, and district levels.


The Project is progressing towards achieving the development objectives. From the beginning of implementation, the Project has financed 1924 non-training subprojects, complemented by 498 training subprojects, with coverage of 1471 villages.



IDA-36750 Effective XDR 22.90 22.98 0.00 0.00


IDA-Q3350 Closed USD 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.60




Project Name(ID): LA-Avian and Human Influenza Control (P100081) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 29-Jun-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 30-Jun-2011

Sector: General public administration sector (35%); Health (29%); Agricultural extension and research (20%); Animal production (12%); Other social services (4%)


no


Contribute to Government's National Plan which aims to minimize the threat posed to humans and poultry sectors by highly pathogenic avian influenza infection and other zoonoses in Lao PDR, and to prepare for, control, and respond to influenza pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies in humans.


During this fiscal year, 100% of diagnostic tests of suspected poultry cases were done within 48 hours (against 70% in 2008), and 100% of human cases were investigated within 24 hours (against 94% in 2008); Provinces providing timely weekly surveillance reports stands at 95%. Pandemic Plans have been prepared by 11 Provinces and 10 await approval by the Provincial CDC Committee chair; the remaining (6) Pandemic Plans are under preparation. Training has been, and will continue to be, the focus for animal health over the coming year, as will activities associated with pandemic preparedness.




TF-56737 Effective USD 2.00 0.80 1.20 0.00

TF-57185 Effective USD 2.00 0.93 1.07 0.00

TF-90764 Effective USD 2.40 0.39 2.01 0.00




Project Name(ID): LA-Health Services Improvement Project (P074027) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 13-Sep-2005 Mid-Term Review Date: 17-Oct-2008 Closing Date: 30-Jun-2011

Sector: Health (90%); Central government administration (5%); Compulsory health finance (5%)


no

Project development objective(s): To assist the Lao PDR to improve the health status of its population, particularly the poor and rural population, in eight Central and Southern Provinces.


Available data indicate mixed progress towards the development objectives, with significant improvements in some indicators and slower progress in others. Weaknesses in monitoring data remain, however, making reliable assessment difficult. Progress in implementing key project activities and addressing concerns raised in the MTR indicate good prospects for sustained progress towards development objectives. Important achievements in this regard include: (1) strengthening of mechanism to support integrated maternal and child health activities at the village level; (2) development of plans to pilot free facility-based delivery; (3) implementation of health equity fund approach to improve access to services for the poor; and (4) training of students from ethnic minorities to strengthen provision of services in remote areas.




IDA-Q4760 Closed USD 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.56

TF-50606 Closed USD 0.28 0.28 0.00 0.00




Project Name(ID): LA-Fin. Management Capacity Building Cr. (P077620) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 25-Jun-2002 Mid-Term Review Date: 08-Dec-2006 Closing Date: 30-Apr-2011

Sector: Central government administration (58%); Banking (35%); General industry and trade sector (7%)


no


The objective is to improve GOL budget preparation, execution, reporting and auditing systems; strengthen monitoring of state owned commercial bank operations, and to improve financial management of selected state owned enterprises.


Progress towards meeting the development objectives has been good. For the first time, in-year budget execution reports were published for FY2008/9 in February 2009. The state audit organization submitted the annual audit report to Parliament in the June 2009 session. The standard bidding documents and procurement manual was adopted in June 2009. The revised chart of accounts was implemented for the FY2008/9 budget year (October 2009). The Treasury Single Account framework was adopted and budget revenue accounts consolidated under the National Treasury. Restructuring plans for 4 SOE's under restructuring were completed, and the SOE's sector strategy work commenced.





TF-57139 Closed USD 0.30 0.09 0.00 0.20




Project Name(ID): LA-Second Education Development (P078113) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 29-Apr-2004 Mid-Term Review Date: 26-Mar-2007 Closing Date: 28-Feb-2010

Sector: Primary education (54%); Central government administration (35%); Tertiary education (11%)


AusAID provides AUD 990,000 to cover the shortfall of devaluation of Australian dollar against UD dollar and Lao kip in order to complete all Component A activities in the additional 127 communities.

Project development objective(s): The development objective is to increase primary school enrollment and completion (reduce repetition and drop-out rates) in the 19 poorest provinces.


The project is making good progress towards achieving its objective as evidenced by 110,626 enrolled in the Project's target districts against a 2009/10 goal of 95,000.





IDA-Q3930 Closed USD 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.23

TF-26344 Closed USD 0.46 0.40 0.00 0.06

TF-92092 Effective AUD 1.91 1.02 0.66 0.00




Project Name(ID): LA-Rural Electrification Phase I (P075531) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 27-Apr-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Mar-2010 Sector: Power (85%); Renewable energy (15%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY09:

no

Project development objective(s): The objectives are to increase access to electricity of rural households in villages of targeted provinces and improve financial performance of the power sector.


The project continues to make good progress toward achieving its development objectives. For the grid extension to rural areas, connections for about 42% of the project targeted rural households had been made by the end of FY09, and 70% will be achieved by September 2009 at the current rate of progress. However, only 70% of project targets can be achieved with the original Credit funds due to price escalations for materials. Therefore, the remaining 30% of targets will be achieved through additional financing from Australian bilateral assistance (AusAID). For AusAid-funded activities, procurement is under way and completion is expected by December 2011. In off-grid electrification, 90% of the targeted connections should be made by October 2009. The additional financing and the necessary closing date extension will be processed in FY10. With the good results achieved to date and the additional financing, the project should increase access to electricity of rural households as foreseen. Implementation of the Action Plan for financial sustainability of the power sector is proceeding very well. The national electricity utility has closed its fiscal year with profits since 2007, due to the outstanding results on loss reduction (achieving 13% in 2009, well beyond the project target of 17%), good progress on settlement of Government arrears, and highly satisfactory tariff adjustments. Thus the project has achieved its objective of improving the financial performance of the power sector.




TF-52798 Closed USD 1.32 1.30 0.00 0.02




Project Name(ID): LA-Trade Development Facility Project (P106165) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 16-Nov-2007 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 28-Feb-2012

Sector: General industry and trade sector (70%); Other domestic and international trade (30%)


no


The Trade Development Facility Project's development objective is to support the establishment of the National Integrated Frame work Governance Structure (NIFGS) and implement NIFGS's initial activities facilitating trade and cross-border movement of goods and increasing the capacity of the Government to undertake specific tasks related to regional and global economic integration. These activities in turn support the GOL's larger aims of poverty reduction and economic development, as reflected in the National Socio Economic Development Plan (NSEDP).


The project became effective during the year under review and has had a successful first six months of implementation. The institutional structure for coordination has been put in place and investments have been made to expand the capacity of the core agencies responsible for implementing the program. A number of core diagnostic activities have been carried out, including in the garments and silk sectors. A draft Trade Facilitation Action Plan has been prepared. Support was provided to the GoL team during ongoing WTO accession negotiations.



TF-91201 Effective USD 6.82 0.30 6.52 0.00




Project Name(ID): LA-Public Fin. Mgnt . Streng MDTF (P108787) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 15-Nov-2007 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Oct-2011

Sector: General public administration sector (40%); Central government administration (30%); Sub-national government administration (30%)


no


Assist the Government of Lao PDR in: (i) improving budget planning; (ii) enhancing the quality of budget execution systems; (iii) foster increased reporting and transparency of public finances; and (iv) improving timeliness and quality of external audit


The Multi-donor Trust Fund became effective in January 2009, following some delay in government approval of the grant. The MDTF was formally launched by the MOF, development partners and the World Bank in February 2009. The first annual work plan and half-year budget have been prepared and implementation has actually started. Major areas of support from the MDTF for this year are: introduction of Value Added Tax, technical design of the Treasury Information Management Information System, completion of centralization of treasury, tax and custom administrations. The main obstacle that affects the pace of implementation of MDTF activities is the weak procurement capacity of the PFMSU, the unit of Ministry of Finance which is responsible for providing trust fund implementation services.



TF-91192 Effective USD 3.07 0.15 2.92 0.00




Project Name(ID): LA-SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY FOR RURAL DEV. (P064886)

Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 24-Jun-2003 Mid-Term Review Date: 22-Sep-2005 Closing Date: 31-Dec-2011 Sector: Forestry (100%)


With approval of $10 million in additional financing in December 2008, the project has been expanded to implement participatory sustainable forest management in production forest areas (adding five provinces and 19 districts, and effectively doubling the size of the project area from 650,000 hectares (ha) to 1.28 million ha) and further develop opportunities for community involvement. Additional progress on benefit-sharing with local communities from sales of timber is expected in the coming year.

Project development objective(s): The objective is to achieve the sustainable management of production forests to alleviate rural poverty in the Project Provinces.


Project achievements to date include the establishment of a nationwide Production Forest Area (PFA) system consisting of 51 PFAs covering about 3.6 million ha; the development of a national code of practice for production forests and guidelines on revenue-sharing and competitive timber sales; and successful implementation of Participatory Sustainable Forest Management (PSFM) in eight priority PFAs of four provinces covering about 650,000 ha. Of these 50,000 ha (in five sub-forest management areas in two provinces) have been certified in compliance with international standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Independent audits have reconfirmed the sustainability of demonstrated forest management practices. In addition, village institutions for PSFM implementation and village development (VD) have been established and are functioning in all 18 project districts and 412 villages, with communities participating in all forest management and village development activities, which are funded by timber revenues and supplemental village grants provided by the project. This level of community participation will enhance sustainability. Forest monitoring and control systems have been developed and piloted at a significant scale and are expected to contribute to monitoring Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) implementation as this program becomes operational in Lao PDR.






TF-26765 Closed USD 0.08 0.07 0.00 0.01



Project Name(ID): LA-ROAD MAINT APL2 (P083543) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 30-Jun-2004 Mid-Term Review Date: 23-Apr-2007 Closing Date: 31-Dec-2009

Sector: Roads and highways (97%); Central government administration (3%)


no


The second phase Road Maintenance Program will expand the operation of financing and management systems for the sustainable roads maintenance with two primary objectives: (a) national and local road assets are preserved to provide sustainable improved travel and access; and (b) sustainable financing and management of roads are operational countrywide with improved institutional capacity.


The project development objectives have substantially been achieved. Eighty-three percent of paved National roads are in excellent or good condition and 46% of the provincial road network is in good to fair condition. Domestic revenue has been mobilized to cover 82% and 9.4% of routine maintenance costs for National and provincial roads respectively. Since the start of the project 1,548km and 2,313km of National and provincial roads respectively have received periodic maintenance. Three-year performance contracts have been used for 3,864km of National roads. Significant achievements have been made in particular on increasing revenue collection for the Road Maintenance Fund, which is a domestic financing mechanism for road maintenance, with revenue collected from the road users, from approximately US$2 million in 2002 to US$20 million in 2009. The Fund is now adequate to cover 60% of the total needs for maintenance of the National road network. Progress on institutional capacity strengthening has also been reasonably good. Although there are still huge needs for further support, organizational aspects have been improved. Much road management has been tasked to provincial authorities, including planning, budgeting and contract management, leaving monitoring and supportive functions at central level. A large number of Ministry staff members at central, provincial and district levels have received training on technical, financial, contract management, and management. Progress on private sector development has also been made. A framework for national contractors and consultants capacity strengthening, including introduction of best commercial practice, financing mechanism design, improvement of public and private partnership, and contractor training, is being developed.





TF-53320 Closed USD 0.46 0.44 0.00 0.02

TF-53808 Effective USD 4.80 4.04 0.76 0.00

TF-93204 Effective AUD 2.10 0.51 1.51 0.00



Project Name(ID): LAO PDR: Rice Productivity Improvement (P114617) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 13-Jan-2009 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2011

Sector: Crops (62%); Public administration- Agriculture, fishing and forestry (20%); Agricultural extension and research (18%)


no

Project development objective(s): The project objective is to improve smallholder incomes and food security by improving productivity of rice, the main crop, with better seed multiplication systems and good agricultural practices.


The project became effective in the latter part of the reporting period and was still in too early a stage for meaningful progress.



TF-93614 Effective USD 3.00 0.15 2.85 0.00



Project Name(ID): LA-Khammouane Development Project (P087716) Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic Board Approval Date: 17-Jun-2008 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Mar-2014

Sector: Sub-national government administration (36%); Irrigation and drainage (24%); General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (18%); Roads and highways (11%); Water supply (11%)


no

Project development objective(s): The project development objective is to strengthen the planning process and public financial management associated with the decentralized delivery of services and infrastructure, including irrigation development, in Khammouane Province.


Implementation of the project just started in early 2009. The project office was set up with adequate staff and equipment. The key teams are fully functional and actual physical implementation of the project should begin in FY10.




TF-55140 Closed USD 0.58 0.55 0.00 0.03

TF-92394 Effective USD 0.99 0.00 0.99 0.00



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Public Disclosure Authorized 51028€¦ · 14.10.2009 · STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION – FY09 SOPE EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION COUNTRY: LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Operations