Implementation Status & Results Ghana GH:Sustainable Rural Water & Sanit Serv (P120026)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Ghana GH:Sustainable Rural Water & Sanit Serv (P120026) Operation Name: GH:Sustainable Rural Water & Sanit Serv (P120026) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 7 Status: ARCHIVED Archive : 13-Oct-2014 Country: Ghana Approval FY: 2010 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): CWSA, Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) Key s Board Approval 23-Jun-2010 Original Closing 30-Jun-2016 Planned Mid Term Review 26-May-2014 Last Archived ISR 01-Apr-2014 Effectiveness 06-Dec-2010 Revised Closing 30-Jun-2016 Actual Mid Term Review 04-Jun-2014 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project#s development objective is to expand access to, and ensure sustainability of water and sanitation services in rural and small town communities in six regions over the next 6 years. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) losure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Component Name Component Cost Rural and Small Town Water Supply Rural and Small Town Integrated Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion Institutional Strengthening and Project Management Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Implementation Status Overview The midterm review (MTR) was carried out from May 26 to June 4, 2014 to assess the overall implementation progress of the project. As of August 2014, disbursement stands at 69% of the credit amount. The construction and rehabilitation of 1,600 point boreholes has commenced in all 1408 beneficiary communities in the six regions. Approximately 20% of the proposed institutional toilets have been completed with a significant number at various stages of completion. The MTR identified a number of key bottlenecks that need to be addressed by the project to improve disbursement and project outcomes. First, despite good implementation Page 1 of 8

2 progress overall, procurement and execution of contracts are behind schedule. More importantly, the monitoring and management of the consultants work and contract implementation remained relatively weak, contributing to some of the delays in the contractual services in some regions. Second, district assemblies have played a relatively limited role in the procurement of services in line with the project design. These roles have been taking up by the RCC and CWSA, resulting in limited opportunities for the DAs to effectively monitor the delivery of contracts and services in their districts. Third, training of key project stakeholders including the MWRWH, MLGRD (EHSD), RCCs, DAs, and the WSDBs has lagged behind schedule, and now that the project implementation is scaling up, more intensive training are needed to support effective implementation. Fourth, weak coordination among stakeholders, including limited participation of DAs in the planning and design of pipe water supply systems, requires an immediate review of the process to ensure an inclusive design and implementation of the water systems at the district level. It is recommended that the involvement of the MWRWH and the MLGRD to address earlier implementation delays should be maintained to address all implementation bottlenecks and follow up with DAs and RCCs on implementation to ensure smoother project implementation, and that, audit reports are submitted on time to sustain the current satisfactory rating on financial management. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Ghana Western Region Western Region Ghana Upper West Region Upper West Region Ghana Upper East Region Upper East Region Ghana Northern Region Northern Region Ghana Central Region Central Region Ghana Brong-Ahafo Brong-Ahafo Region Results Project Development Objective Indicators Page 2 of 8

3 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Direct project beneficiaries Number Value Female beneficiaries Percentage Sub Type Supplemental People provided with access to "improved sanitation facilities under the proj. People provided with access to improved sanitation facilities - rural Timely submittal of clean (unqualified) FM audit reports (percent for each participating DA) The baseline is in relation to the target population coverage Drilling of point sources have been completed. Institutional toilets are near completion. Contracts for Small town Water supply are at various stages of completion except for Brong Ahafo which is at tendering stage. Promotion for household toilets are very advanced with household toilets started in some communities Value Number Value Promotion of Sanitation and Hygiene advanced. Household and institutional toilets are being constructed. Number Value Sub Type Breakdown Promotion of Sanitation and Hygiene very advanced. Household and institutional toilets are being constructed. Percentage Value Works have started and disbursement has thus started at DA level. Submission of FM audit is however yet to start. Page 3 of 8

4 Water systems in project areas with ratio of revenues over O&M costs (including depreciation) >=1.0(percent) Communities in project area declared free of open defecation (number) Reliability of water supply services under the project area Number of people in rural areas provided with access to Improved Water Sources under the project Percentage Value Jun-2010 Installation of water supply facilities has started but not yet completed for operations Number Value Promotion of CLTS for provision of household latrines is currently ongoing - construction of household toilets ongoing but no community has yet declared open-defecation free. Hours Value Installation of water supply facilities has started but not yet completed for operations Number Value Feb-2014 Drilling of of point sources completed in some beneficiary regions and Pumps are being installed Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Improved latrines constructed under the project Number Value Construction of institutional latrines are ongoing and almost completed. Key institutions (CWSA, MOFEP, MWRWH, Number Value MLGRD) trained in the use Sector Information Systems Consultant for the Sector Information System is still working but not yet Page 4 of 8

5 established the Sector Information system District Assemblies operating DiMES Number Value Project has not reached installation and operationalizing of DiMEs Timely submittal of clean (unqualified) FM audit Percentage Value reports (percent for each participating DA) 22-Jun-2010 Subproject (construction) works are currently ongoing with District Assemblies have just started disbursing and yet to submit Auditreport. Acceptable implementation (including safeguards) quarterly reports delivered on time (percent for each participating DA) Subproject implementation in accordance with timetable in procurement plan (percent for each participating DA) Communities sensitized about hygiene practices and eradication of open free defecation New Institutional toilet facilities constructed and operational Percentage Value Jun-2010 Subproject (construction) works are at various stages of implementation. Percentage Value Subproject (construction) implementation in accordance with procurement plan in 4 of 6 regions. 2 regions are delayed but still within project period. Number Value Sensitization of communities on sanitation and hygiene ongoing and construction of household toilets started but communities have not reached the point of opendefecation free Number Value Construction works for institutional latrines are Page 5 of 8

6 ongoing and almost completed. Orphan boreholes rehabilitated Number Value Rehabilitation works are still ongoing Former GWCL systems transferred to Number Value communities rehabilitated Rehabilitation works for 4 out of 13 systems ongoing but not yet completed.contract of others will be signed when funds become available New community water systems fed from GWCL Number Value Contracts for systems to be connected to GWCL are either yet to be signed or at various stages of construction. None has been completed yet. New water systems based on boeholes fitted Number Value with hand pumps operational 24-Feb-2014 Development of boreholes completed and installation of pumps ongoing New mechanized boreholes operational Number Value Boreholes for small town water supply systems developed but not yet mechanized as civil works have not been completed. New water systems for small towns operational Number Value (number) 22-Jun-2010 Construction works for small town water supply system are are at various stage of Page 6 of 8

7 completion but not yet operational. Data on Financial Performance (as of 19-Aug-2014) Financial Agreement(s) Key s Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Original Closing Revised Closing P IDA Effective 23-Jun Sep Dec Jun Jun-2016 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P IDA Effective XDR Disbursement Graph Key Decisions Regarding Implementation The project has made measurable progress since the last supervision mission in terms of coverage of rural communities and small town water supply, provision of institutional latrines and hygiene promotion. By June 2014, the execution of contracts for 1600 point source boreholes with handpumps made significant progress in all the 1408 beneficiary communities. The processing of contracts for water supply systems are at various stages of execution in all project regions, except in Brong Ahafo. The recently updated costs for improving water system in the Northern Region are much higher than originally projected. While the original design to improve the water system in the region called for the rehabilitatation of the systems, the actual costs of the new designs are aimed to upgrade the system to meet 2019 population requirements, resulting in disparities in the cost estimates. The Brong Ahafo sub-project continues to lag behind other regions in terms of implementation progress, due to delays in the evaluation process and provision of consultancy services. However, both the CWSA and consultants have now expressed full commitment to working together and to ensure completion of the design for water supply by June 2014, which would allow Page 7 of 8

8 implementation of the contract to start by not later than January While construction of household toilets surged in some communities, it was not enough to declare any of the communities open-defecation-free (ODF) certified as at June The project has made provisions to provide basic toilet facilities such as slabs for latrines to poor households, but such support has yet to be made available to the targeted households. Looking ahead, a more structured process of monitoring various aspects of the project would be warranted. In the short term the CWSA was advised to develop by June 30, 2014, a plan for improving the monitoring of Partner Organizations (POs) and Health and Sanitation Promotion (HSP) consultants. The plan should include checklists that would be accomplished by various actors in the chain of supervision. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects P Results Based Financing for Sustainable Sanitation & Hygiene Page 8 of 8