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Page 1: Document of The World Bank...Document of The World Bank Report No: ICR2126 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-36540) ON A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 88.1 MILLION (US$

Document of

The World Bank

Report No: ICR2126

IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT

(IDA-36540)

ON A CREDIT

IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 88.1 MILLION

(US$ 110.0 MILLION EQUIVALENT)

TO THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

FOR A

COMMUNITY BASED URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

March 28, 2012

Urban and Water

AFCW2, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Africa Region

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

Exchange Rate Effective March 26th

, 2012

Currency Unit = Nigerian Naira (NGN)

XDR 1.00 = US$ 1.54

US$ 1.00 = NGN 157.45

FISCAL YEAR

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AFTOS World Bank Africa Core Operations Services

CBUDP Community Based Urban Development Project

CDD Community Driven Development

CDS City Development Strategy

CMU World Bank Country Management Unit

CTC Community Technical Committee

ERR Economic Rate of Return

FGD Focus Group Discussion

FGN Federal Government of Nigeria

FMWH Federal Ministry of Works and Housing

FMF Federal Ministry of Finance

FMHUD Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

FPCU Federal Project Coordination Unit

IDA International Development Association

ISR Implementation Supervision Report

JISU Joint Interim Strategy Update

LG Local Government

MTR Midterm Review

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations

NPV Net Present Value

PDO Project Development Objective

PIM Project Implementation Manual

PIU Project Implementation Unit

PSC Project Steering Committee

SG State Government

SMU World Bank Sector Management Unit

TTL Task Team Leader

Vice President: Obiageli Ezekwesili

Country Director: Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly

Sector Director: Jamal Saghir

Acting Sector Manager: Alexander E. Bakalian

Project Team Leader: Hassan Madu Kida

ICR Author / Team Leader: Hassan Madu Kida

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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Community Based Urban Development Project

CONTENTS

Data Sheet

A. Basic Information

B. Key Dates

C. Ratings Summary

D. Sector and Theme Codes

E. Bank Staff

F. Results Framework Analysis

G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs

H. Restructuring

I. Disbursement Graph

1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ............................................... 1

2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes .............................................. 6

3. Assessment of Outcomes .......................................................................................... 11

4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ......................................................... 16

5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance ..................................................... 17

6. Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................... 20

7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners .......... 20

ANNEXES

Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing .......................................................................... 21

Annex 2. Outputs by Component ................................................................................. 22

Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ................................................................. 26

Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ............ 28

Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results ........................................................................... 30

Annex 6. Summary of Borrower's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ..................... 33

Annex 7. ICR Sources and List of Supporting Documents .......................................... 37

Annex 8. Questionnaire sent to Project Implementation Units……………………….38

MAP

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A. Basic Information

Country: Nigeria Project Name:

Community-Based

Urban Development

Project

Project ID: P069901 L/C/TF Number(s): IDA-36540

ICR Date: 29/02/2012 ICR Type: Core ICR

Lending Instrument: SIL Borrower: FEDERAL MINISTRY

OF FINANCE

Original Total

Commitment: XDR 88.10M Disbursed Amount: XDR 88.10M

Revised Amount: XDR 88.10M

Environmental Category: B

Implementing Agencies: Federal Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and State PIUs of Akwa

Ibom, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Edo, Jigawa, Nassarawa, Ogun, and Ondo.

Cofinanciers and Other External Partners:

B. Key Dates

Process Date Process Original Date Revised / Actual

Date(s)

Concept Review: 03/01/2000 Effectiveness: 06/23/2003 06/23/2003

Appraisal: 04/01/2002 Restructuring(s):

06/28/2005

03/18/2009

06/23/2010

Approval: 06/06/2002 Mid-term Review: 04/30/2008

Closing: 06/30/2009 08/31/2011

C. Ratings Summary

C.1 Performance Rating by ICR

Outcomes: Moderately Satisfactory

Risk to Development Outcome: Substantial

Bank Performance: Moderately Satisfactory

Borrower Performance: Moderately Satisfactory

C.2 Detailed Ratings of Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR)

Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings

Quality at Entry: Moderately Satisfactory Government: Moderately

Unsatisfactory

Quality of Supervision: Moderately Satisfactory Implementing

Agencies: Moderately Satisfactory

Overall Bank

Performance: Moderately Satisfactory

Overall Borrower

Performance: Moderately Satisfactory

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C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators

Implementation

Performance Indicators

QAG Assessments

(if any) Rating

Potential Problem Project

at any time (Yes/No): Yes

Quality at Entry

(QEA): None

Problem Project at any

time (Yes/No): Yes

Quality of

Supervision (QSA): None

DO rating before

Closing/Inactive status: Satisfactory

D. Sector and Theme Codes

Original Actual

Sector Code (as % of total Bank financing)

Agro-industry 22

General education sector 26

General public administration sector 8

General water, sanitation and flood protection sector 22

Roads and highways 22

Theme Code (as % of total Bank financing)

HIV/AIDS 13

Municipal finance 25

Participation and civic engagement 24

Public expenditure, financial management and

procurement 13

Urban services and housing for the poor 25

E. Bank Staff

Positions At ICR At Approval

Vice President: Obiageli Ezekwesili Callisto E. Madavo

Country Director: Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly Mark D. Tomlinson

Sector Director: Jamal Saghir Letitia A. Obeng

Sector Manager: Alexander E. Bakalian (acting) Letitia A. Obeng

Project Team Leader: Hassan Madu Kida Alison C.N. Cave

ICR Author/Team Leader: Hassan Madu Kida

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F. Results Framework Analysis

Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) (i) Establish partnerships between communities and their Local Governments (LGs) so

that sub-project proposals are developed jointly by them;

(ii) deliver basic urban services in poor urban settlements; and

(iii) demonstrate viable approaches to infrastructure development and service delivery

that enable LGs to move away from a culture of total financial dependency for

infrastructure investment and even recurrent infrastructure O&M expenditures.

Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving

authority) To increase access to basic urban services in selected cities.

(a) PDO Indicator(s)

Original PDO indicators included: (PDO1) the partnerships result in the bulk of project

proceeds being invested on-site1, (PDO 2) i) reduced time spent on water collection and

lower unit costs, ii) reduced incidence of flooding, iii) increased use of public transport,

and iv) higher satisfaction levels for services delivered – water, roads, drainage, solid

waste management, and (PDO3) increase in own source revenue generation by 5% per

annum in real terms for LGs. The PAD did not include baseline values for PDO2 and 3

nor specific targets as the demand-based design of the project did not allow to know, a

priori, the choices that the communities would make during implementation.

Revised PDO after the restructuring included:

Indicator Baseline

Value

Original Target

Values (from

approval

documents)

Formally

Revised

Target

Values

Actual Value

Achieved at

Completion or

Target Years

Number of people with access

to water supply 0 NA NA 912,000

Number of people with access

to sanitation facilities 0 NA NA 843,700

Number of people using

rehabilitated or newly built

access roads

0 NA NA 2,171,000

Number of people reached

through HIV-AIDS campaigns 0 NA NA 598,020

Number of people enrolled in

school 0 NA NA 36,629

Number of people who go to

clinic on a daily basis 0 NA NA 360

1 “On-site” means local infrastructure investments within the poor areas of the cities selected. It is opposed

to “off-site” which refers to trunk infrastructure outside the poor settlements themselves. An implicit

assumption at project appraisal was that decision-makers may be inclined to favor “off-site” investments.

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(b) Intermediate Outcome Indicator(s)

Indicator Baseline

Value

Original Target

Values (from

approval

documents)

Formally

Revised

Target Values

Actual Value

Achieved at

Completion or

Target Years

Water supply schemes 0 NA NA 39

Public toilets 0 NA NA 193

Refuse collection trucks in service 0 NA NA 38

Incinerators 0 NA NA 5

Compactors 0 NA NA 1

Roads (km) 0 NA NA 179.3

Footpaths (km) 0 NA NA 18

Bus shelters 0 NA NA 5

People trained on HIV-AIDS 0 NA NA 24,587

Condom packets distributed 0 NA NA 25,400

Individuals tested on HIV-AIDS 0 NA NA 29,600

Classrooms and school

infrastructures built 0 NA NA 247

Classrooms and school

infrastructures renovated 0 NA NA 315

Education equipment items

provided 0 NA NA 6,412

Health Centers 0 NA NA 13

Health centers beds 0 NA NA 144

G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs

No. Date ISR

Archived DO IP

Actual

Disbursements

(USD millions)

1 12/18/2002 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0.00

2 05/30/2003 Satisfactory Unsatisfactory 0.00

3 11/26/2003 Satisfactory Satisfactory 1.89

4 05/25/2004 Satisfactory Satisfactory 4.82

5 06/18/2004 Satisfactory Unsatisfactory 5.32

6 12/08/2004 Satisfactory Unsatisfactory 5.92

7 04/22/2005 Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory 8.84

8 06/29/2005 Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory 11.17

9 12/13/2005 Moderately

Unsatisfactory

Moderately

Unsatisfactory 17.86

10 06/06/2006 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 23.29

11 11/22/2006 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 28.72

12 05/25/2007 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 37.08

13 11/22/2007 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 45.05

14 05/22/2008 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 53.54

15 11/28/2008 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 61.15

16 05/22/2009 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 66.14

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17 12/29/2009 Moderately

Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 81.63

18 06/02/2010 Satisfactory Satisfactory 93.34

19 03/29/2011 Satisfactory Satisfactory 134.26

20 Draft Satisfactory Satisfactory 136.20

H. Restructuring (if any)

Restructuring

Date(s)

Board

Approved

PDO Change

ISR Ratings at

Restructuring

Amount

Disbursed at

Restructuring

in USD

millions

Reason for Restructuring &

Key Changes Made DO IP

06/28/2005 Board U U 11.17 PDOs changed. Outreach of

component 2 reduced

03/18/2009 Country

Director S S 64.28 20 months closure extension

06/23/2010 Country

Director S S 93.34 6 months closure extension

I. Disbursement Profile

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1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design

1.1 Context at Appraisal

1. The Community Based Urban Development Project (CBUDP) was prepared

during the first years of democracy in Nigeria after more than three decades of

military rule. The CBUDP was part of the first wave of projects with which the

Bank scaled up its portfolio after years of keeping a low profile during the

military regime. The general institutional setting was weak, corruption levels were

high, and public procurement processes were extremely weak.

2. The main urban issues in Nigeria in 2002 were: (i) rapid urbanization, increasing

urban poverty, and social unrest in cities, (ii) infrastructure deficiencies,

especially in low-income neighborhoods, due to inadequate investment in new

facilities and negligible maintenance of existing facilities, (iii) poor utilization of

existing resources, (iv) inadequate fiscal decentralization leading to high levels of

dependency on Federal resource flows to maintain and increase recurrent and

capital expenditures, (v) inadequate access by Local Governments (LGs) to

financing for infrastructure investments, and (vi) inadequate technical and

management capacity at both State and LG levels, coupled with poor urban

information systems.

3. The project was in line with the Government‟s priorities. The Federal

Government of Nigeria‟s (FGN) National Urban Development Policy of 1997

aimed to improve the living standards of the Nigerian people by facilitating

adequate, efficient and functional service delivery. This was to be achieved by

providing infrastructure developed to design standards that would make urban

facilities and amenities more affordable through investments in a package of basic

services to upgrade poor urban settlements.

4. The Nigeria Joint Interim Strategy Update (JISU) of June 2001structured IDA

assistance to Nigeria through three strategic pillars: (i) community-driven

development, (ii) governance, and (iii) private sector-led growth. The CBUDP

aimed at addressing communities‟ needs. The governance pillar was reflected in

the partnership between local communities, LGs and State Governments (SGs) to

boost good governance by empowering local governments to provide services to

local communities, while at the same time empowering communities to demand

such services from their government. Finally, the infrastructure works and the

out-sourcing of some operations to the private sector was to promote its role in

economic growth. The rationale for Bank assistance was thus comprehensively

justified.

5. Given IDA‟s experience in urban development – including community-based

urban development – this CBUDP was intended to enable the FGN to develop an

approach to infrastructure provision that promoted demand-led and participatory

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planning techniques for public expenditures on infrastructure within budget

constraints, thereby promoting better utilization of resources. It also aimed at

assisting States in developing long-term, realistic and workable financing

strategies for scaling-up upgrading interventions in their cities in the future, and

help the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) draw lessons from

urban policy work in Nigeria.

1.2 Original Project Development Objectives (PDO) and Key Indicators

6. The original Project Development Objectives (PDOs) were to: (PDO1) Establish

partnerships between communities and their LGs so that sub-project proposals are

developed jointly by them; (PDO2) Deliver basic urban services in poor urban

settlements; and (PDO3) Demonstrate viable approaches to infrastructure

development and service delivery that enable LGs to move away from a culture of

total financial dependency for infrastructure investment and even recurrent

infrastructure O&M expenditures.

7. The original key outcome/impact indicators corresponding to the PDOs were:

(PDO1) the partnerships result in the bulk of project proceeds being invested on-

site2, (PDO 2) i) reduced time spent on water collection and lower unit costs, ii)

reduced incidence of flooding, iii) increased use of public transport, and iv) higher

satisfaction levels for services delivered – water, roads, drainage, solid waste

management, and (PDO3) increase in own source revenue generation by 5% per

annum in real terms for LGs.

1.3 Revised PDO (as approved by original approving authority) and Key

Indicators, and reasons/justification

8. The project was restructured in June 2005 (Board approval). The three original

PDOs were replaced by the following: “To increase access to basic urban services

in selected cities.” The restructuring thus eliminated the original PDO1 and PDO3

and widened the target area of PDO2 from „poor urban settlements‟ to „selected

cities‟. The 3 new PDO indicators were changed to: (1) increased access to all

weather roads, (2) increased access to safe reliable and affordable water supply,

and (3) increased access of primary school children to improved school facilities

and services. The corresponding output indicators were: (i) infrastructure

investments as agreed in the States, (ii) upgrading fund, (iii) capacity building,

and (iv) greater awareness of HIV/AIDS.

9. The main reason for the 2005 restructuring was the need to modify the project‟s

second component design. First, because only eight cities (out of thirteen

envisaged by project design) had demonstrated demand for the second phase of

the CBUDP. Second, the substantial appreciation of the SDR with respect to the

2 Idem.

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Naira since project preparation increased the available financial resources. These

combined elements necessitated a revision of the project design.

10. Other reasons to restructure the project included: (i) Political interference had

caused substantial delays, both during the bid evaluation process, and, in some

cases, even after awards had been cleared by IDA. The latter had resulted in

delayed signing of cleared contracts of as much as six to eight months in some

cases. As a result, disbursement under the project was slow and thus required

changes in the implementation arrangements; (ii) The Federal Project

Coordination Unit (FPCU) had not been functional, and there was no entity

coordinating, monitoring, or providing support to the State Project

Implementation Units (PIUs) to proactively mitigate against implementation

delays; (iii) The 20% counterpart fund requirement in CBUDP was found to be

high, given the low per capita GDP of Nigeria.

11. The results indicators were aligned to the restructured PDO and further refined in

January 2010 following a review by the Bank‟s Sector Management Unit (SMU),

the Country Management Unit (CMU), and the Africa Core Operations Services

(AFTOS). The indicators included (1) number of people with access to water

supply, (2) number of people with access to sanitation facilities, (3) number of

people using rehabilitated or newly built access roads, (4) number of people

reached through HIV-AIDS campaigns, (5) number of pupils enrolled in school,

and (6) number of people who go to clinic on a daily basis.

12. No target values were prescribed for PDO2 indicators before restructuring and the

PDO indicators after the restructuring. It is considered that this was the result of

the community based approach for the project, where individual investments were

demand driven and could not have been identified upfront.

13. Since the bulk of the investments under the project (91.7%) took place after the

restructuring of 2005 (see section 3.5), the indicators outlined in paragraph 11

above have been taken as the most valid ones and have been primarily used for

this ICR, as they best match the character of the project following restructuring

and the availability of data. In addition, and where necessary, some information

on previous indicators has also been used both in quantitative and in qualitative

terms. The sources of data used for the ICR are more fully outlined in Annex 7.

1.4 Main Beneficiaries

14. The main beneficiaries have been citizens gaining infrastructure and services in

seven cities (Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, Bauchi City in Bauchi State, Abakaliki in

Ebonyi State, Benin City in Edo State, Hadejia in Jigawa State, Karu in

Nassarawa State, and Abeokuta in Ogun State). Another city was added in 2005:

Akure in Ondo State. Before 2005, the beneficiaries of the seven original cities

were just those inhabitants of some low-income urban settlements. Investments

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after the restructuring expanded the benefits to larger areas and many more

communities.

15. Other beneficiaries include PIU staff, LGs, and SGs obtaining capacity building

through a number of training events that will allow them to make better informed

investment choices, as well as the private sector through contracting out of

construction and maintenance of works to local development and contracting

industry. Indirect beneficiaries of this project have been the members of the

Community Technical Committees (CTCs), PSC, and traditional institutions.

1.5 Original Components

16. Seven cities of seven States were selected during the project preparation to benefit

from upgrading of basic infrastructure during a period of two to three years from

effectiveness in what was called Phase I. An Upgrading Fund called Phase II was

intended to follow on Phase I, which would be open to the seven States of Phase I

and six additional ones. The Fund was going to be accessible to all 13 States

conditional on meeting a number of eligibility criteria.

17. Community development in the framework of the CBUDP was understood as

community mobilization and organization in effective CTCs, consultation with

them in selecting subprojects to be implemented and strengthened voice in

communities‟ relationship with the Local Governments.

18. The six components of the project are described below.

Component 1: Upgrading of basic municipal infrastructure in selected settlements in

seven cities of seven states – Phase I3:

19. During Phase 1, this component was meant to finance integrated packages of

multisectoral investments to provide or rehabilitate basic municipal infrastructure

and services. They included water supply, roads, footpaths, drainage, power

reticulation, private and public sanitation facilities, solid waste management,

street lighting, slaughterhouses, markets, recreational facilities, schools, and

clinics.

Component 2: Upgrading Fund (referred to in the Development Credit Agreement as

“Subprojects”) to finance basic municipal infrastructure in select settlements in cities of

13 States – Phase II: 20. An Upgrading Fund was established to support subproject proposals in Phase II.

The Fund was meant to be accessible to all 13 States when they met a number of

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eligibility criteria4 and once they had reached the preliminary engineering stages

with their own funds.

Component 3: Capacity building and training, one city development strategy, and

knowledge sharing networks: 21. A first sub-component was to finance project-related training for stakeholders,

including PIUs, SGs, LGs, and CTCs. A second one was to finance broader

training including financial management and M&E. A third sub-component was

to undertake analytical work with stakeholders‟ consultation to develop a City

Development Strategy in the city of Karu. The last one consisted of facilitating

information sharing of experiences between PIUs and its respective states.

Component 4: Implementation support for the Project Implementation Units (PIU) and

the Federal Project Coordination Unit (FPCU): 22. Basic office equipment and facilities were to be provided to assist in the

establishment of PIUs in all States and the FPCU in Abuja, as well as support for

impact evaluations for all subprojects.

Component 5: HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on project sites: 23. This component planned the development and execution of an AIDS Education

Information and Communication Campaign in the project areas, including

construction sites, in project-supported schools and clinics, solid waste collection

sites, and transport and disposal network.

Component 6: A project Preparation Facility (PPF): 24. This was made available to the FGN to enable project preparation in the seven

Phase I States. It was reimbursed from project funds when the project became

effective.

1.6 Revised Components

25. During the 2005 Board-approved restructuring, the scope of the second

component was narrowed from thirteen to eight cities, which were the seven

original ones plus the city of Akure in Ondo State. This was due to the fact that

the remaining States did not manifest an interest to meet the eligibility criteria.

The other components of the CBUDP did not change.

1.7 Other significant changes

26. As indicated above, the 2005 project restructuring modified the PDOs and limited

the participating states to eight. Two subsequent project restructurings (both

Country Director approval) gave time extensions to the implementation of the

4 The criteria included having an urban poverty map of the State, audited accounts of the SG and LGs in the

last year, appointed core PIU staff, and demonstrated financial ability to meet the counterpart fund

contributions.

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project by a total of 26 months - the first for twenty months (in March 2009), and

the second for six months (in June 2010). These two restructurings allowed funds‟

reallocations and time extensions that permitted completing the implementation of

ongoing activities at the time.

27. Although Phase I was supposed to end in 2005, it ultimately closed in 2007. Phase

II started in 2006 and lasted until project closure, although works did not start

until 2007. With the 2005 project restructuring and the elimination of PDO1, the

main focus on on-site infrastructure was put aside. However, projects were

selected by the PIUs by considering the communities‟ priorities as stated in the

initial project‟ surveys and by interacting with the CTCs. As such, the community

aspect of the project as originally understood (see paragraph 17) was preserved

after the restructuring despite the fact that larger scale trunk infrastructure was

also financed.

2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes

2.1 Project Preparation, Design and Quality at Entry

28. There was a clear rationale for the Bank‟s intervention under the CBUDP and it

was in line with the Government‟s priorities. There was a strong commitment

from the States‟ Governments and stakeholders towards the PDOs. A sound sector

analysis had been undertaken. The Bank team provided the required skills during

preparation. Financial and economic analyses were conducted, and safeguards

issues were addressed.

29. The Bank had previously supported community-based urban interventions

through its urban projects in Nigeria. The key lessons from these projects

highlighted by the FMWH were taken into consideration. These included: (i)

ownership by communities is critical, and is best ensured through community

involvement and fostered through strong partnerships between LGs and

communities; (ii) appropriate standards and continuous monitoring are critical for

the success of such projects.

30. The commitment of the States‟ Governments during project preparation was very

solid, both because of the high interest in bringing the project to the States‟ capital

(except for Jigawa where the chosen city was not the capital), and because of the

interest in being the direct implementing actor. However, this commitment was

uneven later on during the project due to limitations in capacity. On the other

hand, the commitment of the FGN was weaker. The project design attempted to

solve this situation by giving the FGN a central coordination role.

31. Preparation took an extended period. The first preparation mission took place in

1999, just after one year after the end of the military regime. The three years that

elapsed until Board approval in 2002 –and one extra year until effectiveness in

2003 - were utilized to reach agreement on priorities and implementation

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modalities. However, the long period of preparation undermined the usefulness of

procurement and financial management training that had taken place, and

enlarged the gap between the original engineering estimates and final bids for

works contracts. The States‟ PIUs were not located within the urban institutions

(in most cases in the Office of the Governor or the Secretariat to the Governor)

which to some extent undermined their institutional development legacy.

32. Many of the difficulties that the project experienced were identified as high risks

from the outset – with mitigation measures put in place accordingly – including

the risks of SGs and LGs counterpart funds not being made available in a timely

fashion, or the PIUs not getting sufficient autonomy to work efficiently. However,

some of the mitigation measures identified were not fully effective5, and some

risks such as the underperformance of the Federal Government as a key

coordinator (FPCU) were not addressed. The FMWH was restructured at least two

times during the project implementation. The resultant changes in departments

and staff reflected themselves inter alia on the FPCU performance. Changes in the

structure of the FMWH, a key counterpart ministry at the federal level, were

beyond the control of the project.

33. Additional shortcomings at project appraisal included: (i) the second component

of the project appears to have been developed somewhat hastily and inserted into

the project shortly before it went to the Board largely as a result of internal

pressure within the Bank to increase the overall project financial envelope, (ii) the

20% figure of State‟s contribution was too high, as demonstrated by the need to

bring it down to 5% at the restructuring stage, and (iii) including seven States

(and foreseeing thirteen for phase two) as a result of the politics of domestic

regional equilibrium led to an overambitious geographical scope of the project.

34. The above mentioned shortcomings are considered relatively significant but

nevertheless do not make the project objective or design inconsistent with the

FGN and the Bank‟s continuing development priorities in Nigeria.

2.2 Implementation

35. The restructuring took place early enough and contributed to the full utilization of

funds. The following were the key elements of the restructuring: (i) The

geographical scope was reduced from thirteen to eight States, and most eligibility

criteria were eliminated; (ii) The PDOs were modified from three to one to make

it easier to monitor the achievement of PDOs; (iii) The integrity of the bid

evaluation process was strengthened in two ways. First, design engineering

consulting firms were to provide bid evaluation services to the PIUs, changing

past practice of the PIUs undertaking the bid evaluation themselves (which had

left the process open to interference). Second, the role of the Project Steering

Committee (PSC), consisting of the political leadership in each State, was

5 For example, counterpart funding was delayed despite the mitigation measures defined at appraisal.

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redefined. The PSC reviewed performance of PIUs through post-review of the

activities, and not prior review as was the case before; (iv) The Ministry to which

the FPCU reported to in 2002 had changed from the Federal Ministry of Works

and Housing (FMWH) to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban

Development (FMHUD) - this change was reflected in the DCA. Technical

Assistance would be provided to the FPCU to ensure that systematic project

coordination and monitoring, preparation of consolidated reports from States; (v)

Counterpart fund contribution from States was reduced to a 5% requirement for

local costs of civil works, with IDA financing 100% of foreign costs and 95% of

local costs of civil works.

36. The Midterm Review took place in April 2008 and assessed the overall progress

of the project towards achieving its development objectives, with 35% of the loan

having been utilized at the time. This Review confirmed that the restructuring had

improved the project‟ implementation and addressed many of the earlier

challenges. The MTR recommended: i) to have the counterpart funding being

made upfront to avoid delays, (ii) to work on sustainability mechanisms for the

constructed infrastructures, and (iii) to reinforce the project M&E mechanisms.

37. The main factors contributing to overall successful results and achievement of the

revised PDO include:

Relevancy of the project objectives, design and implementation.

High commitment of the States‟ Governments – the counterpart funding problem

diminished as the project moved forward.

Restructuring the project early enough to allow implementation of planned

activities after restructuring.

Having the Task Team Leader (TTL) based in Nigeria from 2005 onward. This

contributed to the closer supervision of the project and to get it back on track, by

ensuring enhanced quality of works and increasing the number of field visits, as

well as by establishing a more fluid interaction with the FPCU, the PIUs, and the

States‟ Governors to solve emerging challenges6.

38. The main factors that gave rise to challenges and delays include:

The initial lack of familiarity of PIU staff with Bank procurement and financial

management procedures necessitated the operators to undergo a learning process

to facilitate effective project delivery.

A high number of procurement contracts to be handled7 (over 130 in Phase I)

before 2005. The restructuring contributed to solve this by opening the CBUDP to

finance large trunk infrastructure subprojects.

6 However, there were some flaws in the formal reporting, such as not having formal Aide Memoires of

supervision missions from late 2005 to mid 2009, while Implementation Status Reports were filed on a

regular basis. 7 The role of communities and CTCs was to express type of project preferences and participate in the

monitoring, but the procurement was handled by the PIUs.

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Political interference from State politicians in Bank procurement procedures

managed by the PIU caused delays.

The quality of original engineering designs and of the supervision services was

poor, as well as the quality of contractors in some States. This showed a clear

improvement after the 2005 restructuring.

The FPCU was inefficient and did not fully perform its role of supervisor and

coordinator of the States‟ PIUs. As targeted by the restructuring, the FPCU

performance improved however after 2005.

39. An interruption in the project occurred before the 2005 restructuring due to a case

reviewed by the World Bank Integrity Vice-Presidency, which required the team

to revise its implementation and risk mitigation measures. This caused some

delays during that period, which need not be attributed to the Bank‟s performance

but to exogenous circumstances.

2.3 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Design, Implementation and Utilization

40. The M&E design was adequate. The PIUs were meant to operate and maintain an

effective monitoring and evaluation system that would ensure the capture,

analysis and flow of the information needed to track performance of project

interventions. This was expected to serve as a decision-making tool for project

managers and policymakers. This information would be gathered and analyzed by

PIUs, using key procurement and disbursement progress indicators (included in

the Project Implementation Manual) in formats agreed upon with IDA. Every

quarter, the PIUs were responsible for developing quarterly progress reports, and

submitting them to the FPCU, PSCs, LG community development officers, CTCs,

and IDA. Community development officers, together with CTCs were responsible

for ensuring continuous communication with the communities during the project

cycle to keep them abreast of developments. The CTCs and community

development officers were to ensure that quarterly reports were timely posted or

displayed in at least two prominent and appropriately selected public places in

respective project areas. Public places were going to be selected to ensure that

both men and women of the community could have access to the information.

41. A survey was done at the beginning of the project to gather households‟

socioeconomic data, which was used to develop the initial economic and financial

analysis. However, target values for the CBUDP outcome indicators were not

included in the PAD due to the demand-based character of the investments.

42. During implementation, M&E ratings in the project‟s ISRs ranged from

unsatisfactory to satisfactory, with a majority being on the satisfactory side. Data

was collected but was sometimes inconsistent. Given the challenges of collecting

consistent data for all the States, starting in 2005, a single “deliver basic urban

services” indicator was used and evaluated in each of the 8 States, in which the

PDO was given a rate going from unsatisfactory to satisfactory. Also, ten

implementation progress indicators were evaluated in each state (project

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management, PSC interference with PMU responsibilities, speed of resolution of

outstanding issues, safeguards, financial management, counterpart financing,

disbursements, procurement, contracts management & quality, and monitoring

and evaluation). Evaluating some of the above mentioned indicators in itself was

an innovative exercise in the Nigerian context, and some of them were

particularly relevant to some of the challenges experienced by the CBUDP before

restructuring – e.g. interference with PMU responsibilities and quality of works.

The M&E aspects of the project improved further in 2009, when an M&E

consultant was hired to gather data at the State level in a quarterly manner until

project closing.

43. The main data sources of this ICR are the M&E completion report, the ISRs, as

well as a questionnaire sent by the ICR team to the eight PIUs after project

closure requesting for outcome information as well as some data inputs to

evaluate the project‟s efficiency.

2.4 Safeguard and Fiduciary Compliance

44. There were no significant failures to maintain acceptable financial management

arrangements during project implementation. Satisfactory performance was

achieved in complying with FM covenants on submission of periodic financial

reports i.e. unaudited Interim Financial Report and Annual Audit report, there was

no outstanding report. The audit opinion was unqualified throughout project

implementation. However, there were challenges with the timeliness of

submission of IFRs, the quality of same and in some instance their completeness.

There was less than satisfactory performance in the maintenance of timely,

accurate and reliable financial management arrangements, evident in unretired

advances, inadequate documentation for incurred expenditures and ineligible

expenditures observed during Bank's implementation support mission and

external audits. Remittance of Government Counterpart Fund was a challenge: it

was delayed in some states whilst only partial remittance occurred in others.

Despite these difficulties, overall FM performance was satisfactory.

45. Before restructuring, there were many revisions with some procurement

documents with the PIUs which caused implementation delays. In June 2004, the

project was downgraded because procurement of contractors and consultants had

lagged behind the original schedule. Useful training took place late 2004.

However, two challenges persisted: inadequate compliance with Bank‟s

procurement rules, and inadequate autonomy for project staff to advance

implementation after all technical requirements had been met (i.e. political

inference, which lasted until April 2005 at least). The long time between

clearances of contracts and awards was also a problem: the bulk of contracts of

Phase I were signed in January 2005, six to eight months after IDA clearance.

Most of these issues were solved with the project restructuring, with the

procurement ratings being either moderately satisfactory or satisfactory from that

point until project closing.

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46. The CBUDP was a category B project, and the only safeguard applicable to the

project was OP 4.01 (Environmental Assessment) and it was rated as satisfactory

throughout the project. The overall environmental safeguard performance of the

project is satisfactory. The anticipated potential adverse environmental and social

impacts were limited, site specific and easy to mitigate. At the time of project

preparation, the exact locations of the project‟s interventions were not known. As

a consequence, an environmental and social management framework (ESMF)

detailing the principles and procedures that would be followed to ensure

environmental sustainability and social acceptability was prepared by the client

and disclosed in Nigeria and the World Bank InfoShop. The ESMF also contained

a checklist for screening CBUDP‟s activities for their potential adverse impacts in

perspective of avoiding, preventing, reducing and/or mitigating negative impacts.

During project intervention, project activities were screened and appropriate

safeguards instruments (EIA, ESIA) were prepared in close consultations with the

communities and potential project affected persons prior to the commencement of

civil works as required.

2.5 Post-completion Operation/Next Phase

47. The completed works are functional and have been handed over to the respective

municipalities or pertinent administrations - by signing MoUs – who will be in

charge of the maintenance of those infrastructures. Experience has shown that

assets that generate revenue (e.g. the abattoirs and markets) are highly likely to be

maintained more systematically and as such to remain in operation over an

extended period. Other investments – roads, clinics and schools – are clearly

dependent on the States‟ willingness and practice to adequately fund their

operation and/or maintenance.

48. No specific urban intervention is planned from the Bank‟s side. However, an

urban water intervention to reform the sector and improve access to water services

is currently under preparation. Officials of PIUs have gained knowledge on

community based practices and state of the art procurement and financial

management skills.

3. Assessment of Outcomes

3.1 Relevance of Objectives, Design and Implementation

49. The objective of the CBUDP, its design and implementation were relevant

both before and after the 2005 restructuring. Both the original and the post

restructuring project objectives are relevant to Nigeria‟s needs today as (i) the

pressure of rural-urban migration continues to impact the social amenities and

infrastructure in the major metropolitan areas, and (ii) the demand for basic urban

infrastructures remains very high.

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The original and the post restructuring design and implementation were relevant,

but the original ones had significant shortcomings. These included the somewhat

hastily developed second component of the CBUDP, a counterpart contribution

that proved to be too high, an ambitious geographical scope of the project, and an

oft inappropriate location of the PIU. Many of the above mentioned shortcomings

were addressed during the 2005 restructuring, and a few moderate shortcomings

may have still remained - e.g. eight States were still an ambitious geographical

scope given the recent reengagement in Nigeria after the prolonged period of

conflict.

3.2 Achievement of original Project Development Objectives

50. Concerning the original PDO1, the associated key indicator was: “the partnerships

result in the bulk of project proceeds being invested on-site”. The quality of the

data provided by States on the percentage of investments that was done on-site is

too poor to be used. The amount of contracts and disbursement rates show,

however, that during phase 1, off-site investments only took place if there was a

need for trunk improvements to enable services to reach the settlements. Hence

PDO1 was achieved according to its key indicator. After restructuring, the

proportion of off-site investments considerably increased.

51. The key indicator associated to PDO3 was: “to increase in own source revenue

generation by 5% per annum in real terms for LGs”. For the four States out of

eight for which data is available, the LGs own source revenue increased from 9 to

30% from 2002 to the project restructuring in 2005, which indicates that the

original PDO3 was achieved.

52. The original indicators of PDO2 were: “i) reduced time spent on water collection

and lower unit costs, ii) reduced incidence of flooding, iii) increased use of public

transport, and iv) higher satisfaction levels for services delivered – water, roads,

drainage, solid waste management”. There is no data available for the first three

indicators. However, for the fourth one – which indirectly captures the other three

indicators - a beneficiaries‟ survey report indicated that a vast majority of

respondents was very satisfied with what the project had achieved, particularly

with the roads interventions (see section 3.7 and Annex 5).

53. Based on the above, the achievement of project objectives before

restructuring is rated as satisfactory.

3.3 Achievement of post-restructuring Project Development Objectives

54. The table below gives the result chain for the post 2005 restructuring project. A

number of results were achieved in the water supply, sanitation, roads, HIV-AIDS,

education, economic growth, security, and drainage flooding sectors. These

resulted in providing different type of services to citizens of the eight CBUDP

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cities, which in turn contributed to achieving the PDO indicator of achieving

access to basic services.

CBUDP RESULTS CHAIN

ACTIVITY INTERMEDIATE RESULTS OUTCOME RESULTS

(additional) PDO

Indicator Value Indicator Value

Increase

access to

basic services

in selected

cities

Water supply Water supply schemes

constructed 39

No. of people with access

to water 912,000

Sanitation

Public toilets constructed 193

No. of people with access

to sanitation facilities 843,700

Refuse collection trucks in

service 38

Incinerators in service 5

Compactors in service 1

Roads

Kilometres of roads

constructed 179

No. of people using

rehabilitated or newly built

access roads

2,171,000 Kilometres of footpaths

constructed 18

Bus shelters built 5

HIV-AIDS

Number of people trained 24,587 Number of people reached

through HIV-AIDS

campaigns

598,020 Condom packets distributed 25,400

Number of individuals tested 29,600

Education

Number of classrooms and

school infrastructures built 315

Number of pupils enrolled

in schools 36,629

Number of classrooms and

school infrastructures

renovated

247

Number of education

equipment items provided 6,412

Health

Number of health centres built 13 Number of people who go

to clinic on a daily basis 360

Number of health centre beds

provided 144

Other activities8:

Livelihood

Number of women‟s

training centres 1

Number of abattoirs 3

Number of fish processing

centres 1

Number of fishmarket stalls 100

Number of community halls 6

Number of poultry markets 1

Number of ICT centres 2

Security

Kilometres of street lighting 8

Number of street lighting

fittings 734

Number of control kiosks 9

Number of transformers 51

Number of poles 110

Flooding Kilometres of drainage 160

Number of ponds 3

8 These activities are not associated with one of the output indicators considered (see paragraph 11).

However, they are in line with the PDO of “increasing access to basic services in selected cities”.

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55. As can be seen from the results chain table, significant investments in urban

service delivery took place under the project, and access to urban services was

tangibly expanded. All of the subprojects were completed and are functional.

Overall, during implementation, supervision by the Bank team followed closely

the quality of works, which was considered satisfactory. Since significant

infrastructures were delivered, they are functional and increase access to basic

urban services as per the PDO, the post restructuring achievement of

objectives is rated satisfactory.

56. As far as capacity building activities are concerned, the CBUDP provided training

events to more than 11,600 members of PIUs, SGs, LGs, CTCs, PSCs,

community members and other stakeholders over the duration of the project.

3.4 Efficiency

57. The economic analysis developed at appraisal computed a roads cost-

effectiveness ratio, a water headwork cost-benefit analysis, a social benefits ratio

of phase 1 investments, and an economic viability ratio of phase 1 investments.

58. Due to data constraints and the multi-sector nature of the CBUDP, two indicators

have been retained for the ICR economic analysis. First, the economic viability

ratio of investments as defined in the PAD but applied to the whole project (not

only to phase 1), and second, a comparison with similar subprojects undertaken

by the Government. The efficiency of the project is not disaggregated in before

and after 2005 restructuring.

59. Over the estimated life of the project of 20 years, the economic benefit to cost

ratio of the CBUDP investments would be 4.8 (it was 4.5 at appraisal as can be

seen in the PAD), indicating that the investment is economically justifiable9.

60. Compared to similar interventions undertaken by the Government, the project‟s

interventions in each of the eight States have oscillated between 77% and 92% of

what the cost would have been if the Government had financed it. From a sector

point of view, CBUDP roads subprojects have cost 80% of similar Government

interventions. This figure is 81% for water subprojects, 78% for schools, and 68%

for clinics. The Bank‟s intervention hence appears to have expanded the FGN‟s

value for money.

9 (US$ 7.2 per HH per month * 12 months * 20 years) / (US$ 47 per capita * 8 persons per HH) = 4.8).

US$ 7.2 per HH per month is the average monthly increase in the price of households‟ rents over the life of

the project, and US$47 represents the average investment per capita done by the CBUDP in the

intervention areas (see Annex 3 for further details).

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61. Given the evidence presented in the two paragraphs above, the efficiency of the

project is rated as satisfactory, both before and after restructuring.

3.5 Justification of Overall Outcome Rating

62. For evaluation purposes, the pre 2005 restructuring results framework is given the

weight of the total disbursement rate of the project at the time

(i.e. 8.3% or US$ 11.2 million out of US$ 134.4 million disbursed at closure),

while the post 2005 restructuring results framework is given a weight of the

remaining disbursement (i.e. 91.7%). The project is overall rated moderately

satisfactory, as a result of combining the ratings of the relevance, achievements,

and efficiency of the CBUDP.

Rating

Before After

Relevance Relevant (with significant

shortcomings)

Relevant (with moderate shortcomings)

Achievements S S

Efficiency S S

Outcome (combining the 3 elements above)

MS MS

Disbursement % 8.3% 91.7%

Overall MS

3.6 Overarching Themes, Other Outcomes and Impacts

63. The appointment of some former PIU members to high level government

positions due to the skills gained in the project illustrates that the capacity

building and activities have had a positive impact.

64. The City Development Strategy (CDS) of Karu (Nassarawa), completed at the end

of 2002, is a successful output of this project. The strategy was utilized to

empower the informal private sector, first by establishing consultations with local

businesses to identify key constraints on their growth. Business representatives

then began to work together, and then formalized their cooperation as a Business

and Economic Development Committee. This Committee has subsequently

obtained funding for two new marketplaces, increased subcontracting, and

initiated a low-cost housing scheme, becoming an unexpected high impact

outcome of the project.

3.7 Summary of Findings of Beneficiary Survey

65. The beneficiary survey undertaken was more qualitative than quantitative. The

consultant used focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and semi-structured

questionnaires.

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66. Beneficiaries in all the communities visited highly appreciated the CBUDP‟s

efforts and the subprojects. The subprojects were seen as a welcome relief that has

improved their quality of life and has opened up more opportunities of livelihood.

A vast majority of respondents surveyed using the semi structured questionnaires

judged the project very satisfactory, this figure being consistent across states.

67. In all the states it was observed that the roads subprojects received the highest

accolade from most respondents. The major benefits of these roads includes

increased access, reduced time spent in traffic, better conditions of vehicles,

reduced flooding and time for flash floods and elimination of cesspools on the

roads. Respondents were more satisfied with the quality of roads and drainage

systems constructed in the second round of investment.

68. Other subprojects were also very much appreciated. Respondents in Bauchi,

Ebonyi, Edo, Jigawa and Ogun were full of praises for the Maternity Clinics,

Primary Health Centres, and Dispensary subprojects. Other subprojects received a

lot of praises as well, but these were more location specific. For instance,

respondents in Abakpa in Abakaliki, Owu-Gbagura, Ago-Oko and Ilogbo in

Abeokuta, Oke-Aro, Eyinke, Irowo, Odige and Odopetu in Akure where trunk

drainage were constructed said that the drainages have resolved the annual

flooding experienced in their communities. In Benin City, Edo State residents

around the areas ravaged by gully erosion were extremely satisfied about the

project intervention.

69. Despite the high satisfaction level with the subprojects, the performance of some

subprojects is beyond the control of the managers of the subprojects because of

their dependence on the performance of other external entities. Also, not all the

projects have been very successful. In Akwa Ibom the level of satisfaction of the

water project is more of mere appreciation of the project as the needs of the

people have evolved over the last decade when the project was initially conceived.

Also the public toilets in most of the project sites have suffered from some

management problems, vandalisation, poor revenue generation, and misuse.

4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome

70. The likelihood of the basic urban infrastructure services provided not being

adequately maintained is moderate to significant, and depends on each specific

State and sector. For example, while the abattoir in Nassarawa will be well

maintained by the butchers‟ association, some roads may not be well maintained

by the State governments. As for the impact of some of the infrastructure services

not being operational after a certain period, it would be significant, as it would

imply going back to the pre-project situation, with much worse urban services.

This project‟s rating of the risk to development outcome is thus substantial.

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5. Assessment of Bank and Borrower Performance

5.1 Bank Performance

(a) Bank Performance in Ensuring Quality at Entry

71. The Bank performance during identification, preparation and appraisal of the

project is rated moderately satisfactory. The team prepared the project in a

challenging context in which the Bank was scaling up operations in Nigeria after

the return to a civilian regime. The Bank identified, facilitated the preparation of,

and appraised the operation so as to achieve the PDOs in a manner consistent with

the Bank‟s fiduciary role. In particular:

The project was consistent with the Government‟ development priorities.

The project took into consideration lessons learned from previous operations.

The poverty alleviation and social development aspects were central to the

project.

The design responded comprehensively to the immediate needs of the sector –

from enhancing the role of LGs to their partnerships with communities.

Many risks were correctly identified and properly mitigated.

72. The Bank performance in ensuring quality during the restructuring preparation

was satisfactory. In fact, the restructuring design successfully managed clearly

improve the following original shortcomings: the pragmatic structure of

component two, the borrower‟s required contribution, limiting the geographical

scope of the project, giving the means to the FPCU to develop its role, and

improving the fiduciary mechanisms.

73. However, the rating is less than fully satisfactory because (i) the PAD results

framework had some shortcomings, (ii) some risks could have been better

assessed, (iii) the pressures surrounding and hasty development of component two

resulted in an ambitious project design. Overall, however, these shortcomings are

moderate and do not make the design inconsistent with continuous FGN‟s or

Bank‟s priorities.

(b) Quality of Supervision

74. The Bank quality of supervision is rated moderately satisfactory. The Bank

identified and resolved challenges during implementation so that the PDO could

be successfully achieved. In particular, the Bank:

Demonstrated detailed and high quality monitoring of the technical and

engineering aspects of the civil works, including consistent, frequent and

flexible support to the client.

Provided support in the areas of financial management and procurement

intensified after 2004 when it became obvious that project capacity in these

areas lagged behind.

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Prepared a project restructuring in 2005 which was essential to put the project

and funds utilization back on track

Moved the TTL to the field early in the implementation process and improved

the close supervision of the project, and implied a lot of traveling under

difficult logistical conditions to the eight States of the project. The

improvement in the procurement, disbursement rates, and quality of works are

all evidence of good quality of supervision.

Most importantly, the PDO was achieved and access to basic services in the

selected 8 cities improved.

75. However, the rating is less than fully satisfactory because: (i) reporting lagged

behind: between 2005-9 only ISRs were produced for review and approval by

Management, while formal Aide Memoires were replaced with less formal (but

more frequent) communication exchanges between the Client and the field-based

TTL, (ii) No attempt was made during implementation to establish a baseline

which would have improved the M&E aspect of this project. , (iii) Internal

communication within the Bank could have been better. Namely, when TTLs

changed, some of the information was not adequately transferred to the incoming

TTL, resulting in delays in management decisions. Overall, however, these

shortcomings are moderate and do not make the implementation inconsistent with

continuous FGN‟s or Bank‟s priorities.

(c) Justification of Rating for Overall Bank Performance

76. The ICR rates the overall performance of the Bank as moderately satisfactory.

In line with the harmonized criteria for ICR and IEG evaluations, the rating of

overall Bank performance is based on the ratings for each of the two dimensions

which are both rated moderately satisfactory: (i) Bank performance in ensuring

quality at entry, and (ii) the quality of supervision.

5.2 Borrower Performance10

(a) Government Performance

77. The Government‟s performance is rated moderately unsatisfactory. The FPCU

and the States‟ Governments contributed to the successful implementation of the

project. In particular:

The FPCU liaised between the FGN and the project, and ensured some aspects

of the overall CBUDP coordination.

The commitment of the State Governments was high and they were proactive

during all preparation stages - and to a lesser extent during implementation as

well.

10 The FPCU (as an extension of the FGN) and the States Governments of the eight CBUDP States are

considered under the Government performance subsection, while the 8 State‟ PIUs are considered under the

Implementing Agencies performance subsection.

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78. However, the rating is moderately unsatisfactory because of the following

significant shortcomings:

The FPCU started to function early 2005, but without substantial technical

support at the beginning. Throughout the project, the FPCU was at the

bottleneck of coordination problems, failed to provide the support to States it

was supposed to give, and did not effectively develop its monitoring tasks.

Political interference from State Governments happened in almost all PIUs. In

some of them, there were even pressures on PIU staff to be captured by PSC

members to choose certain project over others, or to influence the Bank‟s

procurement procedures.

They FPCU started the project being located in the FMHUD and then changed

to the FMWH. The transaction costs of the location change negatively

affected its performance. Moreover, its staff were often asked by the

Ministries were they were located to work on tasks that were not related to the

CBUDP. Hence political interference was a challenge.

As expressed in the MTR, most stakeholders were of the opinion that some of

the delays experienced on the project resulted from actions attributable to the

FPCU.

The delays in payment of counterpart funding were a constant during the

whole project, creating worries on whether all the works could be completed

on time, and despite the percentage of counterpart contribution having come

down to 5% during the 2005 project restructuring.

(b) Implementing Agencies Performance

79. The Implementing Agencies performance is rated moderately satisfactory.

Although the performance of each PIU varied from one State to another, overall

they were essential in achieving the project‟s PDO and using the Bank‟s fiduciary

rules. In particular:

The PIUs were committed to the project and the PDO;

As project implementation advanced and the PIUs gained experience with

Bank practices and had benefitted from FM and procurement training, the

agencies delivered on their respective roles, which allowed full disbursement

of the loan and successful achievement of the PDO.

80. However, the rating is moderately satisfactory because of the following moderate

shortcomings:

There were some financial management shortcomings as indicated in section 2.4

above.

Some of the State PIUs performance left some room for improvement.

(c) Justification of Rating for Overall Borrower Performance

81. The ICR rates the overall performance of the Borrower as moderately

satisfactory. In line with the harmonized criteria for ICR and IEG evaluations,

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and considering that one dimension is in the unsatisfactory range while the rating

for the other dimension is in the satisfactory range, the rating of the overall

borrower performance depends on the outcome rating. The moderately

satisfactory rating is given because the outcome is in the satisfactory range.

6. Lessons Learned

82. Carefully evaluating the local capacities and interests appears to be essential to

avoid designing projects with an overambitious geographical scope. A challenge

in Nigeria is that an intended geopolitical equilibrium requires having in most

projects at least one State from each of the six geopolitical zones of the Federation.

Projects should be limited to a scope that is technically and logistically feasible.

83. A sound and achievable monitoring and evaluation system should be put in place

and used since the very beginning of a project, and defining outcome indicators‟

baseline, and where possible - target values, is essential to evaluate the project

later on.

84. Nigeria remains a challenging environment, and having the TTL based in the field

and/or allocating high supervision budgets are examples of measures that can help

overcome these challenges.

85. Despite some States having gained expertise in community based urban

development, it remains to be seen whether the States‟ Governments actually use

this approach in the future. Innovative mechanisms should be developed to ensure

that the expertise gained by States is used after project closing, as well as to

address the critical problem of infrastructure sustainability.

86. Given the Federal governance nature of Nigeria, it is important to ensure that all

tiers of Government are fully on board with Bank‟s interventions to maximize the

impact of projects.

7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies

(a) Borrower/implementing agencies

87. A Project Completion Report was prepared by the FPCU in August 2011. A

summary of the main issues raised in this report can be found in Annex 6.

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Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing

(a) Project Cost by Component (in USD Million equivalent)

Components Appraisal Estimate

(USD millions)

Actual/Latest

Estimate (USD

millions)

Percentage of

Appraisal

Rehabilitation or delivery of basic

municipal infrastructure 31.54 39.20

124.3%

Upgrading fund 64.27 79.52 123.7%

Capacity Building and Training 4.23 4.70 111.1%

Implementation Support and

M&E 7.77 11.88

152.9%

HIV/AIDS awareness Campaign 0.19 0.21 110.5%

Project Preparation Facility 2.00 2.00 100.0%

Total Baseline Cost 110.00 137.51 125.0%

(b) Financing

Source of Funds Type of

Cofinancing

Appraisal

Estimate

(USD

millions)

Actual/Latest

Estimate

(USD

millions)

Percentage of

Appraisal

Borrower 27.52 N/A N/A

International Development

Association (IDA) 110.00 137.51 125.01

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Annex 2. Outputs by Component

The table below summarizes the subprojects implemented in each State per thematic area:

Themes Subprojects States

Economic

Growth and

Security

Abattoir Ebonyi, Jigawa, Nassarawa

Fish market & processing centre Jigawa

Street lighting Ebonyi, Edo, Jigawa, Ogun,

Ondo

Education Renovation dilapidated classrooms All except Akwa Ibom &

Ondo

Construction of new classrooms Same as above

Provision of other educational facilities

such as desks, toilets, etc

All except Akwa Ibom

Environment Solid waste management Edo, Nassarawa, Ondo

Reclamation of ponds Bauchi & Edo

Bus shelters Ebonyi

Construction of drainages and channels Bauchi, Ebonyi, Ogun &

Ondo

Health Care Maternity Bauchi

Dispensary/Primary health center Bauchi, Ebonyi, Edo,

Jigawa & Ogun

Recreation facilities Ebonyi

Roads Construction of roads All CBUDP implementing

States

Construction of footpaths Bauchi, Ogun & Ebonyi

Construction of road side drainages All CBUDP implementing

States

Water Supply

and Sanitation

Water supply All CBUDP implementing

States

Public toilets Edo, Jigawa, Nassarawa,

Ogun, Ondo

Construction of concrete pads Edo

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In the following pages is a table of outputs of subprojects implemented by State and

thematic area:

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State

average investment

per capita (US$)

% increase in own source revenue by

LG between 02 and 05

Jigawa 39 30%

Bauchi 43 20%

Nassarawa / /

Ogun 29 9%

Ondo 28 /

Edo 59 /

Ebonyi 68 20%

Akwa Ibom 61 /

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Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis

Providing basic infrastructure in participating communities has lead to an appreciation in

the property values in the settlements. Given the large number of owner occupied homes

with permanent structures in the settlements selected, significant benefits can accrue to

owners from an appreciation of the value of their properties. As many factors affect

property value, a single indicator would not capture all of the benefits. Nevertheless, rent

is a good proxy of benefits arising from appreciation of property value. A rent of US$10

per month is assumed for the beginning of the project (this figure is taken from the PAD),

that is a yearly rent of US$ 120.

Based on information provided by the PIUs, the rent of households increased by US$ 87

yearly on average as a result of the project, and the investment per capita has been of

US$ 47. An estimated life of the project of 20 years is assumed, and the economic benefit

to cost ratio of the CBUDP investments results to be 4.8 (it was 4.5 at appraisal),

indicating that the investment is economically justifiable:

[(US$87 per HH per year x 20 years)/(US$47 per capita x 8 persons per household)= 4.8]

Even if only 25 percent of the households benefited, the benefit-to-cost ratio would be

greater than 1, indicating overall justification of the project.

Increase yearly rent (US$) Investment per capita (US$) RATIO

Jigawa 40 39 2.6

Bauchi 60 43 3.5

Ogun 48 29 4.2

Ondo 120 28 10.8

Edo 40 59 1.7

Ebonyi 240 68 8.8

Akwa Ibom 60 61 2.5

AVERAGE 87 47 4.8

The following information was provided by the PIUs, with averages of all types of

projects taken for each State, as well as the % of the CBUDP subsectors with the most

important proportions of investments:

average % prices similar

projects Government Roads Water Schools Clinics

Jigawa 80% 81% 80% 80%

Bauchi 78% 80% 70% 72%

Nassarawa

Ogun 92%

Ondo 77% 68% 68%

Edo

Ebonyi 77% 78% 89% 76% 64%

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Akwa

Ibom 92%

Average 83% 77% 79% 75% 68%

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Annex 4. Bank Lending and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes

(a) Task Team members

Names Title Unit Responsibility/

Specialty

Lending

Supervision/ICR

Amos Abu Sr Environmental Spec. AFTEN

Sunday Achile Acheneje Procurement Specialist AFTPC

Ruth Adetola Adeleru Team Assistant AFCW2

Akinrinmola Oyenuga

Akinyele Sr Financial Management Specia AFTFM

Belinda Lorraine Asaam Program Assistant AFTUW

Mary Asanato-Adiwu Senior Procurement Specialist AFTPC

Ernestina Attafuah Senior Program Assistant AFTUW

Bayo Awosemusi Lead Procurement Specialist AFTPC

Joseph A. Gadek Sr Sanitary Engineer TWIEA TTL (2005-09)

Sophie Hans-Moevi Language Program Assistant AFTSN

Jonadab William Ekundayo

Metibaiye Municipal Engineer

AFTU2 -

HIS

Benson Chukwuweike Ojoko Consultant AFTFM

Chukwudi H. Okafor Senior Social Development Spec ECSS4

Comfort Onyeje Olatunji Program Assistant SASDO

Africa Eshogba Olojoba Sr Environmental Spec. AFTEN

Modupe Dayo Olorunfemi Program Assistant INTOP

Edward Olowo-Okere Director AFTOS

Eustache Ouayoro Country Director AFRVP

Adenike Sherifat Oyeyiola Sr Financial Management Specialist AFTFM

Deepali Tewari Senior Municipal Development S MNSUR TTL (2002-05)

Mary Oluseyi Zackius-Shittu Program Assistant HRSSY

Hassan Madu Kida Lead Water & Sanitation Specialist AFTUW TTL (2009-11)

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(b) Staff Time and Cost

Stage of Project Cycle

Staff Time and Cost (Bank Budget Only)

No. of staff weeks USD Thousands (including

travel and consultant costs)

Lending

FY00 12 136.50

FY01 5 47.12

FY02 22 287.87

FY03 5 6.37

FY04 0.00

FY05 0.00

FY06 0.00

FY07 0.00

FY08 0.00

Total: 44 477.86

Supervision/ICR

FY00 1 3.38

FY01 0.00

FY02 0.00

FY03 35 57.32

FY04 64 154.08

FY05 64 200.03

FY06 51 240.69

FY07 34 132.61

FY08 31 129.07

FY09 17 0.00

Total: 297 917.18

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Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results

The study looked at the level of satisfaction of intended beneficiaries with services

provided using CBUDP funds in targeted areas/sites; the extent to which community

members participated in needs identification and selection of project sites; the short-

comings of the project in service provision and what improvements can take place; and

the level of gender representation in planning and implementation processes – e.g.

community technical committee (CTC) membership. Focus group discussions, in-depth

interviews, and semi-structured questionnaires were used.

Beneficiaries in all the communities visited highly appreciated the CBUDP‟s efforts and

the subprojects. The subprojects were seen as a welcome relief that has improved their

quality of life and has opened up more opportunities of livelihood. In all the states it was

observed that the roads subprojects received the highest accolade from most respondents.

The reasons lean towards its impact on the lives of the respondent, the surprise with the

fact that the selected roads were actually upgraded and the quality of work done. About

175 km of road with different specifications were constructed by this project, providing

smooth flow of traffic, growth in economic activities, easy links to other roads and new

structures been developed as a result.

The major benefits of these roads includes increased access, reduced time spent in traffic,

better conditions of vehicles, reduced flooding and time for flash floods and elimination

of cesspools on the roads. All respondents expressed delight and appreciation.

Dissatisfaction was recorded on width of roads in which a few respondents expressed

desires for the road to be wider and the network expanded to some areas not yet served.

The similar comments about the impacts and quality of the road subproject above was as

expressed 91.3% of respondents in all the 8 States about the quality of the roads and

impact of the road project. In Abeokuta respondents along Ija Offa, in Owu Gbagura

confirmed that before the CBUDP intervention the area was completely cut off from the

rest of the Abeokuta. Even Okada (Motor Bikes) do not come to that area but now the

community is accessible from different areas. Similar, respondents from 6 different sites

in four States expressed appreciations about being reconnected of parts of community to

other parts was received from.

It is worthy of note to say that respondents were more satisfied with the quality of roads

and drainages constructed in the second round of investment. A key reason for this may

be because according to one respondent “…can’t you see that now they have linked all

the roads and drainages that were first constructed together with the new roads. Also, the

new roads constructed are tarred drainage to drainage without any shoulders”

[Participant, FGD, Ondo].

Furthermore, it was observed that community ownership partnership with the Local

Government is demonstrated by the many speed breakers constructed by the LGA and

residents along many of the roads particularly in Akwa Ibom. In Benin City members of

the community engaged the services of labourers to desilt the gutters at the entrance of

College Road from Ikpobai road. The silts have been a major cause of erosion which has

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damage to the road at that point. “This gutters channel all the water from Aduwawa to

this place and then to the flood re-injection site along this same College road therefore

making the desilting important because now when rainfalls this whole area becomes

flooded because of the blocked gutters. We believe that by clearing the gutters the

flooding will reduce if not eliminated because when the road was first constructed the

issue of flooding did not exist’ [Participant FGD, Edo State].

Despite the high satisfaction level with the subprojects, the performances of some

subprojects are beyond the control of the managers of the subprojects because of their

dependence on the performance of other external entities. For Instance, the performance

of the street light and electrification upgrade subprojects are primarily dependent on the

supply of electricity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). These

subprojects have common characteristics irrespective of their location and they are

further dependent on the ability to set up a functional supply chain for consumables,

maintenance and cost recovery for operation.

Other subprojects were also very much appreciated. Respondents in Bauchi, Ebonyi, Edo,

Jigawa and Ogun were also full of praises for the Maternity Clinics, Primary Health

Centres, and Dispensary subprojects. According to a stakeholder in Bauchi,

In Ebonyi State the Matron of the newly constructed PHC confirmed that the construction

of Doctors Quarters in the second round of investment as really assisted the PHC which

is the only available PHC in Abakaliki LGA. She confirmed that now the LGA provided

staffs and funds the Centre.

Patients interviewed confirmed that they now have better access to health care services.

In Ogun the PHC have been used by several organisations to achieve their health care

objectives. According to the Matron in one of the PHC in Ogun, “NGOs and other

organizations collaborate with us for programs such as HIV/AID campaign and testing,

we are now a main immunization centre for this whole community, In Jigawa the number

of patients treated monthly has been on the increase because the PHC are becoming more

popular.

Other subprojects received a lot of praises but this were more location specific for

instance respondents in Abakpa in Abakaliki, Owu-Gbagura, Ago-Oko and Ilogbo in

Abeokuta, Oke-Aro, Eyinke, Irowo, Odige and Odopetu in Akure were trunk drainages

were constructed said that the drainages have resolved the annual flooding experienced in

their communities

In Benin City, Edo State residents around the areas ravaged by gully erosion were

ecstatic about the project intervention. According to a widow who is a retiree and

business owner resident near the subproject site said that

However, not all the projects have been very successful. Our findings reveal that in Akwa

Ibom the level of satisfaction of the water project is more of mere appreciation of the

project as the needs of the people has evolved over the last decade when the project was

initially conceived. “Now people have found an alternative to public water supply in

private boreholes however the water supply needs of the community has not been met the

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water supply scheme as constructed is to advance for the CTC or community to

successfully and sustainable operate and maintain” [FGD with CTC Akwa Ibom].

Also the public toilets in most of the project sites have suffered from management

problems, vandalisation, poor revenue generation, poor access and misuse.

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Annex 6. Summary of Borrower's Project Completion Report11

General comments

The critical factors in the achievement of the broad objectives set for the CBUDP project

were manpower capacity and institutional arrangement for delivery of services. Although,

the project provided for training to improve the quality of manpower, little was put in

place to set the institutions in line with the objectives. The complexity of the civil service

was not put into appropriate perspective in the project design which seeks to forge a more

dynamic collaboration between the public and private sectors for better project

implementation.

The underlying assumptions with respect to resource availability, manpower development

and institutional capacity in the design of the objectives of the project have been put to

test during the eight years of project implementation. The first few years of project

implementation were more of a learning period.

At the State level, the implementations of subproject were to be coordinated by the

agency of government concerned with urban development. Thus, the Project

Implementation Units (PIUs) were to be located in the Ministry responsible for urban

planning and development. However, PIUs were found to be located in Ministries other

than those responsible for urban planning and development. The lack of professional

competence in such cases delayed project implementation and resulted in increased

overhead costs.

Over the period of implementation, the focus of CBUDP has not been on active

community mobilization, but rather “to assist the borrower to increase access to basic

urban services in eight cities”. Although the structure of the Project Implementation Units

(PIUs) in the States includes that of a Community Development Officer (CDO),

sufficient emphasis was not placed on mobilization, sensitization and active participation

in project development and implementation. However, the various communities were

adequately consulted at the beginning and during subproject selection while subsequent

activities were basically determined and executed by the State Governments through the

PIUs. It is pertinent to note that the attempt at the CDD approach has left indelible and

positive legacies in some of the communities.

The major constraints in the achievement of physical works include the following: (i) The

large variety of eligible infrastructure under the project led to selection of small

components of each type of infrastructure thereby spreading the available funds thinly;

(ii) Poor selection and performance of contractors (most of the contracts slipped beyond

completion date by more than 12 months); (iii) Non familiarity of project staff with

complexity of Bank procedure in the selection and appointment of Contractors and

Consultants; (iv) Delay in the issuance of no objection by the Bank from 2003 to 2008

11 This report was produced by the FPCU in August 2011.

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(however, the situation improved significantly afterwards which enhanced the project

delivery); (v) Bottlenecks in the institutional arrangement for project supervision and

monitoring both at Federal and State levels, (vi) Inadequate and late release of

counterpart funds, and (vii) Initial pre-allocation of project fund to States limited

competition for funds, the warehousing effect did not facilitate quick utilization of funds.

Evaluation of performances

a) Borrower’s performance

The FPCU discharged its roles and responsibilities under the project. A major

achievement was the institutionalization of M & E process into the project, production of

project Video documentary for the 8 States as well as acquisition of satellite imagery and

training of 36 officials of the participating States in the processing and application of GIS

for city wide urban infrastructure planning, delivery and management. The Federal

Ministry of Finance (FMF) collaborated with the FPCU in monitoring project

performance through the level of fund draw-down. The FMF also processed amendments

to the loan agreement and other several requests for extension of project closing dates.

The FPCU participated in all the formal supervision missions with the Bank and its

contributions were quite significant. In June, 2009, the FPCU engaged the services of M

& E consultant to assist in project monitoring and evaluation. This Consultant

substantially improved the quality and timeliness of supervision. However, it failed to

address policy issues such as the National Urban Development Policy to provide

direction in urban development.

On the part of the FPCU, the unit suffered from institutional instabilities that impaired it

from performing at the expected optimum level. The main problem was distortions in

institutional set up of the Ministry which resulted in a change of name of the Ministry of

Works and Housing at least two times with resultant changes in departments and staff.

Another challenge was the non-provision of operational fund at the initial stage of the

project.

Essentially, the CBUDP was State Government oriented. The principal executing agency

responsible for implementing the project at the State level was the Project

Implementation Unit (PIU). The unit was responsible for the coordination of all sub-

project activities, administration, contract management and supervision. In general, the

State PIUs executed the various sub-projects successfully and achieved the desired

objectives in the physical works components and financial record keeping. Jigawa State

had serious difficulties due to poor working relationships between State top officials and

staff of implementation unit. However, none of the States presented a credible project

sustainability plan by the loan closing date.

Major constraints in the performance of the beneficiary States among others include:

initial constraints of payment of counterpart funds, location of the PIU in other Ministry

outside the line Ministry responsible for urban development, bureaucratic inefficiency

within the State Government set-up, interference in day to day management of the project

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and in procurement process, and dual role performances of PIU staffs between the PIUs

and their respective departments of the line ministries.

b) World Bank’s performance

The CBUDP received tremendous support from the Bank technically and financially. The

relationship between the Bank and the borrower remained very cordial all through the

project implementation period. However, some critical bottlenecks identified at the

World Bank level include the following: (i) Changes of Task Team Leaders (TTL) by

the Bank. Under the project, it was not the same TTL that prepared the project that

implemented it. Also, another TTL came in towards the close of the project; (ii) WB

guidelines on the project were considered too stiff. The series of „no objection‟ to be

given by the Bank resulted in slow and sometimes long delay in project implementation;

(iii) The winding system of the Bank in procurement matters with regards to the series of

„no objection‟ being required at every stage was a major cause of delay in project

implementation, and (iv) the Bank‟s appraisal did not take Nigeria‟s political and

governance situation into account. The Bank agreed to an implementation structure

whose implications they only understood subsequently.

Lessons learned

The lessons learned in the implementation of the project can be summarized as follows:

The project implementation clearly indicated the deficiency in manpower

capacity at the various levels. A major lesson is to emphasize capacity building

to ensure proper project implementation in future projects.

The issue of post-implementation maintenance of projects has been further

accentuated by the project. Almost in all cases, post construction maintenance

has not been given due attention notwithstanding the articulation of such in the

various operational plans submitted. The cases of projects completed more than

one year ago in Akwa Ibom and Nasarawa States underscores the need to focus

on maintenance issues.

It has been shown that for greater impact, effort should be made to address

specific problems within smaller geographical areas rather than spreading little

funds over too many States and urban centers. Future projects should therefore

be issue specific, simple and cost effective with emphasis on city- wide

infrastructure.

The CBUDP project has shown the negative effect of the lack of adequate

incentives to the PIUs. In most cases, the PIUs put extra hours which

necessitated the need to introduce robust incentives to encourage the staff of the

PIUs to boost their moral and enhance their efficiency and effectiveness of their

schedule of duties

In order to avoid long delay in project implementation, institutional

arrangements should be clearly defined and set into context during project

design. The location of the PIU should be in the line Ministry responsible for the

supervision of urban planning and development. Also, the legal documentation

process should be well defined to avoid delay in the start-up of projects.

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An effective Federal level Urban Development Policy and coordinating Agency

is needed in Nigeria The draft National Urban Development Policy needs to be

finalized to provide the much needed guidelines to urban development issues. It

is recommended that the World Bank should assist in finalizing the policy

document to strengthen urban development in Nigeria and allow both the federal

Government and States to collaborate in this regard.

The institutional capacity of Local Governments Areas (LGAs) to operate under

any form of Community Driven Development (CDD) process is weak and needs

to be strengthened. It is recommended that in future capacity building in form of

sensitization training be organized at the LGAs.

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Annex 7. ICR Sources and List of Supporting Documents

The first two references of the list below have been the key sources used for the

quantitative analysis of this ICR. The questionnaire sent to PIUs was developed by the

CBUDP team and sent to PIUs in view of the important data gaps to evaluate the project.

Questionnaire sent to Project Implementation Units, see Annex 8 (December

2011)

Evaluation of the World Bank funded Community based urban development

project, Okay Sanni Associates (2011)

Beneficiaries Assessment Report, Okay Sanni Associates (August 2011)

CBUDP Project Completion Report, FPCU, Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing

& Urban Development (2011)

CBUDP M&E Progress Report, Okay Sanni Associates (June 2010)

CBUDP Phase II Baseline Report, Okay Sanni Associates (August 2009)

End of CBUDP M&E framework assignment report, Olukayode Sanni (April

2007)

IDA Proposed Project Restructuring and amendment to the credit agreement for

the CBUDP (June 2, 2005)

CBUDP Project Appraisal Document (2002)

CBUDP Implementation Status and Results Reports (2002-2011)

CBUDP Aide Memoires (2002-2011)

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Annex 8. Questionnaire sent to Project Implementation Units

INFRASTRUCTURES PROVIDED BY CBUDP 2002 2011

# people with access to water supply

# people with access to sanitation facilities

# people using rehab or newly built access roads

# people reached through HIV-AIDS campaigns

# pupils enrolled in school

# people who go to clinics on daily basis

Please answer the following questions for year 2011:

What is the Unskilled wage rate per day?

How many working days have households gained as a result of the

project, per year? (less sikness such as diarrhea, fiever, pneumonia,

malaria, etc)

And idem for school days, per year?

How much do HHs spend on medical expenses per month?

How many people live in an average HH?

How much has CBUDP you invested in infrastructures in your

State?

How many people have benefited from them?

What is the average investment per capita?

By which % has the rent of households increased as a result of the

project? (between 2002 and 2011)

% of infrastructure investments made on-site (that is not trunk infrastructures)

Phase I

Phase II

TOTAL project

Increase in own source revenue by Local Governments between

2002 and 2005

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Total cost of Headwork (in Nairas), including:

- 1 headworks and 2 boreholes with 10 nos. standpipes

- 2 Nos. 200 mm diameter boreholes

- 2 Nos. submersible pumps (25 HP)

- Starters, change over switches and miscellaneous

electrical works per headworks

- Riser pipes surface plates, headworks piping and

borehole piping for 2 boreholes including 10 Nos. stand pipes

- 1 Nos. 100 KVA generating sets

- 1 Nos. 100 KVA transformers

- 1 Nos. pressed steel plate (gauge 4 mm) EWT on 10

m stage height (100m3)

- Spares (mechanical and electrical) and

- Generator and services building including treatment

facilities for sites

Annual cost estimate of typical O&M per headwork for water

supply Time frame

Amount

(N)

borehole servicing and redevelopment semi-annually

reservoir and distribution servicing quarterly

electro-mechanical systems servicing e.g. generator and transformer weekly/monthly

service/treatment plant and building servicing monthly

consumables recurrent

spare parts Annually

salaries/wages Monthly

TOTAL

Nairas people pay for 20 litres of water coming from the headwork? (N

2 before intervention, when there was no headwork)

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Name road

Type of

road Length Population density Cost

Name 1

Name 2

Prices of similar projects undertaken by your State Govenrment outside the CBUDP?

CBUDP sub-project name Cost Sub-sector Cost for equivalent Government project

Water

Road

School

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