Transparency and Accountability Capacity Building Project

Abstract*

The project development objective (PDO) of the Transparency and Accountability Capacity Development Project for Cameroon is to contribute: (i) to enhance transparency and efficiency in the public finance management (PFM) of Cameroon; and (ii) to strengthen accountability in the use of public resource in Cameroon. The project will play a key role in Cameroon's acceleration of the pace toward a more transparent and orderly PFM and, in addition, more... Show More

Development Objective

The project development objective (PDO) is to contribute (i) to enhance transparency and efficiency in public financial management, and (ii) to strengthen accountability in the use of public resource. The project will play a key role in Cameroon in accelerating the pace toward a more orderly and open PFM and thus more efficient service delivery.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P084160
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Alexandre Arrobbio
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Cameroon
Disclosure Date
June 13, 2007
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 24, 2008
Effective Date
June 5, 2009

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 5.60 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2008

Commitment Amount
US$ 5.60 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2012

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
March 26, 2015

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration75%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform25%
- FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance50%
FY17 - Public Finance Management25%
- FY17 - Public Expenditure Management25%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	5.60

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	5.60
IBRD + IDA Commitment	5.60

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	5.60

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of July 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	99.98
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	99.98
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,552.76
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,552.76
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	45.84
Feb 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	45.84
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,105.84
Aug 15, 2020	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	173.29
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,006.73
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,006.73
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	453.82
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	453.82
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	33,008.11
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	17.19
Mar 12, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	17.19
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	232.44
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	232.44
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	32,606.65
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13.41
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13.41
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,534.66
Sep 10, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,534.66
Mar 5, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	15.06
Mar 5, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	15.06
Mar 5, 2019	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	32,677.44
Mar 5, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,069.93
Mar 5, 2019	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,069.93
Feb 15, 2019	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	468.80
Aug 15, 2018	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	293.24
Sep 7, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,500.62
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	9,614.33
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	508.93
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	508.93
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	31,000.60
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	19.37
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	19.37
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	32,843.34
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	438.90
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	438.90
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	14.37
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	14.37
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,914.94
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,914.94
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	200.63
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	200.63
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	6.09
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	6.09
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,492.95
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,492.95
Sep 6, 2021	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	33,888.88
Feb 15, 2021	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	1,398.68
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	32,997.58
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	18.55
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	18.55
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,051.38
Feb 24, 2021	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,051.38
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	33,453.83
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	18.92
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	18.92
Sep 11, 2020	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,105.84
Jun 24, 2008	IDA-44790	Loan Commitment	15,000,000.00
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,178.60
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,178.60
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	425.68
Feb 15, 2024	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	31,072.09
Aug 20, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,555.27
Aug 20, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,555.27
Aug 20, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	338.97
Aug 20, 2024	IDA-44790	Int Charges	338.97
Aug 20, 2024	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	31,985.66
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	0.45
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	0.45
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,707.06
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,707.06
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	31,724.69
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	23.13
Aug 15, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	23.13
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	1,112.31
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	1,112.31
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	31,901.61
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	9.30
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	9.30
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,885.95
Mar 20, 2023	IDA-44790	Int Charges	10,885.95
Aug 29, 2022	IDA-44790	Int Charges	9,614.33
Feb 27, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13,332.59
Feb 27, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13,332.59
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-44790	Int Charges	14,845.65
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-44790	Int Charges	14,845.65
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-44790	Int Charges	374.50
Aug 15, 2013	IDA-44790	Int Charges	374.50
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	649.42
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	649.42
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,487.53
Aug 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,487.53
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	88.33
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	88.33
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13,567.67
Aug 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	13,567.67
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	79.08
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	79.08
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,984.29
Feb 15, 2015	IDA-44790	Int Charges	11,984.29
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	22.25
Feb 15, 2014	IDA-44790	Int Charges	22.25
Jul 11, 2013	IDA-44790	Loan Disb	-439,060.94
Sep 27, 2013	IDA-44790	Loan Cancel	1,231,804.60
Sep 7, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,500.62
Sep 7, 2018	IDA-44790	Loan Repay	33,038.28
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	446.72
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	446.72
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,577.23
Feb 15, 2018	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,577.23
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	86.07
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	86.07
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,480.44
Aug 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,480.44
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	32.71
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	32.71
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,020.83
Feb 15, 2017	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,020.83
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,361.26
Aug 15, 2016	IDA-44790	Int Charges	12,361.26

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-04-14
Overall	Moderately Ineffective	2013-04-14
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-04-14
Project Management	Unsatisfactory	2013-04-14
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Unsatisfactory	2013-04-14
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Unsatisfactory	2013-04-14
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2013-04-14
Monitoring and Evaluation	Unsatisfactory	2013-04-14

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-27-2013
Outcomes	Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Negligible
Bank Performance	Unsatisfactory
Borrower Performance	Unsatisfactory
Government Performance	Unsatisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 03-31-2014	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Availability of information on resources received by service delivery units (PEFA PI-23)	Value	D (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)	C (source: PETS2 report, 2011)	B (source PEFA report)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No new PEFA report. However, PETS2 report on 2009 budget was published in Dec. 2010 (NSI website in 2011)	Not met. No new PETS exercise was produced in 2010, 2011 or 2012.

Public access to key fiscal information (PEFA PI-10)	Value	B (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)	B (source: Bank assessment)	A (Source: PEFA Report)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No new PEFA report. No major change since 2007 in PFM with regards to this indicator.	Not met.

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Legal and regulatory texts to enforce the new Budget Law are signed and effective.	Value	Application texts have not been drafted yet (first	Decree on new budget nomenclature not drafted.	Decree on new budget nomenclature including progr
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		Presidential circulars on Budget execution monitoring and 2013 Budget preparation were published in 2012.	Not met

Completeness of the financial statements (in French, Loi de R#glement) (PI-25 i)	Value	D (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)	D+ (Source: own assessment)	B (Source: PEFA Report)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No new PEFA report. (Assessment based on information provided by experts in the field with regards to LR 2011)	Not met

Percentage of investment projects which are domestically financed in annual budget compliant with the new project legal and procedures framework.	Value	Number of Projects: 0 percent	N/A	Number of Project: >= 20 percent
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		The new Public Investment Management system are not yet operational and Manual of administrative procedures are not yetcompleted.Therefore there is no data to confirm the compliance of project in 2013 budget.	N/A

Percentage of contracts above threshold procured through open competition, in selected ministries (Health, Education, Agriculture, Public Works, and Finance). (PI-19 i, modified).	Value	(To be determined by project effectiveness) In Fra	N/A	100 percent
	Date	December 31, 2007	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No change. Baseline data at project effectiveness were never produced.	No data available.

Timeliness of the issue of semi-annual budget reports (PI-24 ii)	Value	D (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)	D (source: own assessment)	B (Source: PEFA Report)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No PEFA report. Semi-annual budget reports are produced, but delay is superior to 8 weeks.	Not met.

Degree of integration and reconciliation between personnel records and payroll data. (PI-18 i)	Value	D (source: PEFA Report, 2007)	D+ (source: own assessment)	B (source: PEFA Report)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No structural change in using the HR and Payroll databases are effective and systematic yet. D+ indicate the gradual efforts since2005 in cleaning progressively the 2 databases (SIGIPES-ANTILOPES). Merging of the 2 databases is in preparation.	Not met

Scope of the legislature scrutiny of the annual budget law. (PI-27-i)	Value	C (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)	C (source: own assessment)	B (Source: PEFA Report, 2007)
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		No indication that value has changed from baseline at Nov. 2012 Parliament session.	Not met.

Timeliness of the release of semi-annual budget reports on available media (government websites, national newspapers)	Value	No publication of semi-annual budget reports in PM	Semi-annual budget reports published in Cameroon T	Timeliness: 2 months
	Date	June 30, 2008	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment		Semi-annual 2012 budget report was published in Cameroon Tribune in Sept. 2012. Not available on PM, DGT, MINEPAT or Presidencywebsites.	Partially met.

Control steps in expeditor chain Value 22.00 22.00 8.00
Date December 9, 2006 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012
Comment Source is the PEMFAR report 2006 No indication of change. Not met.

Control steps in expeditor chain	Value	22.00	22.00	8.00
	Date	December 9, 2006	December 31, 2012	December 31, 2012
	Comment	Source is the PEMFAR report 2006	No indication of change.	Not met.