Rural and Private Sector Development

Abstract*

The objectives of the Rural and Private Sector Development Project of Sierra Leone are to improve efficiencies along the value chain of agricultural commodities with higher benefits flowing to the producers. The project will have four components. Component A is the Domestic Marketing Improvement which aims at improving domestic distribution channels for selected agricultural products to improve the ability of farmers and traders to market their goods... Show More

Development Objective

To increase production of selected agricultural commodities by 20 percent and sales by 10 percent through improvements in efficiencies along the value chain for targeted beneficiaries.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P096105
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Hardwick Tchale
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Sierra Leone
Disclosure Date
May 30, 2006
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
May 22, 2007
Effective Date
June 30, 2008

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 32.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Food and Agriculture/Ministry of Trade and Industry
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2007

Commitment Amount
US$ 30.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
November 14, 2015

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
September 11, 2023

Associated Projects
P125256

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 - Economic Policy

FY17 - Trade22%
- FY17 - Trade Facilitation22%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Finance for Development6%
- FY17 - Agriculture Finance6%
FY17 - Financial Infrastructure and Access12%
- FY17 - MSME Finance12%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Enterprise Development12%
- FY17 - MSME Development12%
FY17 - Jobs100%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development50%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery22%
- FY17 - Rural Markets28%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	2.00
IDA Grant	30.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	30.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	30.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	32.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of April 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of April 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
May 22, 2007	IDA-H2900	Loan Commitment	30,000,000.00
Aug 18, 2016	IDA-H2900	Loan Cancel	16,390.02
Oct 24, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	1,873,972.50
Jan 20, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	-1,000,000.00
Jan 20, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	1,000,000.00
Feb 11, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	648,823.50
Dec 16, 2013	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	532,587.40
Oct 1, 2013	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	772,996.30
Oct 1, 2013	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	287,282.12
Dec 3, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	557,784.30
Jul 22, 2013	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	389,914.72
Jul 22, 2013	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	534,500.10
Jul 17, 2013	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	412,838.72
Sep 29, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	-500,000.00
Oct 9, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	431,757.03
Sep 29, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	500,000.00
Oct 24, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	125,199.46
May 7, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	1,212,702.80
Apr 7, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	692,189.50
Mar 13, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	545,560.20
Mar 12, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	374,937.97
Apr 16, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	1,142,911.00
Mar 17, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	226,624.97
Nov 21, 2013	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	812,142.50
Jan 30, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	360,902.62
Jan 30, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	98,934.82
Jan 30, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	189,469.66
Jan 30, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	972,423.56
Apr 1, 2015	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	370,215.47
Jul 22, 2014	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	104,249.59
Sep 5, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	138,957.10
Jul 28, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	2,112,591.80
Jun 24, 2014	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	458,792.30
Oct 29, 2015	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	111,139.57
Nov 20, 2015	IDA-H2900	Loan Disb	481,488.06
Apr 2, 2015	IDA-H6970	Loan Disb	1,198,981.50
May 19, 2011	IDA-H6970	Loan Commitment	20,000,000.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Project Management	Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Procurement	Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2015-06-16
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2015-06-16

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 05-17-2016
Outcomes
Risk to Development Outcome	Unsatisfactory
Bank Performance
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 12-30-2016	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Substantial	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

50% of target beneficiaries (of which 50% must women) for the selected value chain increase their production by at least 20% by theend of the Project	Value	Cassava 10mt/haRice 0.86mt/ha	Cassava: 12.34 mt/haRice: 2.05mt/ha	Cassava 12mt/haRice .88mt/ha
	Date	May 22, 2007	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

50% of target beneficiaries for the selected value chain increase their sales by at least 10% by the end of the Project	Value	Cassava 550Le/kg; Rice 1320Le/kg; cocoa 3750Le /kg	Cassava: Le 772.44/kg;Rice: Le 2,176.35/kg; andC	Cassava 605Le/kg; Rice 1452Le/kg; cocoa 4125Le /kg
	Date	May 22, 2007	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Number of project beneficiaries Value 0 56,000 50,000
Date May 22, 2007 November 14, 2015 November 14, 2015
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Time taken to transport goods to the nearest market reduced by 20% after rehabilitation of selected feeder road	Value	Av time/km 1hr	27 minutes/km	10mins/km
	Date	August 5, 2009	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Real Farm gate prices increase by at least 10% for the selected value chains of targetted beneficiaries	Value	Rice 58,500Le/50kg; Cassava Le6000/50kg; -Cocoa Le	Cassava: Le 772.44/kg;Rice: Le 2,176.35/kg; andC	10% real increase
	Date	May 22, 2007	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Producers confirm firm supply and contractual agreements with marketers/ processors for the selected value chains of targeted beneficiaries	Value	Cassava 550Le/kg; Rice 1320Le/kg; cocoa 3750Le /kg	58%	At least 60% of producers have contractual agreeme
	Date	August 5, 2009	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Producers have access to at least one new market infrastructure Value Not available 220 13 markets infrastructure completed
Date May 22, 2007 November 14, 2015 November 14, 2015
Comment

Cultivated land under the targeted value chain increases by 10% at the end of the project period for targeted beneficiaries	Value	Cassava 0.5ha per farmer;Rice 1ha/farmer28016ha;	Cassava: 0.8ha/farmerRice: 2.3ha/farmer	10 % real increase
	Date	May 22, 2007	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Volume of export of selected value chain commodities increased by 10% for targeted beneficiaries Value -zero 1,314.87 tons Cocoa1500tons
Date June 30, 2010 May 30, 2014 November 14, 2015
Comment

Beneficiary FBO's are run effectively for their members	Value	Zero ( all farmers are members of national farmers	meetings once a month	100% of beneficiary FBOs gets 80% approval rating
	Date	May 22, 2007	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2012
	Comment

FBO's maintain records of membership dues, production levels, assets records	Value	Zero	100% maintain records; 20% production and assets	100% of beneficiary FBOs maintaining records
	Date	May 22, 2007	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Improved planting materials made available to 50% of targeted beneficiaries for the selected value chains	Value	zero	50% receive improved planting materials	50% of FBOs received improved planting materials
	Date		May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Development of seed, fertilizer and pesticide laws and regulations	Value	N/A - project dependent	Bills still at draft stage	Laws drafted and passed by parliament
	Date	May 22, 2007	February 28, 2013	November 14, 2012
	Comment

Harmonization of policies and regulations governing the formation and regularization of farmer based groups	Value	N/A - project dependent	NaFFSL constitution reviewed; CMMU transformed int	Policies and regulations harmonization publicized
	Date	May 22, 2007	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Beneficiary scorecards report satisfaction with project Value N/A - project dependent 80% positive response
Date May 22, 2007 May 30, 2014 November 14, 2015
Comment
Community awareness of matching grants Value N/A - project dependent 1560 80% of respondents are aware of the grant and 90%
Date May 22, 2007 May 30, 2014 November 14, 2015
Comment

Number of project beneficiaries	Value	0	56,000	50,000
	Date	May 22, 2007	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Producers have access to at least one new market infrastructure	Value	Not available	220	13 markets infrastructure completed
	Date	May 22, 2007	November 14, 2015	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Volume of export of selected value chain commodities increased by 10% for targeted beneficiaries	Value	-zero	1,314.87 tons	Cocoa1500tons
	Date	June 30, 2010	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment

Community awareness of matching grants	Value	N/A - project dependent	1560	80% of respondents are aware of the grant and 90%
	Date	May 22, 2007	May 30, 2014	November 14, 2015
	Comment