AF: ARTF-Management Capacity Program

Development Objective

To achieve sustained improved performance in the management capacity of key departments dealing with any or all of the common functions including financial management, human resource management, policy and regulatory design, and administration. This should ultimately result in improved utilization and cost effectiveness of budgetary resources and faster and better development results on the ground.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P106170
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Satyendra Prasad
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Afghanistan
Disclosure Date
February 13, 2007
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
February 13, 2007
Effective Date
October 17, 2007

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 10.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Fiscal Year 3
2007

Commitment Amount
US$ 10.00 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2011

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
June 7, 2022

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 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs25%
- FY17 - Job Creation25%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building25%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use25%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion25%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups25%
FY17 - Social Protection25%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets25%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund	10.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

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

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	10.00
Total Project Cost**	10.00

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

No data available.

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-01-06
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-01-06
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2012-01-06
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-01-06
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-01-06
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-01-06
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2012-01-06

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-20-2012
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	High
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 04-02-2013	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	High	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Numbers of MCP's in key centre and sub-national positions	Value	0.00	153.00	175.00
	Date	October 17, 2007	December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment		153 appointments are made till date which includes resignations, terminations and end of contract appointments. Current activenumber is 88.

Departments with MCP's achieving rating of satisfactory (or equivalent) following annual peformance assessment	Value	0.00	0.00	70.00
	Date	October 17, 2007	December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment	n/a	Monitoring mechanism for measuring departmental outcomes is weak.

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Appointment of MCPs	Value	0.00	153.00	175.00
	Date	November 17, 2007	December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment		153 appointments completed. 52 further appointments are under process. Current active number of MCPs is 88.

Departments with MCP's achieving rating of satisfactory (or equivalent) following annual performance assessment	Value	0.00	0.00	70.00
	Date		July 29, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment		Monitoring mechanism for measuring departmental performance has been developed but application is weak.

HR practices are merit based Value n/a All appointments conducted in accordance to the Ci annual audit of HR practices
Date November 17, 2007 December 14, 2011 December 31, 2011
Comment
% appointments at sub-national level Value 0.00 5.00 20.00
Date November 17, 2007 December 14, 2011 December 31, 2011
Comment 7 MCP appointments made at sub-national level. 3 resigned due to various reasons.
% terminations following performance appraisal process Value 0 3.5 5
Date November 17, 2007 December 14, 2011 December 31, 2011
Comment 5 terminations carried out till date.

Focus MCP's on 10 priority ministries	Value	0.00	54.20	70.00
	Date		December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment		54.2% of MCPs are targeted at the priority ministries	A target of 70 percent of new MCP's to be appointment into 10 ministries

HR practices are merit based	Value	n/a	All appointments conducted in accordance to the Ci	annual audit of HR practices
	Date	November 17, 2007	December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment

% appointments at sub-national level	Value	0.00	5.00	20.00
	Date	November 17, 2007	December 14, 2011	December 31, 2011
	Comment		7 MCP appointments made at sub-national level. 3 resigned due to various reasons.