Municipal Development Program

Abstract*

The objective of the Municipal Development Program Project for West Bank and Gaza is to improve municipal management practices for better transparency. There are four components to the project: the first component of the project is to provide grant allocations to municipalities for capital investments and service provision. It will cover the costs of goods, works and services. It addresses two key constraints for municipalities: severe municipal deficits... Show More

Development Objective

The objective of Phase I of the MDP is to improve municipal management practices for better transparency.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P111741
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Christianna Brotsis
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
West Bank and Gaza
Disclosure Date
October 14, 2008
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
September 17, 2009
Effective Date
January 26, 2010

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 10.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Fiscal Year 3
2010

Commitment Amount
US$ 10.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
August 31, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
August 7, 2014

Associated Projects
P127162

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 Administration16%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform5%
- FY17 - Municipal Institution Building11%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Urban Development84%
- FY17 - Municipal Finance42%
- FY17 - Services and Housing for the Poor42%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Special Financing	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.

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Project Management	Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Procurement	Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Counterpart Funding	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2014-01-09
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2014-01-09

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 04-30-2014
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 03-31-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT: 06-16-2015
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	Substantial
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	Not Rated
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	Satisfactory
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	Not Rated
M&e Quality	Substantial	Modest

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Municipalities that apply at least two public disclosure methods (publicly available SDIPs, annual external audits, project relateddata, municipal budgets and performance rankings)	Value	0.00	68.00	60.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		68 % of municipalities disclosed information in at least two of three areas (a) financial data and municipal budgets, (b)municipal ranking,(c) projects and achievements

Municipalities that graduate up the performance category in which they are currently classified Value 0.00 96.00 30.00
Date September 1, 2009 September 27, 2013 August 31, 2013
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Investments financed that were identified in the municipal Strategic Development Plans	Value	0.00	100.00	100.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		ll the municipalities that have SDIPs submitted sub-projects that are already identified in their SDIPs. (37 sub-projects) in the1st cycle and (198 ) in the 2nd cycle.

Investments financed that are operational	Value	0.00	97.00	80.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		Based on the technical audit & usability assessment which was conducted by individual consultants in West Bank and Gaza, the auditreports indicated that the functionality, usability, and sustainability of the selected sample of sub-projects (30) are acceptableand satisfactory.

Amalgamation Initiatives	Value	4.00	8.00	6.00
	Date	September 1, 2010	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment	(The World Bank is not financing this activity)	4 new municipalities have emerged from the Ministry of Local Government's amalgamation process

Energy Efficiency	Value	0.00	4.00	2.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		One year after the installation of energy saving equipment’s, a post process evaluation was conducted. - The results for themeasurement and verification in 2012 indicated a noticeable achievements regarding the energy savings in the 4 pilotedmunicipalities inthe amount reached 1,523,235 KWH (165,479 Euro)

One Stop Shops Value 0.00 3.00 3.00
Date September 1, 2009 May 16, 2013 August 31, 2013
Comment Work is underway in all 3 targeted municipalities.

Municipal Performance Improvements	Value	5.00	95.50	25.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		The municipal graduation by end of MDPI is described as follows:Graduated E-C: 17Graduated E-B: 6Graduated D-C:61Graduated D-B: 29Graduated C-B : 13No change 5: (3 in C, 2 in E)Two newly amalgamated – BBackward (E-F) : 1(AlOja)

MDLF Satisfactory Performance Value Satisfactory Satisfactory
Date September 1, 2009 May 16, 2013 August 31, 2013
Comment Satisfactory Satisfactory

Operations and Maintenance	Value	O & M Planning is ad-hoc and not linked to budget		O & M procedures are piloted in at least 5 Municip
	Date	September 1, 2009	May 16, 2013	August 31, 2013
	Comment		The manual has been developed and is currently under Roll Out to 10 municipalities.

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	2117160.00	4800000.00
	Date	September 1, 2009	December 1, 2012	August 31, 2013
	Comment		This represents the estimated number of direct beneficiaries by the end of Cycle 1 implementation.

Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural Value 0.00 162.00 300.00
Date September 1, 2009 May 16, 2013 August 31, 2013
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 49.00 49.00
Date September 1, 2009 December 1, 2012 August 31, 2013
Comment