Kenya Statistics Program for Results

Abstract*

The development objective of the Statistics Program (SP)-for-Results Project for Kenya is to support the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to generate better and more accessible data to inform policy-makers and contribute to strengthening its capacity. Progress towards the program development objective (PDO) will be monitored through four PDO-level indicators which, together, provide a coherent framework to measure increased capacity of KNBS... Show More

Development Objective

To support the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to generate better and more accessible data to inform policy-makers and contribute to strengthening its capacity.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P149718
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Utz Pape , Nduati Kariuki
Borrower 2
The National Treasury

Country
Kenya
Disclosure Date
June 3, 2015
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
September 10, 2015
Effective Date
February 10, 2016

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 50.00 million
Implementing Agency
State Department for Planning,Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2016

Commitment Amount
US$ 50.00 million
Environmental Category
N/A
Last Update Date
August 25, 2021
Closing Date
December 31, 2020

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

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 - Jobs13%
- FY17 - Job Creation13%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building63%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use63%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion13%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups13%
FY17 - Social Protection13%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets13%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	50.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	50.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	50.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	50.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	53,390.49
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	53,390.49
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	612.32
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	612.32
Oct 17, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	360.53
Oct 17, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	360.53
Oct 17, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	69,452.01
Oct 17, 2017	IDA-57170	Int Charges	69,452.01
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	168.26
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	168.26
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	71,775.25
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	71,775.25
Apr 27, 2018	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	4,606,711.00
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	15,305.25
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	708,634.10
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-57170	Int Charges	160,171.56
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-57170	Int Charges	160,171.56
Sep 10, 2015	IDA-57170	Loan Commitment	50,000,000.00
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Int Charges	177,627.70
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Int Charges	163,278.31
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	23,634.36
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	686,418.75
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Int Charges	163,278.31
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	30,027.82
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	158,702.75
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	158,702.75
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	723,462.90
Jun 30, 2021	IDA-57170	Loan Cancel	539,078.06
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	4,434.88
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	11,351.41
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	11,351.41
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	720,392.20
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	162,088.23
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	162,088.23
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-57170	Int Charges	-4,434.88
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	244.18
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	244.18
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	154,260.62
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	154,260.62
Jun 29, 2021	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	5,573,246.50
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	167,767.27
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	167,767.27
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	204.12
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	204.12
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	783,929.70
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	177,982.77
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Int Charges	177,982.77
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	1,428.57
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	5,779.18
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Loan Repay	754,280.80
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-57170	Int Charges	177,627.70
Nov 5, 2018	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	493,423.12
Oct 2, 2018	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	4,458,526.00
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	83,576.39
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	83,576.39
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	206.27
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-57170	Int Charges	206.27
Apr 18, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	2,074.12
Apr 18, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	2,074.12
Apr 18, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	103,389.94
Apr 18, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	103,389.94
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	81.15
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	81.15
Aug 22, 2019	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	4,877,556.00
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	102,687.43
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-57170	Int Charges	102,687.43
Apr 16, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	5,092.50
Apr 16, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	120,195.19
Apr 16, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	120,195.19
Jun 3, 2020	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	10,779,416.00
Apr 16, 2020	IDA-57170	Int Charges	5,092.50
Mar 3, 2016	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	10,810,431.00
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-57170	Int Charges	40,428.26
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-57170	Int Charges	40,428.26
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-57170	Int Charges	9,433.26
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-57170	Int Charges	9,433.26
Jan 9, 2017	IDA-57170	Loan Disb	7,176,906.50

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2021-02-26
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2021-02-26
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2021-02-26

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 08-31-2021
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW:	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance	Not Rated	N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Inform development strategies, policies and poverty reduction programs of the Government of Kenya	Value	Outdated poverty statistics and household survey d	All three targets achieved.	Poverty monitoring statistics used in third revenu
	Date	June 30, 2014	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment

Produce regular poverty monitoring data and statistics	Value	Poverty statistics are outdated (2005/06) and ther	All five targets achieved.	KCHS poverty estimates produced and disseminated
	Date	June 30, 2014	December 31, 2020	June 28, 2019
	Comment

Improve access to official survey microdata	Value	Microdata files not available on-line and not free	All five targets achieved.	Kenya Continuous Household Survey (KCHS) 2018 micr
	Date	June 30, 2014	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment

Improve Overall Statistical Capacity Score Value 54.00 69.00 66.00
Date August 19, 2015 December 31, 2020 June 28, 2019
Comment

Produce better real and external sector economic data	Value	Insufficient capacity to meet SDDS criteria in all	All five targets achieved.	Rebased National Accounts produced and report avai
	Date	June 30, 2014	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Implement an integrated program of economic surveys to fill National Accounts source data gaps	Value	National Accounts source data incomplete and partl	All four targets achieved.	2018 Survey of Industrial Production (SIP) conduct
	Date	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 28, 2019
	Comment

Compile the IMF data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) for five macro-economic datasets	Value	DQAF not compiled for any of the seven macro-econo	All five targets achieved.	DQAF compiled and published for 5 macro-economic d
	Date	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment

Develop an Advance Release Calendar (ARC) and scale-up data coverage	Value	ARC not used	All five targets achieved.	Develop and publish an ARC covering 10 data catego
	Date	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment

Implement the Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) action plan and strengthen financial and record management systems	Value	CRA conducted and endorsed action plan prepared by	All three targets achieved.	Establish an ISO 15489 certified Record Management
	Date	December 31, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2017
	Comment

Improve Overall Statistical Capacity Score (SCI) Value 54.00 69.00 69.00
Date June 30, 2015 December 31, 2020 June 30, 2020
Comment
Proportion of Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) requirements met or partially met Value 72.00 100.00 100.00
Date June 30, 2015 December 31, 2020 June 30, 2020
Comment

Improve Overall Statistical Capacity Score	Value	54.00	69.00	66.00
	Date	August 19, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 28, 2019
	Comment

Proportion of Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) requirements met or partially met	Value	72.00	100.00	100.00
	Date	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020
	Comment