Local Governance Support Project - 3

Abstract*

The objectives of the Third Local Governance Support Project for Bangladesh are to institutionalize the Union Parishad (UP) fiscal transfer system, and introduce a fiscal transfer system for Pourashavas on a pilot basis. There are four components to the project, the first component being Institutionalization of UP fiscal transfers. This component will provide basic block grants and performance based grants to eligible UPs to carry out sub-projects... Show More

Development Objective

The project development objectives are to institutionalize the Union Parishad (UP) fiscal transfer system, and introduce a fiscal transfer system for Pourashavas on a pilot basis.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P159683
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Shenhua Wang , Ishita Abonee
Borrower 2
The People's Republic of Bangladesh

Country
Bangladesh
Disclosure Date
July 24, 2016
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
January 31, 2017
Effective Date
March 29, 2017

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 696.13 million
Implementing Agency
Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2017

Commitment Amount
US$ 300.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2022

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
August 9, 2023

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 - Fiscal Policy100%
- FY17 - Subnational Fiscal Policies100%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	300.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	300.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	300.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	696.13

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Dec 15, 2017	IDA-59460	Int Charges	274,020.88
Apr 27, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	175,000.00
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	296,791.03
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	296,791.03
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	137.58
Jun 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	137.58
May 8, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	3,976,862.00
May 22, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	68,090,000.00
May 22, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,854,067.00
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	26,970.12
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	26,970.12
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	561,365.20
Dec 15, 2018	IDA-59460	Int Charges	561,365.20
Dec 3, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	357,568.53
Apr 4, 2019	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	46,237,000.00
Nov 27, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	23,000,000.00
Apr 9, 2019	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,305,638.00
Jul 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	710,059.20
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	765.55
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	765.55
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	712,851.94
Jun 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	712,851.94
Jan 31, 2017	IDA-59460	Loan Commitment	300,000,000.00
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59460	Int Charges	124,783.42
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59460	Int Charges	124,783.42
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59460	Loan Repay	4,383,715.50
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,013,969.90
Jun 15, 2024	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,013,969.90
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,076,548.50
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,076,548.50
Jun 26, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	-44,193.30
Jun 26, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	-7,288.50
Jun 21, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	-1,910,190.10
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Repay	85,899.94
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Repay	4,374,902.00
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	927,296.90
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	927,296.90
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,011,966.30
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	7,580.01
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	7,580.01
Dec 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,011,966.30
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,004,788.25
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,004,788.25
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	24,756.74
Dec 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	24,756.74
Jun 25, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	-757,628.56
Jun 26, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Cancel	11,522,677.00
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	43,928.77
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Int Charges	43,928.77
Jun 15, 2023	IDA-59460	Loan Repay	4,623,241.50
Jun 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,023,353.94
Jun 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	19,048.28
Jun 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	19,048.28
Jun 7, 2021	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	594,038.70
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	961,388.06
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	961,388.06
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	11,198.99
Jun 15, 2022	IDA-59460	Int Charges	11,198.99
Jun 14, 2022	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	23,158,482.00
Jun 21, 2022	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	956,582.50
Apr 7, 2022	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	5,116,069.50
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	3,703.94
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	3,703.94
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	811,603.56
Dec 15, 2019	IDA-59460	Int Charges	811,603.56
May 26, 2020	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	22,158,502.00
Jun 17, 2020	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	588,406.40
Jun 1, 2020	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	470,186.88
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	7,919.30
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	7,919.30
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	813,221.75
Jun 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	813,221.75
Oct 22, 2020	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,143,082.20
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	17,365.38
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	17,365.38
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	929,686.75
Dec 15, 2020	IDA-59460	Int Charges	929,686.75
Mar 18, 2021	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	630,183.30
Mar 24, 2021	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,187,971.00
Dec 28, 2020	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	21,657,316.00
Jun 15, 2021	IDA-59460	Int Charges	1,023,353.94
Sep 25, 2017	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,857,125.10
Jun 19, 2017	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	67,319,000.00
Jun 21, 2017	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	4,965,243.50
Feb 22, 2018	IDA-59460	Loan Disb	1,929,105.40
Dec 15, 2017	IDA-59460	Int Charges	274,020.88

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Project Management	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Procurement	Satisfactory	2022-12-23
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2022-12-23

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-22-2023
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 11-27-2023	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		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

Institutionalization of UP fiscal transfer system Value No Yes No
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 November 15, 2018
Comment
Number of EBG tranches released per year on a transparent and predictable basis to participating Pourashavas Value 0.00 2.00 2.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 June 10, 2018
Comment
Share of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender, agreeing that UPs are meeting local priorities Value 55.00 90.50 90.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment
Share of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender, agreeing that UPs are meeting local priorities (Female) Value 55.00 88.85 88.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment
Share of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender, agreeing that UPs are meeting local priorities (Male) Value 66.00 90.00 90.00
Date March 31, 2017 March 25, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment
Institutionalization of Annual financial audits and performance assessments for all UPs Value No Yes No
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

The budget line item for BBG allocations reflected in the LGD’s MTBF for fiscal year 2021-2022 onwards Value No Yes No
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 November 15, 2018
Comment

UP annual audits and performance assessments managed and carried out by LGD in accordance with the issued guidelines and/or regulations	Value	No	Yes	No
	Date	March 31, 2017	December 23, 2022	November 15, 2018
	Comment

Annual Pourashava financial audits conducted in participating Pourashavas Value 0.00 1.00 0.00
Date March 31, 2017 May 10, 2023 November 15, 2018
Comment
Number of new UP functionaries participated core training (cumulative) Value 0.00 65068.00 63000.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment
UP Wing at LGD administers UP fiscal transfer system Value No Yes No
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 November 15, 2018
Comment
The average performance score of UPs nationwide (Based on 40 point scale) Value 17.70 31.49 30.00
Date December 14, 2021 December 23, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment
BBGs to Eligible UPs disbursed 100% out of GoB budget in accordance with the issued guidelines and/or regulations Value No Yes No
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 November 15, 2018
Comment
Annual percentage increase in UP own- source revenues Value 0.00 52.86 0.00
Date March 31, 2017 May 10, 2023 November 15, 2018
Comment
Grant to be used for schemes selected by women Value 30.00 75.24 30.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 November 15, 2018
Comment
Percentage of UPs implementing at least one larger scheme using 25% of their annual BBG allocation Value 0.00 90.00 82.00
Date March 31, 2017 December 23, 2022 December 14, 2021
Comment

Number of EBG tranches released per year on a transparent and predictable basis to participating Pourashavas	Value	0.00	2.00	2.00
	Date	March 31, 2017	December 23, 2022	June 10, 2018
	Comment

Share of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender, agreeing that UPs are meeting local priorities	Value	55.00	90.50	90.00
	Date	March 31, 2017	December 23, 2022	December 14, 2021
	Comment

Share of beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender, agreeing that UPs are meeting local priorities (Male)	Value	66.00	90.00	90.00
	Date	March 31, 2017	March 25, 2022	December 14, 2021
	Comment

The average performance score of UPs nationwide (Based on 40 point scale)	Value	17.70	31.49	30.00
	Date	December 14, 2021	December 23, 2022	December 14, 2021
	Comment