RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING BD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING ACCESS TO SERVICES (IDEA) PROJECT

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank RESTRUCTURING PAPER REPORT NO.: RES31045 Public Disclosure Authorized ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF BD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING ACCESS TO SERVICES (IDEA) PROJECT APPROVED ON MAY 10, 2011 TO PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH Public Disclosure Authorized GOVERNANCE GLOBAL PRACTICE (GGODR) SOUTH ASIA REGION Public Disclosure Authorized Regional Vice President: Country Director: Senior Global Practice Director: Practice Manager/Manager: Task Team Leader: Annette Dixon Qimiao Fan Deborah L. Wetzel Alexandre Arrobbio Syed Khaled Ahsan

2 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS BEC IDA IDEA NID PDO SDR USD Bangladesh Election Commission International Development Association Identification System for Enhancing Access to Services National Identification System Project Development Objective Special Drawing Rights United States Dollar

3 Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID P Original EA Category Not Required (C) Approval Date 10-May-2011 Financing Instrument Investment Project Financing Current EA Category Not Required (C) Current Closing Date 31-Dec-2017 Organizations Borrower Economic Relations Division Responsible Agency Election Commission Secretariat Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO Establish a secure, accurate and reliable national ID system that serves as the basis for more efficient and transparent service delivery Summary Status of Financing Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Net Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed IDA May Jul Aug Dec Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? Yes

4 Explanation Section III, paragraph 50 of the Bank Directive, Investment Project Financing issued and effective on November 10, 2017 states in pertinent part that a Closing Date may be extended if the following requirements are met: (a) the Project Development Objectives (PDO) remain achievable, (b) the performance of the Borrower or Project Participant remains satisfactory, and (c) the Bank and the Borrower or Project Participant agree on actions that will be undertaken to complete the Project. The task team has requested for a waiver for the above-mentioned requirements as these are unlikely to be met by the Project Closing Date. Has the waiver(s) been endorsed or approved by Bank Management? Yes Explanation Extension request waiver has been approved by the OPCS VP. Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here. I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING Bangladesh IDEA Project was approved by the World Bank Board on May 10, 2011 and the Credit was declared effective on August 28, The current closing date is December 31, The Project aims to establish a secure, accurate, and reliable national identification (NID) system in Bangladesh to serve as the basis for more efficient and transparent service delivery. The Project has two PDO indicators. Indicator 1: At least 80 million citizens are issued secure NID cards and a reliable verification system is in place. The progress towards achieving this indicator has been slow, but lately significant progress was made in setting up the requisite systems and capacities for personalization of the smart NID cards. Around 26 million cards (32.5 percent of the target) would be personalized by the current Project closing date. A significant part of the total effort needed to achieve this objective has already been deployed. With the current pace, the target number of 80 million cards will be delivered within one year of the Project closing date. Nevertheless, there is a reliable verification system in place and being effectively used. Indicator 2: At least two public and two private agencies use NID system to verify client beneficiary identity. Achievement of this indicator exceeded the target, and the assessed impact is significant. At present, 82 agencies (15 public agencies and 67 private) are using the NID system to verify/authenticate beneficiary identity. Also, the Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC) has earned by now over USD11 million revenue for the treasury. Acceptable financial reports were submitted regularly during the project implementation and annual audit was conducted. The most recent audited financial statements for FY17 were also received, within the due date, on December 21, This audit report highlights some procedural issues to be resolved. The Project Closing Date is being extended to allow for management of few significant activities under the Project. At the same time USD24,957, (equivalent to SDR 17,641,362) of unutilized funds are being cancelled. The disbursement deadline date

5 would be June 30, Cancellation is effective December 14, 2017, the date of receipt of the borrower s request. The proposed allocation in the withdrawal table is following consultation with BEC. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES The Project Closing Date is being extended from December 31, 2017 to February 28, 2018 to allow for management of few significant activities under the Project. At the same time USD24,957, (equivalent to SDR 17,641,362) of unutilized funds are being cancelled. Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changed Not Changed Change in Loan Closing Date(s) Cancellations Proposed Reallocation between Disbursement Categories Change in Implementing Agency Change in DDO Status Change in Project's Development Objectives Change in Results Framework Change in Components and Cost Change in Disbursements Arrangements Change in Disbursement Estimates Change in Overall Risk Rating Change in Safeguard Policies Triggered Change of EA category Change in Legal Covenants

6 OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_LOANCLOSING_TABLE OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_CANCELLATIONS_TABLE The World Bank Change in Institutional Arrangements Change in Financial Management Change in Procurement Change in Implementation Schedule Other Change(s) Change in Economic and Financial Analysis Change in Technical Analysis Change in Social Analysis Change in Environmental Analysis IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S) LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) Ln/Cr/Tf Status Original Closing Revised Closing(s) Proposed Closing Proposed Deadline for Withdrawal Applications IDA Effective 30-Jun Dec Feb Jun-2018 CANCELLATIONS Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency IDA Disburs ing XDR Current Amount 123,000, Cancellation Amount Value Date of Cancellation 17,641, Dec-2017 New Amount 105,358, Reason for Cancellation UNDISBURSE D BALANCE AT CLOSING OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_REALLOCATION _TABLE REALLOCATION BETWEEN DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES Current Allocation Actuals + Committed Proposed Allocation Financing % (Type Total) Current Proposed IDA Currency: XDR

7 ilap Category Sequence No: 1A Current Expenditure Category: GDS,WRKS,NON-CS,CS, TRNG PARTS 27,385, ,092, ,680, ilap Category Sequence No: 1B Current Expenditure Category: GDS,WRKS,NON-CS,CS, TRNG PART 2E 71,795, ,171, ,944, ilap Category Sequence No: 1C Current Expenditure Category: TAXES FOR GDS, NCS,CS AND TRG FOR P 10,450, ,421, ilap Category Sequence No: 2 Current Expenditure Category: OPERATING COSTS 13,370, ,675, ,312, Total 123,000, ,939, ,358, Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here.