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[World Bank] Kh-education For All Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Trust Fund
Author Admin Date 2015.08.06 Views 931
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General Information Project/Program Project
Project Name Kh-education For All Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Trust Fund
Duration Approval Date:2008-04-10, Closing Date:2012-12-31
Donor World Bank
Implementiong Organization Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports(MoEYS)
Sector and/or Subsector Classification Education
Region N.A.
Financing US$57.4 million
Analytical Information Stakeholders N.A.
Cross-cutting Issue Environment
Gender
Impact Analysis The project’s design is consistent with its stated objectives and is well-informed by solid research on both the local Cambodian context and global best practice. Still, the Results Framework of the PAD is under-developed and inaccurate. The design also did not sufficiently take into account capacity constraints of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (MoEYS).
As result of project, early childhood education enrollment of 5-year olds increased nationally from 31.4% at the end of CY 2008 to 52.66% at the end of CY 2012. Net admission rates increased nationally from 89.5% at the end of CY 2008 to 94.1% at the end of CY 2012, not reaching the target of 100%.
Effectiveness Ownership/Partnership Evaluation The government was overall in compliance with project covenants and agreements. It built a solid strategy based on previous policy experience and established sound sectoral goals. Continuity in having only one Minister of MoEYS through the project's life cycle and one Project Director at ESSSUAP during the implementation cycle played a stabilizing role and created an enabling environment. The fact that the project was fully prepared by MoEYS staff indicates strong government ownership and commitment to achieving the development objectives.

MoEYS successfully integrated learning from previous experience into the design and execution of the project. The ICR indicates that once operations began, the MoEYS was a full and willing partner, highly engaged in various aspects of the project and Bank missions throughout the life of the project.
Rating 4/5
Policy Coherence/Harmonization Evaluation The most recent Cambodia Country Assistance Strategy (2005-2008) includes two pillars: removing government constraints to attaining the Cambodia Millennium Development Goals (CMDGs), and supporting the formulation and implementation of a government-led strategy and investment program for achieving the CMDGs. While the Project Development Objectives did not explicitly address the first pillar, the way the project was implemented -- through the Government’s institutions, most notably the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports -- is certainly relevant in improving government capacity, which can in turn reduce governance constraints.
The second pillar focuses on two objectives: supporting a government-led strategy to achieve the CMDGs, and supporting sectors and sub-sectors critical to achieving the CMDGs. The project is more directly aligned in its objectives and design to this second pillar, with respect to the second Cambodian Millennium Development Goal to achieve universal nine-year basic education. This CMDG has 10 targets covering admission, enrollment, survival (retention/progression), and literacy rates as well as the proportion of children out of school and gender ratio disparities. Of the five main objectives listed for the project, four are directly related to these ten CMDG indicators.
Rating 4/5
Evaluation Framework Evaluation No information regarding Evaluation Franework in this evaluation report.
Rating N.A.
Alignment/Composition of Finance Evaluation Though there were initial delays at startup partly due to lack of familiarity with procurement procedures among the MoEYS team, it is found satisfacory. MoEYS staff received training through the initial stages from the Bank, but by the end the MoEYS became the first Ministry to move away from the arrangement of the International Procurement Agency handling all fiduciary matters, to allow MoEYS to handle procurement directly in subsequent IDA projects.
The ICR reports that financial management staff monitored the project regularly, including attending supervisory missions, and found financial management to be consistently satisfactory or moderately satisfactory. Audits were submitted regularly and were unqualified.
Rating 3/5
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