(2022) Relance de l'agriculture : Renforcement des services publics agricoles II Projet (GAFSP - IDA)
Resume — Le projet de relance de l'agriculture : Renforcement des services publics agricoles II visait à renforcer la capacité du ministère de l'Agriculture d'Haïti à soutenir les agriculteurs et à accroître la productivité agricole. Le projet a fourni une assistance financière, une formation et des ressources aux petits agriculteurs, en particulier dans les régions prioritaires et ceux touchés par l'ouragan Matthew. Le projet a atteint ses objectifs, améliorant les moyens de subsistance et la sécurité alimentaire.
Constats Cles
- La capacité institutionnelle du MARNDR à fournir des services agricoles a été renforcée.
- L'accès au marché pour les petits producteurs et la sécurité alimentaire dans certaines zones ont augmenté.
- Les moyens de subsistance dans les zones touchées par l'ouragan Matthew se sont améliorés.
- La capacité du gouvernement à répondre aux urgences a été renforcée.
- Des progrès importants ont été réalisés dans l'enregistrement des producteurs agricoles.
Description Complete
Le projet de relance de l'agriculture : Renforcement des services publics agricoles II (RESEPAG II) a été conçu pour renforcer la capacité du ministère de l'Agriculture, des Ressources naturelles et du Développement rural (MARNDR) à définir et à mettre en œuvre la Stratégie nationale de vulgarisation agricole, à accroître l'accès des petits agriculteurs aux services de vulgarisation agricole et à la formation en matière de santé animale et végétale dans les régions prioritaires, et à fournir une assistance financière en cas d'urgence dans le secteur agricole. Le projet a ensuite été élargi pour inclure l'amélioration des moyens de subsistance dans les zones touchées par l'ouragan Matthew. Grâce à diverses composantes, notamment le renforcement du rôle du MARNDR, le soutien à la vulgarisation agricole locale et aux services d'innovation, et la mise en place d'une réserve de prévoyance pour les risques agricoles et les interventions d'urgence, le projet visait à améliorer la productivité agricole, la sécurité alimentaire et la résilience aux chocs en Haïti.
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Report No: ICR00005973
IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT
GRANTS H7410-HT, D2100-HT, and TF011396
ON AN IDA GRANT
IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 25.1 MILLION (US$40 MILLION EQUIVALENT)
AND A GRANT FROM THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM
(GAFSP)
IN THE AMOUNT OF US$10 MILLION
AND AN IDA GRANT
IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 25.6 MILLION (US$ 35 MILLION EQUIVALENT)
FROM CRISIS RESPONSE WINDOW RESOURCES
TO THE
REPUBLIC OF HAITI
FOR THE
RELAUNCHING AGRICULTURE: STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURE PUBLIC
SERVICES II PROJECT (GAFSP - IDA)
November 22, 2022
Agriculture and Food Global Practice
Latin America And Caribbean Region
Public Disclosure Authorized
Public Disclosure Authorized
Public Disclosure Authorized
Public Disclosure Authorized
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS
(Exchange Rate Effective at Project Closing on March 31, 2022)
Currency Unit = Haitian Gourdes (HTG)
HTG 106.13 = US$1
US$1.38 = SDR 1
FISCAL YEAR
October 1 - September 30
Regional Vice President:Carlos Felipe Jaramillo
Country Director:Lilia Burunciuc
Country Manager:Laurent Msellati
Regional Director:Anna Wellenstein
Practice Manager:Diego Arias Carballo
Task Team Leader(s):Soulemane Fofana
ICR Main Contributor:McDonald Benjamin
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ACCPAC A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control (accounting
software)
AF Additional Financing
BAC Agriculture Communal Office (Bureau Agricole Communale)
CDC (United States) Center for Disease Control
CERC Contingency Emergency Response Component
CNSA National Food Security Commission (Commission Nationale de Sécurité
Alimentaire)
CPF Country Partnership Framework
CRW Crisis Response Window
CW Civil Works
CS Consulting Services
DDA Departmental Agriculture Directorate (Direction Départamentale d'Agriculture)
DFPEA Department of Training and Promotion of Agricultural Entrepreneurship (Direction
Formation et Promotion de l’Entreprenariat Agricole)
DI Department of Innovation (Direction de l’Innovation)
DIME Development Impact Evaluation
DPV/PS Department of Plant Protection (Direction de la Protection Végétale)
DSA Animal Health Department (Direction de Santé Animale)
DSE Directorate of Monitoring and Evaluation (Direction de Suivi et Évaluation)
EFA Economic and Financial Analysis
EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return
EMAVA Agricultural Middle School of the Artibonite Valley (Ecole Moyenne d’Agriculture
de la Vallée de l’Artibonite)
ERC Emergency Response Contingency
ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework
ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan
EX-ACT Ex-Ante Carbon Balance Tool
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO-CP Food and Agriculture Organization - World Bank Cooperative Program
FFS Farmer Field Schools
FM Financial Management
FSS Farmer Subsidy Scheme
FY Fiscal Year
GAFSP Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GO Goods
GoH Government of Haiti
GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism
Ha Hectares
HTG Haitian Gourdes
ICR Implementation Completion and Results Report
IDA International Development Association
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IFR Interim Financial Report
IMF International Monetary Fund
IRR Internal Rate of Return
ISDS Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet
ISN Interim Strategy Note
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISR Implementation Status and Results Report
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LAC Latin America and the Caribbean Region
m Million
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MARNDR Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Ministère de
l'Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural)
MG Matching Grant
MS Moderately Satisfactory
MSF Market Support Facility
MTR Mid-Term Review
MU Moderately Unsatisfactory
NCS Non-Consulting Services
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NPV Net Present Value
OCC Opportunity Cost of Capital
OP Operating Costs
OPS Private Service Providers (Opérateurs Prestataires de Services)
OP/BP Operational Policy / Bank Procedure
PAD Project Appraisal Document
PARSA Emergency Resilient Agriculture for Food Security Project
PDNA Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
PDVA National Agriculture Extension Strategy (Plan Directeur de Vulgarisation Agricole)
PDO Project Development Objective
PIU Project Implementation Unit
PNIA National Agricultural Investment Plan (Plan National d'Investissement Agricole)
PRECONIA Avian and Human Influenza Project
PRODEP Community Driven Development Project
RESEPAG II Relaunching Agriculture: Strengthening Agriculture Public Services II Project
RF Results Framework
RPF Resettlement Policy Framework
RAP Resettlement Action Plan
RPO Rural Producers Organization
S Satisfactory
SDR Special Drawing Rights
SMS Short Message Service
SPO Service Providing Operator
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Services
STEP Systematic Tracking and Exchange in Procurement
TA Technical Assistance
tCO2e Tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
TF Trust Fund
TOC Theory of Change
TR Training
TTL Task Team Leader
U Unsatisfactory
UPMP Unified Procurement Unit (Unité de Passation des Marchés Publics)
UPS Sanitary Protection Unit (Unité de Protection Sanitaire)
US$ United States dollar
WB World Bank
WBG World Bank Group
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DATA SHEET ............................................................................................................................................. II
I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ......................................................................... 1
A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL ......................................................................................................................... 1
B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................. 5
II. OUTCOME ........................................................................................................................................ 8
A. RELEVANCE OF PDOs ............................................................................................................................... 8
B. ACHIEVEMENT OF PDO (EFFICACY) ......................................................................................................... 9
C. EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................................. 12
D. JUSTIFICATION OF OVERALL OUTCOME RATING ................................................................................. 13
E. OTHER OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS ........................................................................................................ 14
III. KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME ................................................... 15
A. KEY FACTORS DURING PREPARATION .................................................................................................. 15
B. KEY FACTORS DURING IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................... 16
IV. BANK PERFORMANCE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME ...................... 18
A. QUALITY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) ......................................................................... 18
B. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE ................................................................. 19
C. BANK PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................................ 20
D. RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME ...................................................................................................... 22
V. LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................... 23
ANNEX 1. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND KEY OUTPUTS .............................................................................. 25
ANNEX 2. BANK LENDING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT/SUPERVISION ............................................. 40
ANNEX 3. PROJECT COST BY COMPONENT AND BY SOURCE OF FINANCING .............................................. 45
ANNEX 4. EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................. 46
ANNEX 5. RECIPIENT, CO-FINANCIER AND OTHER PARTNER/STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS .......................... 55
ANNEX 6. SUMMARY OF THE RECIPIENT'S COMPLETION REPORT ............................................................. 56
ANNEX 7. A MATRIX OF RESTRUCTURING CHANGES DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ........................ 62
ANNEX 8. EVOLUTION OF THE RESULTS FRAMEWORK WITH PROJECT RESTRUCTURINGS .......................... 73
ANNEX 9. SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES, TABLES AND BOXES ...................................................................... 81
ANNEX 10. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................... 86
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DATA SHEET
BASIC INFORMATION
Product Information
Project ID Project Name
P126744
Relaunching Agriculture: Strengthening Agriculture Public
Services II Project (GAFSP - IDA)
Country Financing Instrument
Haiti Investment Project Financing
Original EA Category Revised EA Category
Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B)
Organizations
Borrower Implementing Agency
Republic of Haiti
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural
Development
Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The PDOs are to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development's (MARNDR)
capacity to defineandimplement the National Agriculture Extension Strategy, to increase access of small farmers to
agriculture extension servicesandtraining on animal and plant health in priority regions, and to provide financial
assistance in the case of an agriculturesectoremergency.
Revised PDO
The new proposed PDO is: to (a) reinforce the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural
Development to provide or facilitate access to services in the agricultural sector; (b) increase market access to small
producers and food security in Selected Areas; (c) improve livelihood in areas affected by Hurricane Matthew and
(d) enable the Government to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emergency.
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FINANCING
Original Amount (US$) Revised Amount (US$) Actual Disbursed (US$)
World Bank Financing
IDA-H7410
40,000,000 40,000,000 35,293,623
TF-11396
10,000,000 8,998,848 8,998,848
IDA-D2100
35,000,000 35,000,000 34,359,103
Total 85,000,000 83,998,848 78,651,574
Non-World Bank Financing
0 0 0
Borrower/Recipient 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0
Total Project Cost 85,000,000 83,998,848 78,651,574
KEY DATES
FIN_TABLE_DAT
Approval Effectiveness MTR Review Original Closing Actual Closing
01-Dec-2011 03-Apr-2012 26-Jan-2015 30-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2022
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RESTRUCTURING AND/OR ADDITIONAL FINANCING
Date(s) Amount Disbursed (US$M) Key Revisions
02-Jul-2015 12.82 Change in Project Development Objectives
Change in Results Framework
Change in Components and Cost
Change in Loan Closing Date(s)
Reallocation between Disbursement Categories
Change in Financial Management
Change in Procurement
Change in Implementation Schedule
Other Change(s)
14-Jun-2017 22.43 Additional Financing
Change in Project Development Objectives
Change in Results Framework
Change in Components and Cost
Reallocation between Disbursement Categories
Change in Disbursements Arrangements
Change in Safeguard Policies Triggered
Change in Legal Covenants
Change in Procurement
Change in Implementation Schedule
Other Change(s)
02-Jun-2019 43.38 Change in Results Framework
Change in Loan Closing Date(s)
Reallocation between Disbursement Categories
Other Change(s)
21-Dec-2021 77.04 Change in Loan Closing Date(s)
Change in Implementation Schedule
KEY RATINGS
Outcome Bank Performance M&E Quality
Satisfactory Satisfactory Substantial
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RATINGS OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN ISRs
No. Date ISR Archived DO Rating IP Rating
Actual
Disbursements
(US$M)
01 25-Dec-2011 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0
02 29-Jun-2012 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0
03 16-Jan-2013 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 5.00
04 26-Oct-2013
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
6.04
05 16-May-2014
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
7.16
06 19-Nov-2014
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
8.42
07 12-Jun-2015
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
11.82
08 11-Dec-2015 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 14.95
09 17-Jun-2016 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 16.53
10 21-Dec-2016 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 18.67
11 18-Jun-2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 22.43
12 24-Dec-2017 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 26.08
13 17-Jun-2018
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
36.94
14 14-Dec-2018
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
39.68
15 08-Apr-2019
Moderately
Unsatisfactory
Moderately Satisfactory 43.38
16 28-Jun-2019 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 43.38
17 23-Dec-2019 Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 53.65
18 28-Jun-2020 Satisfactory Satisfactory 62.19
19 11-Dec-2020 Satisfactory Satisfactory 69.60
20 19-Jun-2021 Satisfactory Satisfactory 75.78
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21 21-Dec-2021 Satisfactory Satisfactory 77.04
22 08-Apr-2022 Satisfactory Satisfactory 80.14
SECTORS AND THEMES
Sectors
Major Sector/Sector (%)
Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry 100
Agricultural Extension, Research, and Other
Support Activities
89
Fisheries 2
Public Administration - Agriculture, Fishing &
Forestry
7
Livestock 2
Themes
Major Theme/ Theme (Level 2)/ Theme (Level 3) (%)
Finance 3
Finance for Development 3
Agriculture Finance 3
Human Development and Gender 15
Gender 5
Nutrition and Food Security 10
Nutrition 5
Food Security 5
Urban and Rural Development 83
Rural Development 83
Rural Markets 3
Rural Infrastructure and service delivery 80
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ADM STAFF
Role At Approval At ICR
Regional Vice President: Pamela Cox Carlos Felipe Jaramillo
Country Director: Alexandre V. Abrantes Lilia Burunciuc
Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Anna Wellenstein
Practice Manager: Ethel Sennhauser Diego Arias Carballo
Task Team Leader(s): Diego Arias Carballo
Ziva Razafintsalama,
Soulemane Fofana
ICR Contributing Author: McDonald P. Benjamin
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I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL
1. At the time of appraisal, Haiti was the poorest country in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, with
78 percent of the population living on less than US$2 per day. In rural areas, 88 percent of individuals lived below
the poverty line, and as basic services were practically nonexistent, multidimensional poverty was widespread.
Moreover, the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck southern Haiti on January 12, 2010, had resulted in
the death of around 220,000 people and destroyed the equivalent of 120 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). It
was compounded the same year by Hurricane Thomas and by a cholera outbreak that struck over 820,000 Haitians,
as well as by soaring food prices, so that Haiti's most vulnerable families spent 80 percent of their budgets on food.
2. Agriculture played a dominant role in the economy, contributing 25 percent of GDP and accounting for around
50 percent of employment in Haiti, (66 percent in rural areas, rising to 75 percent among low-income households).
However, farmers lacked access to proper technologies and capacity building to increase production and productivity.
The vast majority of Haitian farmers did not use improved planting materials, simply planting seeds saved from the
previous crops in degraded soil without pest controls or inputs other than hand tools. Chronic under-investment in
the rural economy (notably in infrastructure, public services and programs) and ineffective natural resource
management had steadily depleted the rural productive base, leading to a high dependence on imports of grains to
feed the Haitian population. Moreover, with small, fragmented average farm holdings (of less than 2 hectares), and
high risks of shocks, farm households had to diversify incomes via non-agricultural sources and migrant remittances
(cf. Annex 9, Box 1).
3. Following the 2010 earthquake, the Government of Haiti (GoH) developed a National Agriculture Investment
Plan (PNIA) for the period 2011-2016.
1
The plan drew on existing National Agriculture Policy and the Post-Disaster
Needs Assessment (PDNA)
2
prepared after the earthquake, and was aligned with the existing Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper.
3
The PNIA set out three key components that focused on: (i) rural infrastructure; (ii) production and
productivity of subsectors; and (iii) agriculture public services and institutional support. It emphasized priority regions
selected according to: (i) post-earthquake migration patterns into rural areas; (ii) the location and competitiveness of
agricultural supply chains; and (iii) priority watersheds. It also identified important financing gaps to be closed.
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4. In this context, there was a strong rationale for Bank engagement to strengthen GoH's support for Haitian
farmers, building on earlier engagements in the agricultural sector and coordinating closely with donor partners.
The challenge for GoH to improve agricultural productivity, food supplies, food security and health and nutrition (all
objectives under the PNIA), especially in the post-earthquake context, without technical and financial support to
strengthen its agricultural public services for farmers would have been enormous. Thus, US$10 million in grant
financing was received from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) to strengthen institutional
capacity to provide agricultural public services. IDA grant financing of US$40 million equivalent was added to provide
and administer direct support to farmers, for a total of US$50 million equivalent in financing for the "Relaunching
1
Haiti - Plan National D'Investissement Agricole, May 2010. Available at: http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/hai146377.pdf
2
Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of Damage, losses, general and sectoral needs. March 2010. Available at:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/355571468251125062/pdf/701020ESW0P1190R0Haiti0PDNA020100EN.pdf
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IMF Country Report No. 08/115, available at: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2008/cr08115.pdf
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Cf. Table 1 of the Project Appraisal Document (PAD) for RESEPAG II (P126744), Report No: 64574-HT, October 31, 2011.
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Agriculture: Strengthening Agriculture Public Services II Project" (RESEPAG II, P126744). In designing RESEPAG II, which
was targeted towards small and medium producers in regions specified in the PNIA, the Bank built on the US$5 million
first-stage IDA grant for Strengthening of Agricultural Public Services Project (RESEPAG I).
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RESEPAG I focused on core
institutional strengthening of managerial and agriculture policy formulation capacity, and it piloted enhanced local
support via farmer and service provider registries, research and extension services, and incentive payments to farmers
to adopt improved technologies. RESEPAG I also established the approach that was adopted and reinforced by
RESEPAG II to place project coordination firmly under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Rural Development (MARNDR), and the same coordinating unit in MARNDR implemented both projects (see
Section II.E on Institutional Strengthening and Annex 9 Box 2). The Bank also built on emerging lessons from RESEPAG
I, notably the devastating earthquake of January 2010, by including an emergency response component that had not
been envisaged under RESEPAG I, so as to be able to respond quickly and flexibly under RESEPAG II in the fragile
context of Haiti. Moreover, the Bank drew on its experiences with the Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic
Preparedness and Response Project - PRECONIA (US$1.557 million equivalent IDA Grant)
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executed under the
oversight of MARNDR, notably with regard to animal health preparedness and prevention activities, and the Bank-
funded Community Driven Development (PRODEP) project (US$38 million equivalent IDA Grant)
7
executed under the
oversight of the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, which included a community sub-project funds scheme
that informed the design of the Market Support Facility (MSF) under RESEPAG II. The Bank also coordinated its support
under RESEPAG II closely with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which was also supporting GoH's PNIA via
a new planned US$40 million Small Farmer Agriculture Technology Transfer Project that would provide "smart
subsidies" for the adoption of improved technologies to farmers in northern Haiti, building on and expanding the
application of the farmer subsidy methodology piloted under RESEPAG I.
5. The Bank's support under RESEPAG II was designed to align closely with the World Bank Group's (WBG) Interim
Strategy Note (ISN) for 2012,
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which was presented to the Board on the same day as RESEPAG II, and especially with
its pillars for reducing Haiti's vulnerability and increasing its resilience to shocks, building human capital, and
revitalizing the economy, by: (i) building capacity at the sector level to respond to future crisis and emergencies; (ii)
improving education at the vocational level in the agriculture sector; and (iii) improving the growth and
competitiveness of Haitian agriculture and its role in the economy.
6. At the time of the Additional Financing (AF) for RESEPAG II, approved in June 2017, the context was again dire,
due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, the most severe hurricane to strike Haiti in more than 50
years. The Category IV hurricane struck Haiti on October 4, 2016, caused losses and damages equivalent to 32 percent
of GDP, resulted in the deaths of 500 people, and left almost 1.4 million people in need of life-saving assistance. The
impact of Hurricane Matthew on the agricultural sector was estimated at US$603 million. In response, the Board
approved an AF grant of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 25.6 million (US$35 million equivalent) from Crisis Response
Window (CRW) resources for RESEPAG II, whose scope was expanded significantly
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to relaunch and promote animal
husbandry and invest in more resilient water management infrastructure, while scaling up subsidies in southern Haiti
to relaunch agricultural production. RESEPAG II had been restructured in July 2015, following a Mid-Term Review
(MTR) in January 2015, and was progressing moderately satisfactorily when Hurricane Matthew struck southern Haiti.
The original project rationale remained valid at the time of the AF, although the AF increased the emphasis on climate
5
Cf. the PAD for RESEPAG I (P113623), Report No. 48775-HT, dated June 1, 2009. RESEPAG I was approved in June 2009, became
effective in October 2009 and closed on August 31, 2014. It was, therefore, implemented conterminously with RESEPAG II.
6
Cf. the Project Paper for PRECONIA (P111667), Report No. 44348-HT, dated June 24, 2008.
7
Cf. the Project Appraisal Document for PRODEP (P093640), Report No. 32634-HT, dated July 6, 2005.
8
Cf. Report No. 65112-HT, dated November 1, 2011.
9
Cf. page 1 of the RESEPAG II Project Paper, Report No. PAD2331, dated June 1, 2017.
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resilience and on support for agricultural recovery in disaster-affected areas.
10
The AF was fully aligned with the WBG's
2015-2019 Country Partnership Framework (CPF),
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contributing to the strategic objectives of promoting inclusive
growth (via enhanced income opportunities) and resilience (via strengthened climate resilience), and the cross-cutting
objective of strengthening governance (via improved capacity for delivering basic agricultural services).
Theory of Change (Results Chain)
7. RESEPAG II was approved before presentation of a Theory of Change in the PAD became mandatory, and
consequently, the PAD did not contain a diagrammatic representation. Figure 1 presents the Theory of Change
implicit in the project description and results framework in the PAD, and notes key changes to the Project over time,
which are discussed further in Section I.B, below (See Annex 9 for the final Results Framework (RF) after restructuring).
In the fragile context of Haiti, RESEPAG II was fundamentally about enhancing institutional capacity to provide public
agricultural services in a context of fragility and vulnerability, requiring flexibility and possible emergency responses.
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Figure 1: Theory of Change Framework Implicit in the Description and Results Framework at Approval
Project Development Objectives (PDOs)
8. The PDO at appraisal was to: (a) strengthen MARNDR's capacity to define and implement the National Agriculture
Extension Strategy; (b) increase access of small farmers to Agriculture Extension Services and training on animal and
10
Cf. ibid., page 6.
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Report No. 98132-HT, discussed by the World Bank's Board of Directors on September 29, 2015.
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Annex 5 of the PAD on Implementation Support notes that: "The strategy for Implementation Support (IS) has been
developed based on the nature of the project and its risk profile. It will aim at making implementation support to the client
more flexible and efficient...
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plant health in the Priority Regions; and (c) provide financial assistance in the case of an Agriculture Sector
Emergency.
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Key Expected Outcomes and Outcome Indicators
9. The three Outcomes of the Project Development Objective, and their related indicators, as originally approved,
were as follows: (1) "strengthen MARNDR's capacity to define and implement the National Agriculture Extension
Strategy" was to be measured by the "Definition, adoption and implementation of a national extension strategy by the
MARDNR and main stakeholders"; (2) "increase access of small farmers to Agriculture Extension Services and training
on animal and plant health in the Priority Regions" was to be measured by the "Number of farmers that have access to
improved agriculture information, technologies, inputs, material, and services". In addition, the project's third PDO
indicator, namely the "Number of client days of extension services provided to farmers, community members, etc.
(disaggregated by gender)" would serve to measure progress on both the first and second parts of the PDO. Finally, the
third outcome of the PDO, namely to "provide financial assistance in the case of an Agriculture Sector Emergency" was
contingent, and while examples of possible activities were cited, no outcome indicators were specified at Appraisal.
Components
10. RESEPAG II was designed with the following four components and estimated costs at appraisal:
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Component 1, Strengthening the role of MARNDR in providing agricultural support services (US$10 million,
financed by GAFSP): This component was designed to enhance MARNDR's capacity to define and implement the
National Agriculture Extension Strategy (PDVA) through, inter alia, the carrying out of institutional and
organizational reforms within MARNDR at the national, departmental and local level. This included planning and
coordination of agricultural extension and training services; develop agriculture sector information systems so as to
increase the availability and quality of price and agro-climatic data; and to strengthen Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Services (SPS) capacity.
Providing support for local agricultural extension and innovation services (US$36 million equivalent, financed by
IDA): This component was to strengthen the local provision of, and access to, agricultural support and extension
services through: (i) the establishment of a Market Support Facility (MSF) to be managed by MARNDR, in
coordination with Tables de Concertation Agricole Departamentale,
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to co-finance, on a matching-grant basis,
investments and/or activities for productive purposes, including for the adoption of priority technologies; applied
research; strengthening of producer organizations; improvements in post-harvest and agribusiness technology; and
strengthening of MSF's institutional capacity.
Agriculture Risk and Emergency Response Contingent Reserve (US$1 million equivalent, financed by IDA): This
component was to provide support upon occurrence of an Agriculture Sector Emergency through: (i) the carrying
out of Emergency Recovery and Rehabilitation Subprojects and/or (ii) the implementation of a Farmers Subsidy
Scheme for Eligible Farmers.
Project Administration and Coordination (US$3 million equivalent, financed by IDA): This component was to
support MARNDR in its day-to-day management of the project through, inter alia, the provision of technical
assistance, the acquisition of equipment and vehicles and the financing of operating costs.
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Schedule 1 of the Financing Agreement for Grant H741-0-HT, dated January 11, 2012.
14
Cf. pages 7-9 of the PAD for RESEPAG II. For the revised and actual costs by component and source of financing, see Annex 3.
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These are Department-level Roundtables for Consultations on Agriculture, chaired by MARNDR and comprising Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Farmer Organizations, and public and private organizations in Haiti's 10 Departments.
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11. The total project cost at Appraisal was US$50 million. This increased to US$79.4 million with the 2017 AF, while
the Actual Cost of RESEPAG II at Project Closing was US$80.56 million (Cf. detailed cost tables in Annex 3).
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B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING IMPLEMENTATION
Revised PDOs, Outcome Targets and PDO Indicators
12. With the formal restructuring of RESEPAG II on July 2, 2015, the PDO was broadened (beyond a focus on
agricultural extension, to access to services and markets) as follows: The development objectives of the Project are to:
(a) reinforce the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development to provide or
facilitate access to services in the agricultural sector; (b) increase market access to small producers and food security in
Selected Areas; and (c) provide financial assistance in the case of an Agriculture Sector Emergency.
13. When the AF was approved on June 14, 2017, the PDO was expanded from three to four expected outcomes, as
follows: (a) reinforce the capacity of MARNDR to provide or facilitate access to services in the agricultural sector; (b)
increase market access to small producers and food security in Selected Areas; (c) improve livelihood in areas affected
by Hurricane Matthew; and (d) enable the Recipient to respond promptly and effectively to an Eligible Emergency.
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14. RESEPAG II was restructured two more times, on June 2, 2019, and on December 21, 2021, without requiring
Board approval. The changes made in the course of the 2015 formal (Level 1) restructuring and the 2017 AF and in the
two Level 2 restructurings are summarized in Annex 9 Table A9.1 and detailed in Annexes 7 and 8. At Project Closing,
the PDO comprised four expected outcomes with their respective revised PDO Indicators, as shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: PDO Objectives, Indicators and Targets at Project Closing for RESEPAG II
PDO Outcomes Associated PDO Indicators
PDO Indicator
Final Targets
(a) reinforce the capacity of MARNDR to provide
or facilitate access to services in the agricultural
sector;
PDO indicator 1: Key elements to strengthen the
institutional capacity of MARNDR implemented:
80%
(b) increase market access to small producers
and food security in Selected Areas;
PDO Indicator 2: Value of production generated by the
farmer subsidy scheme program:
US$24 million
PDO Indicator 3: Increase in sales of the supported
producer organizations:
50 percent
PDO indicator 4: Direct project beneficiaries:
Of which (4.1): Female beneficiaries:
60,000
40%
(c) improve livelihood in areas affected by
Hurricane Matthew;
Of which (4.2): Households affected by Hurricane
Matthew that received support from the Crisis
Response Window:
Of which (4.3): Beneficiaries in the Southern region:
28,000
50,500
(d) enable the Recipient to respond promptly
and effectively to an Eligible Emergency.
PDO Indicator 5: Time taken to disburse funds
requested by the Government for an eligible
emergency:
4 weeks
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Although the AF was for US$35 million equivalent, the total cost projected in the 2017 AF increased by only US$29.4 million
relative to the US$50 million equivalent at appraisal, due to strengthening of the US dollar versus the SDR between 2011-17.
The US dollar then weakened again slightly against the SDR before Project Closing, which allowed for total project costs to rise
in US dollar terms, with the final Actual Cost at Project Closing equivalent to US$80.56 million, with US$2.4 million undisbursed.
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Schedule 1 of the Financing Agreement for Grant D2100-HT, dated June 29, 2017.
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Revised Components
15. At Project Closing, RESEPAG II had the same components as at appraisal, with revised/added sub-components:
Component 1 maintained three sub-components throughout the project for extension and training, agricultural
information, and SPS support. In the 2015 Restructuring, the component was renamed "Agricultural Support Services"
and was revised to reduce the number of MARNDR's Technical Directorates involved, while shifting the emphasis from
the agricultural extension and information sub-components towards the SPS sub-component in response to changing
needs (cf. Section III on Key Factors and Annex 7). The June 2019 Restructuring dropped a few SPS activities that could
not be completed by December 2019 for procurement or security reasons (see Section II.B), while consolidating
achievements in epidemiological surveillance and vaccinations.
Component 2 was renamed "Direct Support to Producers and Associations" in the 2015 Restructuring and was
expanded significantly during implementation, with the addition of three sub-components to the original MSF support
for matching grants and technical assistance (TA) for Rural Producer Organizations (RPOs). The first new sub-component
was added in the 2015 Restructuring to support the expansion of the voucher-based Farmer Subsidy System (FSS), which
subsidized the adoption of improved agricultural technologies by individual farmers (as piloted under RESEPAG I). The
FSS was expanded further with the 2017 AF, especially in Southern Haiti after Hurricane Matthew, and included a new
line of subsidies for agroforestry to enhance climate resilience. The AF also added two new sub-components under
Component 2 for: (i) animal husbandry (to restock livestock following Hurricane Matthew) and (ii) irrigation
rehabilitation and micro-catchment protection. This was done via contracts for works for more complex works and a
cash-for-work program for small-scale, labor-intensive rehabilitation works, to improve local livelihoods.
While Component 3 was renamed "Emergency Response Contingency" in the 2019 Level 2 Restructuring and its
allocation was adjusted over the course of project implementation, its purpose remained that of enabling GoH to
respond effectively in the event of an eligible emergency.
The 2015 Restructuring greatly expanded the scope of Component 4 from "Project Administration and
Coordination" to "Institutional Strengthening, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management and Studies", and an
intermediate indicator, namely the "Number of agricultural producers registered in the MARNDR registry", was assigned
to the component with the 2019 Level 2 Restructuring. Adjustments in project costs for the four components in light of
the above revisions are shown in Annex 3.
Other Changes
16. A number of other revisions were also made to RESEPAG II. These included triggering Operational Policy/Bank
Procedure (OP/BP) 4.12 with the 2017 AF; changes in disbursement estimates and reallocations between disbursement
categories; adjusted financial management covenants to reflect the expanded activities; new procurement covenants
in the 2015 Restructuring to reflect the centralization of all procurement for donor-financed projects with MARNDR in
its new centralized procurement unit (Unité de Passation de Marchés Publics, UPMP), and the application of the Project
Procurement Strategy for Development (PPSD) and the application of the Systematic Tracking and Exchanges in
Procurement (STEP) system with the 2017 AF; and changes in the implementation schedule associated with five
extensions of the Project Closing Date, from November 30, 2016 to June 30, 2018, to December 31, 2019, to December
31, 2021, and finally to March 31, 2022, (although the GAFSP grant and the activities it financed under Component 1
were closed earlier, on December 31, 2019). The Board also approved a policy waiver with the 2017 AF to provide the
SDR 25.6 million in CRW financing for the AF in the form of a grant, rather than on prevailing IDA terms for Haiti in Fiscal
Year 2017 (FY17). Finally, changes were made to the Legal Covenants to reflect the other changes above. All the changes
under the four Restructurings, together with the rationale for the changes, are detailed in Annex 7.
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Rationale for Changes and Their Implication on the Original Theory of Change
17. The 2015 Restructuring was undertaken to improve project performance, which had slipped to Moderately
Unsatisfactory (MU). The Restructuring streamlined the number of agencies engaged in Component 1 and refocused
the component in response to changing circumstances by realigning the PDO, the Results Framework, components and
project funds while providing more time for the PDO to be achieved. In particular, by 2015, GoH had already adopted
and was implementing the new National Agriculture Extension Strategy that was at the heart of the original PDO, while
the emergence of pest infestations in 2012-13 underscored the need to redefine and broaden the capacity
reinforcement for MARNDR under Component 1 from a focus on extension to refer instead to "provide or facilitate
access to services in the agriculture sector". The pest infestations, especially white mealybug (cochineal), but also coffee
rust and the threat of a cross-border fruit fly infestation that could affect Haiti's exports of mangos to the United States,
had led to the triggering of the emergency component and required the reallocation of resources to the SPS sub-
component. Sub-component 1.b of Component 1 (on agricultural information systems) was also refocused to drop the
hydro-meteorological work (taken up in 2015 in a separate IDA-financed Strengthening Hydromet Services Project -
P148259) while expanding the focus on market information, with support from Haiti's National Coordination for Food
Security (CNSA).
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In addition, Component 2 was expanded in response to a request from GoH to continue financing the
FSS under RESEPAG II–following the closure of RESEPAG I in 2014–which led to the inclusion of a sub-component for FSS
under Component 2. In light of the above, the results framework was completely revised and strengthened, with a
revised PDO that not only broadened the public services objective supported by component 1 but that also increased
ambition by emphasizing improved access to markets rather than just to training and extension via component 2
activities. Clearer Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were also introduced that were more closely linked to the (revised)
project activities and the number of PDO indicators was increased from three to five (see Annex 8). The changes in
objectives and activities drove the financial management changes, reallocations and adjustments in disbursement
categories, and the issuance of an updated Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS). The Bank also began to work closely
with and strengthen capacity in MARNDR's new UPMP. The Closing Date was extended, and the disbursement estimates
and implementation schedule were adjusted to allow for more time to achieve the PDO.
18. The 2017 AF and Board-approved Restructuring responded to the damage and losses produced by Hurricane
Matthew in October 2016. The project was advancing Moderately Satisfactorily following the 2015 Mid-Term Review
and Restructuring, when the PDO, results framework and components (including the addition of two new sub-
components) were revised and expanded in June 2017 to reflect RESEPAG II's response to the hurricane. Funding was
increased for Component 2 and for project management in light of the AF. A key rationale for revising the activities
under Component 2 was to place increased emphasis on longer-term climate resilience (e.g., via the agro-forestry and
other technologies supported by the FSS and via the micro-catchment protection), even while meeting immediate
livelihood needs (notably via the use of a cash-for-work program and expanded subsidies). In light of the possibility that
the new irrigation rehabilitation activities could result in involuntary resettlement, OP/BP 4.12 was triggered, while the
preparation of the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) was delayed in line with OP 10.00 (see Section IV.B below).
The disbursement categories were rationalized to simplify disbursements, in line with emerging best practice, while
disbursement amounts and the pace of disbursement were adjusted in line with the higher disbursements expected
with the AF, and the PPSD and STEP system were applied in line with the Bank's updated procurement guidelines. The
rationale for the adjusted implementation schedule and Closing Date extension was to accommodate the additional
resources under the AF and to align the Closing Dates for the original GASFP and IDA funds and the AF's CRW funding.
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The dropped hydro-meteorological work was taken up in 2015 in a separate IDA-financed Strengthening Hydromet Services
Project (P148259) for US$5 million. Cf. https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P148259.
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19. The rationale for the 2019 Restructuring was to ensure full achievement of the PDO, especially the activities to
restore the productive capacity lost because of Hurricane Matthew, and to improve the measurement of results in
the Results Framework. The extension of the Closing Date by two years was to allow the irrigation infrastructure
rehabilitation works to be procured (following delays) and undertaken protecting around 2,000 hectares (ha) of
agricultural land. In addition, the measurement of three PDO indicators was adjusted to better capture the outcomes,
while a fourth was adjusted downwards to improve realism based on both analytical and ground-level information.
Several indicators were also adjusted for reasons described in Annex 7.
20. The rationale for the 2021 Restructuring was to extend the Closing Date by three more months to March 31, 2022,
to allow for an orderly completion of the remaining project activities.
21. The refinements of the PDO and Results Framework as a result of the Restructurings greatly strengthened the
(implicit) Theory of Change. The original PDO and two of the three original PDO indicators were focused on extension
strategy and implementation, but in order to respond flexibly to changing circumstances (notably pest infestations and
Hurricane Matthew) the Bank revised the PDO and RF to reflect the new priorities. Importantly, the quality of the
indicators, in terms of their linkages and alignment from activities to results and to outcomes improved with the
refinements made during the life of the project (e.g., by indicators directly related to the FSS and MSF support), as did
clarity with regard to the best way to measure them (e.g., by recognizing that before/after comparisons were better
measured by the value than by the quantity of production, due to the large number of beneficiaries who changed what
they produced as a result of the incentives and TA they received).
22. Although RESEPAG II was restructured four times, including twice with Board-level approvals, one overall
outcome rating for RESEPAG II is provided in Section II below, (rather than a split rating for the pre-post restructuring
periods), due to the broadening of the scope and ambition of RESEPAG II over the life of the project. The increasing
ambition and scope described above also applies to its geographic coverage, which was broadened from the Nord/Nord-
Est and Sud Departments to include the Centre and Grand'Anse Departments as well (cf. Annex 9 Figure A9.2).
II. OUTCOME
A. RELEVANCE OF PDOs
23. The relevance of RESEPAG II throughout the life of the project is rated as High. RESEPAG II was closely aligned
with, and indeed presented to the Board of Directors on the same day as, the Bank's Interim Strategy Note for Haiti, and
was drawn up to support the 2011-16 PNIA that MARNDR had prepared with Bank and donor partner support (see
Section I.A above). Similarly, the 2017 AF was aligned with the 2015-19 CPF and with the 2018 Performance and Learning
Review (PLR)
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–with their areas of focus on inclusive growth, investment in human capital, and resilience–and reflects
agriculture and food security priorities identified in the most recent Strategic Country Diagnostic Update for Haiti.
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RESEPAG II also aligned perfectly with the three key axes of GoH's 2016-2021 PNIA, adopted shortly before the AF was
approved and in place over the final five years of the project, namely: (i) agricultural infrastructure, especially for water
management; (ii) increasing production along value chains, and (iii) strengthening agricultural services and institutional
capacity.
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In the fragile context of Haiti, building institutional capacity was a core priority for RESEPAG II: its overarching
objective to strengthen institutional capacity for providing agricultural public services directly addressed MARNDR's
19
Cf. the WBG's 2015-2019 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Haiti, Report No. 98132-HT, discussed by the Board on
September 29, 2015, and the Performance and Learning Review of the Country Partnership Strategy for the Republic of Haiti for
the period FY16-19, Report No. 124812-HT, dated May 31, 2018, which extended the CPF by two years to 2021.
20
Haiti - Responding to recurrent crises and chronic fragility. Systematic Country Diagnostic Update. January 2022.
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Haiti - Plan National d'Investissement Agricole (PNIA 2016-2021), dated November 2016 (cf. the strategic approach on p.17).
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who are eligible for the given campaign based on the criteria established by MARNDR. These may include
minimum and maximum holding sizes to ensure both feasibility and focus on the poor, priority
areas/activities for production, among other criteria established by MARNDR. In principle, in order to ensure
greater social cohesion, everyone who is eligible for a given line of support in an identified zone will be
supported.
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Figure A9.2: Number of RESEPAG II Beneficiaries by Department, and 2010-16 PNIA Priority Areas
Source: Map drawn from the PAD for RESEPAG II; data on beneficiaries provided by RESEPAG II's Coordinating Unit
Box A9.2: Institutional Arrangements for RESEPAG II
RESEPAG II adopted and consolidated the project implementation arrangements established under RESEPAG
I. In particular, in lieu of the standard model of an independent PIU (often housed outside of the responsible
Ministry), staffed entirely with consultants and reporting to a Steering Committee that had previously been
used with frequency in Haiti, the project coordination for RESEPAG I and II was located firmly within MARNDR,
drawing on a blend of MARNDR staff and consultants and with the coordination headed by a MARNDR staff
member who reported directly to the Director-General of MARNDR. (When the project coordinator retired in
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2016, he was replaced by the technical director for Component 2, who saw RESEPAG II through to completion
in March 2022 and is now coordinating the PARSA project–hired on an annually renewable contract.)
While RESEPAG I had explored the possibility of financing top-ups for MARNDR staff to work with the
coordinating unit, this was quickly abandoned. Instead the coordinating unit relied on the modality of annually
renewable consultancies, aligned with Haiti's fiscal year, with pay scales that did not greatly exceed Ministry
pay scales, so as to avoid resentments, and with a modality for consultant contracts known as " Consultant
integré a la fonction publique". This modality was used to attract young persons with the requisite skills and
was attractive as it provided a channel for them to convert to staff in due course (in a Ministry with a severely
restricted budget), and thus to seek promotions and obtain a pension in due course. In addition, training was
provided for MARNDR staff at central and local levels (DDAs and BACs) who supported the project.
There were problems in early years with turnover of key staff. For example, ISR 8 noted in December 2015
that: "The best staff of the [Central Procurement] unit are being offered considerably higher salaries by other
donor-funded projects, including other World Bank projects, which regularly reduces the unit's capacity and
forces new training activities to be undertaken for new staff joining the unit. This issue is expected to be
discussed at the next CPPR planned for December 2015." However, this problem was addressed with GoH and
over time RESEPAG II has been able to retain a core of skilled, committed staff and consultants who have
ensured significant continuity and institutional capacity, and who are now supporting the implementation of
the PARSA project.
The rooting of RESEPAG II in MARNDR was not limited to project coordination. Rather, MARNDR's respective
Departments, e.g. for Extension and for SPS, (or the CNSA for market information), were directly responsible
for the oversight of the project's support in areas under their purview, with training and technical support
from RESEPAG II. For example, capacity was built, among others, in the Directorates for extension, training,
SPS, agricultural innovation to coordinate and supervise their respective areas of the project, while fiduciary
(flow of money) and safeguards functions were handled by the coordinating unit. In addition, in the case
Procurement, a significantly strengthened central unified procurement unit was established in MARNDR that
handled all procurement for the Ministry and was supported by all donor partners (including the Bank, IDB
and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD). Finally, the coordination extended to the field
level, with RESEPAG II coordination team members located in the DDAs in the North Department (also
covering the Northeast Department), the Sud Department (also covering Grand'Anse) and a small unit in the
Centre Department, partnering with Ministerial staff and building their capacity to supervise and support
implementation at the local level.
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ANNEX 10. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
1. Implementation Status and Results Reports (ISRs) 1 through 22. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentlist?keyword_select=allwords&srt=score&order=desc&qterm=P126744&lang_exa
ct=
2. Project Appraisal Document for RESEPAG II (P126744), Report No: 64574-HT, October 31, 2011.
Available at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/125821468035660908/haiti-relaunching-agriculture-second-strengthening-
agriculture-public-services-project
3. RESEPAG II Additional Financing Project Paper, Report No. PAD2331, dated June 1, 2017. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/156881497664898763/haiti-second-strengthening-agriculture-public-
services-project-additional-financing
4. Financing Agreement for Grant H741-0-HT, dated January 11, 2012. Available at:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/905181468032359709/pdf/RAD2075067574.pdf
5. Financing Agreement - Amendment to IDA Grant H741-0-HT, dated August 11, 2015. Available at:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/742341468257723465/pdf/RAD1675621744.pdf
6. Financing Agreement - Amendment to IDA Grant H741-0-HT, dated June 29, 2017. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/343041503941255482/official-documents-amendment-and-restatement-
of-the-financing-agreement-for-grant-h7410-0-ht-closing-package
7. Financing Agreement - Amendment to IDA Grant H741-0-HT, dated June 11, 2019. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/650201562177722070/official-documents-third-amendment-to-the-
financing-agreement-for-grant-h741-ht
8. GAFSP Grant Agreement TF011396 - Amendment, dated June 29, 2017. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/985781503941506455/official-documents-amendment-and-restatement-
of-gafsp-grant-agreement-for-tf011396-closing-package
9. Financing Agreement for Grant D2100-HT, dated June 29, 2017. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/337791503941079542/official-documents-financing-agreement-for-grant-
d2100-ht-additional-financing-closing-package
10. Restructuring Paper for RESEPAG II, Report No: RES15631, dated May 20, 2015. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/976361467304802779/haiti-relaunching-agriculture-second-strengthening-
agriculture-public-services-project-restructuring
11. Restructuring Paper for RESEPAG II, Report No: RES32262, June 2, 2019. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/989711559501488284/disclosable-restructuring-paper-relaunching-
agriculture-strengthening-agriculture-public-services-ii-project-gafsp-ida-p126744
12. Restructuring Paper for RESEPAG II, Report No: RES49240, December 20, 2021. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
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reports/documentdetail/099730012212118978/disclosable0re0fsp000ida0000p126744
13. Haiti - Plan National D'Investissement Agricole, May 2010. Available at:
http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/hai146377.pdf
14. Haiti - Plan National D'Investissement Agricole (PNIA 2016-2021), November 2010. Available at:
https://www.gafspfund.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/7.%20Haiti_Investment%20Plan.pdf
15. Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of Damage, losses, general and sectoral needs. March, 2010.
Available at:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/355571468251125062/pdf/701020ESW0P1190R0H
aiti0PDNA020100EN.pdf
16. Haiti: Acute Food Insecurity Projection Update March - June 2022. Available at:
https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/c/1155488/?iso3=HTI
17. IMF Country Report No. 08/115, available at:
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2008/cr08115.pdf
18. Project Appraisal Document for the RESEPAG I Project (P113623), Report No. 48775-HT, dated June
1, 2009. Available at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/851991468038042568/haiti-strengthening-of-agricultural-public-services-
project
19. Implementation Completion and Results Report for the RESEPAG I Project (P113623), Report No.
ICR3287, dated February 20, 2015. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/606371468274770000/haiti-strengthening-agriculture-public-services-
project
20. Project Paper for the PRECONIA Project (P111667), Report No. 44348-HT, dated June 24, 2008.
Available at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/763081468038042252/haiti-avian-influenza-control-and-human-pandemic-
preparedness-and-response-project
21. Project Appraisal Document for the PRODEP Project (P093640), Report No. 32634-HT, dated July 6,
2005. Available at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/526431468033639896/haiti-community-driven-development-project
22. Project Appraisal Document for the Strengthening Hydromet Services Project (P148259), Report No.
PAD1063, dated May 19, 2015
23. Project Appraisal Document for the Strengthening Hydrometeorological Services Project (P148259).
Report No. PAD1063, dated May 19, 2015. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/675561468187778679/haiti-strengthening-hydro-meteorological-services-
project
24. Project Appraisal Document for the Haiti Resilient Productive Landscapes Project (P162908), Report
No. PAD2329, dated January 31, 2018. Available at:
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/468931518469626680/haiti-resilient-productive-landscapes-project
25. Project Appraisal Document for the PARSA Project (P177072), Report No. PAD4673, dated March 4,
2022. Available at: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-
reports/documentdetail/700671646832187199/haiti-emergency-resilient-agriculture-for-food-
security-project
26. World Bank Group's (WBG) Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for Haiti, 2012, Report No. 65112-HT, dated
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November 1, 2011. Available at:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/414071468256504959/pdf/651120ISN0P1010Offici
al0Use0Only090.pdf
27. WBG's 2015-2019 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Haiti, Report No. 98132-HT, discussed by
the World Bank's Board of Directors on September 29, 2015. Available at:
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