• Of the US$6.4 billion reconstruction portfolio, an estimated US$4.2 billion – or 65 percent – has been disbursed by end 2007.
  
  
• The highest disbursements have been seen in the housing sector (US$1.2 billion as at end 2007), and over 100,000 houses has been built by the end of 2007.
  
  
• The health sector accounts for the second highest disbursements (US$570 million) while the critical transport sector is lagging behind with disbursements of US$355 million.
  
  
• The Government of Indonesia is channelling almost all of its funds for the reconstruction effort through BRR. In 2005 BRR received US$407 million; US$638 million in 2006; US$855 million in 2007; a further US$327 million in 2008.
  
  
  

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The World Bank's reconstruction team has completed and is currently working on many different types of reconstruction related data sets and is interested in sharing this information. The World Bank provides regular reports to the Government on how much money there is committed and distributed to the reconstruction effort in Aceh, Nias and Yogyakarta from all international donors and international and national non-government organisations.

Financial Progress
Disbursements have been steadily rising since November 2005 and were about US$4.2 billion (65 percent of allocated funds) by end of 2007. On average, disbursements have typically been about US$140 million per month throughout 2006 and 2007, which is just short of the expected disbursement of US$1.8 billion per year (about US$150 million per month). The disbursement rates from allocated funds vary significantly among key players. By the end of 2007, NGOs had disbursed 66 percent, Government of Indonesia 74 percent and multilateral/bilateral donors 55 percent. This is in part due to the different nature of the reconstruction projects undertaken by these groups.

Allocations and Disbursements

Sectors
Financial disbursements across sectors vary significantly, reflecting both the differing initial commitments, as well as the fact that some executing agencies have outperformed others in terms of progress to date. Disbursement rates in sectors might also be related to the long-term horizon of the agencies involved in those sectors. Agencies involved in so-called ‘more difficult’ sectors (such as transport, energy, or community development) have a longer planning horizon. Housing and health, sectors with high disbursement volumes, also benefit from stronger NGO participation.

Physical Progress
Measuring the physical progress of reconstruction is a complex task due to the large number of agencies implementing a vast number of projects. The Government’s reconstruction agency, BRR, has continuously required donors and implementing agencies to update their project progress on BRR’s online database, known as the RAN. Whilst most of the national and international humanitarian and charity organizations have been updating the RAN regularly, many of the larger international and multilateral donor agencies found updating of expansive data to be onerous.

The data is unlikely therefore to be accurate, however, it is the best information available on the progress of physical outputs. Members of the public can login to the system and monitor progress themselves: http://rand.brr.go.id/RAND/

Sources: ¹Damages and Losses Assessment, 2005. ²BRR, 2007.

The World Bank and BRR have been producing regular updates on reconstruction progress in order to provide transparency around the work completed to date by reconstruction players, and to highlight the remaining work required to be undertaken. Copies of those updates and other reports are available below.

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Financial Progress Data
Summary of allocated funds - Aceh and Nias: download(3.79kb)
Summary of disbursed funds - Aceh and Nias: download(3.79kb)
Summary of needs, projects, and gaps - Aceh and Nias: download(4.22kb)

Published Reports

• Reconstruction Finance Update (April 2008):
  

  Aceh Tsunami Reconstruction Expenditure Tracking Update(pdf) | Presentation(.ppt)

  
  
• Recovery Framework:
  

  Indonesia: preliminary damage and loss assessment - The December 26, 2004 natural disaster		Indonesia : preliminary notes on reconstruction - The December 26, 2004 natural disaster

  
  
• 6 Month Rebuilding Report (plus video)

  Rebuilding a better Aceh and Nias : preliminary stocktaking of the reconstruction effort six months after the earthquake and tsunami| Watch the Video¹

  
  
• 9 Months After Report

  Rebuilding a better Aceh and Nias - stocktaking of the reconstruction effortsi

  
  
• 1 Year After Report

  Aceh and Nias one year after the tsunami: the recovery effort and way forward

  
  

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