The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Philippines | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 7 | ARCHIVED on 24-Jan-2024 | ISR59174 | Implementing Agencies: Department of Social Welfare and Development, Republic of the Philippines Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 28-Sep-2020 Effectiveness Date: 14-Jan-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Jun-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 24-May-2023 Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2025 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the welfare of low income households and strengthen DSWD’s social protection delivery systems to be adaptive and efficient. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Support for Cash Grants of the Pantawid Program:(Cost $578.50 M) Social Protection Delivery System and Project Management:(Cost $20.00 M) Contingent Emergency Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project experiences slower progress than initially anticipated. Since its effectiveness on January 14, 2021, the project disbursed USD349.5 million (58.25%) out of the USD600 million project funds, of which a significant portion was for the reimbursement of cash grants. Of the Performance Based Conditions (PBC) Expenditures (USD 280 million), USD 48 million was disbursed to date. Around USD 70 to 100 million might not be disbursed until the closing date of the project, hence restructuring of the project is being considered. Of the seven PBCs, five are making progress while two may require adjustments. PBC 1 on "Transaction Accounts" is in good progress and is expected to achieve the final target. PBC 2 on "Socio-economic status assessed by the Standardized Targeting System" made progress with the completion of Listahanan 3. PBC 3 on "Grievance policy and information system for DSWD’s cash transfer programs developed" is pending implementation/integration across 4Ps and other programs. PBC 4 on "Number of individuals in the Unified Beneficiary Database whose records have a verified PhilSys Number (PSN) or PSN token" is in progress with close coordination with Philippine Statistics Authority. PBC 5's targeting 4/23/2024 Page 1 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) strategy is in good progress, and deliberation to move toward a dynamic social registry is ongoing. PBC 6 on "strategy for digital transformation" is facing challenges due to failed bidding of related consultancy. PBC 7 on "Share of children in the age group of 0 to 5 years old among 4Ps beneficiaries" is subject to further discussion and potential modification of targets as DSWD reported low figures despite the updating of household roster and other interventions. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on welfare of low-income households IN01378285 ►Share of 4Ps beneficiaries reporting 4Ps benefits as a significant source of household income (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 95.99 99.40 80.00 Date 15-Jul-2020 30-Apr-2022 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2024 The 4Ps Spot Check 2022 asked the beneficiaries about their views on whether the cash grant they are receiving is a significant source of income or not. The cash grant is where beneficiaries obtain allowances for school children and serve as a source for other school needs such as payment for tuition fees, books, Comments: and supplies; and it serves as a supplementary budget for daily food expenses were the top most cited reasons why beneficiaries consider the grants as a substantial source of income. Data based on the 4Ps Spot Check 2022 Final Report submitted by the Sustainable Development Solutions Corp. (SDS) to DSWD in September 2023. 4/23/2024 Page 2 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Strengthen DSWD SP systems to be adaptive and efficient IN01378284 ►Share of 4Ps beneficiaries who receive benefits/grants through Transaction Accounts (Percentage, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 94.89 95.72 95.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 Data based on 3,302,499 HHs paid through transaction accounts out of 3,450,094 paid HHs. Percentage of Females = 2,873,078 out of 3,002,859 paid HHs. Percentage of BARMM beneficiaries = 200,986 out of 210,536 paid HHs. The results monitoring framework used data as of September 2023. --- Comments: Transaction accounts are defined as accounts held with banks or other authorized and/or regulated payment service providers (PSPs), which can be used to make and receive payments and to store value. They include bank accounts and e-money accounts IN01378321 Share of female beneficiaries who receive benefits/grants through Transaction Accounts (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 81.17 95.68 95.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378322 Share of 4Ps beneficiaries in BARMM who received benefits/grants through digital payments (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 9.00 97.04 95.46 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378323 ►Share of 4Ps beneficiaries having had their socio-economic status assessed or re-assessed by the Standardized Targeting System (Percentage, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 87.09 93.40 95.00 Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 The increase in the "share of 4Ps beneficiaries having had their socio-economic status assessed or re- assessed by the Standardized Targeting System" is due to the ongoing validation and data matching of L3-4Ps. Comments: --- The standardized targeting system is defined by the 4Ps Act and IRR. The baseline of the system is Listahanan 3. IN01378324 Share of 4Ps beneficiaries in disaster prone provinces* having had their socio-economic status assessed or re-assessed by the Standardized Targeting System (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) 4/23/2024 Page 3 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 94.49 95.39 95.00 Date 15-Jul-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Support for Cash Grants of the Pantawid Program IN01378326 ►Total number of household beneficiaries who received 4Ps grants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,279,555.00 2,358,838.00 3,450,094.00 4,400,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 Number of CCT program beneficiaries. The decrease in the number of beneficiaries between April and Comments: September 2022 is due to the aging out of hh members eligible for monitoring. IN01378327 Number of female recipients/grantee of 4Ps grants (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3,679,193.00 2,051,089.00 3,002,859.00 3,960,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378328 ►4Ps households replacement as a share of the annual replacement target (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 63.89 88.87 90.00 Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 Annual replacement target will be annually decided based on the target number of the beneficiary and the Comments: actual number of the beneficiary, The indicator will capture the actual number of beneficiaries replaced against the annual replacement target. IN01378330 Share of children in the age group of 0 to 5 years old monitored among all 4Ps children (Percentage, Custom Supplement, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.80 5.52 8.87 20.00 IN01378332 ►Share of 4Ps beneficiaries satisfied with service delivery (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 97.04 95.00 4/23/2024 Page 4 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2024 The 4Ps Spot Check 2022 includes a question on whether beneficiaries are satisfied with the services of 4Ps or not. Data based on the 4Ps Spot Check 2022 Final Report submitted by the Sustainable Comments: Development Solutions Corp. (SDS) to DSWD in September 2023. Social Protection Delivery System and Project Management IN01378325 ►Electronic case management system developed and operationalized beyond 4Ps (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target IECMS launched, a IECMS developed and series of training launched on 27 June provided, and pilot 2022. Development of implementation Users and Training ongoing in select Electronic Case Manuals are ongoing. cities. To support the Management System Value Not available The IEMCS Users IECMS scale up, the is operational and Training is scheduled in DSWD TWG was used for several June 2023. The pilot reconstituted through programs implementation of IECMS Special Order 4449 has been moved to July Series of 2023 issued to September 2023. on 19 September 2023. Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 29-Dec-2023 IN01378329 ►Grievance Redress policy and information system developed (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Integrated Grievance Redress Management Integrated Grievance AOC to review and System planned to be Redress System update the IGRMS implemented for 4Ps, operated for 4Ps and Value Not available guidelines based on Assistance to at least two other ManCom’s comments Individuals in Crisis programs managed by Situations and DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378331 ►Number of individuals in the unified beneficiary database whose records have a verified PSN or PSN token (Number (Thousand), Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 9,732.47 15,000.00 Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 PhilSys Number (PSN) and PSN token are the numbers assigned by the PhilSys. Comments: IN01378333 Number of female individuals in the unified beneficiary database whose records have a verified PSN or PSN token (Number (Thousand), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 4/23/2024 Page 5 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Value 0.00 0.00 5,010.61 10,000.00 Date 15-Jul-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378334 ►Strategy and timeline for a standardized targeting system initiated and established (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Implementation of the strategy for the NHTO modifying the The draft strategy for a Standardized current system of dynamic social registry Targeting System has enumeration and working Value Not available was completed and commenced by DSWD on the integration of presented internally in in accordance with the CBMS and Listahanan DSWD Social Protection variables Delivery Systems Manual Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378335 ►Medium-term digital transformation strategy with data governance mechanism adopted and implemented (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target The draft TOR has been uploaded to STEP for WB’s initial review and Medium term digital Preparation for the comments; Procurement transformation strategy development of a Value Not available is contingent on the implemented for digital transformation approval of the DSWD’s internal strategy ongoing Recalibrated AWPB for admin functions 2023 and Supplemental PPMP Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 As of April 30, 2023, the DX package was divided into two components: DX strategy development and DX Comments: enterprise architecture. IN01378336 ►Unified beneficiary database established (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Databases of The proposal is being Listahanan 1, 4Ps, developed to be aligned Yes (maintain Crisis Intervention Value No with the digitalization and information of 4Ps and Monitoring System, streamlining thrusts of other programs) and Social Pension DSWD. program compiled Date 30-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 IN01378337 ►ECT Operations Manual and MIS to identify and deliver cash assistance to disaster affected household established (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Not available Ongoing review and Need for CARES IS ECT OM and MIS is updating of TOR for the development being used for a training or enhancement of the reviewed 4/23/2024 Page 6 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) CARES IS. This PAP will an actual disaster be reflected in the response Recalibrated AWPB for 2023 Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 31-Dec-2024 ECT manual has been pilot tested. Comments: IN01378338 ►Median travel and waiting time taken for 4Ps beneficiaries to withdraw cash benefits (Minutes, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 121.00 60.00 93.80 40.00 Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2022 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2024 IN01378339 Median travel and waiting time taken for 4Ps female beneficiaries to withdraw cash benefits (Minutes, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 121.00 60.00 93.80 40.00 Date 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2022 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2024 Performance-Based Conditions IN01378340 ►PBC 1 Share of 4Ps beneficiaries who receive benefits/grants through Transaction Accounts (Percentage, Outcome, 60,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End Value 0.00 94.89 95.72 -- Date -- 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 -- Data based on 3,302,499 HHs paid through transaction accounts out of 3,450,094 paid HHs. Percentage of Comments: Females = 2,873,078 out of 3,002,859 paid HHs. Percentage of BARMM beneficiaries = 200,986 out of 210,536 paid HHs. The results monitoring framework used data as of September 2023. IN01378341 ►PBC 2 Share of 4Ps beneficiaries having had their socio-economic status assessed or re-assessed by the Standardized Targeting System (Percentage, Outcome, 30,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End Value 0.00 87.09 93.40 -- 4/23/2024 Page 7 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Date -- 30-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 -- The increase in the "share of 4Ps beneficiaries having had their socio-economic status assessed or re- Comments: assessed by the Standardized Targeting System" is due to the ongoing validation and data matching of L3- 4Ps. IN01378342 ►PBC 3 Grievance Redress policy and information system developed (Text, Intermediate Outcome, 25,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End Integrated Grievance Redress Management AOC to review and System planned to be update the IGRMS Value Not available implemented for 4Ps, -- guidelines based on Assistance to Individuals ManCom’s comments in Crisis Situations and KALAHI-CIDSS Date -- 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 -- IN01378343 ►PBC 4 Number of individuals in the unified beneficiary database whose records have a verified PSN or PSN token (Number (Thousand), Intermediate Outcome, 45,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End Value 0.00 0.00 9,732.47 -- Date -- 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 -- IN01378344 ►PBC 5 Strategy and timeline for a standardized targeting system initiated and established (Text, Output, 35,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End NHTO modifying the The draft strategy for a current system of dynamic social registry enumeration and working Value Not available was completed and -- on the integration of presented internally in CBMS and Listahanan DSWD variables Date -- 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 -- IN01378345 4/23/2024 Page 8 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) ►PBC 6 Medium-term digital transformation strategy with data governance mechanism adopted and implemented (Text, Output, 55,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End The draft TOR has been uploaded to STEP for WB’s initial review and Preparation for the comments; Procurement development of a digital Value Not available is contingent on the -- transformation strategy approval of the ongoing Recalibrated AWPB for 2023 and Supplemental PPMP Date -- 30-Apr-2023 30-Sep-2023 -- As of April 30, 2023, the DX package was divided into two components: DX strategy development and DX Comments: enterprise architecture. IN01378346 ►PBC 7 Share of children in the age group of 0 to 5 years old monitored among all 4Ps children (Percentage, Output, 30,000,000.00, 0.00%) Year 5 Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) (CY2024)/End Value 3.80 5.52 8.87 -- Date -- 31-Dec-2022 30-Sep-2023 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P174066 IBRD-91680 Effective USD 600.00 600.00 0.00 351.36 248.64 59% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P174066 IBRD-91680 Effective 28-Sep-2020 10-Nov-2020 14-Jan-2021 30-Jun-2025 30-Jun-2025 Cumulative Disbursements 4/23/2024 Page 9 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Beneficiary FIRST Social Protection Project (P174066) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 4/23/2024 Page 10 of 10