The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) Social Safety Net Project (P124015) WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA | Burkina Faso | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 22 | ARCHIVED on 22-Dec-2023 | ISR58526 | Implementing Agencies: Burkina Faso, Ministere de l'Economie, des Finances et du Developpement, Ministry of National Solidarity and Humanitarian Action Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 23-Apr-2014 Effectiveness Date: 26-Sep-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Sep-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 12-Dec-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Aug-2019 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective (PDO) is to provide income support to poor households and to lay the foundations for a basic safety net system in Burkina Faso. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The PDO is to increase access of poor and vulnerable households to safety nets and to lay the foundations for an adaptive safety net system in Burkina Faso. Components Table Name Cash transfers and awareness program for poor and vulnerable households:(Cost $164.50 M) Laying the foundations for an adaptive national safety net system:(Cost $17.40 M) Project management:(Cost $14.10 M) Contingent Emergency Response Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions English Since June 2023, the project has provided cash transfers to almost 130,000 recipients (including more than 29,000 from the Emergency Local Development and Resilience Project) in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Centre, Centre Nord, Nord, and Sahel regions. As the ban of cash transfers appears to have been extended to the entire country, the project’s ability to provide cash transfers to its beneficiaries for the remainder of the project 12/22/2023 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) prior to closing on 31 March 2024 remains unclear. To strengthen the efficiency of the country’s social protection system, the project has supported the deployment of the social registry to the Centre-Est and Centre-Ouest regions, covering 143,907 rural households to date. An expansion to urban areas in the two regions is on-going. Français Depuis juin 2023, le projet a fourni des transferts monétaires à près de 130 000 bénéficiaires (dont plus de 29 000 du Projet d'urgence de développement territorial et de resilience - PUDTR) dans les régions de la Boucle du Mouhoun, du Centre, du Centre Nord, du Nord et du Sahel. Comme l'interdiction des transferts monétaires semble avoir été étendue à l'ensemble du pays, la capacité du projet à fournir des transferts monétaires à ses bénéficiaires pour le reste du projet avant sa clôture le 31 mars 2024 reste incertaine. Pour renforcer l'efficacité du système de protection sociale du pays, le projet a soutenu le déploiement du registre social dans les régions du Centre-Est et du Centre-Ouest, couvrant 143 907 ménages ruraux à ce jour. L'extension aux zones urbaines de ces deux régions est en cours. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Moderate Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase access of poor and vulnerable households to safety nets IN01361251 ►The share of households benefitting from the cash transfers who belong to the 2 poorest quintiles (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 76.60 77.00 60.00 Date 30-Oct-2019 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 Comments: Measures targeting effectiveness of the CT program. 12/22/2023 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) IN01361253 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,143,845.00 1,293,365.00 1,210,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 Direct beneficiaries are people or groups who directly derive benefits from an intervention. 78 659 Comments: beneficiaries have been added in the Sahel region since the previous ISR. IN01361255 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 54.02 54.02 50.00 Lay the foundations for an adaptive safety net system in Burkina Faso IN01361252 ►The definition and publication of a targeting mechanism, used by the CT program and adoptable for other programs (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 An effective targeting mechanism is: capable of selecting poor beneficiaries, accepted by the community, Comments: cost-effective in targeting beneficiaries IN01361254 ►Households with information registered in the Social Registry with data sharing protocols available for social programs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 150,103.00 163,457.00 400,000.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 In its pilot targeting phase in rural areas, the Unique social registry identified 163,457 poor households. Comments: Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Cash transfers and awareness program for poor and vulnerable households IN01361256 ►The per capita consumption level of the households benefitting from the cash transfers (% increase) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/22/2023 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) Value 0.00 15.60 15.60 15.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 This indicator was measured by an impact evaluation carried out in the Centre Est and Est regions of the Comments: country. It should be considered with caution as the effect is not statistically significant. IN01361260 ►Timely transfer of cash benefits (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 33.00 80.00 100.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 Out of 15 payments including 6 basic payments (BMh, Center, Center-North and North) and 9 PRC (BMh, Center-North and North) planned, 12 have been carried out to date. This is explained by the suspension Comments: of Cash Transfer in the Centre-North. IN01361263 ►Beneficiary households participating in accompanying measures (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 91.39 75.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 The level of participation of recipients in group education sessions is very appreciable and beyond the Comments: target. IN01361265 ►Direct project beneficiaries of the core cash transfer benefit (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,045,058.00 1,045,058.00 948,100.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 78 659 beneficiaries in the Sahel region have been added during the reporting period. Comments: IN01361266 ►Direct beneficiaries of the adaptive cash transfer benefit (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 614,194.00 763,714.00 402,400.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 The beneficiaries are those from the province of Boulkiemdé and the beneficiaries of shock-response payments from the Boucle du Mouhoun, the North and the Center-North. The increase in the number of Comments: beneficiaries follows the completion of a vertical extension of adaptive transfers. IN01361267 12/22/2023 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) ►Percentage of participating mothers whose children followed good nutritional age-appropriate practice (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 59.30 80.92 80.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 Accompanying measures activities started in February with group education sessions. The evolution of Comments: the indicators is mainly explained by the gradual implementation of the data collection system. IN01361268 ►Beneficiaries of the productive measure package (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21,265.00 21,265.00 20,000.00 Date 12-Nov-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 The beneficiaries of the packages of productive measures include the 15,694 beneficiaries of the first Comments: phase and the 5,571 of the current phase. IN01361269 Beneficiaries of the productive measure package - refugees (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 30-Apr-2021 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 Laying the foundations for an adaptive national safety net system IN01361257 ►Payment system operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 5 payments to the Central West; 8 payments are made to Loroum and Passoré, the last 4 of which have been accumulated. 03 payments in the North, 03 in the Boucle du Mouhoun and 03 in the Center Comments: North. 12 payments made to Yatenga and Zondoma; 12 payments in the Center-East and the East. IN01361261 ►Institutional coordinating mechanism functioning (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 The PFS takes part in coordination meetings of the food security cluster, the Cash working group (CWG) Comments: bringing together all the actors involved in social safety net programs. Furthermore, the project is a very 12/22/2023 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) active stakeholder in the development processes of repositories as is the case of: - Protocol on monetary transfers which defines the obligations of stakeholders, the pr inciples, conditions and modalities of intervention in terms of monetary transfers to poor and vulnerable people in Burkina Faso; & nbsp; - National program to support the empowerment of poor and vulnerable households in Burkina Faso (PAMPV), as a programmatic approach which should ultimately bring together all cash plus interventions in Burkina Faso. IN01361264 ►Establishment of a temporary shock-response benefit, with well-defined operational parameters based on shock data (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 A shock response methodology was implemented in Boulkiemdé to support households experiencing food and nutritional insecurity. Another methodology has been put in place to take into account vulnerable people and sellers in markets and yaars affecte d by the Covid 19 context. A methodology is underway to Comments: take into account internally displaced people in partnership with SP-C ONASUR The PRCs are carried out on the basis of the results of the harmonized framework and the Response and Support Plan for Vulnerable People (PRSPV). Project management IN01361258 ►Frequency of publication of monitoring reports (Months, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 23 monitoring reports were produced: 2 half-yearly reports in 2015; 2 reports in 2016; 2 reports in 2017, 2 reports in 2018, 2 reports for 2019, 2 reports in 2020 and 04 quarterly reports in 2021, 04 quarterly reports Comments: in 2022 and 03 quarterly reports in 2023. IN01361262 ►Cash transfer program management expenses as share of total cash transfer program expenses (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10.50 8.12 35.00 Date 01-Sep-2014 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 The share of project management costs in the budget for cash transfers remains very low and below the Comments: target. General/ not related to a specific component IN01361259 ►Grievances addressed within set timeframe as per project GRM (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/22/2023 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) Value 0.00 98.00 99.35 80.00 Date 31-Jan-2019 31-Mar-2023 21-Dec-2023 29-Mar-2024 From January 1, 2021 to November 30, 2023, 22,476 complaints were recorded in the field and through Comments: the toll-free number. Out of these complaints, 22,330 have been resolved and 146 are being processed. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P124015 IDA-54290 Closed USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 45.15 0.00 100% P124015 IDA-64340 Effective USD 7.00 7.00 0.00 2.26 4.69 32% P124015 IDA-D4760 Effective USD 93.00 93.00 0.00 82.75 9.13 90% P124015 TF-A3975 Closed USD 6.00 6.00 0.00 6.00 0.00 100% P124015 TF-B5311 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 100% P124015 TF-B6352 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 21.35 8.65 71% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P124015 IDA-54290 Closed 23-Apr-2014 17-Jun-2014 26-Sep-2014 31-Aug-2019 31-Aug-2020 P124015 IDA-64340 Effective 29-May-2019 19-Jun-2019 31-Oct-2019 31-Mar-2024 31-Mar-2024 P124015 IDA-D4760 Effective 29-May-2019 19-Jun-2019 31-Oct-2019 31-Mar-2024 31-Mar-2024 P124015 TF-A3975 Closed 07-Dec-2016 27-Jan-2017 04-Apr-2017 30-Jun-2018 31-Dec-2019 P124015 TF-B5311 Effective 23-Mar-2021 06-May-2021 04-Aug-2021 31-Mar-2024 31-Mar-2024 P124015 TF-B6352 Effective 20-Oct-2021 02-Dec-2021 31-May-2022 31-Mar-2024 31-Mar-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 12/22/2023 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P124015) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 01-Jun-2018 ,Level 2 Approved on 27-Sep-2019 ,Level 2 Approved on 25-Aug-2022 Related Project(s) P160371-Additional Financing for Social Safety Net Project ,P169252-Scale-Up and Responding to the needs of Refugees and Host Communities ,P173284-Adaptive Shock-Responsive Cash Transfers to Affected Regions ,P173335-THIRD ADDITIONAL FINANCING FOR THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT 12/22/2023 Page 8 of 8