The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Mongolia | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 20-Sep-2022 | ISR52328 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 27-Apr-2017 Effectiveness Date: 20-Nov-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Mar-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 07-Jul-2020 Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2021 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective (PDO) is to provide jobseekers and micro-entrepreneurs in Mongolia with improved access to labor market opportunities. 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 project development objective (PDO) is to provide jobseekers and micro-entrepreneurs in Mongolia with improved access to labor market opportunities and to provide temporary relief to eligible workers in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Components Table Name Providing temporary relief to eligible workers in response to COVID-19:(Cost $17.67 M) Supporting client-centric public employment services:(Cost $1.47 M) Strengthening select active labor market programs:(Cost $4.54 M) Facilitating labor market monitoring and analysis and project management:(Cost $1.32 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project has been progressing further toward the PDO since the last mission, and the progress of each component is summarized as follows: Under Component 1, the development of the labor market information system (LMIS) has been progressing in all backend and frontend modules, albeit with a slight delay. A new work plan was approved by the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection in May 2022 to advance 9/20/2022 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) the development of the LMIS, and the whole system is expected to be completed and handed over to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection by mid-November 2022. Under Component 2, for the micro-entrepreneurship support program, the disbursement of the microloans continued, mostly in aimags. The slow progress in UB was mainly due to a sluggish demand caused by the introduction of new competing microloan and financial grant programs with more favorable terms by the government. As of June 2022, the total number of beneficiaries of microloans in 21 aimags and UB reached 1,401, of which 725 were women, surpassing the end targets of the result framework indicators. In terms of the delivery of non-financial services, video tutorials have been developed and offered to the microloan beneficiaries virtually. For the local initiatives projects (LIPs), all of the 11 projects have been concluded. A virtual meeting to share the outcomes and innovations of LIPs was organized in February 2022 with the participation of relevant stakeholders. A video and a report to take stock and disseminate the activities and outcomes of well-performing LIPs were prepared and disseminated through social media. Under Component 3, the unemployment report has been finalized and translated into Mongolian and is expected to be launched in September 2022. The 2022 first quarter issue of the Labor Market Bulletin has been completed and has been released and disseminated online. A total of five issues of the LMBs have been produced, surpassing the end target of the associated intermediate indicator. Under Component 4, with the project restructuring, an additional US$ 3.4 million was reallocated to Component 4 to continue supporting the social insurance contribution relief for the self-employed for the period between January and April 2021. The transfer of the reallocated funds to the SIF was completed in December 2021. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Beneficiaries receiving labor intermediation services in a renovated labor and social welfare office IN01167195 ►Beneficiaries receiving labor intermediation services in an upgraded labor and social welfare office (overall) (Number, Custom) 9/20/2022 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 15,799.00 22,704.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 IN01167196 Beneficiaries receiving labor intermediation services in a renovated labor and social welfare office (female) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8,332.00 12,047.00 10,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Beneficiaries of micro-entrepreneurship support whose micro-enterprise is still in business, at leas IN01167193 ►Beneficiaries of micro-entrepreneurship support whose micro-enterprise is still in business, at least 6 months after receiving a micro-loan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 98.00 98.30 60.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 Beneficiaries who received temporary relief from their social insurance contributions IN01167192 ►Beneficiaries who received temporary relief from their voluntary social insurance contributions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 154,808.00 154,808.00 120,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN01167194 Beneficiaries who received temporary relief from their voluntary social insurance contributions (female) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 91,690.00 91,690.00 60,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2020 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2022 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Strengthening select active labor market programs IN01167197 ►Beneficiaries of micro-entrepreneurship support program (number) (Number, Custom) 9/20/2022 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,205.00 1,401.00 1,100.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 IN01167201 Beneficiaries of micro-entrepreneurship support program- Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 581.00 725.00 550.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 IN01167202 ►Beneficiaries satisfied with project financed micro-entrepreneurship support (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 87.30 80.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2022 IN01167203 ►Volume of World Bank funding for lines of credit (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,608,841.00 3,790,000.00 3,790,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 IN01167204 ►Volume of micro-loans issued to end borrowers (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 34,297,732.52 3,541,822.00 3,700,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 There was an error with the indicator's value for June 30, 2021. The correct value for June 30, 2021 was Comments: US$ 3,429,732.52. IN01167205 ►Grants to labor and social welfare offices issued (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2022 30-Sep-2021 Supporting client-centric public employment services IN01167199 9/20/2022 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) ►Labor and social welfare offices renovated (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Apr-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Sep-2021 Facilitating labor market monitoring and analysis and project management IN01167198 ►Labor Demand Study released (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2020 30-Jun-2022 30-Sep-2021 IN01167200 ►Labor Market Monitoring Bulletins released (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 Date 01-Dec-2016 30-Apr-2021 30-Jun-2022 30-Sep-2021 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P159215 IDA-59740 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 25.14 0.61 98% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P159215 IDA-59740 Effective 27-Apr-2017 05-Jul-2017 20-Nov-2017 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2022 Cumulative Disbursements 9/20/2022 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mongolia Employment Support Project (P159215) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 08-May-2020 ,Level Approved on 15-May-2020 ,Level 2 Approved on 27-Sep-2021 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/20/2022 Page 6 of 6