The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Sudan | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 28-Nov-2022 | ISR53149 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Sudan Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 08-Oct-2020 Effectiveness Date: 07-Dec-2020 Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective is to deliver cash transfers and improve safety net systems to support the Sudanese families in the Recipient's territory affected by expected economic reforms and other short-term shocks. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Provision of Cash Transfers:(Cost $765.00 M) Component 2: Establish Delivery Systems and Build Institutional Capacity:(Cost $40.00 M) Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Learning:(Cost $15.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project implementation progress has been affected by the pause of disbursements under Operational Policy (OP) 7.30 “Dealing with De Facto Governments”, which was triggered on October 25, 2021. Disbursements remain on hold until the Bank evaluates the operational environment and completes the assessments under OP 7.30. 11/28/2022 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program High High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High High High Sustainability Fiduciary High High High Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders High High High Other High High High Overall High High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Deliver cash transfer to Sudanese families affected by econimic reforms and short-term shocks IN01192818 ►Number of families receiving cash/income support (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,484,474.00 1,484,474.00 4,400,000.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Comments: Number of households receiving cash/income support from the SFSP. IN01192820 of which females are heads of families (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 34.60 34.60 2.40 IN01192981 ►Number of beneficiaries of SFSP (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8,667,741.00 8,667,741.00 24,700,000.00 11/28/2022 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 The direct beneficiaries benefited from the SPSP program disaggregated by gender. As of October 25, 2021, the total number the enrolled female headed families is 864,793, as reported in the previous Comments: indicator. The PIU is still to capture the percentage of individual female beneficiaries. IN01192982 of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Improve Sudan's safety net systems IN01192819 ►National registry platform that functions across the country is strengthened (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target • MOU signed • MOU signed with the MOI to with the MOI to upgrade upgrade the NCR the NCR systems systems • The • The responsibility of the NCR responsibility of the is to increase the number NCR is to increase the of Sudanese with number of Sudanese National registry National platform is National ID by a with National ID by a platform is covering functioning, but has low minimum of five million minimum of five million Value 80% of the population coverage and needs individuals, over the individuals, over the in the regions covered efficiency improvements. course of the SFSP course of the SFSP by the project. program. program. • Work plan and • Work plan budget developed to and budget developed provide NCR with to provide NCR with necessary equipments , necessary equipments Mobile registration units. , Mobile registration units. Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 National registry platform that functions across the country receives support to expand the coverage of the Comments: SFSP. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Provision of Cash Transfers IN01192984 ►Average number of days for funds to reach beneficiary accounts (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 45.00 45.00 15.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 11/28/2022 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) The indicator measures how long fund transfer requires from the central account of the program to the digital accounts of beneficiaries. The program has the objective of delivering benefits from the central Comments: account of MoFEP to beneficiaries in 15 days. IN01192987 ►Number of beneficiaries enrolled in basic bank accounts (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,600,000.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Disaggregated data by payment option is not available yet. Comments: IN01192990 ►Time in days between generation of payroll and fund transfer to PSPs (Days, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01192992 ►Number of beneficiaries enrolled in mobile money (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,350,000.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Data not yet available, as data is not disaggregated by payment option. Of all the digital payments mechanisms, the program encourages the use of mobile money to foster Comments: financial inclusion. The indicator measures the number of families that are enrolled in mobile money as compared do basic bank account or cash cards. Component 2: Establish Delivery Systems and Build Institutional Capacity IN01192983 ►SFSP MIS system has been developed and deployed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 15-Jun-2021 SFSP MIS potential design is being considered, but system not yet in place. SFSP MIS has Registration/Enrollment, Payment, Case Management, M&E, and Reporting/Data Analytics modules along with technical documentation and user manuals. The MIS system has data sharing platform and required Comments: linkages with NCR and admin data sources. The MIS has linkages setup with payment providers for digital payments. IN01192986 11/28/2022 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) ►National data protection and privacy law is submitted to governing council (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 15-Jun-2021 National data protection and privacy law is submitted to governing council. Comments: Status: SFSP data protection and privacy framework developed. IN01192989 ►Number of states covered by the SFSP program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 14.00 14.00 12.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 The objective of the program is to provide cash assistance to all eligible citizens of Sudan in all the 18 Comments: states. The geographic distribution of registered citizens, along with data from NCR and CBS would provide information about program coverage. IN01192991 ►SFSP branded as a national, well-defined and quasi universal program (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 A brand for the program has been developed (brand name Thamarat). A brand is the name, term, design, logo, tagline, content, and other features that will be used in mainstreaming SFSP as a national, well- defined, and quasi universal program. Brand works as a program identity and will support in marketing Comments: SFSP objectives which aim to mitigate the effects of the ongoing economic hardship and improve Sudanese living conditions. Branding includes series of processes for planning, producing, testing, and publicizing the communication and community outreach material. IN01192993 ►Communication campaigns have been launched (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 15-Mar-2021 Outreach campaign implemented in 8 states (Kassala, White Nile, South Darfur, West Darfur, North Kurdofan , East Darfur , Red Sea , and Khartoum). messages on registration and payment disseminated Comments: via 4 national radios and TVs channels to reach all who access radio and TV broadcast in Sudan. IN01192994 ►A hybrid system for tracking enquiries, complaints, and grievances (GRM) has been established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes 11/28/2022 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 31-Dec-2020 A total of 4,977 cases out of which 2,650 were resolved All operators were dedicated to handle incoming calls, which impacted the number of received complaints as it spiked from 978 cases in July to reach Comments: 2,817 cases in August 2021. IN01192995 ►Percentage of complaints resolved in 15 days or less through GRM (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 86.00 86.00 80.00 Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 The resolving of cases has significantly improved for September as it reached 86% of the total 1,182 cases received, due to the massive coordination of the call center with the rest of the pillars and regular update of the referral pathway and Q&A documents. Also, the planning for the call center scale up is on- Comments: track with all stakeholders and pillars to ensure proper scale up in terms of staffing, capacity, equipment and performance. Besides, the call center is now exploring ways to process social media and email complaints for better GRM accessibility. IN01192996 ►Gender-focused behavioral science integrated into the community strategy for the SFSP in areas where women are not designated primary beneficiaaries (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 08-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Behavioral science (Bsci) is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and motivating human behavior. Using nudges and other techniques, Gender-focused Bsci will help SFSP messages to resonate Comments: with women and girls. The indicator will be applied in areas where women are not the designated primary beneficiaries of the cash transfers. Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Learning IN01192985 ►ME&L impact evaluation baseline & follow-up survey conducted. (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 15-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 ME&L impact evaluation baseline & follow-up survey conducted. Comments: Update: Baseline questionnaire developed; TOR for baseline survey developed and under review. IN01192988 ►ME&L lessons drawn from Sudan’s experience in an evaluative report (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 15-Jun-2020 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 11/28/2022 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) A report is developed that contains the ME&L lessons from Sudan’s experience with the implementation of Comments: the project. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P173521 IDA-D7350 Effective USD 200.00 200.00 0.00 100.64 91.09 52% Not P173521 IDA-D7700 USD 210.00 210.00 0.00 0.00 209.90 0% Effective P173521 TF-B4259 Effective USD 350.00 350.00 0.00 80.76 269.24 23% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P173521 IDA-D7350 Effective 08-Oct-2020 23-Oct-2020 07-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2022 Not P173521 IDA-D7700 16-Mar-2021 24-Mar-2021 -- 30-Jun-2023 30-Jun-2023 Effective P173521 TF-B4259 Effective 08-Oct-2020 23-Oct-2020 07-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2022 30-Jun-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 11/28/2022 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sudan Family Support Project (P173521) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P176154-Additional Financing - Sudan Family Support Project ,P178147-Second Additional Financing for the Sudan Family Support Project 11/28/2022 Page 8 of 8