The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA | Cote d'Ivoire | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 15 | ARCHIVED on 09-Dec-2022 | ISR53681 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Fight against Poverty, REPUBLIC OF IVORY COAST Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 29-May-2015 Effectiveness Date: 27-Oct-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 16-Jul-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 16-May-2018 Original Closing Date: 30-Oct-2020 Revised Closing Date: 30-Oct-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective (PDO) is to provide cash transfers to poor households in selected regions and develop the foundations of a social safety net system. 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) To improve access to cash transfers and earnings opportunities among poor households and develop a social protection delivery system. Components Table Name Digital Cash Transfer "Plus" Economic Inclusion Program:(Cost $129.00 M) Developing the Social Protection Delivery System:(Cost $15.00 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $6.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Low Low Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR is informed by the technical support mission conducted in September 2022. Overall, the project’s performance is rated satisfactory. The project is expected to be fully disbursed and close 10 months ahead of the planned closing date (December 2023 in lieu of October 2024), with achievements surpassing end targets as many of the key indicators have already been achieved or exceeded. As of October 2022, the project has supported a cumulative 227,000 beneficiary households with mobile cash transfers and a comprehensive economic inclusion package. In September 2022, the third out of four cohorts has received their 12th and final cash transfer payment. Delays have been noted on the implementation of the economic inclusion package: the third cohort of beneficiaries will benefit from economic inclusion support until June 2023; and 12/9/2022 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) the fourth cohort of beneficiaries is awaiting support to promote their economic inclusion. On the establishment of the social register (RSU), progress has been made. A firm was recruited in June 2022 and is progressing well in developing the Management Information System of the RSU, expected to be delivered by March 2023. Moreover, the recruitment of additional staff to support the operationalization of the RSU by the Ministry in charge of solidarity and the fight against poverty is expected to be completed soon. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Low Low Stakeholders Moderate Low Low Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Low Low Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Access to cash transfers and earning opportunities among poor households improved IN01210498 ►Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs (number) (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,260,326.00 1,260,326.00 750,000.00 Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 IN01210511 Designated recipients of Safety Nets programs - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 101,666.00 101,666.00 37,500.00 12/9/2022 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 IN01210512 ►Number of beneficiary households of cash transfers, Total (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 227,000.00 227,000.00 125,000.00 Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 IN01210513 Number of beneficiary households of cash transfers, of which headed by female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 82,155.00 82,155.00 37,500.00 Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 IN01210514 ►Share of households reporting an increase in earnings (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.60 95.57 70.00 Date 18-Apr-2019 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 This is based on self-reported results from monitoring surveys undertaken with beneficiaries of cohorts 1, Comments: 2 and 3. IN01210515 Share of households reporting an increase in earnings (female) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.60 95.57 65.00 Social protection delivery system developed IN01210499 ►Number of households registered in social registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 387,816.00 387,232.00 312,500.00 Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 There was an error in the transmission of the value reported during the last ISR: the actual value in April Comments: 2022 and October 2022 for this indicator is 387,232 households. IN01210500 ►Share of payments using the project's digital payment delivery system that are made on time, as specified in PIM (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 12/9/2022 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) Value 0.00 94.00 86.00 90.00 Date 18-Apr-2019 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 18-Oct-2024 Of the last 4 payments (September 2022, June 2022, March 2022 and December 2021) for cohort 3 (75 000 beneficiaries) and cohort 4 (100 000 beneficiaries), the March 2022 payment for cohort 4, which Comments: depended on government funding availability, was made with some delays. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Digital Cash Transfer “Plus” Economic Inclusion Program IN01210520 ►Number of beneficiary households participating in economic inclusion activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 125,000.00 125,000.00 90,000.00 Date 13-Mar-2019 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 Beneficiaries of Cohorts 1 and 2 received the economic inclusion package and beneficiaries of Cohort 3 began receiving economic inclusion interventions in August 2021. The 100 000 beneficiaries of cohort 4 Comments: will start receiving more systematic economic inclusion support in early 2023 (so far, only ad hoc support through social workers). IN01210523 Share of female beneficiaries participating in economic inclusion activities (female) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 23.40 22.00 30.00 Developing the Social Protection Delivery System IN01210516 ►Digital cash transfer payment system developed, including quality assurance (QA) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Digital cash transfer payment system Fully operational Value Not developed Quality assurance done developed including protocol in place. quality assurance Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Oct-2021 10-Jun-2022 30-Oct-2024 Quality assurance done through annual survey of cohort 3 beneficiaries (conducted in June 2022). Comments: IN01210518 ►Social registry developed, including Quality Assurance (QA) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Development in Fully operational Value Not developed under development process protocol in place. 12/9/2022 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 A decree institutionalizing the social registry was adopted in Sept. 2019. The MIS is currently being developped by a competitively recruited Firm. The Firm is expected to deliver the product late March Comments: 2023. IN01210521 ►Targeting system for the cash transfer program developed, including Quality Assurance (QA) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Quality assurance done Quality assurance Fully operational Value Not developed in 2021 (Internal Audit done in 2021 (Internal protocol in place Report) Audit Report) Date 03-Aug-2015 21-Oct-2021 21-Oct-2021 30-Oct-2024 There were no targeting activities conducted under the project since 2020. Comments: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation IN01210517 ►Communication platform and grievance redress mechanism designed and implemented, including quality assurance (QA) spot checks (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Quality assurance Fully operational Value Not developed quality assurance done done protocol in place. Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 10-Jun-2022 30-Oct-2024 Quality assurance done through annual survey of cohort 3 beneficiaries (conducted in June 2022). Comments: IN01210519 ►GRM receiving and responding to complaints within the timeframe specified in the PIM (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Date 01-Nov-2019 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 18-Oct-2024 IN01210522 ►Management information system (MIS) developed, including quality assurance (QA) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target MIS additional MIS additional modules modules developed, Fully operational Value Not developed developed but not quality including quality protocol in place. assurance assurance Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Aug-2022 30-Oct-2024 The MIS modules were developed and are being used and exploited. The quality assurance process was conducted as part of an internal audit, therefore satisfying the QA aspect of this indicator for this year Comments: (although not fully consistent with the methodology initially discussed to ensure QA). IN01210524 12/9/2022 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) ►Project financial audits and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports are disclosed on time (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Apr-2022 31-Oct-2022 30-Oct-2024 The Project's financial audits are disclosed on time. Monitoring surveys are conducted for each Cohort. An Impact Evaluation has been finalized. And a qualitative evaluation on the economic inclusion intervention Comments: on Cohort 3 is underway (baseline collected; endline to be collected in 2023). IN01210525 ►Impact evaluation survey data collection completed (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Impact evaluation Value Not started Completed Completed report completed Date 03-Aug-2015 25-Oct-2021 25-Oct-2021 30-Oct-2024 The endline survey for the impact evaluation was conducted in October 2021. The Report was finalized in June 2022 and the conclusions of the report did not pass the quality control of the impact evaluation specialists hired by the Ban able to use or cite the results as presented to date. Comments: Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P143332 IDA-56480 Closed USD 50.00 49.92 0.08 50.43 0.00 100% P143332 IDA-64360 Effective USD 100.00 100.00 0.00 85.38 14.79 85% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P143332 IDA-56480 Closed 29-May-2015 03-Aug-2015 27-Oct-2015 30-Oct-2020 30-Oct-2020 P143332 IDA-64360 Effective 14-Jun-2019 23-Jul-2019 12-Nov-2019 30-Oct-2024 30-Oct-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 12/9/2022 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report CI- Productive Social Safety Net (P143332) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P167623-Social Protection and Economic Inclusion Project (Productive Social Safety Net Additional Financing) 12/9/2022 Page 7 of 7