The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | West Bank and Gaza | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | Special Financing | Investment Project Financing | FY 2018 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 25-Jan-2021 | ISR45187 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Finance and Planning Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 27-Jul-2017 Effectiveness Date: 10-Oct-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 14-Oct-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 17-Nov-2019 Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2023 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to establish a single targeting and referral system to provide cash benefits and services to poor and vulnerable households. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Cash Transfer Program support:(Cost $9000000.00 M) Social Registry:(Cost $1400000.00 M) Case Management System:(Cost $3600000.00 M) Program Management and Monitoring:(Cost $1000000.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project continues to make good progress across components despite the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions. Project Implementation Progress (IP) and Progress towards achievement of the PDO continue to be rated Moderately Satisfactory (MS). Fiduciary performance is maintained as Satisfactory. Under Component 1: Cash Transfer Program Support, the allocated amount of US$9 million has been fully disbursed and the project has reached 13,837 beneficiary households against a target of 5000. In response to the Palestinian Authority (PA) budgetary crisis, compounded by COVID19, the Bank frontloaded the project CTP resource and contributed the remaining US$2.4M instead of the regular quarterly payment of around US$9K, thus substantially increasing the number of benefiting households. Under Component 2: Case Management System (CMS) and Component 3: Social Registry (SR), both components have achieved steady but slow progress. The development of the Case Management Information System and the Social Registry System is work in progress. The functionality of the systems is key to the achievement of other project activities. Component 4: Program management and monitoring is performing well with the fully operational Project Management Unit, 1/25/2021 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) despite the challenges on the ground. Project disbursements currently stand at US$ 10.30 million out of a total Grant amount of US$15 million (69 percent of the total grant amount). The World Bank will continue to work closely with MoSD to further accelerate project implementation and ensure the achievement of the project’s development objectives. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Low Low Low Stakeholders Low Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Establish a single targeting and referral system to provide cash benefits and servcies to the poor IN00943830 ►Number of households benefiting from the Bank's funded CTP (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,000.00 4,377.00 13,837.00 5,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 The quarterly Bank payment amounts to US$1M covering maximum 5000 poor households. For the August 2020 quarterly payment and since the remaining CTP allocation of US$2.4M was made to help Comments: bridge the financing gap at the time, the number of household exceeded the end target and reached 13837 households. IN00943906 Number of households with Female head benefiting from the Bank's funded Cash Transfer Program (Number, Custom Breakdown) 1/25/2021 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 2,000.00 947.00 5,610.00 2,300.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943907 ►Number of households benefiting from counseling services provided by social workers by gender of the household head (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943908 Number of households benefiting from counseling that are aware of women and family protection services available to them (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943909 Number of households benefiting from counseling services with Female head of household (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943910 ►Number of households benefiting from referral services in targeted areas, by gender of the household head (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943911 Number of Households benefiting from referal services with Female head of household (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943912 ►The number of households enrolled in the Social Registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 150,000.00 1/25/2021 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943913 Number of households enrolled in the Social Registry with Female head of household (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Cash Transfer Program support IN00943914 ►Number of households with Female head benefiting from the Cash Transfer Program (Number (Thousand), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 44,000.00 44,388.00 47,403.00 46,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943917 ►Number of households benefiting from the national Cash Transfer program, by region (West Bank and Gaza) and gender of the household head. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 110,000.00 107,205.00 114,393.00 110,000.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 Social Registry IN00943915 ►Percentage of claims and grievances of SR beneficiaries documented, processed, and resolved within 30 days (from year 2 onwards). (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 Case Management System IN00943916 ►Percentage of beneficiaries satisfied with service, by type of service and gender. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 1/25/2021 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) Date 27-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943918 ►Percentage of beneficiaries who know their rights and responsibilities in terms of program rules and entitlements, for component 1 and for component 3 (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943919 ►Number of social workers and supervisors trained in the new CMS methodology. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943920 ►Number of households reached by the Case Management System in targeted areas. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 130.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 IN00943921 ►Number of social workers and supervisors trained in counseling services, by type of service. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 30.00 30.00 30.00 70.00 Date 28-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 05-Jan-2021 31-Mar-2023 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P160674 TF-A5359 Effective USD 15.00 15.00 0.00 10.30 4.70 69% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date 1/25/2021 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Protection Enhancement Project (P160674) P160674 TF-A5359 Effective 15-Aug-2017 15-Aug-2017 10-Oct-2017 31-Mar-2023 31-Mar-2023 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/25/2021 Page 6 of 6