The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) AFRICA WEST | Gambia, The | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 02-Nov-2021 | ISR48557 | Implementing Agencies: The Republic of The Gambia, National Nutrition Agency Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 24-May-2019 Effectiveness Date: 09-Sep-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 29-Nov-2021 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 29-Mar-2024 Revised Closing Date: 29-Mar-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve the coordination of social assistance activities and increase inclusion of the extreme poor in the Nafa program. 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 the coordination of social assistance activities, provide temporary social assistance support to rural households in the wake of COVID- 19, and increase inclusion of the extreme poor in the Nafa program. Components Table Name Development of coordination mechanisms for the social assistance sector:(Cost $6.00 M) Cash Transfers to eligible households and Social and Behavioral Change Communication:(Cost $22.00 M) Project Management and Capacity Building:(Cost $3.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project is on track to meet its Development Objective but experienced delays between March and August 2021. Two years since effectiveness, it is 50% disbursed. Under Component 1, the National Social Protection Secretariat is supporting the National Social Protection Steering Committee and providing coordination functions for the sector. The Social Registry data collection is poised to expand into a further six districts, which would increase coverage to 36 out of a total of 43 districts. 11/2/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) Under Component 2, The Nafa Cash Transfer Program has launched in the three poorest districts of The Gambia, targeting 2,700 extreme poor households. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Low Low Low Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved coordination of social assistance activities IN01048229 ►More effective steering committee meetings (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Three of the last four Steering Committee meetings were held. Four "effective" Four “effective” meetings The Q2 2021 meeting Value 0.00 quarterly meetings per were held in 2020 was not held due to a year hiatus in the Project during Spring-Summer 2021. Date 21-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 An index will be used to measure "effectiveness" and the indicator will be scored accordingly on a scale of Comments: 0-5: 1 - meeting occurs; 2 - a quorum representing 60 percent of the membership is in attendance; 3 - 11/2/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) Agenda shared in advance; 4 - Minutes from the meeting are shared; 5 - decision points acted upon, as reflected in the next meetings’ minutes. A score of 4 and above will constitute an effective meeting. IN01048417 ►Number of programs using the Social Registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 3.00 Date 21-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 This indicator will measure how many programs will have used the Social Registry data to identify eligible beneficiaries, to avoid duplications, or create synergies between programs. Demand for such a Social Comments: Registry was high during the COVID response; its value is now fully understood. Nafa Program was the first to use the Social Registry in Fall 2021; two other requests (from MoH and MoA) have been made. Provide temporary social assistance support to rural households in the wake of COVID-19 IN01048416 ►Number of households benefiting from the temporary 'Nafa Quick' intervention (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 78,359.00 78,359.00 60,000.00 Date 20-Apr-2020 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 30-Sep-2020 The first Nafa Quick program is now complete. This indicator will not change. Comments: Increased inclusion of the extreme poor in the Nafa Program IN01048230 ►Beneficiaries of social safety net programs (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 854,131.00 854,131.00 654,000.00 Date 21-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 The numbers here represent the 78,359 hh reached by Nafa Quick, using the average rural household size of 10.9. The target of 654,000 was exceeded. The Nafa Quick is complete and will be replaced by Comments: the regular Nafa Program which targets a sub-set of these beneficiaries, i.e. just the extreme poor. IN01048418 ►Number of households identified as extremely poor included in the Nafa program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2,761.00 15,606.00 Date 21-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 11/2/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) The number of extremely poor households in the Nafa project represents the total number of extreme poor expected to be found in the selected districts that will be identified through the PMT and community Comments: validation. 'In' the program means that they are registered and have received at least the Introductory SBCC module about the program. The Nafa Program launched in late September 2021 in three districts. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Development of Co-ordination Mechanisms for the Social Assistance Sector IN01048419 ►Social Registry established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 Data has bee collected for the social registry but the information system to house this data is not yet Comments: complete and it is being held, ad interim, by GBOS. IN01048422 Data collection for Social Registry in selected districts completed (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 21-Mar-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 31-Mar-2021 IN01048423 Number of households entered in the Social Registry (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 IN01048425 ►National Monitoring and Evaluation framework established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 An M&E framework, including detailed indicators, frequency of collection, institutions responsible, will be developed and validated. The process has not yet started but a M&E officer was hired into the Comments: Secretariat. IN01048427 ►Social Protection Secretariat established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes 11/2/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) Date 01-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 Comments: Secretariat established = budgeted, staffed, fulfilling its functions as a Secretariat IN01048429 Annual report produced by the Secretariat on key indicators using the Social Registry and National M&E Framework (Yes/No, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Program of Cash Transfers and Social and Behavioral Change Communications for targeted beneficiaries IN01048420 ►Cash transfer program for the extreme poor established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 01-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 The Nafa program launched in September 2021 Comments: IN01048421 Percentage of beneficiary households receiving the right amount of cash on time (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 IN01048424 Percentage of beneficiary households selecting a female household member as cash transfer recipient (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 96.00 75.00 IN01048426 Percentage of beneficiary households that have either adequate or good food consumptions scores (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 IN01048428 Cumulative amount transferred directly to beneficiaries (Amount(USD), Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9,200,000.00 16,854,111.00 16,854,111.00 IN01048430 Program Management Information System established (Yes/No, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes 11/2/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) IN01048431 Program Grievance Redress Mechanism established (Yes/No, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes IN01048432 Percentage of grievances that are classified and channeled through agreed resolution channels (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 75.90 75.00 IN01048433 Percentage of grievances classified as resolved in grievance redress mechanism (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 29.90 50.00 IN01048434 ►Social and Behavioral Change program accompanying the cash transfer established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 01-May-2019 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 29-Mar-2024 The SBCC materials are being deployed alongside the roll-out of the Nafa Program. Comments: IN01048435 Number of people trainedon SBCC (training of trainers) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 IN01048436 Number of beneficiary households attending the behavioural change sessions (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,705.00 IN01048437 Number of beneficiary households that start or increase savings activities (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 IN01048438 Number of households that start or increase entrepreneurship activity (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.00 IN01048439 Percentage of beneficiaries with increased knowledge of measures to improve human capital (Percentage, Custom Supplement) 11/2/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 IN01048440 ►Percentage of Nafa Quick payments made before the end of the lean season (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 70.00 Date 24-Apr-2020 29-Jan-2021 03-Oct-2021 01-Oct-2020 The Nafa Quick completed all payments by November 2020. Comments: Overall Comments IR The results for C1 are a little behind schedule as this is a new institution; the results for C2 are on track. Those relating to Nafa Quick will not increase further as this activity is complete. Some indicators on behavioral change are too early to tell. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P167260 IDA-D4740 Effective USD 30.00 30.00 0.00 15.83 14.69 52% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P167260 IDA-D4740 Effective 24-May-2019 11-Jun-2019 09-Sep-2019 29-Mar-2024 29-Mar-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 11/2/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report The Gambia Social Safety Net Project (P167260) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 09-Jun-2020 ,Level 2 Approved on 30-Jun-2020 Related Project(s) P176659-Additional Financing to The Gambia Social Safety Net Project 11/2/2021 Page 8 of 8