The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) AFRICA WEST | Benin | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 30-Apr-2021 | ISR45504 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of Benin, Ministry of Decentralization and Local Government, Ministry of Social Affairs and Microfinance Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 06-Jul-2018 Effectiveness Date: 02-Jan-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 26-Oct-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 19-Nov-2020 Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the project is to improve access to decentralized basic social services and social safety nets, and to strengthen the social protection system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Improving Decentralized Service Delivery:(Cost $23.80 M) Social Safety Nets and SP Systems:(Cost $12.80 M) Project Management:(Cost $3.40 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 Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project performance is currently rated "Satisfactory" for likelihood of meeting development objectives and for implementation progress. The project is 78% disbursed. Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery  7 out of the 8 Grassroots Management Training (GMT) modules designed to help communities choose their priorities for sub-projects have been carried out in 476 villages, impacting 204,518 (target: 70,000) people trained in community sessions.  As of March 31, 2021, 181 out of the 187 villages of the first wave have started with the construction of their sub-projects of which 93 were completed. Procurement is under way for the 173 village sub-projects of the second wave.  In addition 25 (out of the 77) commune sub-projects have been executed, 27 are under construction and 25 are in the process of procurement. 4/30/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems The safety nets programs (unconditional cash transfers and labor-intensive public works program), launched on December 1st, 2020, have already reached 18,297 households (target: 18,000). Among these households, 17,122 (target: 16,200) are participating in the labor-intensive public works program. Component 3: Project Management Project management is satisfactory. Capacity building activities are well advanced at the national, commune, and community levels. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve access to decentralized basic social services IN00953852 ►Students enrolled in schools constructed/rehabilitated under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 3,350.00 21,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 This number should increase considerably by the next school year (October 2021) with the completion of Comments: the school infrastructure currently under construction. 4/30/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) IN00953855 ►Number of communes carrying out community driven investments with non-project financing (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Expected by Q1 2022. As of March 31, 2021, 23 communes have already opted to fund with their own Comments: resources the execution of simple community‐level investments, through the CDD approach. Improve access to social safety nets IN00953853 ►Beneficiaries of social safety net programs (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12,983.00 0.00 18,297.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 The SSN programs, started on December 1st, 2020, have already reached more than 18,000 poor and Comments: extreme poor households. IN00953881 Beneficiaries of social safety net programs - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 8,234.00 9,000.00 IN00953882 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Unconditional cash transfers (number) (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12,983.00 0.00 18,297.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953883 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Cash-for-work, food-for-work and public works (number) (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 17,122.00 16,200.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953884 ►Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 4/30/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 The job-focused accompanying measures for social safety nets beneficiaries will begin implementation in Comments: the coming months. IN00953885 Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,300.00 Strengthen the social protection system IN00953854 ►Households enrolled in National Social Registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 170,000.00 20,333.00 20,333.00 500,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 02-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Data collection follows three steps: (i) community pre-identification, which has taken place in all 77 communes; (ii) the PMT survey, which has been completed for 317,000 households in 57 of Benin’s 77 communes; and (iii) community validation and grievance resolution, which has been completed in the 16 Comments: communes covered by the ACCESS SSN programs covering 20,333 households. The PMT survey and the community validation are expected to be completed for all the 77 communes by the end of May 2021 and July/August 2021 respectively. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery IN00953886 ►Socio-economic infrastructure subprojects executed by communities through delegation of responsibility from communes (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 93.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 88 sub-projects are underway and 179 will be launched between April and May 2021. Comments: IN00953888 ►Communes having executed at least one subproject (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 25.00 77.00 4/30/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Most of communes are expected to complete their projects by the third quarter of 2021. Comments: IN00953890 ►Number of additional classrooms built or rehabilitated at the primary level resulting from project interventions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 61.00 400.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 More schools to be built or rehabilitated around October 2021. Comments: IN00953892 ►Health facilities constructed, renovated, and/or equipped (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 6.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 A total of 19 health facilities sub-projects (10 communities and 9 communes) have been selected so far, Comments: among which 6 have been executed. IN00953894 ►Local government officials trained on procurement (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 The project has agreed with CEFAL on TORs for the training of the local government officials which is Comments: expected to take place in coming weeks. IN00953896 ►Communes showing improvement by the end of the project on the annual procurement audit (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953897 ►Communes with up to date financial audits with published action plans to correct any revealed deficiencies (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953898 4/30/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►Communities that have received Grassroots Management Training (GMT) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 323.00 476.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953899 ►Women in leadership positions in community associations (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49.35 50.83 40.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953900 ►Beneficiaries of citizen engagement activities (Grassroots Management Training) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 87,141.00 204,518.00 70,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Data updated. Comments: IN00953901 ►Percent of domestic revenues transferred by Government to communes through the FADeC (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.60 0.00 0.00 4.60 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems IN00953887 ►Cash transfer payments made within 5 days of when they are due, according to the annual payment calendar (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 90.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN00953889 ►Proportion of total safety nets transfers received by households ranked as poor or extreme poor by PMT (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 62.00 90.00 4/30/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Cash transfer beneficiaries consist of 11,559 households classified as poor or extreme poor by the PMT survey (out of 12,178 surveyed on the basis of being pre-identified by communties). Another 6,947 Comments: beneficiary households were identified by communties during the community validation stage after the PMT survey. These households have not yet been covered by the PMT survey. IN00953891 ►Public works schemes completed with satisfactory technical quality (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 The technical audit of the public works sub-projects will take place in early 2022. Comments: IN00953893 ►Proportion of total cost of public works sub-projects allocated to wages (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 81.25 70.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Public works sub-projects, which provide an optional additional source of income for cash-transfer Comments: beneficiaries, are expeted to begin in early 2021. IN00953895 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 100.00 1,500.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 01-Oct-2020 31-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2022 Unlikely to be achieved as very little road rehabilitation work has been selected by the communities. Comments: Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P163560 IDA-D3430 Effective USD 40.00 40.00 0.00 30.27 8.57 78% Key Dates (by loan) 4/30/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P163560 IDA-D3430 Effective 06-Jul-2018 04-Sep-2018 02-Jan-2019 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 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. 4/30/2021 Page 8 of 8