The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA | Western and Central Africa | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2024 | Seq No: 3 | Archived on 28-Jan-2025 | ISR02498 Implementing Agencies: ECCAS, ECOWAS, Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Prospects and International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women, Family and Child Protection 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 29-Sep-2023) To increase girls’ and women’s access to learning, economic opportunities, and utilization of health services, and to strengthen the region-wide institutional capacity for gender equality. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name 1. Design and implement interventions that promote girls’ and women’s social and economic autonomy:(Cost 220,300,000.00) 2. Improve the availability of quality RMNCAHN services and qualified health workers at the community level:(Cost 66,000,000.00) 3. Foster regional and national commitment and capacity for policymaking and gender equality:(Cost 78,700,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Jan 29, 2025 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Countries continue to make progress on project implementation, as such the project development objective remains very relevant. Chad, The Gambia, Senegal, Togo and the two regional economic communities (Economic Community of Central African States, ECCAS; and Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS), are effective and moving activities forward. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 02 - 21 Jun Proposed Rating 29 Sep 2023 2024 Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Jan 29, 2025 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Increase access to learning and economic opportunities Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 80.00 May/2023 80.00 10-Jun-2024 80.00 09-Dec-2024 93.00 Dec/2028 Comments on This activity has not yet begun. Retention rate of adolescent achieving targets girls who are beneficiaries of Proportion of adolescent girls at the secondary level (6th grade to Terminale) benefiting a schooling intervention in from school support interventions that are maintained in the cycle to the following year. secondary schools Numerator: In year T+1, the number of adolescent girls benefitting from academic support (Percentage) activities who continue the secondary cycle (whether they return to the same class or move on to the next class)Denominator: Total number of secondary school adolescent girls benefiting from education activities 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 93.00 Dec/2028 Comments on This activity has not yet begun. Adolescent girls and women achieving targets receiving interventions in Proportion of beneficiaries of interventions in safe spaces who were able to cite at least one safe spaces with a good of the following:-a harmful consequence linked to child marriage-a harmful consequence understanding of the impact linked to early pregnancies-a benefit related to birth spacing. This indicator measures the of decisions surrounding impact of reproductive health skills building activities in safe spaces. Numerator: Number of marriage and childbearing beneficiaries who have completed the Safe Spaces Interventions training who were able to (Percentage) name at least one adverse consequence related to child marriage, at least one adverse consequence related to early pregnancy, and at least one benefit related to birth spacing. Denominator: Total number of people (girls, women) having followed the training in safe Jan 29, 2025 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) spaces)Having followed the training means having participated in at least 50% of the training sessions (i.e. 14 out of 28 sessions) Beneficiaries of job-focused 0.00 May/2023 0 10-Jun-2024 0 09-Dec-2024 314,560 Dec/2028 interventions (Number) Beneficiaries of job- 0.00 0 0 363,110 focused interventions - Female (Number) Increase utilization of health services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 1,327,020.00 May/2023 1,327,020 10-Jun-2024 1,352,147 09-Dec-2024 2,298,520.00 Dec/2028 Comments on Number of women of childbearing age (10-24 years and 25-49 years) recruited from the Modern contraceptive users achieving targets project service delivery points (health facilities, CHWs, mobile clinics or others) who use a in Project intervention areas modern contraceptive method. Modern contraceptive methods include implant, injectable, (Number) oral contraceptive/pill, intrauterine device (IUD), male condom, female condom, emergency contraception, female sterilization. Among women under 490,190.00 May/2023 490,190 10-Jun-2024 506,818 09-Dec-2024 781,810.00 Dec/2028 24 years old Comments on Women under the age of 24 (Number) achieving targets 836,830.00 May/2023 836,830 10-Jun-2024 861,957 09-Dec-2024 1,516,710.00 Dec/2028 Among women aged Comments on Women aged 24-49 24-49 (Number) achieving targets Strengthen the region-wide institutional capacity for gender equality Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 80.00 Dec/2028 Jan 29, 2025 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) Comments on This index measures country progress to achieving budgeting sensitive to gender and the achieving targets demographic dividend. Achieving budgeting sensitive to gender and the demographic dividend is defined as completing the following steps: - Step 1: Transformation of the classic Level of achievement of budget into a functional budget- Step 2: Retropolation and Connection of the Demographic budgeting responsive to Dividend Monitoring Index (DDMI)- Step 3: Linking the DDMI to the functional budget and gender and the demographic budget elasticities- Step 4: Drafting of the Budget Sensitive to Demographic Dividend dividend in countries analysis report (human capital and gender)- Step 5: Presentation of the budget efficiency (Percentage) report to parliament or government.An index score of 20% is assigned to the completion of each step. The index value will range from 0% (has not engaged in any of the steps) to 100% (achieve all five steps). The regional achievement will be calculated as the mean of all countries. 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 5.00 Dec/2028 Innovative regional initiatives Comments on An innovative regional initiative is a successful intervention using an evidence-based implemented with regional achieving targets approach and led by a regional organization or a country and implemented by at least two institutional support countries. The initiative may be new or already exist in one country, and be expanded to at (Number) least one new country. 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 1. Design and implement interventions that promote girls’ and women’s social and economic autonomy Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 766,760.00 Dec/2028 Adolescent girls having benefitted from at least one Comments on This activity has not yet begun. schooling intervention achieving targets Number of girls benefiting from school-related interventions through the "Keeping Girls in (Number) School" subcomponent 1.2. Interventions can include but are not limited to transportation services, accommodation, food, school supplies, additional courses, unconditional cash Jan 29, 2025 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) transfers or conditional cash transfers. Girls benefitting from multiple interventions will only be counted once. Beneficiaries who have 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 927,340.00 Dec/2028 completed training in safe spaces (Number) 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 79.00 Dec/2028 Comments on This activity has not yet begun. Husband and future husband achieving targets club beneficiaries who report The indicator measures the change in knowledge and behavior of boys attending doing domestic work and schools/clubs for husbands and future husbands in relation to domestic work and the who believe in delaying perception of child marriage. marriage until adulthood Numerator: Number of boys attending schools/clubs for husbands and future husbands who (Percentage) claim to (i) take part in domestic work (households, cooking, dishes, laundry, etc.), (ii) be against marriage before adulthood (18 years).Denominator: Total number of men and boys who participated in interventions schools/clubs for husbands and future husbands. 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 403,400.00 Dec/2028 Comments on This activity has not yet begun. Young women and achieving targets adolescent girls who have Number of women and adolescent girls who have benefited from a training program received vocational training supported by the project and aimed at improving economic opportunities. Vocational (Number) training can include: general or functional literacy, professional training on an economic activity, financial management, entrepreneurship, etc. 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 85.00 Dec/2028 GBV survivors having received at least one service Comments on This activity has not yet begun. (health, psychosocial, legal, achieving targets security, economic) from an Proportion of GBV victims who have benefited from at least one care service out of all the organization supported by cases identified in the structures supported by the project, including call centers or any the Project (Percentage) other existing platform in the project intervention area. Victims of GBV refer to victims of: rape, sexual assault, physical assault (including FGM), forced marriage (including child Jan 29, 2025 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) marriage), denial of resources/opportunities or services, psychological or emotional violence (Cf. GBVIMS Nomenclature)Numerator: Number of GBV victims who received at least one support service (health, psychosocial, legal, security, economic).Denominator: Total number of GBV survivors identified in facilities (including call centers or any other platforms) supported by the Project 2. Improve the availability of quality RMNCAHN services and qualified health workers at the community level Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year People receiving quality 0 09-Dec-2024 health, nutrition, and population services (Number of people) CRI People receiving quality 0 09-Jan-2025 0 Dec/2028 health, nutrition, and population services – Youth (Number of people) CRI People receiving quality 0 09-Jan-2025 0 Dec/2028 health, nutrition, and population services – Female (Number of people) CRI 58.00 May/2023 58.00 10-Jun-2024 58.00 20-Nov-2024 77.00 Dec/2028 Women who used a family Comments on Measures the level of coverage of the needs of women who came to request a modern planning service at a project- achieving targets contraceptive method at a family planning service delivery point on the day of the survey. supported health facility who The indicator gives information on the availability of the product but also the satisfaction of reported receiving the the customer. Numerator: Number of women reporting who received a modern contraceptive method of contraceptive method that she considers acceptableon the day of the surveyDenominator: their choice on the day of Total number of women who came to seek a modern contraceptive method surveyed on the their visit (Percentage) day of the survey Jan 29, 2025 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) Midwives within the Project's 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 20-Nov-2024 4,930.00 Dec/2028 intervention areas who have Comments on Number of midwives stationed in the Project intervention areas who have received training completed training or short- achieving targets (short-term) according to the new regionally harmonized curricula or who have received term mentoring sessions on mentoring to strengthen the quality of services. These are training and coaching that providing quality integrate the following modules: obstetric and neonatal emergency care, family planning reproductive health services (including planning postpartum), and gender (Number) 3. Foster regional and national commitment and capacity for policymaking and gender equality Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 1.00 May/2023 1 10-Jun-2024 1 09-Dec-2024 5.00 Dec/2028 Countries with an Comments on A country will be considered as having an operational legal team if it meets the following operational legal team achieving targets three conditions:- Constitution of a legal team with the appointment of the members and working on girls' and the focal point,- Drafting of a budgeted action plan over at least 2 years,- Production of an women's empowerment annual activity report. Working on girls' and women's empowerment covers topics such as: (Number) enrollment and retention of girls in school, adolescent reproductive health, abandonment of GBV and harmful practices and economic empowerment of women. 3.00 May/2023 3 10-Jun-2024 3 09-Dec-2024 5.00 Dec/2028 Countries with a functioning Comments on This is the number of countries that have set up a demographic dividend observatory that demographic dividend achieving targets collects population data, analyzes this data and produces an annual report on the four observatory in place dimensions of demographic dividends. The minimum functionality criteria are: 1. (Number) Institutionalization of the DDO structure2. Functional team3. Conduct of population data analyses4. Production of an annual report Community and religious 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 282.00 09-Dec-2024 20,720.00 Dec/2028 leaders engaged in actively Comments on Number of community and religious leaders who have made an oral or written public promoting girls' schooling, achieving targets statement (sermon, preaching, conferences, etc.) or who have participated publicly (radio, adolescent reproductive TV, social networks, in the field) promoting women's and girls' empowerment such as: girls' health, and freedom from schooling, birth spacing, and the fight against child marriage and early pregnancy. A leader is Jan 29, 2025 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) GBV and harmful practices a designation for a person perceived as representing a community and/or able to influence (Number) local communities and foster social change. 0.00 May/2023 0.00 10-Jun-2024 0.00 09-Dec-2024 91.00 Dec/2028 Comments on This is the proportion of complaints related to the implementation of SWEDD+ that has been Grievances addressed within achieving targets registered and addressed according to the response timeframe established by the Project's stipulated service standards grievance redress mechanism standards. These complaints also include harassment and SEA for response (Percentage) (sexual exploitation and abuse).Numerator: Number of grievances addressed within the required response time.Denominator: Total number of complaints received Jan 29, 2025 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-E2430 Effective 5.00 5.04 0.00 0.00 5.04 0% IDA-E2420 Effective 15.00 14.73 0.00 0.00 14.73 0% IDA-E2410 Effective 25.00 24.52 0.00 5.17 19.41 21.02% IDA-E2400 Effective 82.50 80.20 0.00 8.20 72.10 10.21% IDA-74170 Effective 62.50 59.65 0.00 1.73 57.94 2.89% Jan 29, 2025 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus Project (P176693) IDA-74160 Effective 100.00 95.50 0.00 0.48 95.47 0.51% IDA-74140 Effective 75.00 74.34 0.00 0.00 74.34 0% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-74140 Effective 29-Sep-2023 21-Oct-2023 09-May-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-74160 Effective 29-Sep-2023 13-Feb-2024 10-Oct-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-74170 Effective 29-Sep-2023 18-Oct-2023 09-May-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-E2400 Effective 29-Sep-2023 22-Nov-2023 18-Apr-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-E2410 Effective 29-Sep-2023 03-Oct-2023 26-Oct-2023 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-E2420 Effective 29-Sep-2023 02-Dec-2023 21-Jun-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 IDA-E2430 Effective 29-Sep-2023 18-Jan-2024 15-May-2024 31-Dec-2028 31-Dec-2028 8. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 29-Sep-2023 29-Sep-2023 Effectiveness 26-Oct-2023 26-Oct-2023 Mid-Term Review No. 01 28-Sep-2026 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2028 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jan 29, 2025 Page 11 of 11