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1 Public Disclosure Authorized LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Brazil Social Protection Global Practice IBRD/IDA Adaptable Program Loan FY 2011 Seq No: 8 ARCHIVED on 18-Dec-2014 ISR16564 Implementing Agencies: Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:16-sep-2010 Planned Mid Term Review Date:20-Jan-2014 Original Closing Date:30-Dec-2015 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:24-Nov-2011 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:24-Mar-2014 Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to strengthen the BF Program's ability to achieve its objective of reducing poverty and inequality and promoting human capital development by improving schooling and health status of children and reducing incidence of malnutrition among the poor population. The proposed operation would achieve this objective by supporting: (a) the strengthening of the program's overall governance through enhanced basic program management functions and accountability, oversight and control functions, in three axes: the registry of beneficiaries (Cadastro Unico), management of benefits, and monitoring of conditionalities; (b) the consolidation of the program?s monitoring and evaluation system; and (c) the strengthening of linkages between Bolsa Familia beneficiaries with complementary actions beyond the program to promote graduation from poverty; these activities would be carried out through the National Commitment for Social Development strategy in the MDS. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Public Disclosure Authorized Components Name Conditional Cash Transfers (Grants):(Cost $ M) Strengthening Cadastro Unico as the Main Targeting Instrument for Social Programs:(Cost $2.80 M) Institutional Strengthening for the Consolidation of the Bolsa Familia Program:(Cost $4.60 M) Consolidation of the Monitoring and Evaluation System in the Ministry of Social Development:(Cost $4.50 M) Supporting the National Commitment for Social Development (CNDS):(Cost $1.30 M) Operational Support to the Project Implementation Unit at the Ministry of Social Development:(Cost $1.20 M) Overall Ratings 12/18/2014 Page 1 of 9

2 Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Low Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project supports Brazil s Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) and other initiatives of the Ministry of Social Development (MDS) aimed at reducing poverty. The BFP is a fundamental pillar of the Brasil Sem Miseria Plan (BSMP), the national plan to combat extreme poverty. Since Project implementation began, the coverage of BFP has increased from 13.4 (December 2011) to 14.1 million families (December 2013). The average benefit per month per family increased from R$145 in 2012 to R$213 in The innovations implemented in BFP with support of the Project have translated into improved results. For example: (i) As a result of the active-search strategy (busca ativa) and other specific registration actions, a total of 1.22 million families were added to the registry of beneficiaries (Cadastro Unico) by April Of this total, 129,550 were indigenous families, and 107,065 were Quilombola. (ii) The Ministry of Social Development (MDS), responsible for Project implementation, built a robust monitoring system based on the revised version of the Cadastro Unico. In order to strengthen the system for monitoring conditionalities and following up with families who have not complied, MDS also invested in improving the technical capacity of staff and the expansion of the social assistance network. Specifically, 1,191 mobile teams and 121 boats for these teams were made available and more schools that serve PBF beneficiaries joined complementary programs such as Mais Educação and Saúde na Escola. In the case of education with BSMP, Brasil Carinhoso action provides financial transfers to encourage municipalities to fill their nursery places with children in BF. In primary schools BSMP expands the offer of full time education in schools where most of the students are benefiting from BFP. (iii) Resources to municipalities and states on the basis of the Decentralized Management Index (IGD) increased by 82%, with a total amount of R$560 million allocated by the MDS every year in support of decentralized management of Cadastro Unico and BFP implementation. (iv) Another innovation was the effort, under the BSMP plan, to boost families income so that they could overcome the extreme poverty income threshold (set at R$77 per person per month). Accordingly, several measures were adopted: the BSMP adjusted the BFP benefit amounts; it increased the cap on the number of children and adolescents that could receive the variable benefit in each family; it began paying benefits to pregnant and lactating women; and, most importantly, it created a new benefit that closed the extreme poverty gap for all extremely poor families in the program. Through these measures, approximately 22 million people have overcome extreme poverty since the launch of the BSMP, from an income perspective. In addition, the BSMP continued to consolidate activities to promote the productive inclusion of the poor and vulnerable in the economic arena, in both urban and rural areas. As of Oct 2014, more than 1.5 million people had enrolled in the vocational training program PRONATEC-BSM; thousand BFP beneficiaries participated in Programa de Microempreendedor Individual (MEI), a program for individual micro-entrepreneurs. Regarding productive inclusion in rural areas, 131,300 PBF beneficiary households received technical assistance and resources for promoting rural production. In addition, 750,500 water cisterns were built in the semi-arid Northeast region of the country with the support of the Agua Para Todos Program (Water for All). The project has also contributed to the expansion of BFP through financing of the cash transfers (grants) as well as technical assistance activities that (i) strengthened the national registry of the poor and vulnerable (Cadastro Unico) and the management of PBF in four areas: support for decentralized management, monitoring and fiscalization of the benefits, budgetary and financial execution, and oversight and monitoring of the contract with CAIXA (Caixa Economica Federal); (ii) contributed to the consolidation of the M&E system; (iii) promoted institutional strengthening to the PBF and PBSM operational teams. Since the last ISR: 1. Disbursement has increased and now reaches 96% of total funds. 2. The project has been restructured (August 2014) to reflect and better monitor BFP and BSMP innovations. 3. The designated account withdrawal limit was increased to $ 4 million. 4. The Ministry of Planning has authorized MDS to hire a project management team planed under component 6 since The Poverty Panel Survey (PPP) was contracted. 6. Project funds were used to support an additional module for the National Household Survey on access to productive inclusion programs and, 7. Several consultancies were completed and, numerous training events, technical workshops, international conferences and seminars were carried out. 12/18/2014 Page 2 of 9

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4 Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Low Macroeconomic Low Sector Strategies and Policies Low Technical Design of Project or Program Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Low Fiduciary Low Environment and Social Low Stakeholders Low Other Low Overall Low Results Project Development Objective Indicators Percentage of youth (16-17 years old) whose school attendance is being monitored by the program. (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec May Jun /18/2014 Page 4 of 9

5 The follow-up rate was 81.8%, is less than that realized in the last follow-up period of Despite the difference, still the result was considered good, given the instability occurred in the Presence System during this period and the change of school calendars and class routines. Importantly, the crossing of the bases of the present system and the school census data in the previous period had a significant impact on the percentage obtained and that a momentum for change addresses and schools, some beneficiaries are not located in the situation, because the system can not capture straightaway this change, which impacts on the results of monitoring of school attendance. Percentage of beneficiary children of primary school age (6-15 years old) whose school attendance is being monitored by the program. (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec May Dec-2015 The follow-up rate was 90.4%, less than that realized in the last follow-up period of Despite the difference, still the result was considered good, given the instability occurred in the Presence System during this period and the change the school calendar and class routines. Importantly, the crossing of the bases of the present system and the school census data in the previous period had a significant impact on the percentage obtained and that a momentum for change addresses and schools, some beneficiaries are in the situation of not located because the system can not straightaway capture this change, which impacts on the results of monitoring of school attendance of subsequent periods Percentage of children aged 0-6 and pregnant women in beneficiary families complying with heath conditionalities (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Jun Dec-2015 The value for this indicator in the first term of 2014 was 73.2%, only 0.2 percentage points below that of the previous semester, but slightly higher than earned in the same period of The indicator is on track to meet target. Number of State Governments using Cadastro Único for the selection of beneficiaries for their state social programs. (Number, Custom) 12/18/2014 Page 5 of 9

6 PHINDIRITBL Value Date 10-Jan Dec Jun Dec-2015 Tthe frequency of measurement this indicator is annual. It will be reported in the next ISR. Percentage of households in the first quintile receiving transfers from Bolsa Familia Program (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Dec Dec-2015 The target on this indicator has been achieved. Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Average decentralized management index (IGD) increased (Number, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Mar Dec-2015 The frequency of measurement this indicator is annual. 12/18/2014 Page 6 of 9

7 PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL Number of beneficiary families (Number, Custom) Value Date 30-Jun Dec Jun Dec-2015 Percentage of updated records in Cadastro Único version 7.0 by December (Percentage, Custom) Value Date 31-Dec Dec Dec Dec-2015 Monitoring and Evaluation System of MDS consolidated (Text, Custom) Value System not consolidated Being consolidated consolidated Consolidated M&E System Date 23-Nov Dec Dec Dec-2015 The M&E has been consolidated and we have access to reports of outcomes and inputs indicators of BFP and BSM using this system. This indicator is therefore achieved. Number of agreements signed with the States in the context of the BSM Plan (Number, Custom) Value Date 20-Jan Dec Nov Dec /18/2014 Page 7 of 9

8 PHINDIRITBL In-house DPI procurement and FM capacity strengthened (staff hired and trained) (Text, Custom) Value 0 0 In process 5 Date 31-Dec Dec Nov Dec-2015 The Ministry of Planning has authorized MDS to hire a project management team planed under component 6 since With this progress, this indicator is on track to meet target. Overall The Project is progressing very well and all targets have eighter been achieved or are on track to be achieved, including those related to component 6 which had experienced critical were important delays in implementation. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IBRD Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IBRD Effective 16-Sep Sep Nov Dec Jun-2017 Cumulative Disbursements 12/18/2014 Page 8 of 9

9 Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 29-Aug-2014 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/18/2014 Page 9 of 9