Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA Congo, Republic of Social Protection & Labor Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2014 Seq No: 4 ARCHIVED on 07-Jan-2016 ISR22324 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Social Affairs Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:29-Jan-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date:27-Jun-2016 Original Closing Date:28-Feb-2018 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:19-Sep-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Revised Closing Date:28-Feb-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) "Establish the key building blocks of a national safety net program and pilot a cash transfer program to improve access to health and education services of poorest households in participating areas." Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Establishment of key building blocks of a national safety net program and enhancement of local capacities:(cost $1.20 M) Public Disclosure Authorized Strengthening the demand-side of services through cash transfer program:(cost $12.20 M) Project management, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E):(Cost $3.60 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial 1/7/2016 Page 1 of 9
Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was signed in February 2014, and it became effective on September 19, 2014. The LISUNGI team has been working since then on setting up the social safety nets system in the country through this project. As of today, the Government has set up the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee (COS) that oversees project implementation and the LISUNGI team has finalized and validated the Program Operations Manual at the COS meeting on November 14th. The identification of potential beneficiaries were concluded in all three regions of the country the project is operating (Pointe Noire, Brazzaville and Cuvette). All staff positions were filled up and project implementation continues to increase. Already, 10,751 poor households have been identified and enrolled in the social registry, 8,024 have completed and verified information that can be used for all social programs that aims to target the poor and 3,764 are already receiving regular cash transfers throught LISUNGI. The Social Registry under development with a dedicated team working on it is expected to be expended with the coordination between LISUNGI and PDESS projects. The Social Registry is expected to be linked and synchronized with health project to the provision of health services for the poor population in addition to cash transfers in selected areas. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate 1/7/2016 Page 2 of 9
Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators The number of potential beneficiary households enrolled in the unique registry for safety net programs (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 900.00 10751.00 15000.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 15-May-2015 21-Dec-2015 28-Feb-2018 The number of (direct and indirect) recipient of the cash transfer program (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 18244.00 20000.00 and the percentage of these that is female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 -- -- 50.00 The percentage of cash transfer beneficiary households who receive payments in a timely manner as defined in the project implementation manual (PIM) (Percentage, Custom) 1/7/2016 Page 3 of 9
Value 0.00 -- 75.00 90.00 The percentage of beneficiary households who live below the food poverty line (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 75.00 The percentage of beneficiary children aged between 6 and 14 years old who are regularly attending primary schools (at least 80 percent of the time every month) (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 95.00 The percentage of infant beneficiaries aged between 0 and 11 months old who had regular monthly visits to health centers (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 70.00 The percentage of beneficiaries aged between 12 and 23 months old who had regular bi-monthly visits to health centers (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 70.00 1/7/2016 Page 4 of 9
Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Percentage of beneficiaries households with 15% consumption increase in participating areas (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 75.00 Number of Elderly Benefiting from the Cash Transfer Program (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 2994.00 1000.00 and percentage of these that are female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value 50.00 -- 63.00 50.00 1/7/2016 Page 5 of 9
Percentage points increase in Enrolment rates in primary schools by grades and gender in participating areas (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 4.00 Percentage points increase in increase of fully immunized children under 1 year-old in participating areas (Percentage, Custom) Value 42.00 -- -- 62.00 Date 01-Jul-2014 -- -- 02-Jul-2018 Percentage point increase of pregnant women receiving the maternal health package (Percentage, Custom) Value 60.00 -- -- 80.00 Number of staff trained at CAS level in participating areas (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 70.00 70.00 100.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 15-May-2015 15-May-2015 28-Feb-2018 1/7/2016 Page 6 of 9
Percentage of caretakers who know their rights and responsibilities in terms of co-responsibilities, program rules and entitlements (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 75.00 Number of Households Benefiting from the Cash Transfer Program (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 3764.00 5000.00 Number of Children Benefiting from the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 -- 7177.00 10000.00 and percentage of these that are female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 -- -- 50.00 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance 1/7/2016 Page 7 of 9
Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P145263 IDA-53580 Effective XDR 1.40 1.40 0.00 0.75 0.65 53% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P145263 IDA-53580 Effective 29-Jan-2014 19-Feb-2014 19-Sep-2014 28-Feb-2018 28-Feb-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/7/2016 Page 8 of 9
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