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: 6 | ARCHIVED on 29-Nov-2021 | ISR48780 | 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) 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 97% disbursed. The closing date is June 30, 2022. Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery  All 8 Grassroots Management Training (GMT) modules designed to help communities identify, implement, and maintain their sub-projects have been carried out in 432 villages, impacting 225,370 (target: 70,000) people trained in community sessions. 51% of community leaders in positions of responsibility were women.  As of October 31, 2021, 315 (target: 360) 360 community sub-projects are completed including 403 classrooms and 79 school canteens benefitting 25,700 students. 11/29/2021 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560)  In addition 63 (out of the 77) commune sub-projects have been executed and the remaining 14 are at different stages of construction. All are expected to be completed by March 2022.  Training on procurement was provided to 604 local government officials (target: 500) in all 77 communes in partnership with the Centre de Formation pour l’Administration Locale (CEFAL) and support was provided for the Government’s financial and procurement audits of communes. Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems  A total of 19,216 households (target:18,000) with over 100,000 people have received unconditional cash transfers. The transfers, amounting to CFA 5,000 per month, were made entirely over mobile money services.  Of these households, 17,812 (target: 16,200) have also participated in labor intensive public works which took place over two cycles of four months each. The community-driven public works resulted in over 1,500 km of rehabilitated roads as well as 145 illegal trash dumps cleared, 35 public places cleaned, and 170 hectares of community agricultural land upgraded.  12,006 members of the households receiving transfers (target: 9,000) participated in productive inclusion activities designed to help them sustainably improve their economic status. The beneficiaries participated in micro-entrepreneurial training sessions, prepared a simple business plan with support from facilitators, and received a grant of CFA 25,000 in addition to the cash transfers to launch their activity or expand existing activities. Component 3: Project Management Project management is satisfactory. 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 Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- Moderate Low Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve access to decentralized basic social services IN01055034 11/29/2021 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►Students enrolled in schools constructed/rehabilitated under the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3,350.00 25,700.00 21,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Target achieved. The results include students benefiting from the school canteen infrastructure built under Comments: the Project. IN01055057 ►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 15.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Expected by Q1 2022. As of October 31, 2021, 22 communes have already opted to fund with their own resources the execution of simple community‐level investments, through the CDD approach. Of these, 15 Comments: have completed the work and have benefited from the bonus. Improve access to social safety nets IN01055035 ►Beneficiaries of social safety net programs (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12,983.00 18,297.00 19,216.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-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. IN01055058 Beneficiaries of social safety net programs - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 8,234.00 9,611.00 9,000.00 IN01055059 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Unconditional cash transfers (number) (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12,983.00 18,297.00 19,216.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055060 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 11/29/2021 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Value 0.00 17,122.00 17,812.00 16,200.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055061 ►Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 12,006.00 9,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 More than half of the beneficiaries of the SSN programs (12,006) have benefited from the job-focused Comments: accompanying measures, including 8,429 women (representing 70% of the beneficiaries as expected). IN01055062 Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 8,429.00 6,300.00 Strengthen the social protection system IN01055056 ►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 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-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 also been completed in all 77 communes; and (iii) community validation and grievance resolution, which has been completed in the 16 communes covered by the ACCESS SSN programs covering 20,333 households. Comments: The community validation is expected to be completed for all the 77 communes by the end of December 2021. At least 550,000 households are expected to be enrolled in the National Social Registry at the end of the process. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery IN01055063 ►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 93.00 315.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 11/29/2021 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) 45 sub-projects are underway and are expected to be completed by the end of Q1 2022. Comments: IN01055065 ►Communes having executed at least one subproject (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 63.00 77.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 On the right track. The 14 remaining communes are expected to complete their projects by the first Comments: quarter of 2022. IN01055067 ►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 61.00 403.00 400.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Target met. A total of 487 schools rehabilitation or renovation sub-projects have been initiated under the Comments: project. 403 have already been completed (target: 400). IN01055069 ►Health facilities constructed, renovated, and/or equipped (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6.00 18.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 A total of 23 health facilities sub-projects have been selected so far (in 12 communities and 11 Comments: communes), among which 18 have already been executed. IN01055071 ►Local government officials trained on procurement (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 604.00 500.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 A total of 604 agents benefited from the 3 training sessions on procurement procedures organized Comments: between July and October 2021. IN01055073 ►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 51.00 20.00 11/29/2021 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 According to the results of the 2018 and 2019 FADeC audits, 40 of the 77 communes have improved their Comments: scores in public procurement. IN01055074 ►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 0.00 100.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055075 ►Communities that have received Grassroots Management Training (GMT) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 476.00 432.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055076 ►Women in leadership positions in community associations (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.83 51.00 40.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055077 ►Beneficiaries of citizen engagement activities (Grassroots Management Training) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 204,518.00 225,370.00 70,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Data updated. Comments: IN01055078 ►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 2.00 4.60 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Not achieved. The resources transferred to the communes did increase in volume, but total domestic Comments: revenue increased more significantly as a result of the government's tax collection efforts. 11/29/2021 Page 6 of 9 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 IN01055064 ►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 90.00 100.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055066 ►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 62.00 62.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-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. IN01055068 ►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 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 The technical audit of the public works sub-projects will take place in early 2022. Comments: IN01055070 ►Proportion of total cost of public works sub-projects allocated to wages (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 81.25 81.25 70.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 IN01055072 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 1,713.09 1,500.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 31-Oct-2021 30-Jun-2022 Achieved: 190 km and 1,523.9 km of roads were rehabilitated under C1 (basic social infrastructure) and Comments: C2 (public works) respectively. 11/29/2021 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) 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 37.73 1.02 97% Key Dates (by loan) 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 11/29/2021 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/29/2021 Page 9 of 9