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: 4 | ARCHIVED on 27-Oct-2020 | ISR43650 | 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: 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 Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project performance is currently rated "Satisfactory" for likelihood of meeting development objectives and "Moderately satisfactory" for implementation progress. The project is 67% disbursed. The Government’s National Commission for Local Finance (Commission Nationale des Finances Locales – CONAFIL) has signed sub-grant agreements with all 77 communes detailing each commune’s role and responsibilities in executing activities under Component 1 (commune and community sub-projects) and Component 2 (safety net sub-projects). Following these agreements and according to the institutional arrangements (Cf. PAD, para 21), resources for commune and community sub-projects (Component 1) were transferred to communes, one time at the beginning of the project, through the FADeC (Fonds d’Appui au Développement des Communes) mechanism. Each commune and community received an average of about FCFA 27 million (approximately US$45,000) and FCFA 22 million (approximately US$37,000), respectively. 10/27/2020 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery  The first 6 Grassroots Management Training (GMT) modules designed to help communities choose their priorities for sub-projects have been carried out in 323 villages, involving 2,907 community leaders trained in classroom and 87,141 people trained in community sessions.  As of June 30, 2020, the 187 villages of the first wave and 74 (out of the 77) communes have selected and submitted their sub-projects for approval.  The 187 village sub-projects and 40 commune sub-projects have been approved. One of the communes has already executed its sub- project. Procurement is completed or under way for the others. Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems  The safety nets programs (unconditional cash transfers and labor-intensive public works program) will commence once the targeting stage is completed. The PMT survey has taken longer than expected to carry out, delaying the readiness of the list of beneficiaries. Community validation of PMT survey results was completed on October 2. Cash transfers will begin in November via mobile payment.  In the meantime, the 180 villages in the 16 communes participating in the labor-intensive public works program have already submitted their sub-projects, which have been approved. 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 Substantial Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve access to decentralized basic social services IN00898072 10/27/2020 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 0.00 0.00 21,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The first completed schools are expected around April 2021. Comments: IN00898075 ►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 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 Expected by mid-2021 Comments: Improve access to social safety nets IN00898073 ►Beneficiaries of social safety net programs (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 12,983.00 0.00 0.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 First cash transfer payments expected in November 2020 Comments: IN00898156 Beneficiaries of social safety net programs - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,000.00 IN00898157 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 0.00 18,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898158 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 0.00 16,200.00 10/27/2020 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898159 ►Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The job-focused accompanying measures for social safety nets beneficiaries are expected to commence Comments: in the first quarter of 2021. IN00898160 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 IN00898074 ►Households enrolled in National Social Registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 170,000.00 0.00 20,333.00 500,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 02-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The PMT survey has been completed in 21 of 77 communes. Within these communes, the community validation of PMT results has been completed in the 184 communities of component 2 covering 20,333 households. Discussions are underway with ARCH, INSAE, and WURI on the timeline for the community Comments: validations in the remaining communties in the 21 communes covered by the PMT survey, as well as the rollout of the PMT survey in the 56 communes not yet covered. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery IN00898161 ►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 0.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The first completed community sub-projects are expected around April 2021. Comments: IN00898163 10/27/2020 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►Communes having executed at least one subproject (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 77.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 A significant number of communes are expected to complete their projects by the first quarter of 2021. Comments: IN00898165 ►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 0.00 400.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The first completed schools are expected around April 2021. Comments: IN00898167 ►Health facilities constructed, renovated, and/or equipped (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 The first completed community sub-projects are expected around April 2021. Comments: IN00898169 ►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 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 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 months. IN00898171 ►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 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898172 ►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 10/27/2020 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898173 ►Communities that have received Grassroots Management Training (GMT) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 323.00 323.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898174 ►Women in leadership positions in community associations (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 49.35 49.35 40.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00898175 ►Beneficiaries of citizen engagement activities (Grassroots Management Training) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 124,512.00 87,141.00 70,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 Data updated. Comments: IN00898176 ►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 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems IN00898162 ►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 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 Cash transfer payments are expected to begin in November 2020. Comments: IN00898164 10/27/2020 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►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 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 30-Jun-2022 Cash transfer payments are expected to begin in November 2020. Comments: IN00898166 ►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 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 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. IN00898168 ►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 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 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. IN00898170 ►Roads rehablitated (Kilometers, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Mar-2020 01-Oct-2020 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. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 10/27/2020 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P163560 IDA-D3430 Effective USD 40.00 40.00 0.00 25.89 12.64 67% 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 Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) 10/27/2020 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) There are no related projects. 10/27/2020 Page 9 of 9