The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Lebanon | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 03-Feb-2020 | ISR40291 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Social Affairs, Lebanese Republic, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Finance Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 06-Jun-2014 Effectiveness Date: 18-Aug-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Feb-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 11-Feb-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to expand the coverage and enhance the social assistance package of the National Poverty TargetingProgram (NPTP) to Lebanese affected by the Syrian crisis and all Lebanese households under the extreme poverty line. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The objective of the Project is to expand the coverage and enhance the social assistance package of the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP) to Lebanese affected by the Syrian crisis and all Lebanese households under the extreme poverty line, as well as to assess the effectiveness of a graduation pilot. Components Table Name Component 1: Administration of NPTP:(Cost $5.24 M) Component 2: Social Assistance:(Cost $10.46 M) Component 3: NPTP Graduation Pilot:(Cost $2.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Progress towards achievement of PDO is assessed as Moderately Satisfactory while Overall Implementation Progress is downgraded to Moderately Unsatisfactory. Project disbursements stand at US$15.40 million out of a total grant amount of US$18.20. In terms of overall results, the project has made some progress in meeting some of its results indicators: as of December 31, 2019, the project has reached 237,956 direct beneficiaries out of a targeted 460,281 (with about 51.3% female beneficiaries). The number of NPTP beneficiaries from extremely poor households 2/3/2020 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) as a share of total NPTP beneficiaries has reached 30.5% out of the targeted 57%. Additionally, the project has met the PDO level indicator for beneficiaries of safety net programs (of which are e-card food vouchers) with 52,715 beneficiaries. While Components 1 and 2 have made some progress, delays are observed in the implementation of Component 3 (NPTP Graduation Pilot). These delays have led to the downgrade of Component 3 from Moderately Unsatisfactory to Unsatisfactory. In an attempt to provide the MOSA with a final opportunity to launch the NPTP Graduation Pilot (Component 3), the World Bank approved a project restructuring in December 2019 to extend the Additional Financing Grant's closing date from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020. Moving forward, it will be critical for the Government to expedite completion of all activities under Component 3 to ensure the full achievement of the PDO by the revised closing date of December 2020. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Expand coverage and enhance social assistance package of NPTP to Lebanese affected by Syrian crisis IN00794208 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 195,000.00 237,956.00 237,956.00 460,281.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794246 2/3/2020 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 52.00 51.30 51.30 52.00 IN00794247 ►NPTP beneficiaries from extremely poor households as a share of total NPTP beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 57.00 30.50 30.50 57.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794248 ►Beneficiaries of safety net programs, of which are: E-card food vouchers (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 52,715.00 52,715.00 52,715.00 Date 18-Sep-2014 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794249 ►Targeted Households having improved poverty level (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 Assess the effectiveness of a graduation pilot IN00794209 ►Targeted Households having increased their total income (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794210 ►Selected NPTP-G Household members reporting being employed or self employed (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 2/3/2020 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) Component 1: Administration of NPTP IN00794250 ►Household awareness of NPTP (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 60.00 60.00 90.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794253 ►Proportion of assisted people informed about the e-card food program (who is included, what people receive, and where they can complain) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 Component 2: Social Assistance IN00794251 ►Number of NPTP Applicants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 480,000.00 549,359.00 549,359.00 800,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794254 ►Targeted HHs reporting increase in Food Consumption Score (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794256 ►Time lapse between application and eligibility notification (Months, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 Component 3: NPTP Graduation Pilot IN00794252 ►HHs benefiting from the NPTP-G (Number, Custom) 2/3/2020 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794255 Individuals benefiting from NPTP-G (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,700.00 IN00794257 Percentage of Females benefiting from the NPTP-G (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 IN00794258 ►Members of targeted Households reporting increase in soft skills (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794259 ►Targeted Households reporting increase in revenue of productive assets (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 01-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 IN00794260 ►Targeted Households reporting increase in savings (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Sep-2016 30-Apr-2019 31-Jan-2020 31-Dec-2020 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 2/3/2020 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program Project (P149242) P149242 TF-17200 Closed USD 8.20 8.20 0.00 8.09 0.11 99% P149242 TF-A2803 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 7.31 2.69 73% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P149242 TF-17200 Closed 18-Aug-2014 18-Aug-2014 18-Aug-2014 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2019 P149242 TF-A2803 Effective 29-Oct-2016 29-Oct-2016 29-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2020 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 10-Dec-2018 ,Level 2 Approved on 27-Dec-2019 Related Project(s) P158980-Additional Financing for Emergency National Poverty Targeting Program ,P172653-Lebanon National Poverty Targeting Program-Second Additional Financing 2/3/2020 Page 6 of 6