The World Bank Report No: ISR7908 Implementation Status & Results Argentina Argentina Basic Protection Project (P115183) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Argentina Basic Protection Project (P115183) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 7 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 21-Sep-2012 Country: Argentina Approval FY: 2009 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Direccion Nacional de Proyectos con Organismos Internacionales de Cr#dito, National Social Security Administration (ANSES), Subsecretaria de Estudios Laborales Key Dates Board Approval Date 09-Jun-2009 Original Closing Date 30-Sep-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date Last Archived ISR Date 19-Feb-2012 Effectiveness Date 12-Jun-2009 Revised Closing Date 30-Sep-2014 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to increase the effectiveness of Argentina's income transfer programs for the unemployed and families with children and to create the preconditions for expansion of the safety net. The specific objectives are to: (a) Help the Government to protect expenditures on core income transfer programs, at a time of increasing fiscal pressures; (b) Support the expansion of the Seguro program (Employment Benefit and Training), aimed at increasing employability of unemployed and informal sector workers through temporary cash support, training, and job placement services. (c) Support the Government's strategy to reform the Family Allowances program that provides income transfers to families of lower income formal sector workers, increasing transparency and accountability, and setting the operational pre-conditions for a possible expansion of coverage in the near future. (d) Enhance the capacity of the Government to monitor poverty and social protection, through technical assistance for the design and implementation of a national Social Protection Survey and the improvement of analytical capacity. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Employment Benefit and Training Program 80.00 Family Allowances 365.00 Public Disclosure Copy Technical Assistance for the Social Protection System 5.00 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR7908 This summary is based on the information included in the quarterly Interim Financial Report submitted by the Project on August 15, 2012 and information collected from informal meetings held with counterparts. As of June 30, 2012, US$ 448.6 million (out of a total US$450 million) of Loan 7703-AR had been disbursed. Components 1 and 2 (financing transfers to beneficiaries of Family Allowances and "Seguro de Capacitacion y Empleo"are fully disbursed as the Client reached the first and the second sets of disbursement targets set in the Loan Agreement. The undisbursed amount is allocated under Component 3 (technical assistance) and is expected to be requested in accordance with a revised annual Public Disclosure Copy Operational Plan (POA) approved by the Bank. According to this plan, the Government would conduct a new study to focus on rural workers and their access to social protection programs. In a note received on August 15, 2012, the government requested the extension of the closing date of Loan 7703-AR to September 30, 2014, which is the closing date of the additional financing loan (AF Loan 8017-AR), to complete execution of this activity. The Additional Financing Loan (8017-AR), in the amount of US$480 million, became effective on September 26, 2011, but Loan proceeds are still undisbursed because the Project has not submitted information on two of the disbursement indicators (number of children under 18 registered in ANSES' ADP database and number of AUH statistical reports published). For that reason, overall Implementation Progress for this project has been downgraded by the Bank Team to Moderately Satisfactory Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Argentina Misiones Provincia de Misiones Argentina Formosa Provincia de Formosa Argentina Buenos Aires F.D. Buenos Aires F.D. Argentina Entre Ríos Provincia de Entre Ríos Argentina Corrientes Provincia de Corrientes Argentina Buenos Aires Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina Tucumán Provincia de Tucumán Argentina Tierra del Fuego Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Argentina Santiago del Estero Provincia de Santiago del Estero Argentina Santa Fe Provincia de Santa Fe Argentina Santa Cruz Provincia de Santa Cruz Public Disclosure Copy Argentina San Luis Provincia de San Luis Argentina San Juan Provincia de San Juan Argentina Salta Salta Argentina Río Negro Provincia de Río Negro Argentina Neuquén Provincia del Neuquén Argentina Mendoza Provincia de Mendoza Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR7908 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Argentina La Rioja Provincia de La Rioja Public Disclosure Copy Argentina La Pampa Provincia de La Pampa Argentina Jujuy Provincia de Jujuy Argentina Córdoba Provincia de Córdoba Argentina Chubut Provincia del Chubut Argentina Chaco Provincia del Chaco Argentina Catamarca Provincia de Catamarca Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Seguro: Number of participants exiting the Text Value 8,400 24262 11,000 program into formal employment (Annual). Date 30-May-2008 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments June 2011- June 2012). Exceeds target. Seguro: Average of the monthly percentage of Text Value 23.5% 26.9 35% beneficiaries of the SCE Program receiving Date 04-May-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Employment and Training Comments On track Services. Family Allowances: Average of the monthly Text Value 57% 98 percentage of payments made through SUAF Date 30-May-2008 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 of the total payments made under the AF Comments not informed Program to salaried workers in the private sector. Public Disclosure Copy Number of children under 18 registered in Number Value 9700000.00 10400000.00 ANSES' ADP database, who are either Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Sep-2014 receiving Family Allowance Benefits from Comments not informed ANSES or arenot receiving them due to reasons established in the legislation Intermediate Results Indicators Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR7908 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Number of beneficiaries of Seguro. Text Value 78,500 159,440 165,000 Date 30-May-2008 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Public Disclosure Copy Comments On track Number of Employment Offices providing Text Value 181 321 370 Seguro Services Date 04-May-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments On track. Number of firms registered in SUAF Text Value 491,894 792197 Date 30-Jan-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments not informed Amounts claimed to ANSES for reimbursement Text Value AR$2,400,000 AR$90,000 due to negative balances in the payment of Date 30-Jan-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 allowances through compensatory system. Comments not informed Number of child allowance benefits paid by Text Value 2,570,000 3,700,000 ANSES through SUAF Date 30-Jan-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments not informed Number of SUAF beneficiaries receiving their Text Value 805,348 1821247 transfers directly in their bank accounts. Date 30-Jan-2009 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments not informed Social Protection Survey Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Date 31-Dec-2008 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 Comments first round survey Second round survey implemented implemented Number of regular statistical reports on AUH Number Value 0.00 0.00 12.00 prepared and published through ANSES' Date 31-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2012 30-Sep-2014 website Comments below expected performance Public Disclosure Copy Data on Financial Performance (as of 27-Aug-2012) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P115183 IBRD-77030 Effective 09-Jun-2009 10-Jun-2009 12-Jun-2009 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 P115183 IBRD-80170 Effective 10-Mar-2011 04-Aug-2011 26-Sep-2011 30-Sep-2014 30-Sep-2014 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR7908 P115183 IBRD-77030 Effective USD 450.00 450.00 0.00 448.93 1.07 100.00 P115183 IBRD-80170 Effective USD 480.00 480.00 0.00 1.20 478.80 0.00 Public Disclosure Copy Disbursement Graph Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Until information on the two disbursement indicators for loan 8017-AR is submitted to the Bank, there will be no disbursements for categories 1 to 4 of this loan, as established in the Loan Agreement. Restructuring History Level two Approved on 07-Oct-2011 Public Disclosure Copy Related Projects P120622-Basic Protection Project Additional Financing Page 5 of 5