The World Bank
   Niger Safety Net Project (P123399)




                                                                             REPORT NO.: RES37521

                                    DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK




                                          RESTRUCTURING PAPER
                                                  ON A
                                  PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING

                                                      OF

                                        NIGER SAFETY NET PROJECT
                                        APPROVED ON MAY 19, 2011
                                                      TO

                                           REPUBLIC OF NIGER


SOCIAL PROTECTION & JOBS

AFRICA




                          Regional Vice President:     Hafez M. H. Ghanem
                                 Country Director:     Soukeyna Kane
                   Senior Global Practice Director:    Michal J. Rutkowski
                      Practice Manager/Manager:        Jehan Arulpragasam
                               Task Team Leader:       Carlo Del Ninno
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           Niger Safety Net Project (P123399)



I. BASIC DATA

Product Information

Project ID                                                    Financing Instrument
P123399                                                       Investment Project Financing

Original EA Category                                          Current EA Category
Partial Assessment (B)                                        Partial Assessment (B)

Approval Date                                                 Current Closing Date
19-May-2011                                                   31-Dec-2019




Organizations

Borrower                                                      Responsible Agency
Republic of Niger                                             Cellule Filets Sociaux, Cabinet du Premier Ministre



Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The project development objective (PDO) is to establish and support an effective safety net system which will increase
access of poor and food insecure people to cash transfer and cash for work programs.
Current PDO
The project development objective is to establish and support an effective and adaptive safety net system that will
increase access of poor and vulnerable people to cash transfer and cash for work programs.
Summary Status of Financing


                                                                                      Net
Ln/Cr/Tf                  Approval        Signing Effectiveness        Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed

IDA-D1130              07-Apr-2016   15-Apr-2016    26-Jun-2016 31-Dec-2019             22.50       21.83             1.05
IDA-49200             19-May-2011     14-Jul-2011   11-Oct-2011   30-Jun-2017           68.32       62.91                0
TF-A2304               07-Apr-2016   15-Apr-2016    28-Jun-2016   30-Jun-2019            8.50        8.44              .06
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Policy Waiver(s)

Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)?
No


I. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES

 The project overall performance remains satisfactory at the time of the March 2019 supervision mission. The overall
 disbursement rate as of April 2, 2019, was 98% (98% on IDA 4920-NE, 5% on IDA D1130 and 98% on TF-A2304 trust
 funds). The project is on track to achieve its development objective. So far it has made substantial progress in the
 achievement of its key results indicators, which have been already met or exceeded. The total number of beneficiaries
 covered since the beginning of the project in all 8 regions of Niger has reached approximately 1,088213 people (51%
 women) against a target of 759,000.
 The proposed restructuring aims solely to change the closing date of TF-A2304 from June 30, 2019 to September 30,
 2019. This will be the second extension for a cumulative number of 15 months. In its letter dated May 3, 2019,
 requesting extension, the Government stated that this restructuring will allow the project to reach all expected
 results.


II. DETAILED CHANGES


LOAN CLOSING DATE(S)


                                         Original                Revised             Proposed       Proposed Deadline
Ln/Cr/Tf         Status                  Closing               Closing(s)              Closing         for Withdrawal
                                                                                                          Applications
IDA-49200        Closed              30-Jun-2017            17-May-2018
IDA-D1130        Effective           30-Jun-2019            31-Dec-2019
TF-A2304         Effective           30-Jun-2018             30-Jun-2019          30-Sep-2019              30-Jan-2020