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 | Benin | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 27-Mar-2020 | ISR40694 | 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: 01-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) 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 52% 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. 3/27/2020 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery  The first 4 Grassroots Management Training (GMT) modules designed to help communities choose their priorities for sub-projects have been carried out in 323 villages, involving 3,741 community leaders trained in classroom and 124,512 people trained in community sessions.  As of January 2020, 192 villages (out of 323) and 45 communes (out of 77) have selected and submitted their sub-projects for approval.  Communes and communities need to be assisted by the PIU to comply with the environmental and social standards as most of the sub- projects they have submitted do not include all required documents. This has resulted in delays in the start of sub-projects.  Concurrently, the PIU plans to train communities for procurement of contractors so that they can start with construction works once their sub-projects are approved. 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. The final list is expected to be available in April following community validation of PMT survey results.  In the meantime, the 180 villages in the 16 communes participating in the labor-intensive public works program have already submitted their sub-projects, 118 of which have been approved with the remainder requiring revisions to environmental and social safeguards documents. 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 Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes 3/27/2020 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Improve access to decentralized basic social services IN00808955 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808963 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 Improve access to social safety nets IN00808961 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808964 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 IN00808965 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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808966 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 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808967 3/27/2020 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808968 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 IN00808962 ►Households enrolled in National Social Registry (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 170,000.00 0.00 0.00 500,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 Overall Comments PDO The MIS is set up. Data are updated as activities progress. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Decentralized Service Delivery IN00808969 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808971 ►Communes having executed at least one subproject (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 77.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808973 3/27/2020 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808975 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808977 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808979 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808980 ►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 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808981 ►Communities that have received Grassroots Management Training (GMT) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 323.00 360.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808982 ►Women in leadership positions in community associations (Percentage, Custom) 3/27/2020 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 49.35 40.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808983 ►Beneficiaries of citizen engagement activities (Grassroots Management Training) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 124,512.00 70,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808984 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 Component 2: Social Safety Nets and Social Protection Systems IN00808970 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808972 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808974 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808976 ►Proportion of total cost of public works sub-projects allocated to wages (Percentage, Custom) 3/27/2020 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Community and Local Government Basic Social Services Project (P163560) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Mar-2018 21-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 IN00808978 ►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-Dec-2018 21-Mar-2020 30-Jun-2022 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 25.89 12.48 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 3/27/2020 Page 7 of 8 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. 3/27/2020 Page 8 of 8