The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Social Safety Net Project (P149323) AFRICA | Madagascar | Social Protection & Labor Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 14-Mar-2019 | ISR36204 | Implementing Agencies: ONN/PNNC-SEECALINE, Ministry of Population, Social Protection and Promotion of Women, Ministry of Economy and Planning Republic of Madagascar, FID Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 16-Sep-2015 Effectiveness Date: 10-Feb-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Jul-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 12-Jun-2018 Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2020 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective (PDO) is to support the government in increasing the access of extremely poor households to safety net services and in laying the foundations for a social protection system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Building a safety net for the poor in selected rural areas:(Cost $61.10 M) Component 2: Strengthening safety net administration, monitoring and social accountability:(Cost $9.60 M) Component 3: Building the institutional capacity for coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the social protection system:(Cost $4.30 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on February 10, 2016, and Additional Financing (AF) to respond to the drought in the South was approved by the Bank in October 2016. The project has made great progress and is overall rated as satisfactory. The FID is implementing the Productive Social Safety Net and the Human Development Cash Transfer programs which combined now reach more than 720,000 beneficiaries, or about 120,000 extreme poor households. Complementary services and linkages have been established, such as promotion of nutrition, health, early learning and parenting. In addition, the safety net programs are promoting productive activities at the household and community levels. Collaboration with the National Nutrition Program, financed under the AF for the Drought Response in the South (the 3/14/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) FIAVOTA program), is productive. Other services such as vaccination, family planning and livelihood development are being provided by other programs to which the safety net programs have established linkages. The FIAVOTA emergency drought response program in the South of Madagascar, implemented since 2016, provides cash transfers, nutrition services and livelihood recovery grants to drought affected households. The FIAVOTA project covers about 80% of the population living in the targeted municipalities, by stabilizing the income of 65,000 drought-affected households while providing accompanying measures related to education, nutrition, essential family practices, financial inclusion, and production means recovery. With the support of the World Bank, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP), the Ministry of Population, Social Protection and Women's Promotion (MPSPPW) has started the process of coordination and harmonization of responses to crises in 2017-18. Effective coordination in the field is needed to avoid overlaps and gaps in service provision, as well as inequality in the level of benefits across programs with similar objectives serving similar populations. The Beloha pilot project – funded by the World Bank, WFP and UNICEF – was launched in November 2018 when two communes (Beloha and Kopoky) in the Southern District of Beloha (in the Androy region) were affected by severe food insecurity estimated at an IPC 4 level. This intervention consists in taking advantage of the already existing FIAVOTA program in the region to provide emergency responses through horizontal (top up cash transfer amount) and vertical (new beneficiaries) expansions of cash transfers coupled with accompanying measures. This emergency response in Beloha is a pilot in terms of implementing a social protection system adaptive to shocks in Madagascar through the collaboration between social protection and humanitarian actors. The MPSPPW is going through some changes due to the political situation of the country. Recent changes in ministerial staff and the delays in contracting a project administrator are still causing Component 3 of the project to be delayed. The Ministry and Bank teams are working together to advance key elements of establishing a social protection system, such as a household registry and a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the sector. Given the excellent progress in establishing social protection as a sector in implementing effective and innovative social safety net programs and in collaborating across ministries and agencies, a second Additional Financing for the project for US$90 million was approved by the Board on 1 March 2019. The AF will consolidate project impacts and further deepen the policy and programmatic approach of social protection in the country, and includes contingency funding, in case of emergencies such as drought and cyclones. Following a recent severe incident of an attack on a payments transport, the Bank is working with the Government to review payment mechanisms and security arrangements that will also be reflected in the additional financing. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Moderate Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes 3/14/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Building a safety net for the poor in selected rural areas IN00676301 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 757,317.00 728,230.00 863,500.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 The project has extended support to the Emergency Food Security And Social Protection Project (Pursaps) Project as agreed between the Government and the Bank before the closure of Pursaps, Comments: which has negatively affected the likelihood of the SSN project to achieve some targets for beneficiaries. Current figures do not include the Pursaps beneficiaries. IN00676303 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 78.00 80.00 65.00 IN00676304 ►Percentage of beneficiaries of the safety net programs (HDCT, PSN) belonging to the 30% poorest population. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 The value is not yet available. Assessment is ongoing indicator based on data from evaluation studies. For comparison purposes, it does not cover households that originally benefitted from another SSN model Comments: (FIAVOTA). IN00676305 ►Percentage of primary school aged children of HDCT beneficiary families who attend school at least 80% of the time (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 89.00 78.00 80.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676306 ►Pregnant/lactating women, adolescent girls and/or children under age five-reached by basic nutrition services (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 71,576.00 101,010.00 60,900.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 The indicator is the sum of the two sub-indicators. Comments: IN00676307 Children under age five treated for moderate or severe acute malnutrition (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27,847.00 51,360.00 38,400.00 3/14/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Date 30-Sep-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676308 Children under the age of 24 months benefiting from improved infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 43,720.00 49,650.00 22,500.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 Building institutional capacity for coordination, M&E of the social protection system IN00676302 ►Integrated beneficiary registry established at MPSPWP (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 The milestones of this indicator are adjusted in the new Additional financing. Current milestone is cabinet Comments: recruited for the establishment of the registry, which has been met. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Building a safety net for the poor in selected rural areas IN00676309 ►Percentage of safety net beneficiaries in the South using the livelihood grant for productive activities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 99.00 80.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 More than 56,000 households under the FIAVOTA program have already received one livelihood development grant. The impact evaluation will provide the information what percentage of the Comments: beneficiaries actually used the grant for livelihood activities. Data reflects status 6 months after the first tranche of the grant. IN00676312 ►Children 0 to 59 months monitored at the community nutrition sites (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 125,471.00 134,025.00 50,700.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676315 ►Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs (number) (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 3/14/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Value 5,000.00 140,257.00 135,865.00 172,500.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 This indicator measures the number of households covered by social safety nets programs. Average number of individuals per household is five. The sub-indicator on female beneficiaries measures the number of direct recipients of cash transfers who are female. The project has extended support to the Emergency Food Security And Social Protection Project (Pursaps) Project as agreed between the Comments: Government and the Bank before the closure of Pursaps, which has negatively affected the likelihood of the SSN project to achieve some targets for beneficiaries. Targets should be adjusted accordingly in future restructuring. IN00676318 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Conditional cash transfers (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5,000.00 97,038.00 104,615.00 39,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676319 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,000.00 109,615.00 119,870.00 133,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676320 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Cash-for-work, food-for-work and public works (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 45,281.00 31,250.00 70,500.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676321 ►Number of landscape development plans developed in a participatory way (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 71.00 71.00 60.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676322 ►Areas treated with soil and water conservation (SWC) measures (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 729.00 856.00 900.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676323 ►Area re/afforested through productive safety net activities (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 3/14/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Value 0.00 628.00 791.00 540.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676324 ►Number of employment days created under the PSN and disaster response Cash for Work activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,966,111.00 3,857,738.00 8,560,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 The project has extended support to the Emergency Food Security And Social Protection Project (Pursaps) Project as agreed between the Government and the Bank before the closure of Pursaps, which Comments: has negatively affected the likelihood of the SSN project to achieve some targets. IN00676325 ►Percentage of community assets maintained one year after their completion (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 89.00 80.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 Information not yet available. Comments: Component 2: Strengthening safety net administration, monitoring and social accountability IN00676310 ►Percentage of registered complaints that have been addressed by FID (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 99.00 90.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676313 ►Operational costs of FID as a percentage of program implementation expenditures (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 11.00 11.82 16.20 Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 Component 3: Building the institutional capacity for coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the social protection system IN00676311 ►Establishment of a social protection program monitoring system at the MPSPPW (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes 3/14/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 Milestones swill be adjusted under the new additional financing. Progress is now on track. Comments: IN00676314 ►Impact Evaluation carried out and results available publicly (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Jul-2015 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676316 ►Number of Agreements with government, non-government and development partners signed by the MPSPPW to harmonize the social sector related programs and activities in the South of Madagascar (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 3.00 3.00 6.00 Date 30-Sep-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 IN00676317 ►Regional Social Protection committees established in Anosy and Androy (South) and functioning through regular meetings. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Date 31-Jul-2016 31-Aug-2018 19-Feb-2019 30-Sep-2020 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P149323 IDA-57080 Effective USD 40.00 40.00 0.00 33.39 6.56 84% P149323 IDA-D1450 Effective USD 35.00 35.00 0.00 27.25 7.63 78% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P149323 IDA-57080 Effective 16-Sep-2015 13-Nov-2015 10-Feb-2016 30-Sep-2020 30-Sep-2020 P149323 IDA-D1450 Effective 10-Nov-2016 01-Dec-2016 15-Jan-2017 30-Sep-2020 30-Sep-2020 Cumulative Disbursements 3/14/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Social Safety Net Project (P149323) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 01-Dec-2016 ,Level 2 Approved on 20-Aug-2018 Related Project(s) P160554-AF Social Safety Net Drought Response ,P167881-Madagascar Social Safety Net Project Additional Financing 3/14/2019 Page 8 of 8