Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA Congo, Republic of Social Protection & Labor Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2014 Seq No: 7 ARCHIVED on 04-Dec-2017 ISR30246 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Social Affairs, The Government of Republic of Congo, UGP LISUNGI, Ministry of finance Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:29-Jan-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date:17-Nov-2016 Original Closing Date:28-Feb-2018 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:19-Sep-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:19-Apr-2017 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2019 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) "Establish the key building blocks of a national safety net program and pilot a cash transfer program to improve access to health and education services of poorest households in participating areas." 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)phrpdodel "Strengthen the social safety nets system and its programs aimed at improving both access to health and education services and productivity among poor and vulnerable households in participating areas." Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Establishment of key building blocks of a national safety net program and enhancement of local capacities:(cost $1.60 M) Development and implementation of cash transfer programs:(cost $21.60 M) Project management, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E):(Cost $3.80 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 12/4/2017 Page 1 of 12
Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was signed in February 2014, and it became effective on September 19, 2014. The LISUNGI team has been working since then on setting up the social safety nets system in the country through this project. As of today, the Government has set up the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee (COS) that oversees project implementation and the LISUNGI team has finalized and validated the Program Operations Manual at the COS meeting on November 14th. The identification of potential beneficiaries were concluded in all three regions of the country the project is operating (Pointe Noire, Brazzaville and Cuvette). All staff positions were filled up and project implementation continues to increase. Already, about 60,000 households have been identified and enrolled in the social registry, with completed and verified information that can be used for all social programs that aims to target the poor. The Social Registry is expected to be linked and synchronized with health project to the provision of health services for the poor population in addition to cash transfers in selected areas, as well as to other interventions such as training for poor youth and for labor intensive public works. Until December 2016, 3,455 households and 2,794 elderlies (634 of those living alone) were benefitting from the Lisungi Project, which provides quarterly cash transfers conditional on attending school and health clinics visits. Lisungi Impact Evaluation is underway and some monitoring indicators shows that (a) health center visits for growth monitoring of children 0-11 months old is at 70 percent and at 47 percent for 12-23 months old; (b) 95 percent of 0-11 month old children have received at least one vaccine, but low supply of vaccines against whooping cough, influenza, hepatitis B and pneumococcus virus are significant; (c) 100 percent of pregnant women enrolled in the project before pregnancy week 16 have benefitted from four pre-natal exams; (d) most of beneficiaries did at least one post-natal exam, and 46 percent did at least two post-natal exams; (é) monthly average participation rate had increased above 80 percent in target areas; and (f), about 1/4 of beneficiaries have invested part of the benefits to open their own micro business by the purchase of small equipment for the cassava fields and market gardening; the purchase of nets and canoes for fishing; the small trade of food products, to sell local drink, gasoline, oil, hairstyle articles for women, etc. However, delays on counterpart funds and suspension of payments since December 2016 due to country economic contraction are jeopardizing the impact of cash transfers on beneficiaries. 12/4/2017 Page 2 of 12
Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Low Low Other -- -- -- Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators 12/4/2017 Page 3 of 12
The number of potential beneficiary households enrolled in the unique registry for safety net programs (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 41,153.00 60,000.00 45,000.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 30-Dec-2016 07-Nov-2017 30-Jun-2019 Beneficiaries of social safety net programs (Number, Corporate) Value 0.00 17,652.00 17,652.00 50,000.00 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Conditional cash transfers (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 17,652.00 17,652.00 32,500.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 17-Apr-2017 17-Apr-2017 30-Jun-2019 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Female (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 10,061.00 10,061.00 25,000.00 12/4/2017 Page 4 of 12
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Social pensions (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 2,815.00 2,815.00 3,500.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 17-Apr-2017 17-Apr-2017 30-Jun-2019 Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Other social assistance programs (number) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 40,000.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 10-Dec-2016 10-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 The percentage of households reporting that asset depletion is prevented as a result of transfers (CCT and, IGA) (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 AF not yet effective The percentage of cash transfer beneficiary households who receive payments in a timely manner as defined in the project implementation manual (PIM) (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 56.00 56.00 90.00 12/4/2017 Page 5 of 12
The percentage of beneficiary households who live below the food poverty line (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 83.21 83.21 75.00 The percentage of beneficiary children aged between 6 and 14 years old who are regularly attending primary schools (at least 80 percent of the time every month) (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 The percentage of infant beneficiaries aged between 0 and 11 months old who had regular monthly visits to health centers (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 70.70 70.70 70.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 17-Apr-2017 17-Apr-2017 30-Jun-2019 12/4/2017 Page 6 of 12
The percentage of beneficiaries aged between 12 and 23 months old who had regular bi-monthly visits to health centers (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 47.00 47.00 70.00 Overall no overall changes since last ISR due to hold on payments for most of the indicators with the exception of the social registry. AF is still not effective for income generating activities. Intermediate Results Indicators Percentage of beneficiaries households with 15% consumption increase in participating areas (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 12/4/2017 Page 7 of 12
Percentage of beneficiaries that fell project investment(iga) reflected their needs (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 AF not yet effective % of beneficiaries receiving contingency resources within 90 days of identification of needs (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 AF not yet effective % of beneficiaries that report they are aware of program IGA objectives and entitlements (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 AF not yet effective 12/4/2017 Page 8 of 12
Percentage points increase in Enrolment rates in primary schools by grades and gender in participating areas (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Percentage points increase of children under 1 year-old in participating areas with vaccination card up-to-date (Percentage, Custom) Value 18.00 47.00 47.00 40.00 Date 09-Sep-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 Percentage point increase of pregnant women receiving the maternal health package (Percentage, Custom) Value 60.00 87.00 87.00 80.00 12/4/2017 Page 9 of 12
Number of staff trained at CAS level in participating areas (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 236.00 236.00 170.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 17-Apr-2017 17-Apr-2017 30-Jun-2019 Percentage of caretakers who know their rights and responsibilities in terms of co-responsibilities, program rules and entitlements (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 -- -- 75.00 Date 01-Jan-2014 -- -- 30-Jun-2019 Number of Households Benefiting from the Cash Transfer Programs (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 3,697.00 3,697.00 9,000.00 12/4/2017 Page 10 of 12
Number of Households Benefiting from the Cash Transfer Programs: conditional cash transfer (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 3,039.00 3,697.00 3,697.00 6,500.00 Date 10-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 Number of Households Benefiting from the Cash Transfer Programs: income generating activities (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Dec-2016 30-Jun-2019 Overall no overall changes since last ISR due to hold on payments for most of the indicators with the exception of the social registry. AF is still not effective for income generating activities. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P145263 IDA-53580 Effective USD 2.00 2.00 0.00 1.39 0.58 70% P145263 IDA-59860 Not Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 10.42 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P145263 IDA-53580 Effective 29-Jan-2014 19-Feb-2014 19-Sep-2014 28-Feb-2018 28-Feb-2018 P145263 IDA-59860 Not Effective 30-Mar-2017 18-Apr-2017 -- 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 Cumulative Disbursements 12/4/2017 Page 11 of 12
Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P161154-Lisungi Safety Nets System Project Additional Financing,P166143-LISUNGI Safety Nets System Project 12/4/2017 Page 12 of 12