Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Nicaragua | Social Protection & Labor Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2011 | Seq No: 12 | ARCHIVED on 13-Dec-2016 | ISR26057 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of the Family, Youth and Children Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:03-Feb-2011 Effectiveness Date:25-Jul-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date:-- Actual Mid-Term Review Date:07-Apr-2014 Original Closing Date:30-Sep-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Mar-2017 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objectives of the Project are to: (i) improve the basic conditions of welfare and social well-being of extremely poor beneficiary families with children in Selected Poor Localities; (ii) strengthen the capacity of MIFAN to implement the family andcommunity-based social welfare Model; and (iii) promote pre-school and primary school attendance through the provision of schoollunches. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Improving the basic conditions of welfare and social well-being of extremely poor families.:(Cost $11.30 M) Strengthening of MIFAN's Capacity:(Cost $3.70 M) Supporting the Integral School Feeding Program:(Cost $4.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Low  Low 12/13/2016 Page 1 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR summarizes Project implementation progress based on findings from the implementation support mission carried out from November 28- December 2, 2016 and the regular meetings carried out by the Bank’s country office team since the last ISR. The Project continues with steady implementation of planned activities as it approaches its closing date. Disbursements have taken place as planned, reaching 93.55% of the total loan amount (around US$16.0 million according to Client Connection) and are expected to reach 100% by the closing date. Overall, the arrangements and flow of funds continue to be satisfactory, the Project is disbursing according to the annual plan, and the concurrent and financial audits have been delivered to the Bank on time. The Project is making progress towards achieving its Project Development Objective (PDO) and intermediate indicator targets. In fact, five out of six PDO indicators and 24 out of 28 intermediate indicators have been met. The remaining indicators are on track to meet their end targets and will be assessed in the final evaluation to be collected in January 2017. With respect to the Project’s final assessment of results, the Bank’s and MIFAN’s teams have agreed on the strategy to complete a final assessment of the Project´s results. This includes an impact evaluation and a qualitative assessment of the family interventions. The validation of instruments for the quantitative assessment and the qualitative data collection started in the third quarter of 2016 and are still in process. The data collection for the impact evaluation will be completed in January 2017 and the results will be reported by mid-March 2017. MIFAN has completed the following activities as a part of the institutionalization of key project components: (i) concluding the update of the systematization of the Integrated Family and community Attention Model (MAIFC), (ii) preparing family profiles and their traceability in the program, (iii) absorbing part of the key project team into the line structures of the MIFAN, and (iv) preparing dissemination materials such as a video to depict the results of the Project on the families and on institutional capacity strengthening. A workshop to present the findings of the Project’s final assessment with all the actors who participated in the implementation is planned for early March, 2017. Key highlights by component include: Component 1: The Project started enrolling families in the second semester of 2013 and incorporated a maximum of 18,916 families throughout its lifetime. Out of these families, 17,992 are expected to complete the program by Dec. 2016 representing 94.6% of the 19,000 targeted families. The provision of training and counseling services to families under this Component ended in November 2016. The last cohort of families will receive the final payment in December 2016. Technical audits to the payment cycles have been carried out with no outstanding issues at present. Component 2: During this reporting period MIFAN has been able to conclude key activities ensuring their institutionalization before Project closing. These activities include among others: (i) rolling out in the second semester of 2016 the cultural adaptation module of the family workshops; (ii) designing the final evaluation of the Project’s results and collecting qualitative data to measure the results of the family workshops and family counseling components; (iii) concluding the development of the MIS and the RUP modules for MIFAN’s human resources and institutional training; (iv) concluding the digitalization of the family health records data and activating the information exchange platform between the Ministry of Health and MIFAN for selected municipalities; and (v) concluding the training course with the local university for 92 technical staff on family counseling. Component 3: This Component financed the purchase of food for the school feeding program in the 26 selected municipalities which covered around 108 days in total for about 236,000 children in pre and primary schools. In 2014, it also financed training workshops on nutrition and food security and a study on the cultural adaptation of the program for indigenous communities and ethnic territories. All these activities have been completed. All indicators in the Results Framework for this Component have been achieved. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Low  Low Macroeconomic  --  Low  Low Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Low  Low Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Low  Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Low  Low Fiduciary  --  Low  Low Environment and Social  --  Low  Low Stakeholders  --  Low  Low Other  --  Low  Low 12/13/2016 Page 2 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) Overall  --  Low  Low Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of families whose children had not been attending school and who now have children attending school in the selected localities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 83.00 92.00 95.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Comments This status of this indicator is reported in a preliminary way as the final data collection will be in January 2017. This indicator is on track to achieve its end target value. PHINDPDOTBL  Public preschool and primary retention rate in selected municipalities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 85.00 95.00 95.00 90.00 Date 29-Nov-2010 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 30-Sep-2015 Comments This indicator corresponds to component 3 and was reported as achieved in Oct 2014. The Project did not continue to report? its progress as the component concluded activities in 2014. PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of children in primary school who are promoted to the next school year in selected localities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.00 90.64 90.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Comments Although this indicator is reported for the first time in this ISR as achieved, using administrative data, the final data collection that will take place in January 2017 will validate this status. 12/13/2016 Page 3 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of families who are using local services and programs in selected localities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 93.00 98.29 90.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Comments This indicator was reported as achieved in Sep 2015. The Project continued monitoring its progress as the interventions with the families are still active. PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of beneficiaries that are enrolled in MIFAN´s programs registered in the Management Information System of the Ministry of the Family (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Comments This indicator was achieved since April 2016. PHINDPDOTBL  Percentage of Municipalities where MIFAN is implementing the new model (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 90.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 12/13/2016 Page 4 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) Comments This indicator was achieved since Oct 2014. Overall Comments For the indicators reported as achieved for the first time in this ISR or in progress, the final status will be validated with the data collection that will take place in January 2017. The current status was updated using administrative data but the final data collection will confirm the percentage of achievement of the end target for each indicator by Project's closing date. The PDO indicator for Component 3 (School Feeding) was achieved in October 2014 and the Project did not continue monitoring it afterwards as activities concluded. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families that have completed the first cycle of educational workshops (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 97.00 100.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Number of families who recognize themselves as indigenous attended by the Project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 866.00 895.00 Date 31-Dec-2014 31-Jan-2015 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families who attend the workshops in selected municipalities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 98.00 97.76 95.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 12/13/2016 Page 5 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families who have agreed on their Family Improvement Plan, during the first six months of intervention (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 40.00 100.00 70.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 31-Oct-2014 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of beneficiary families whose co-responsibilities are verified and reported (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 98.65 99.41 97.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families who are claiming the family grant in the corresponding period (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 98.74 99.29 97.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of targeted localities for which local services have been mapped (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 12/13/2016 Page 6 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of targeted localities for which local services mapping has been updated (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 86.62 100.00 97.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Number of modules of the MIFAN's Management Information System developed and implemented. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Number of institutions that exchange information for the Registry of Beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Comments This indicator will not be met by Project’s closing as MIFAN was able to share automatically information on the Registry only with MINSA and not three institutions as originally planned. This is because they could only exchange information in digital format, and not through a web-service platform, with other institutions such as the Ministry of Education, the former Comisarias de la Mujer, and the National Training Institute (INATEC). This type of exchange served the purpose of providing well-informed services to beneficiaries. PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of public preschool and primary education attendance in targeted areas (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 80.00 95.00 95.00 85.00 Date 29-Nov-2010 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 01-Jul-2013 12/13/2016 Page 7 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Number of children who receive the rations in target municipalities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 243000.00 236516.00 236516.00 243000.00 Date 29-Nov-2010 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 01-Jul-2013 PHINDIRITBL  Number of new workshop modules developed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7.00 7.00 3.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of participants in workshops providing a satisfactory or higher rating to workshop for the first and second cycle (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 99.84 99.87 95.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of eligible families of the Child at Risk Program that are enrolled in the Family Counseling Program (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 78.00 80.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 -- 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 12/13/2016 Page 8 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families that have the first (initial) assessment of their basic conditions of social welfare and well-being during the first 3 months of interventions (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families improving their basic conditions of social welfare and well-being (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 70.00 90.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 -- 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of participants in family counseling providing satisfactory or higher rating to the service (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 97.00 98.58 80.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Dec-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of technical specialists who have been certified to be trainers on the new model (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 192.00 100.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 30-Sep-2015 12/13/2016 Page 9 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Number of social promoters trained on new Social Welfare Model (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 899.00 899.00 700.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Procedures defined to receive and respond to complaints, appeals, questions and suggestions (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Conceptual Framework Conceptual Framework updated in the updated in the operational manual for operational manual for Conceptual the family grant the family grant Framework, component, component, Satisfaction Satisfaction Satisfaction Beneficiary Beneficiary Surveys for Beneficiary Value N/A Surveys for family family counseling and Surveys, and counseling and family family workshops Operational workshops applied, applied, and Operational module of the and Operational module of the MIS MIS functioning module of the MIS functioning functioning Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Sep-2015 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percent of complaints and appeals attended to and resolved, according to pre-defined standards (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 94.00 94.00 80.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of payment points for the family grants that have received a financial audit at least once a year (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 90.00 Date 30-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 12/13/2016 Page 10 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  MIFAN Fiduciary unit fully staffed and functional (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N/A YES YES YES Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of execution of annual budget resources (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 37.50 81.00 90.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Design and implementation of impact evaluation (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Base line report Base line report submitted and approved Baseline and submitted and by the Bank. Last impact approved by the Bank. quantitative assessment Value N/A evaluation Last assessment and and instruments under report instruments under design and piloting. completed design. Qualitative data collected. Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 PHINDIRITBL  Number of school days covered with rations in target municipalities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 108.00 108.00 55.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 30-Apr-2016 28-Nov-2016 30-Sep-2015 12/13/2016 Page 11 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of families that receive counseling visits in accordance with the frequency established in the interventions´ methodology (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 89.03 80.00 Date 22-Jun-2011 -- 28-Nov-2016 31-Mar-2017 Overall Comments Preliminarily, almost 86% (34 out of 38) of intermediate indicators have been achieved as of November 28, 2016. For the indicators reported as achieved for the first time in this ISR or in progress the current status was updated using administrative data but the final data collection in January 2017 will confirm the percentage of achievement of the end target for each indicator by Project's closing date. The indicators for Component 3 (School Feeding) had been achieved in October 2014 and the Project did not continue monitoring them afterwards as activities had concluded. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P121779 IDA-48620 Effective USD 19.50 19.50 0.00 17.46 1.12 90% P121779 TF-10216 Closed USD 2.75 2.55 0.20 2.55 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P121779 IDA-48620 Effective 03-Feb-2011 08-Mar-2011 25-Jul-2011 30-Sep-2015 31-Mar-2017 P121779 TF-10216 Closed 22-Nov-2011 01-Dec-2011 06-Feb-2012 30-Sep-2012 30-Apr-2013 Cumulative Disbursements 12/13/2016 Page 12 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Nicaragua Social Protection (P121779) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 09-Apr-2015 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 12/13/2016 Page 13 of 13 Public Disclosure Copy