Social Assistance System Modernization Project

Abstract*

The Social Assistance System Modernization Project seeks significant improvement of the effectiveness of Ukraine's social assistance system by better targeting of the cash benefits and reduction of burden on beneficiaries. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) will focus on modernization and improvement of the capacity of the local and regional social welfare offices to enable delivery of better quality services to clients... Show More

Development Objective

The project seeks significant improvement of the effectiveness of Ukraine's social assistance system by better targeting the benefits and reducing the burden on beneficiaries.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P075231
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Kateryna Petryna
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Ukraine
Disclosure Date
February 2, 2004
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
November 17, 2005
Effective Date
April 4, 2006

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 101.78 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2006

Commitment Amount
US$ 99.40 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
January 1, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
September 12, 2013

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence3%
- FY17 - Forced Displacement3%
FY17 - Social Inclusion23%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups23%
FY17 - Social Protection75%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets75%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	2.38
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	99.40

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	99.40
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	99.40

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	101.78

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of July 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Nov 17, 2005	IBRD-48070	Loan Commitment	99,400,000.00
May 15, 2024	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	3,827.70
May 15, 2024	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	498,119.84
May 15, 2024	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,804,145.80
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	13,817.61
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	582,273.20
Nov 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,725,852.20
May 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	37,360.95
May 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	571,920.50
May 15, 2023	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,652,164.20
Nov 15, 2022	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	395,726.62
Nov 15, 2022	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,573,870.50
May 15, 2022	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	113,664.32
May 15, 2022	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,504,788.00
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	121,836.78
Nov 15, 2021	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,431,100.00
Nov 15, 2020	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,292,934.80
May 15, 2021	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	137,422.94
May 15, 2021	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,362,017.50
Nov 15, 2020	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	238,513.69
May 15, 2020	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	527,284.70
May 15, 2020	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,228,457.80
Nov 15, 2019	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	733,926.10
Nov 15, 2019	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,163,980.80
May 15, 2019	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,099,503.80
May 15, 2019	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	834,953.94
Nov 15, 2018	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	803,533.10
Nov 15, 2018	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	3,035,026.80
May 15, 2018	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,975,155.20
May 15, 2018	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	580,022.40
Nov 15, 2017	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,915,283.50
Nov 15, 2017	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	563,527.50
May 15, 2017	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	513,301.62
May 15, 2017	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,855,412.00
Nov 15, 2016	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	417,361.75
Nov 15, 2016	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,795,540.50
May 15, 2016	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	318,578.10
May 15, 2016	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,740,274.50
Nov 15, 2015	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	260,143.19
Nov 15, 2015	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,685,008.50
May 15, 2015	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	225,538.69
May 15, 2015	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,629,742.50
May 15, 2014	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	241,431.20
May 15, 2014	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,523,815.80
Nov 15, 2013	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	134.83
Nov 15, 2013	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	291.67
Nov 15, 2013	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	326.66
Nov 15, 2013	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	277,784.30
Nov 15, 2013	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,473,155.20
Nov 15, 2014	IBRD-48070	Int Charges	222,116.73
Nov 15, 2014	IBRD-48070	Loan Repay	2,574,476.20

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-12-25
Procurement	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2012-12-25
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2012-12-25
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2012-12-25
Project Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2012-12-25
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2012-12-25
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2012-12-25

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-27-2013
Outcomes	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	High
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 11-11-2013	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	High	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Increase in percentage of social assistance cash benefits received by poor families	Value	42.6% in 2005	42.3% in 2011	60%
	Date	October 20, 2005	December 11, 2012	January 1, 2013
	Comment		This is the assessment of targeting accuracy of cash benefits in Ukraine in 2011 that is assessed on full set of 2011 HBS data.

Reduction in time for client in-take in local welfare office Value 4.5 hours in 2005 1.2 hours in 2011 1.5 hours
Date October 20, 2005 December 11, 2012 January 1, 2013
Comment average time in 2011.
Increase in number of benefits that are processed per month per staff of local welfare office Value 260 in 2005 498 in 2011 528
Date October 20, 2005 December 11, 2012 January 1, 2013
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Standard office model is developed, piloted, evaluated and formally approved	Value	0	Formally approved model	Formally approved model
	Date	October 20, 2005	June 30, 2011	December 31, 2009
	Comment		99% of the LWOs are using the Standard office model approved back in 2007.

# of rayon/city welfare offices implemented new "single window" service model	Value	20 in 2005	756	756
	Date	October 20, 2005	December 11, 2012	January 1, 2013
	Comment			Initially, 754; since project approval in 2005, the number of the LWOs has increased to 756.

# of oblast social welfare offices capable of carrying out analyses and monitoring of the benefit payments.	Value	0	2	27
	Date	October 20, 2005	December 11, 2012	January 1, 2013
	Comment		Not yet achieved; in progress. The underlying MIS software is in operational acceptance testing in Vinnytska oblast. The resultwill be only achieved after MIS has been rolled out in all oblasts.

Functional review of DSDS completed and business plan prepared in 2006 Value 0 1 1
Date October 20, 2005 June 30, 2010 December 31, 2006
Comment
Annual Social reports prepared, published and disseminated in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Value 0 4 4
Date October 20, 2005 June 1, 2011 June 30, 2012
Comment All 4 Social reports have been released

Social Development Database improved (monitoring indicators etc)	Value	1	1	1
	Date	October 20, 2008	March 1, 2011	June 30, 2011
	Comment		Social Development Database will improve even further after MIS national roll-out in completed in 2012

Evaluation of social assistance programs completed Value no evaluation 1 1
Date October 20, 2005 June 30, 2011 June 30, 2011
Comment Delivered in June 2011

Public information and education strategy developed and approved in 2006	Value	no strategy	1	1
	Date	October 20, 2005	June 1, 2011	June 30, 2011
	Comment		The strategy has been developed and approved at the beginning of 2011

% of population aware of eligibility criteria for social assistance benefits.	Value	less than 20%	72%	60%
	Date	October 20, 2005	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2011
	Comment		The 2009 number used in the last ISR is updated based on 2010 project impact evaluation

Project impact evaluation completed	Value	0	Project impact evaluation completed in 2010	Two rounds of project impact evaluation—baseline i
	Date	October 20, 2005	June 30, 2010	December 31, 2009
	Comment			Follow-up evaluation completed in 2010

Reduction in time for client in-take in local welfare office	Value	4.5 hours in 2005	1.2 hours in 2011	1.5 hours
	Date	October 20, 2005	December 11, 2012	January 1, 2013
	Comment		average time in 2011.

Increase in number of benefits that are processed per month per staff of local welfare office	Value	260 in 2005	498 in 2011	528
	Date	October 20, 2005	December 11, 2012	January 1, 2013
	Comment

Evaluation of social assistance programs completed	Value	no evaluation	1	1
	Date	October 20, 2005	June 30, 2011	June 30, 2011
	Comment		Delivered in June 2011