BR Bolsa Familia 1st APL

Abstract*

The project will adopt three key features in terms of the lending instrument: (a) a programmatic approach; (b) a Program-Based Sector-wide Approach (SWAp); and (c) mechanisms to pace disbursements against conditional cash transfers under the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) in line with technical improvements. These three features will help foster an effective link between the implementation of the BFP while helping strengthen the program through crucial... Show More

Development Objective

The broad objectives of the Government's Bolsa Família Program (BFP) are to reduce poverty and inequality and promote human capital investments among poor families (including indigenous and quilombola populations) through the provision of direct monetary transfers to poor families and incentives for investing in human capital. The main objectives of this first phase APL include strengthening the Bolsa Familia program's BFPs ability to reduce poverty and inequality by: (a) consolidating conditional cash transfer programs and reducing gaps and duplications in coverage; (b) strengthening the system for identifying the target population; (c) developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the BFP; and (d) strengthening the basic institutional functioning of the program.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P087713
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Manuel Salazar Ferro
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Brazil
Disclosure Date
January 5, 2004
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 17, 2004
Effective Date
June 15, 2005

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 7194.90 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Fiscal Year 3
2004

Commitment Amount
US$ 1572.20 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2009

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
January 15, 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 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs7%
- FY17 - Job Creation7%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building7%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use7%
FY17 - Public Administration14%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform14%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion7%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups7%
FY17 - Social Protection65%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets36%
- FY17 - Social protection delivery systems28%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Inter-American Development Bank	1000.00
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	572.20
Borrower/Recipient	5622.70

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	572.20
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	572.20

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	1000.00
Total Project Cost**	7194.90

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of April 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of April 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Jun 17, 2004	IBRD-72340	Loan Commitment	572,200,000.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall Safeguards Rating	Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2009-12-09
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2009-12-09

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-29-2010
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome	Negligible
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance	Substantial
Government Performance	Highly Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Substantial

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 08-20-2012	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Negligible To Low	N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Highly Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Exemplary	N/a
M&e Quality	High	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Coverage of extreme poor	Value	None receiving	Achieved. 11.1 mn families receiving benefits (10	At least 2/3 of extreme poor families receiving BF
	Date	September 30, 2003	April 18, 2008	December 31, 2008
	Comment

Targeting accuracy	Value	66% of benefits of pre-reform programs were receiv	PNAD 2006 reveals that 90% of BFP benefits were re	More than 66% of transfers going to households in
	Date	January 1, 2003	April 17, 2008	December 31, 2008
	Comment

Improve school attendance of poor	Value	70% of municipalities reporting school attendance	First semester 2009, information available on 85%	At least 80% of primary-age children in extremely
	Date	October 1, 2004	June 30, 2009	November 30, 2005
	Comment

Improve health care access of poor	Value	75-77% of children 0-6 years of age in the impact	Over 90% of the families with info on health condi	At least 95% of beneficiary children with health c
	Date	November 30, 2005	May 22, 2009	December 31, 2006
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Pre-reform programs consolidated into BFP (Component One).	Value	BE=5.1 mn familiesBA=1.7 mn familiesPCA = 0.8 mn f	BE = 179 remaining families; BA = 2 PCA = 14,646 A	Pre-reform programs eliminated (former beneficiari
	Date	September 30, 2003	June 30, 2009	December 31, 2006
	Comment

Administrative cost efficiency improved (Component One).	Value	Central Government admin costs = 5.3% of total pro	Target exceeded. Central Government admin costs =	Transactions costs for transfer payments reduced b
	Date	December 31, 2002	November 30, 2009	November 30, 2005
	Comment

Instruments for implementing eligibility criteria for BF beneficiaries revised* (Component Two).	Value	Existing criteria based on unverified self-reporte	With empirical evidence of strong targeting outcom	Revised instruments for verifying eligibility crit
	Date	November 1, 2003	June 2, 2009	December 31, 2006
	Comment

Cadastro Unico questionnaires strengthened* (Component Two).	Value	Existing questionnaires weak (incomplete income qu	IBGE/MDS complete revision of new questionnaires,	New Cadastro Unico questionnaires developed and pr
	Date	November 1, 2003	April 18, 2009	December 31, 2005
	Comment

Procedures for implementing Cadastro Unico strengthened and communicated* (Component Two).	Value	Need to clarify and communicate roles, norms for v	Completed. Aide Memoire documents the various dec	Normative acts and operational guidelines for Cada
	Date	November 1, 2003	June 27, 2006	June 27, 2006
	Comment

Data collection strategy strengthened* (Component Two).	Value	Current system is static (does not allow for updat	Decree for cadastro mgt published 06/26/2007 and c	Expansion and recertification data collection stra
	Date	November 1, 2003	April 18, 2008	December 31, 2006
	Comment

Duplications purged* (Component Two).	Value	No systematic checks for duplications.	Completed. MDS has developed systematic internal	Elimination of all detectable duplications in the
	Date	November 1, 2003	April 18, 2008	December 31, 2005
	Comment

Recertification policy established (Component Two).	Value	Policy for periodicity of recertification not esta	2-year periodicity of recertification policy estab	Policy for periodicity for updating Cadastro Unico
	Date	November 1, 2003	June 2, 2009	June 27, 2006
	Comment

Cadastro Unico being used as policy management tool* (Component Two).	Value	MDS and municipalities lack access to actual Cadas	Completed/exceeded. MDS and 100% of municipalities	Cadastro Unico users (MDS and at least 50% of muni
	Date	November 1, 2003	June 2, 2009	June 27, 2006
	Comment

Real-time monitoring of program strengthened* (Component Three).	Value	Current MIS covers well the physical-financial asp	MIS operating for all elements (cadastro in real t	Adequate MIS for BFP developed and operating
	Date	May 31, 2004	April 18, 2009	December 31, 2005
	Comment

Federal oversight mechanisms for decentralized implementation developed and operational* (Component Three).	Value	Program lacks instruments for federal oversight.	Significant progress. Since January 2005, CGU reg	Quality Control Reviews of BF processes implemente
	Date	May 31, 2004	April 18, 2008	December 31, 2005
	Comment

Impact of BFP evaluated* (Component Three).	Value	Other than ex-ante simulations (BE) and evaluation	Analysis for baseline household survey covering 15	Household surveys for impact evaluation conducted;
	Date	May 31, 2004	May 18, 2009	December 31, 2006
	Comment

Institutional roles clarified* (Component Four).	Value	Program not regulated (lacks regulamento and opera	Completed. Aide Memoire references specific decre	Matrix of key functional and institutional respons
	Date	January 31, 2004	June 27, 2006	June 30, 2005
	Comment

Communications strengthened* (Component Four).	Value	Program beneficiaries lack information about their	Beneficiary booklet content designed, printed and	Beneficiary information booklets (cadernetas) desi
	Date	May 31, 2004	June 27, 2006	June 27, 2006
	Comment

System for verifying conditionalities operating* (Component Four).	Value	Program not systematically verifying compliance wi	51% of 12.3 million children w/ education conditio	System for verifying conditionalities (health, edu
	Date	May 31, 2004	March 31, 2008	December 31, 2005
	Comment