Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Results-Based Financing Specific Investment Loan

Abstract*

The development objective of the Strengthen the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Project is to improve the efficiency and equity of Moldova's social safety net through a fiscally sustainable expansion and strengthening of the Ajutor social program. The project will consist of two components. The first component will co-finance the scaling up of two targeted programs (the Ajutor social program and targeted heating allowances), while supporting... Show More

Development Objective

The development objective of the proposed project is to improve the efficiency and equity of Moldova's safety net through a fiscally sustainable expansion and strengthening of the Ajutor Social Program.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P120913
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Yuliya Smolyar
Borrower 2
Government of Moldova

Country
Moldova
Disclosure Date
July 23, 2010
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 9, 2011
Effective Date
October 26, 2011

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 37.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Health, Labor, and Social Protection
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2011

Commitment Amount
US$ 37.00 million
Environmental Category
C
Last Update Date
July 11, 2023
Closing Date
December 31, 2017

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

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 - Social Protection100%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets100%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	37.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	37.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	37.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	37.00

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	30,241.36
Feb 20, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	871,206.00
Dec 26, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	86,737.94
Dec 26, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	238,622.20
Mar 5, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	15,840.00
Mar 20, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	5,882.68
Dec 22, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Cancel	453,030.40
Mar 7, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	3,330.01
Oct 20, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	846,642.00
Oct 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,808.94
Oct 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,808.94
Dec 28, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	300,000.00
Mar 20, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	-5,924.01
Dec 7, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	100,177.53
May 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	88,666.67
Mar 20, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	-301,353.53
Mar 28, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	76,404.99
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	605.91
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	605.91
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	118,533.28
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	118,533.28
Mar 6, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	17,270.00
Mar 9, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	19,684.83
Mar 26, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	12,305.02
Mar 14, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	7,779.85
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	17,378.17
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	7,158.97
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	13,725.86
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	116,006.72
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	116,006.72
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	332.13
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	332.13
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	-76.01
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	76.01
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	1,224.14
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	1,224.14
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	117,343.80
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-50010	Int Charges	117,343.80
May 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Cancel	16,673.69
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	119,489.30
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	119,176.49
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,029.61
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,472,984.60
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	119,489.30
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	157.60
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	157.60
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	120,904.33
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-50010	Int Charges	120,904.33
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	76.17
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	76.17
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	119,226.94
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	119,226.94
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	310.63
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	310.63
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	115,347.41
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-50010	Int Charges	115,347.41
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,476,124.40
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	32,999.21
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	32,999.21
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	52,419.27
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	43,787.34
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	43,787.34
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	41,631.67
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	58,490.06
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,340,303.80
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Int Charges	97,228.71
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Int Charges	97,228.71
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,429,243.10
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Int Charges	109,858.26
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Int Charges	109,858.26
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	10,274.51
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	102,352.71
Jun 9, 2011	IDA-50010	Loan Commitment	37,000,000.00
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	27,171.10
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,401,451.50
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-50010	Int Charges	83,554.64
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-50010	Int Charges	83,554.64
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	56,792.93
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	1,387,588.40
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	19,976.87
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	19,976.87
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Loan Repay	90,548.93
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	88,688.24
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-50010	Int Charges	88,688.24
Dec 30, 2016	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	806,598.00
Apr 7, 2016	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	300,000.00
Apr 28, 2016	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	85,693.09
Apr 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	827.29
Apr 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	827.29
Apr 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	89,231.63
Apr 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	89,231.63
Oct 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	109,131.64
Oct 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	109,131.64
Jun 9, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	150,000.00
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	94,722.23
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	94,722.23
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	1,187.12
Apr 15, 2017	IDA-50010	Int Charges	1,187.12
Feb 21, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	809,904.00
Jul 13, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	166,075.02
Feb 21, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	809,904.00
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	90,245.93
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	1,491.45
Apr 2, 2018	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	22,057.08
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	608.29
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	608.29
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	117,040.67
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-50010	Int Charges	117,040.67
Oct 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	210.42
Oct 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	210.42
Oct 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	76,499.11
Oct 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	76,499.11
Oct 3, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	10,411.09
Jun 17, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	199,999.98
Apr 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	3,327.47
Apr 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	3,327.47
Apr 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	77,988.40
Apr 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Int Charges	77,988.40
Apr 9, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	99,999.99
Oct 15, 2013	IDA-50010	Int Charges	140.62
Oct 15, 2013	IDA-50010	Int Charges	140.62
Oct 15, 2013	IDA-50010	Int Charges	64,166.94
Oct 15, 2013	IDA-50010	Int Charges	64,166.94
Dec 26, 2013	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	100,000.00
Jan 21, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	200,000.00
Aug 29, 2013	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	2,880,761.00
Aug 7, 2013	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	300,000.00
Dec 2, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	25,692.59
Jun 29, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	250,000.00
Apr 8, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	832,122.00
Jan 27, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	300,000.00
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	250,000.00
Jan 30, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	126,737.90
Mar 30, 2016	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	1,678,548.00
Oct 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	79,885.75
Oct 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,143.90
Oct 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,143.90
Dec 14, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	835,344.00
Oct 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	79,885.75
Aug 3, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	265,493.20
Apr 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,148.59
Apr 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	2,148.59
Apr 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	70,426.48
Apr 15, 2015	IDA-50010	Int Charges	70,426.48
Jul 29, 2015	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	1,818,700.00
Feb 16, 2017	IDA-50010	Loan Disb	200,000.00
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	551.46
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	551.46
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	96,118.48
Oct 15, 2016	IDA-50010	Int Charges	96,118.48

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-10-20
Procurement	Satisfactory	2017-10-20
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-10-20
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-10-20
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2017-10-20
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2017-10-20

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-29-2018
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 02-28-2019	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance	Not Rated	N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Modest	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Project Develoment Indicator 1: Coverage: Share of population in the poorest quintile receiving AS benefits Value 14.30 20.00 26.80
Date July 1, 2011 June 22, 2015 December 31, 2017
Comment

Project Development Indicator 2. Targeting Accuracy:The share of Ajutor Social transfers that reach the poorest population quintiler emains above 65%	Value	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	June 1, 2017
	Comment

Project Development Indicator 3. Consolidation of categorical benefits--Changes in spending on categorical benefits compared to thepre-reform level	Value	0.00	30.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	October 2, 2017
	Comment

Project Development Indicator 4. Administrative efficiency – Turnaround time for Ajutor Social application processing, including ver ification and eligibility decisions.	Value	30.00	15.00	9.10
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	December 31, 2017
	Comment

Share of Moldova citizens who are aware of Ajutor Social Program Value 78.00 93.00 97.00
Date July 1, 2011 June 22, 2015 December 31, 2017
Comment
Project Development Indicator 5: Governance – Change in losses from irregularities in the Ajutor Social benefits Value 0.00 30.00 79.00
Date January 1, 2011 June 30, 2017 December 31, 2017
Comment
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs (number) Value 126700.00 0.00 177191.00
Date August 31, 2010 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2017
Comment
Number of Ajutor Social Program beneficiary households Value 32000.00 55000.00 54839.00
Date July 1, 2011 June 22, 2015 June 1, 2017
Comment
Disability and other categorical benefits are consolidated Value No Yes Yes
Date July 1, 2011 June 22, 2015 October 2, 2017
Comment
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Female (number) Value 60180.00 0.00 100183.00
Date August 31, 2010 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2017
Comment
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Other social assistance programs (number) Value 126700.00 0.00 177191.00
Date August 31, 2010 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2017
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Social Inspectorate is established and functional Value No Yes Yes
Date October 31, 2010 July 1, 2011 December 31, 2017
Comment
Heating Allowance, as a top up to the Ajutor Social, is in place Value No Yes Yes
Date October 31, 2010 July 1, 2011 December 31, 2017
Comment
Service Delivery Standards and business model for SADs for administration of Ajutor Social program at local level are developed Value No Yes Yes
Date October 31, 2010 July 1, 2011 December 31, 2017
Comment

Project Develoment Indicator 1: Coverage: Share of population in the poorest quintile receiving AS benefits	Value	14.30	20.00	26.80
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	December 31, 2017
	Comment

Share of Moldova citizens who are aware of Ajutor Social Program	Value	78.00	93.00	97.00
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	December 31, 2017
	Comment

Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs (number)	Value	126700.00	0.00	177191.00
	Date	August 31, 2010	December 31, 2015	December 31, 2017
	Comment

Number of Ajutor Social Program beneficiary households	Value	32000.00	55000.00	54839.00
	Date	July 1, 2011	June 22, 2015	June 1, 2017
	Comment

Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Female (number)	Value	60180.00	0.00	100183.00
	Date	August 31, 2010	December 31, 2015	December 31, 2017
	Comment