Mauritania Social Safety Net System

Abstract*

The development objectives of the Social Safety Net System Project for Mauritania are to support the establishment of key building blocks of the national social safety net system and to provide targeted cash transfers to extreme poor households. The project comprises of three components. The first component, support to national social safety net system objective is to support the central government’s capacity for the establishment and coordination... Show More

Development Objective

The Project Developement Objectives are to support the establishment of key building blocks of the national social safety net system and to improve access to targeted cash transfers for poor and vulnerable households

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P150430
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Matthieu Lefebvre
Borrower 2
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

Country
Mauritania
Disclosure Date
March 6, 2015
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
May 14, 2015
Effective Date
September 30, 2015

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 29.00 million
Implementing Agency
Tadamoun Agency,Taazour General Delegation
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2015

Commitment Amount
US$ 19.00 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
October 31, 2020

Consultant Services required
TBD
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
January 17, 2024

Associated Projects
P168232

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 - Jobs100%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Protection100%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets100%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant	15.00
Borrower/Recipient	10.00
Free-standing TFs AFR Human Development	4.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	15.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	15.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	4.00
Total Project Cost**	29.00

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 7, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	297,209.90
May 14, 2015	IDA-D0540	Loan Commitment	15,000,000.00
Jun 22, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	69,522.17
Aug 10, 2016	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	289,539.88
Oct 18, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	99,520.77
Nov 15, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	116,360.81
Aug 7, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	61,752.77
May 17, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	200,168.47
Jun 17, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	468,966.20
Jun 10, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	135,423.62
Jun 8, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	211,172.70
Apr 6, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	133,616.55
Feb 25, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	174,097.45
Feb 28, 2021	IDA-D0540	Loan Cancel	2,950.16
Apr 21, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	16,422.82
May 31, 2016	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	141,365.19
Jul 28, 2016	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	77,442.92
Apr 11, 2016	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	1,000,000.00
Sep 30, 2015	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	844,951.56
Dec 12, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	460,533.75
Dec 20, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	70,434.59
May 21, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	134,966.25
Jul 12, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	170,195.08
Aug 20, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	150,770.12
Sep 14, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	120,571.86
Jun 11, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	535,825.00
Jan 22, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	262,126.84
Apr 23, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	773,695.20
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	109,145.76
Feb 12, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	99,344.02
Dec 29, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	79,948.92
Sep 25, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	70,796.03
Aug 7, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	75,681.69
Oct 17, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	91,627.23
Jul 24, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	57,570.12
Nov 13, 2017	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	56,149.73
Jun 10, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	306,269.20
Mar 11, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	176,446.06
Apr 12, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	113,091.92
Apr 30, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	1,157,856.40
Mar 6, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	500,000.00
Jan 8, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	381,225.66
Oct 24, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	121,708.03
Feb 7, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	511,874.16
Nov 13, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	63,776.15
Oct 26, 2018	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	707,478.00
Jan 7, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	328,536.34
Mar 5, 2020	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	125,783.15
Dec 6, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	70,132.78
Nov 21, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	1,259,203.00
Jul 18, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	110,128.93
Sep 20, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	64,236.39
Aug 22, 2019	IDA-D0540	Loan Disb	1,250,643.00

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Counterpart Funding	Moderately Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2020-10-26
Project Management	Satisfactory	2020-10-26

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 04-28-2021
Outcomes	Substantial
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 08-17-2021	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance	Not Rated	N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of households registered in the Social Registry with support from the Project Value 0.00 173076.00 150000.00
Date October 15, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment
Number of beneficiaries of the Tekavoul Social Transfer Program supported by the Project (households) Value 0.00 34034.00 0.00
Date October 15, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment
Targeting accuracy Value 0.00 61.00 70.00
Date October 15, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs (number) Value 0.00 244679.00 706200.00
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment
Households with complete information in Social Registry Value 0.00 88.70 65.00
Date October 15, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment
Social Registry grievance mechanism implemented Value Timely Resolution of 30% cases Timely Resolution of 89% cases Resolution of 80% cases
Date May 15, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment
Tekavoul Social Transfer Program grievance mechanism implemented Value Timely Resolution of 30% cases Resolution of 87% cases Resolution of 80% cases
Date May 15, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Tekavoul transfers program (number) - Financed by the project Value 0.00 224624.00 60000.00
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment
% Beneficiaries of the safety nets program Tekavoul - Female (percentage) Value 0.00 92.50 80.00
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment
Beneficiaries of Elmaouna - Skock-responsive safet net program (number) Value 0.00 80220.00 46200.00
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020 June 30, 2020
Comment
Share of beneficiaries receiving payments on time Value NA 99.6% At least 90%
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020 May 1, 2019
Comment
Tekavoul Beneficiaries who know their rights & responsibilities Value 0.00 57.00 60.00
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment
Share of Tekavoul beneficiairies attending social promotion activities Value NA 94.5 60%
Date May 14, 2015 October 31, 2020
Comment

Number of Tekavoul beneficiaries who participated in the gender-transformative discussion groups or attended community level gendersensitization activities (households)	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date	April 30, 2019	October 31, 2020
	Comment

Targeting accuracy	Value	0.00	61.00	70.00
	Date	October 15, 2015	October 31, 2020	May 1, 2019
	Comment

Social Registry grievance mechanism implemented	Value	Timely Resolution of 30% cases	Timely Resolution of 89% cases	Resolution of 80% cases
	Date	May 15, 2015	October 31, 2020	May 1, 2019
	Comment

Share of beneficiaries receiving payments on time	Value	NA	99.6%	At least 90%
	Date	May 14, 2015	October 31, 2020	May 1, 2019
	Comment

Share of Tekavoul beneficiairies attending social promotion activities	Value	NA	94.5	60%
	Date	May 14, 2015	October 31, 2020
	Comment