Pakistan: National Social Protection Program

Abstract*

The objective of the National Social Protection Program-for-Results Project for Pakistan is to strengthen the national social safety net systems for the poor to enhance their human capital and access to complementary services. The Government’s vision for social protection is to develop an integrated and comprehensive social protection platform focused on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. The critical areas of investment, reflected in the... Show More

Development Objective

The Program Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen the national social safety net systems for the poor to enhance their humancapital and access to complementary services.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P158643
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Amjad Khan , Nina Rosas Raffo
Borrower 2
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Country
Pakistan
Disclosure Date
September 19, 2016
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
March 15, 2017
Effective Date
April 28, 2017

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 5376.00 million
Implementing Agency
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP)
Region
South Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2017

Commitment Amount
US$ 100.00 million
Environmental Category
C
Last Update Date
July 20, 2023
Closing Date
June 30, 2022

Consultant Services required
Yes
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 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Education22%
- FY17 - Access to Education22%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building6%
- FY17 - Institutional strengthening and capacity building6%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

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

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Borrower/Recipient	5276.00
IDA Credit	100.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	100.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	100.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	5376.00

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$)
Feb 1, 2024	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	-3,419,725.00
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-59730	Loan Commitment	100,000,000.00
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	98,989.15
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	2,275,300.80
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Int Charges	3,051.77
Oct 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,442,526.60
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	131,338.81
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	2,388,198.50
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Int Charges	37.35
Apr 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,479,932.00
Jun 2, 2023	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	-203,988.33
Jun 2, 2023	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	-1,074,688.50
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	2,436,451.20
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,197.18
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,427,073.40
Oct 15, 2023	IDA-59730	Int Charges	49,770.21
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	2,251,469.00
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-59730	Int Charges	962.90
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,367,372.10
Apr 15, 2024	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	67,028.56
Feb 1, 2024	IDA-59730	Loan Cancel	4,722,756.00
Apr 28, 2020	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	11,220,034.00
Apr 22, 2020	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	6,377,609.00
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	675,606.94
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	82,834.49
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	4,553.78
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	53,887.77
Oct 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	987,274.00
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	657,353.75
Feb 25, 2021	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	8,324,773.00
Jun 18, 2021	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	6,772,291.50
Jun 21, 2021	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	15,716,877.00
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	3,013.36
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	49,521.29
Apr 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,040,771.10
Apr 19, 2021	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	719,530.00
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	24,270.91
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	22,831.24
Oct 15, 2021	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,389,159.40
Sep 1, 2021	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	1,073,921.00
Jun 23, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	6,667,000.00
Mar 31, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	2,219,098.00
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	4,747.56
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Loan Repay	2,536,756.50
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Int Charges	11,063.18
Apr 15, 2022	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,484,597.00
Apr 28, 2017	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	255,009.72
Apr 28, 2017	IDA-59730	Fee Charges	255,009.72
Oct 25, 2017	IDA-59730	Int Charges	3,762.87
Oct 25, 2017	IDA-59730	Int Charges	99,561.09
Nov 8, 2017	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	2,000,000.00
Nov 8, 2017	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	23,354,070.00
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	131.86
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	106,086.37
Apr 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	371,427.25
Jun 27, 2018	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	11,745,576.00
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	514,267.72
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,369.47
Oct 15, 2018	IDA-59730	Int Charges	88,188.76
Jul 1, 2019	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	5,135,933.00
Aug 9, 2019	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	749,340.00
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	590,138.94
Apr 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	6,282.78
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,902.68
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	78,080.00
Oct 15, 2019	IDA-59730	Int Charges	634,911.94
Feb 20, 2020	IDA-59730	Loan Disb	1,082,238.00
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	1,908.85
Apr 15, 2020	IDA-59730	Int Charges	72,153.30

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2022-06-29
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2022-06-29
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2022-06-29

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 12-23-2022
Outcomes	Highly Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 05-24-2023	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Highly Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Highly Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	High	N/a
M&e Quality	High	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Percentage of BISP beneficiary households from the bottom two expenditure quintiles Value 75.00 85.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment
Number of WeT districts with tehsil offices using integrated MIS to handle case management of basic income support and WeT programs Value 0.00 160.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment

Number of children of WeT beneficiary families paid for at least two consecutive quarters based on compliance with attendance co-responsibilities	Value	500000.00	1500000.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

Number of BISP beneficiary households with at least one member enrolled in at least one complementary service Value 34736.00 655720.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Percentage of BISP beneficiary households from Phase 2 (national rollout) districts with updated Poverty Score Card information in the NSER Value 0.00 80.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment
Number of beneficiary families enrolled in WeT program Value 530000.00 3140000.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment
Percentage of BISP beneficiary households recertified in accordance with the new eligibility cutoff score Value 0.00 60.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment

Number of WeT districts where WeT-related functions are carried out by provincial and tehsil offices in accordance with revised Operational Guidelines	Value	0.00	160.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

Percentage of tehsil offices with adequate skills and performing redefined responsibilities in accordance with Operational Guidelines Value 0.00 60.00 0.00
Date December 21, 2016 December 1, 2021
Comment

Number of Union Councils in WeT districts that have at least one BISP Beneficiary Committee formed and respective mother leader trained on core WeT functions	Value	1600.00	2500.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

MIS enhancement action plan implemented Value No Action Plan fully implemented
Date December 21, 2016 June 30, 2022
Comment

Percentage of Union Councils with information on aggregated characteristics of BISP beneficiaries available at all administrative levels for provision of complementary services	Value	0.00	60.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

Percentage of BISP beneficiary households from the bottom two expenditure quintiles	Value	75.00	85.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

Number of BISP beneficiary households with at least one member enrolled in at least one complementary service	Value	34736.00	655720.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

Number of beneficiary families enrolled in WeT program	Value	530000.00	3140000.00	0.00
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment

MIS enhancement action plan implemented	Value	No	Action Plan fully implemented
	Date	December 21, 2016	June 30, 2022
	Comment