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Social Accountability for Nutrition and Early Childhood Services in Benin

Abstract*

To contribute to improving the delivery of nutrition and early childhood services for children aged 0-12 in targeted municipalities in Benin through collaborative social accountability mechanisms.The project will employ a threefold approach for achieving the PDO: 1. developing and iterating a capacity development model to increase civil society-local government capacities for joint monitoring and problem-solving on nutrition outcomes; 2. developing...

* The project abstract is drawn from the PAD, SAR or PGD and may not accurately reflect the project's current nature

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Development Objective

To contribute to improving the delivery of nutrition and early childhood services for children aged 0-12 in targeted municipalities in Benin through collaborative social accountability mechanisms. The project will employ a threefold approach for achieving the PDO: 1. developing and iterating a capacity development model to increase civil society-local government capacities for joint monitorng and problem-solving on nutrition outcomes; 2. developing, testing, adjusting and iterating monitoring mechanisms for nutrition and early childhood development through sustainable collaborative social accountability processes; and, , 3. using the learning produced iteratively to reflect and inform the project’s collaborative social accountability approach throughout the project implementation.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P172247

  • Closed

  • Hirut Johnson , Mariana Felicio

  • Care International Benin/Togo

  • Benin

  • January 16, 2020

  • (as of board presentation)

    December 1, 2021

  • December 10, 2021

  • US$ 0.50 million

  • Care International Benin & Togo

  • Western and Central Africa

  • 2022

  • US$ 0.50 million

  • N/A

  • Low

  • December 31, 2024

  • TBD

  • BANK APPROVED

  • March 25, 2024

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

No data available.
Financier Commitments
Global Partnership for Social Accountability 0.50

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment N/A
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount 0.50
Total Project Cost** 0.50

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

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Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name Review Date
Overall Moderable 2024-04-23
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory 2024-04-23
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory 2024-04-23

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Percentage of issues, in early childhood and nutrition services, for which corrective measures have been identified via social accountability mechanisms.Value0.0043.0030.00
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Number of people (per gender ) participating in training on collaborative social accountability approaches used by the project.Value0.00410.00180.00
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment
  • Percentage of partner-led consultative spaces which meet regularly.Value0.0083.0040.00
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment
  • Evidence of uptake of elements of collaborative social accountability processes by public sector institutions and other relevant actors during the project.ValueNoYesYes
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment
  • CARE Benin has identified and validated with stakeholders the proximate causes of service delivery failure through a political economy analysis exercise.ValueNoYesYes
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment
  • Number of people (by gender) participating in the project’s collaborative social accountability process(es)Value0.008315.00180.00
    DateJanuary 1, 2021April 18, 2024December 31, 2024
    Comment
  • The project has made course corrections based on learning and evidence.ValueNoNoYes
    DateJanuary 1, 2021March 17, 2023December 31, 2024
    Comment