National Social Safety Net Program-Scale Up

Abstract*

Nigeria’s poverty numbers continue to rise due to persistently high inflation that has worsened since 2020 and reached a multi-decade high in early 2024. The number of poor people has increased from 80 million in 2018 to 109 million in 2023. In rural areas, the number of poor people increased by an estimated 14 percent over this period, whilst poverty in urban settings increased by 58 percent, as urban households are more exposed to inflation given... Show More

Development Objective

Expand coverage of shock responsive safety net support among the poor and vulnerable and strengthen the national safety net delivery system.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P176935
Status
Active
Team Leader
Ubah Ubah , Maheshwor Shrestha, Hadija Kamayo
Borrower 2
Federal Republic of Nigeria

Country
Nigeria
Disclosure Date
August 31, 2021
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
December 16, 2021
Effective Date
January 30, 2023

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 800.00 million
Implementing Agency
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Region
Western and Central Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2022

Commitment Amount
US$ 800.00 million
Environmental Category
N/A
Last Update Date
January 17, 2024
Closing Date
December 31, 2025

Consultant Services required
No
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 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change13%
- FY17 - Adaptation13%

FY17 - Finance

FY17 - Financial Infrastructure and Access36%
- FY17 - Payment & markets infrastructure36%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Disease Control19%
- FY17 - Pandemic Response19%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building36%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use36%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion52%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups52%
FY17 - Social Protection100%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets100%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	800.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	800.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	800.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	800.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Oct 31, 2023	IDA-70190	Loan Disb	300,000,000.00
Nov 8, 2023	IDA-70190	Loan Disb	15,000,000.00
Dec 16, 2021	IDA-70190	Loan Commitment	800,000,000.00
Jul 15, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	1,978,776.90
Jul 15, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	1,192,938.90
Jul 15, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	1,192,938.90
Jul 15, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	3,737.83
Jan 30, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	822,259.40
Jan 30, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	495,603.16
Jan 30, 2024	IDA-70190	Int Charges	495,603.16

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-29
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-29
Procurement	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-01-29
Financial Management	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-01-29
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-29
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2025-01-29

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiaries of social safety net programs Value 15000000.00 28761575.00 56000000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Urban wards covered through an efficient and scalable targeting and registration system Value 1163.00 1652.00 1800.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiary households received cash transfers through safe, secure, and scalable digital mechanism Value 16.00 100.00 70.00
Date December 31, 2021 September 13, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiaries of social safety net programs - Female Value 7500000.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Beneficiaries of Safety Nets programs - Unconditional cash transfers (number) Value 15000000.00 28761575.00 56000000.00
Date December 30, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female primary beneficiaries Value 30.00 50.00 40.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiary households received shock responsive cash transfers Value 1000000.00 2692695.00 9200000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female primary beneficiaries Value 35.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Beneficiary households received extended regular-cash transfer support Value 0.00 956470.00 2000000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female primary beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiary households received a minimum of two years of support since being enrolled in the program Value 1000000.00 372754.00 2000000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Federal and State level staff trained in shock responsive safety net systems Value 0.00 0.00 1000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Female primary beneficiaries received a minimum of two years of support since being enrolled in the program Value 0.00 95.00 94.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female staff Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Of which female registrants Value 32.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Rural households identified from National Social Register to receive the ESR-CTs Value 0.00 1679661.00 3200000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiaries satisfied with the regular CT program delivery Value 0.00 0.00 70.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
States where the Third Party Monitoring (TPM) implemented through CSO is functional Value 19.00 0.00 37.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
of which female beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 70.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female primary beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Annual Results Scorecard produced by the third-party monitors and released publicly Value 2.00 0.00 4.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Amount of ESR-CT delivered per beneficiaries household Value 0.00 31.25 73.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Local implementers and stakeholders agreed that project investments reflected the needs Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiary households received the ESR-CT in a newly setup transactional account Value 0.00 1679661.00 2900000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Of which female Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
of which females primary beneficiaries Value 0.00 0.00 0.00
Date
Comment
Project specific gender guidelines developed under NASSP operationalized in project activities Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Grievances addressed within the time specified in the project implementation manual Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiaries satisfied with the delivery of shock responsive cash transfer program Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
ESR-CT beneficiary households covered through random post-distribution monitoring Value 0.00 0.00 200000.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
of which female Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
of which Rural Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
of which Urban Value 0.00 0.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiary households received cash transfers within 10 days of the payment schedule Value 0.00 100.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Report on beneficiary profile produced and disseminated publicly Value 0.00 0.00 18.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment
Beneficiary households are in the bottom 6 deciles Value 0.00 46.00 80.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 30, 2023 June 30, 2024
Comment

Urban beneficiary households targeted through satellite imagery and cell phone data based targeting approach and registered in the Rapid Response Register (RRR)	Value	1700000.00	1499465.00	5000000.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiaries of social safety net programs	Value	15000000.00	28761575.00	56000000.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Urban wards covered through an efficient and scalable targeting and registration system	Value	1163.00	1652.00	1800.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiary households received cash transfers through safe, secure, and scalable digital mechanism	Value	16.00	100.00	70.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	September 13, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiaries of social safety net programs - Female	Value	7500000.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

Of which female primary beneficiaries	Value	30.00	50.00	40.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiary households received shock responsive cash transfers	Value	1000000.00	2692695.00	9200000.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Of which female primary beneficiaries	Value	35.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

States where the Third Party Monitoring (TPM) implemented through CSO is functional	Value	19.00	0.00	37.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

of which female beneficiaries	Value	0.00	0.00	70.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

Annual Results Scorecard produced by the third-party monitors and released publicly	Value	2.00	0.00	4.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

of which females primary beneficiaries	Value	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Date
	Comment

of which female	Value	0.00	0.00	80.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

of which Rural	Value	0.00	0.00	80.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

of which Urban	Value	0.00	0.00	80.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 30, 2023	June 30, 2024
	Comment

National Social Safety Net Program-Scale Up

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

Themes

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Project Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS