Cash for Jobs Additional Financing (WB-P181685)

Countries
  • Burundi
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
May 30, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Burundi - Ministry of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights and Gender
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Sectors
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 50.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 1, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the development objective of the project is to strengthen management capacity, scale up safety net programs, and promote productive inclusion and access to jobs.

The proposed Project would scale up safety nets programs to the national territory of Burundi. The Project would be structured in 4 components:

Component 1 would deliver cash transfers to extreme poor beneficiaries for a duration of 30 months, targeting a total number of 250,000 households. Component 1 would support as well the development of delivery systems that are necessary for scaling up social safety nets programs. A special focus would be put on the development of a national Social Registry as main national tool for outreach and targeting of social programs.

Component 2 would deliver accompanying measures on human capital development to the same households receiving the cash transfers. Accompanying measures would promote a better nutrition, family planning and a better
management of household economies promoting proper Early Childhood Development. Accompanying measures would also tackle Gender Based Violence by sensitizing men and women on how to minimize this issue.

Component 3 would support economic inclusion of poor and vulnerable individuals, specially women, through an improved access to economic activities and jobs.

Component 4 of the Project would promote the integration of host communities and refugees into national social protection systems.

Component 5 will finally support Project implementation by financing operational costs to implement components 1 to 5.

The Project would include as well a CERC component in the event the country faces any shock that requires an emergency response.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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 The Environmental Risk Rating for this AF project remains “Moderate”. The anticipated environmental Risks/impacts are linked to productive inclusion activities to be funded under Component 2 and emergency cash transfers to 50,000 expected people including those affected by flooding shocks in Gatumba areas under component 1. The proposed “Moderate” environmental rating is further substantiated by potential risks and impact associated with probably activated CERC component 6 (in case) and key risks and impacts/effects that are expected to be related to flooding shocks, if cash transfer activities are not properly managed, as it relates to occupational health and safety (OHS) and community health and safety, pollution due to solid waste, e-waste dust and noise.

The Social Risk Rating for this project is Moderate. Potential social risks of the project include (i) conflicts resulting from targeting and beneficiary selection; (ii) exclusion of Batwa population from AF project benefits; (iii) Increased intra-household and gender-based violence, including the sexual exploitation abuse and sexual harassment, since the women will be the recipient of the cash and refusal to share that cash with their partners could make them subject of violence or harassment. Overall, the project’s activities are not expected to produce any large-scale, significant and/or irreversible adverse impacts, and will not result in involuntary resettlement or require Free Prior and Informed Consultations (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities.

Investment Description
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A PROPOSED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 38 MILLION (US$50 MILLION EQUIVALENT)


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World Bank

Mona Luisa Niebuhr
Senior Social Protection Specialist

Jacqueline Manisabwe
Senior Social Protection Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Republic of Burundi

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights and Gender
Michel Nyabenda
Coordinator
merankabandi@gmail.com

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