Enhancing the Social Protection System for Human Capital and Resilience Project (WB-P181495)

Countries
  • Angola
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
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
Sep 12, 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 Angola - FAS Local Development Institute / MASFAMU
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 400.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 520.00 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
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 8, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Apr 3, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the development objective of the Enhancing the Social Protection System for Human Capital and Resilience Project for Angola is to increase access to opportunities to build foundational human capital and household resilience, and to strengthen the social protection system.

The project comprises of four components.

The first component, human capital and resilience building consists of following sub-components: (i) increasing investments in human capital among beneficiary households; (ii) strengthening beneficiary households’ resilience and adaptiveness to climatic shocks; and (iii) enhancing productive opportunities.

The second component, improving social protection implementation and institutional capacity will be implemented by FAS- Local Development Institute (IDL) (Subcomponent 2A) and Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (MASFAMU) (Subcomponent 2B) in accordance with their respective legal mandates, with each having independent fiduciary and management responsibility. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving efficiency of Kwenda program delivery systems; and (ii) strengthening social protection systems, policy, and develop social protection (SP) skills.

The third component, project management, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) consists of following sub-components: (i) FAS-IDL project management and M and E; and (ii) MASFAMU project management and capacity building.

The fourth component, contingency emergency response component (CERC) will allow the government to quickly reallocate and mobilize funds to support response to an eligible crisis or emergency.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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Environmental and Social (E&S) risk is rated moderate. The project environmental risk is rated as moderate from Occupational Health and Safety risks associated with the engagement of a large workforce, including community level workers, to deliver the project. The project social risk is rated as moderate. Social risks include localized conflicts over the activities (e.g., between eligible and ineligible persons or intra-household), Gender-Based Violence/Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment risks that could be exacerbated by the project and the context of operating in southern Angola, home to Indigenous Persons and Ethnolinguistic Minority Communities who are highly marginalized and vulnerable.

Investment Description
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A proposed loan in the amount of US$400 million.

Counterpart Funding (Borrower/Recipient): US$120 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Boban Varghese Paul
Senior Social Protection Specialist

Aylin Isik-Dikmelik
Senior Economist

Emma Mercedes Monsalve Montiel
Social Protection Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Ministry of Finance
Patricio Neto
Director, Gabinete de Estudos e Relacoes Internacionais
patricio.neto@minfin.gov.ao

Ministry of Planning
Luis Epalanga
Secretary of State
luis.epalanga@mep.gov.ao

Implementing Agencies

FAS Local Development Institute
Belarmino Jelembi
Director General
belarmino.jelembi@fas.co.ao

Ministério da Acção Social, Família e Promoção da Mulher (MASFAMU)
Fatima Cabral
Director, Social Action
fatima.cabral@masfamu.gov.ao

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