Social Protection Enhancement Project II (WB-P507278)

Countries
  • Palestine, West Bank, Gaza
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
Proposed
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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
Apr 7, 2025
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 Palestine - The Ministry of Social Development
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
  • Law and Government
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 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)
$ 20.00 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 Feb 27, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Dec 7, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to provide integrated cash assistance and social services to selected NCTP beneficiaries and to strengthen the adaptative and shock-responsive capacity of the national social protection system.

The proposed Social Protection Enhancement Project Phase 2 (SPEP2) builds on the achievements of the SPEP, by complementing cash assistance through the CTP with social services and strengthening the SR and CMS to make social protection more responsive to shocks, inclusive and effective in supporting the needs of the poor and vulnerable populations. The SPEP2 comes at a critical time in the PA’s Relief and Recovery Plan to strengthen these foundations in preparation for the reconstruction. SPEP2 will focus on expanding identification of potential beneficiaries for social protection programs and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery to better support the needs of poor and vulnerable populations, particularly in times of crisis, and enhancing the institutional capacity of the MoSD.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The project has limited and manageable environmental risks and impacts including (i) Occupational health and safety associated to hiring different types of workers to support social registry, cash assistance and social services activities, (ii) safety and security related to ongoing escalation in different regions of the West Bank, both assessed under ESS2, and (iii) negligible impact on resources efficiency, and limited pollution risk related to the generation of end-of-life e-waste associated with procurement of ICT equipment’s assessed under ESS3. Based on the above, the environmental risk is assessed low.

Certain social risks have been identified at the appraisal stage and assessed as moderate since they are expected to be temporary and can be mitigated in a predictable manner. These are summarized as: (i) potential exclusion of marginalized people and households (e.g. unaccompanied children, people with disabilities (especially women and girls), women headed households, elderly, people living in remote locations etc.) from project benefits due to inadequate dissemination of information, outreach and stakeholder engagement; (ii) safety and security of project workers, and potential lack of availability of workers’ accident insurance; (iii) community health and safety issues due to potential exposure of marginalized people (especially children, women, and people with disabilities) to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and sexual harassment (SH) in exchange for project benefits and during verification of non-registered and selected NCTP households conducted by researchers and case managers to create family plans for wrap-up around services appropriate to their specific circumstances and needs; and (iv) limited experience of the PMU to manage social risks in accordance with ESF requirements. The social risk is assessed moderate.

Investment Description
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Special Financing (Grant): US$ 20.00 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Emily Weedon Chapman
Senior Economist, Human Development

Samira Ahmed Hillis
Program Leader

Borrower/Client/Recipient

The Palestine Liberation Organization (for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority)
Laila Sbaih
Director of International Relations - Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
lsbaih@yahoo.com

Implementing Agencies

The Ministry of Social Development
Manal Tawfeeq
Director of International Relations
manal_tawfeeq@hotmail.com

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