Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment in Somalia (WB-P507443)

Countries
  • Somalia
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
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
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 30, 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 Somalia - Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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)
$ 100.00 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 Apr 17, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Mar 19, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project development objective (PDO) is to improve human capital outcomes, enhance economic opportunities, and strengthen adaptive social protection systems.

The BOOST-YOU consists of four components, each contributing to deliver on the project development objective, including:

Component 1: Climate Resilience and Human Capital Cash Transfers.

Component 2: Youth Employment.

Component 3: Adaptive Social Protection Delivery Systems.

Component 4: Project Management and Institutional Capacity Building.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The Project will address most risks and impacts through the implementation of the USR protocols that guard against the key risks of exclusion, elite capture and selection bias. The beneficiary selection process employs a combination of geographical targeting using the District Distress Index (DDI) and poverty targeting (Proxy Means Test -PMT), using the USR to reach out to the most poor and vulnerable households for benefits.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

IDA Grant: US$ 100.00 million


Contact Information
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World Bank

Ali Nadeem Qureshi
Senior Social Protection Specialist

Indira Bongisa Lekezwa
Social Protection Specialist

Mona Luisa Niebuhr
Senior Social Protection Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Ministry of Finance

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Fardosa Ahmed Abdullahi
Project Manager
fardosa@molsa.gov.so

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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