Social Safety Net Project
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme type
Population group
Children, Women
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To support (a) the provision of short-term employment opportunities in community-based labour-intensive works for poor and vulnerable people; and (b) the improvement of nutrition practices among participating households, focusing on pre-school children and pregnant/lactating women
World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.” World Bank website. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/10/28/developing-a-nutrition-based-social-safety-net-program-in-djibouti>.
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Programme components
Community service and light labour, maximising women’s income and activation opportunities; provision of micronutrient powders and targeted supplements; promotion of healthy behaviour (e.g. free diagnoses of haemoglobin levels during prenatal care); monthly group sessions and individual home visits; one awareness day per month
World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.” World Bank website. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/10/28/developing-a-nutrition-based-social-safety-net-program-in-djibouti>.
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Start date
2013
World Bank. 2013. Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of the Crisis Response Employment and Human Capital Social Safety Net Project TF097217. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/414281468246003774/pdf/808240PJPR0P120ox0379822B00PUBLIC0.pdf>.
Conditionalities (if any)
Participation in cash-for-work programme and attendance of sessions on nutritional well-being
World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.” World Bank website. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/10/28/developing-a-nutrition-based-social-safety-net-program-in-djibouti>.
Coverage
300,000 beneficiaries in 2016 i.e., 66% of the project objective
Programme expenditure
First World Bank grant (effective in 2013): USD5 million;
First additional financing by the World Bank (effective in 2015): USD5 million;
Second additional financing by the World Bank (2016–2019): USD4 million
DJF 260,000,000 in 2016
Source of funding: World Bank
World Bank. 2016. International Development Association Project Paper on a proposed additional credit in the amount of SDR2.9 million (US$4 million equivalent) to the Republic of Djibouti for an additional financing for the Social Safety Net Project. Report No: PAD1756. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 1 August 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488311468181132692/pdf/PAD1756-PJPR-P130328-IDA-R2016-0096-1-Box394887B-OUO-9.pdf>.
Republic of Djibouti. STRATEGIE NATIONALE DE PROTECTION SOCIALE (2018 - 2022), Ministère des Affaires Sociales et des Solidarités, République de Djibouti. Accessed 06 November 2023 <https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/dji200233.pdf>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Geographical Targeting
Self-Targeting
World Bank. 2016. International Development Association Project Paper on a proposed additional credit in the amount of SDR2.9 million (US$4 million equivalent) to the Republic of Djibouti for an additional financing for the Social Safety Net Project. Report No: PAD1756. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 1 August 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488311468181132692/pdf/PAD1756-PJPR-P130328-IDA-R2016-0096-1-Box394887B-OUO-9.pdf>.
Targeted areas
Geographical targeting is based on poverty rates but within defined areas (2); given the severity of poverty in rural areas, it was decided in 2016 to discontinue the workfare programme in Djibouti Ville; moreover, nutrition activities will also be expanded to areas where there is no accompanying workfare programme
World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.” World Bank website. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/10/28/developing-a-nutrition-based-social-safety-net-program-in-djibouti>.
Target groups
Poor and vulnerable households with pregnant women and pre-school children 0–2 years of age (0–5 in certain areas)
World Bank. 2016. International Development Association Project Paper on a proposed additional credit in the amount of SDR2.9 million (US$4 million equivalent) to the Republic of Djibouti for an additional financing for the Social Safety Net Project. Report No: PAD1756. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 1 August 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488311468181132692/pdf/PAD1756-PJPR-P130328-IDA-R2016-0096-1-Box394887B-OUO-9.pdf>.
Eligibility criteria
Households are eligible for the workfare programme and the cash transfer if they have nutritionally vulnerable members such as pregnant women and under-5 children, and if they participate in the sessions on nutritional well-being; female caregivers have the right to decide whether they want to take on the work or delegate it to another household member
World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.” World Bank website. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/10/28/developing-a-nutrition-based-social-safety-net-program-in-djibouti>.
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Updating listings to allow new people to register for programmes
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash transfer; services
Amount of benefits
50 working days per year per beneficiary and a daily transfer of DJF800
World Bank. 2016. International Development Association Project Paper on a proposed additional credit in the amount of SDR2.9 million (US$4 million equivalent) to the Republic of Djibouti for an additional financing for the Social Safety Net Project. Report No: PAD1756. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 1 August 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488311468181132692/pdf/PAD1756-PJPR-P130328-IDA-R2016-0096-1-Box394887B-OUO-9.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Two weeks
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Transfer of money to beneficiaries’ bank account (to CPEC)
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Benefit recipients
Pregnant and lactating women are the prime beneficiaries of the intervention
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
50 days minimum and 75 days maximum
UNICEF Djibouti. 2017. Personal communication.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
During pilot and expansion phases, rigorous baseline and follow-up surveys were carried out
MIS: Operational since the start of the nutrition activities in late 2012
World Bank. 2013. Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of the Crisis Response Employment and Human Capital Social Safety Net Project TF097217. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 28 July 2017. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/414281468246003774/pdf/808240PJPR0P120ox0379822B00PUBLIC0.pdf>.
Legal Framework
Project agreement signed between the government and the World Bank World Bank. 2014. “Developing a nutrition-based social safety net program in Djibouti.”
