RSR MULTIPLYING WHAT IS RAPID IMPACT SOCIAL RESPONSE Catalytic, Agile, Results Oriented RAPID SOCIAL Rapid Social Response … The Rapid Social Response (RSR) Program, launched in 2009, supports the world’s poorest by provides small—averaging US$530,000—but highly building effective and adaptive social protection catalytic funding and paves the way for larger World Bank–supported operations RESPONSE systems to respond to urgent social needs for sustainable livelihoods and jobs. leveraged over US$7.1 billion of International Development Association (IDA) and US$495 million of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) operations PROGRAM RSR is supported by a Multi-Donor Trust Fund Partnership of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and the World Bank. Building effective and RSR Results Chain adaptive social protection RSR Phase 1 (2009–2012): helped low-income countries and jobs systems for address urgent social needs stemming from the food, Output Outcome Impact rapid response to urgent fuel, and financial crises and natural disasters, and build resilience to future shocks. Total RSR Program #IDA & #IBRD operations Social Protection Coverage social needs Resources RSR Phase 2 (2012–present): supports countries through new innovative, catalytic windows aimed at © Nahuel Berger | World Bank increasing the adaptability of social protection systems particularly high-impact areas such as nutrition and 160 million For additional information, please visit the following websites: US$7.6 individuals disaster risk management. Gender empowerment is an RSR Program: http://www.worldbank.org/rsr US$110 billion worldwide upcoming theme, piloting new behavioral designs and World Bank’s 2012–2022 Social Protection and Labor Strategy: million http://www.worldbank.org/spstrategy artificial intelligence approaches. RSR ASPIRE Database - The Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire Reached over 160 million poor and vulnerable people— RSR Nutrition Sensitive MDTF in partnership with SecureNutrition: The RSR Program is a key instrument for implementing increasingly women http://www.securenutrition.org the World Bank’s 2012–2022 Social Protection and Labor RSR Disaster Responsive MDTF in partnership with the Global Facility Helped 91 countries enhance the capacity of social for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR): https://www.gfdrr.org Strategy to increase resilience, equity, and opportunities protection and jobs systems InterAgency Social Protection Assessment (ISPA) tools: for the poor worldwide. https://www.ispatools.org Supported 241 approved proposals worldwide with For questions, please contact: rsr@worldbank.org and/or the RSR Core Team: US$110million funding through four windows RSR develops and builds social protection Sándor Sipos, RSR Program Manager and Partnerships Adviser, ssipos@worldbank.org; Svetlana Markova, Communications Officer solutions across three themes: Sub-Saharan Africa received 51 percent of RSR resources (Russian Outreach), smarkova@worldbankgroup.org; Inas Ellaham, Trust Fund Coordinator/Operations Analyst, iellaham@worldbank.org; Adea 1. Strengthening social protection systems to Facilitates new partnerships and promotes global Kryeziu, Social Protection Specialist, akryeziu@worldbank.org; and Shams ur protect and empower the poor to become knowledge exchanges such as the South-South Rehman, Program Analyst, SPJ Partnerships, surrehman@worldbank.org. Ethiopia © Donatella Venturi more productive and resilient Learning Forum and regional and subregional communities of practice on social protection and jobs issues Rapid Social Response Program Social Protection and Jobs 2. Supporting South-South learning and communities The World Bank of practice to increase the coverage, impact, and Funded ASPIRE (Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity) to improve SPJ data quality and adaptability of social safety nets availability to better inform SPJ policies and programs Helped develop 6 InterAgency Social Protection Assessment 3. Protecting access to basic services for the (ISPA) tools and their application in 24 countries most vulnerable during crises, shocks, and natural disasters © Scott Wallace | World Bank © Stephan Gladieu | World Bank © Mohamad Al-Arief | World Bank © Arne Hoel | World Bank RSR Results Framework Pyramid RSR Innovative RSR promotes crucial knowledge exchange among francophone Africa in the implementation and scale-up of cash transfers through a successful Community of In India, RSR funding is used to assess the implementation of urban social protection programs, specifically how beneficiaries are identified and targeted, and to pilot and Impactful Practice on Social Protection and Jobs. mechanisms to enhance social protection coverage of informal urban workers. Projects In Madagascar, the government, with support from IDA, provides 80,000 poor households with regular cash In Tanzania, RSR support of US$400,000 led to transfers under safety net programs. More than 75 percent of operationalization and scale-up of the Tanzania Productive REDUCED cash recipients are women. An additional RSR grant supports Social Safety Net Program (US$200 million IDA POVERTY AND In Bangladesh, RSR funds are playing a catalytic role development of closer links between the country’s nutrition operation). The program now reaches 6 million people. INEQUALITY in finding innovative ways of reaching the poor in both agenda and safety nets, using behavioral designs, training, IMPACT MORE POOR PEOPLE COVERED BY urban and rural areas. Three RSR grants led to an IDA and complementary activities in the implementation of the INDICATOR SPJ SYSTEMS SPJ coverage in IDA-supported operation of US$300 million to support improvements safety net programs. Initial reports show primary school projects (total number, by country, gender) in health, nutrition, and cognitive development services. attendance rates improved to 97 percent. OUTCOME ENHANCED CAPACITY OF SPJ SYSTEMS TO PROTECT POOR AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE In Benin, RSR support helped create a common Increased Increased Global TIME AND COMPLEXITY targeting and registry platform. A resulting IDA operation RSR Program in 91 countries INDICATORS resource resource SPJ data allocation allocation accessible the Decentralized Community Driven Services (US$76 to SPJ to SPJ overall (# of new through budget – countries million), and the Health System Performance Project IDA domestic and in ASPIRE/ (million $) other funding ISPA) (US$44 million) now use the common social protection (million $) and jobs platforms. OUTPUTS NEW/IMPROVED INCREASED PROTECTION SPJ SYSTEMS AND AWARENESS OF OF ACCESS COMPONENTS SPJ OPTIONS TO BASIC SERVICES In Burkina Faso, the RSR grant increases access of System diagnostic South-South DURING INDICATORS and stock taking (2 sub-output learning events (# participants, CRISES poor and vulnerable households to safety nets and dimensions, # and $) # countries represented) Number of direct lays the foundation for adaptive safety net systems Component design and development Participation in beneficiaries and public works programs. The project covers (8 sub-output dimensions, and $) community of practice (# of 80,000 people with cash transfers and awareness Interagency program countries, # countries programs on health, nutrition, women’s empowerment, harmonization represented) (2 sub-output and early childhood development. dimensions, # and $) Toolkit users (# downloads, Customer feedback # training (# client governments participants) interviewed) THEMES SOCIAL PROTECTION AND LEARNING AND ACCESS TO BASIC JOBS (SPJ) SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE SERVICES ACTIVITIES • South-South Forum DURING CRISES • Diagnostics • Community of • Safety net benefits • Components • Harmonization Practice • Toolkits for nutrition RESILIENCE – EQUITY – OPPORTUNITY – JOBS • Other forms of safety nets