Enhancing the Social Protection System for Human Capital and Resilience Project

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The project will be implemented nationally in rural and urban areas. The proposed project will focus on: (i) boosting human capital accumulation, household resilience, and productive opportunities for the poor, by supporting: the poverty targeted cash transfer program, its expansion to urban areas, accompanying human capital measures, and productive inclusion interventions; (ii) modernizing the social protection system to be more efficient, and enable timely detection and response to economic, climate, health, and social shocks, through investments in the SP delivery system and shock-responsive cash transfers (at the outset focused on droughts in Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Namibe, Cuanza Sul and Benguela); and (iii) strengthening capacity and institutional coordination in the SP sector; (iv) strengthening decentralized capacity to support implementation at scale (including access to digital infrastructure for ADECOS), communications and outreach efforts related to the new elements of the project, and continuous learning and evaluations. A contingency emergency response component will be included to allow for rapid reallocation of project resources in the event of a disaster, natural or man-made crisis (other than droughts), which caused or could cause a large economic and social impact. The proposed project will also complement and closely coordinate with the World Bank investments in other sectors, including, health, education, agriculture, governance, and digital development.