Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Results-Based Financing Specific Investment Loan

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The development objective of the Strengthen the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Project is to improve the efficiency and equity of Moldova's social safety net through a fiscally sustainable expansion and strengthening of the Ajutor social program. The project will consist of two components. The first component will co-finance the scaling up of two targeted programs (the Ajutor social program and targeted heating allowances), while supporting the consolidation and downsizing of other benefit programs. It will link disbursements to the achievement of specific results measured by - disbursement-linked indicators. The second component will finance investments to strengthen the basic architecture of the social assistance system, with a focus on the Ajutor social program.