Pipeline
| ID | INDIGO-PL-0037 |
|---|---|
| Project Name - (Value) | Menstrual Health and Hygiene DIB (Second Tranche) |
| Contact - Name - (Value) | Virginie Arnaud Le Pape |
| Contact - Email - (Value) | arnaudlepapev@afd.fr / juliette.averseng@koisinvest.com |
| State of Development - (Value) | Current |
| State of Development - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Stage of Development - (Value) | Late stage |
| Stage of Development - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Stage of Development - (Notes) | First tranche launched in Ethiopia in February 2022. Second tranche to be launched upon commitments of outcome funders and investors (e.g., in other regions in Ethiopia, in Niger, structuring has been done). |
| Type of instrument and project - Impact Bond - (Value) | Yes |
| Type of instrument and project - Outcomes Fund - (Value) | No |
| Type of instrument and project - Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) - (Value) | No |
| Type of instrument and project - Social Impact Guarantee - (Value) | No |
| Type of instrument and project - Payment-by-results (no pre-financing) - (Value) | No |
| Type of instrument and project - Technical Assistance and Market-building program (Must involve dedicated grant resources) - (Value) | No |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Part of a larger outcomes-based financing program? - Part of a larger outcomes-based financing program? - (Value) | No |
| Part of a larger outcomes-based financing program? - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Dates - Expected Launch Date - (Value) | Q2 - 2023 or later |
| Dates - Total expected project development time - (Value) | 6-12 months |
| Dates - Expected length of project (years) - (Value) | 3 |
| Dates - Project design process began - (Value) | 2019 |
| Dates - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Rationale for using outcome based finance - (Value) | (1) Experiment a comprehensive intervention to address menstrual health and hygiene challenges (2) Build evidence of the impacts of such intervention (3) Develop a dialogue with policy makers to replicate and scale the intervention (4) Risk transfer from providers and donors to social investors |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Key challenges to launch - (Value) | (1) Hard to secure outcome funding (2) Complexities around the financial structure for the pre-financing of the Ethiopian DIB (3) Measurability of outcomes given undocumented sector and no track record of interventions (4) Fragmented ecosystems of service providers |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Role of the domestic government - Outcomes funder - (Value) | No |
| Role of the domestic government - Service provider - (Value) | No |
| Role of the domestic government - Member of project committee - (Value) | Yes |
| Role of the domestic government - No formal role - (Value) | No |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Service providers identified and selected - Request-for-proposals - (Value) | Yes |
| Service providers identified and selected - Direct contracting by outcome funder/investor/intermediary - (Value) | No |
| Service providers identified and selected - Provider-led deal development - (Value) | No |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Feasibility study - (Value) | Yes |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Proposed financing instruments - Debt - (Value) | Yes |
| Proposed financing instruments - Equity - (Value) | No |
| Proposed financing instruments - Guarantee - (Value) | No |
| Proposed financing instruments - Grant - (Value) | No |
| (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Technical assistance grant - Technical assistance grant - (Value) | Yes |
| Technical assistance grant - Details - (Value) | AFD financed the feasibility, the structuring, and the preparation of the NGO pre-signing |
| Technical assistance grant - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Overall project finance - Estimated Maximum potential outcome payment - Currency - (Value) | EUR |
| Overall project finance - Estimated Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount - (Value) | 16200000 |
| Overall project finance - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Overall project finance - (Notes) | Up to EUR 5-15m per new geography/country (1st tranche in Ethiopia: EUR 3million) |
| Purpose and classifications - Social/Developmental challenge - (Value) | Menstruation is a key component of a woman’s life. Yet it remains a taboo in many cultures, including in Africa and India. In these countries, the issue has been consistently overlooked, underestimated, and underfunded. For instance, 70% of adolescent girls in Ethiopia and over 52% in India learn about menstruation after menarche from an older sister or peers at school. Due to lack of awareness, many girls adopt unhygienic practices, which can have negative impacts on their health. Girls also feel less confident because of the lack of sanitary facilities at schools and unavailability of better sanitary products. This impacts their ability to attend school or work in appropriate conditions. Ultimately, it perpetuates stigma and gender inequality. |
| Purpose and classifications - Expected intervention model - (Value) | (1) outreach campaigns to change practices, behaviours and attitudes (2) development of a local market for menstrual products (3) improvement of sanitary infrastructure |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Employment and private sector development - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Education - (Value) | Yes |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Social protection - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Criminal justice - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Health - (Value) | Yes |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Agriculture - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Environment and climate change - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - (Value) | Yes |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Energy - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - Humanitarian - (Value) | No |
| Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG goals - (Value) | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 |
| Purpose and classifications - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Target population - (Value) | Adolescent girls, women and their communities, including boys and men |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries (total) - (Value) | TBD |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Unit type of targeted service users or beneficiaries - (Value) | Individual |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Country Classification of Service and beneficiaries - Low-income - (Value) | No |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Country Classification of Service and beneficiaries - Lower-middle-income - (Value) | Yes |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Country Classification of Service and beneficiaries - Upper-middle-income - (Value) | No |
| Service users and beneficiaries - Country Classification of Service and beneficiaries - High-income - (Value) | No |
| Service users and beneficiaries - (Source ID's) | source1 |
| Service users and beneficiaries - (Notes) | TBD (number of beneficiaries for 1st tranche: 325k) |
| Notes - (Value) | Data for this pipeline project was last updated in April 2022. |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Name - (Value) | Ethiopia (new region) or other Sub-Saharan country |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Country - (Value) | ET |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lat - (Value) | 9.145 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lng - (Value) | 40.4897 |
| Sources 1: Id | source1 |
| Sources 1: Name - (Value) | Data shared by key stakeholders of the project through March 2022 Levoca questionnaire |
| Service Provisions 1: Notes | TBD (1st trance: CARE France, CARE Ethiopia, ProPride) |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Notes | TBD (1st tranche: AFD) |
| Investments 1: Notes | TBD (1st tranche: BNP Paribas) |
| Intermediary services 1: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Other |
| Intermediary services 1: Notes | Evaluator - TBD (1st tranche: ITAD Ltd) |
| Intermediary services 2: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Other |
| Intermediary services 2: Notes | Advisor - KOIS |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Outcome Definition - (Value) | Women’s mobility during menstruation, women’s ability to meet their MHH needs, community knowledge on menstrual health and hygiene, access to reusable menstrual products, access to adequate school infrastructure |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Outcome validation Method - (Value) | Quasi-experimental |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Notes | Surveys with several questions on 1-3 and 4-5 observation (% of vouchers converted into purchase of sanitary products, questionnaire on state of infrastructire in school - standard) |