Program Objectives
Main Objectives
Wage employment
Food security
Financial Inclusion
Self-employment
Market access
Social services
Diversification
Women's Empowerment
Environmental Management
Productivity
Social Inclusion
Resilience
Program Development Objective(description)
The ACCESS safety nets program is basically composed of a basic unconditional cash transfer and labor-intensive public works. The cash transfer intervention is intended to increase household income over a sustained period (24 months) while the public works program seeks to provide a predictable additional transfer during the lean season to encourage beneficiary households to avoid negative coping
Program Components
TRANSFERS
COACHING
BUSINESS CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACILITATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION
MARKET LINKS
SKILLS TRAINING
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Average Program Duration for Program Beneficiaries
Under one year
Between one and three years
More than three years
Do Participants Access Components in a Specific Sequence?
Digitization
COMPONENTS DELIVERED DIGITALLY
TRANSFERS
COACHING
BUSINESS CAPITAL
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACILITATION
MARKET LINKS
SKILLS TRAINING
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
TARGETED POVERTY GROUPS
Poor
Extreme poor
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
Poverty status
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Community-based targeting
Proxy Means Test
Government social registry
Basic Program Information
COUNTRY
Benin
REGION
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Secretariat for Decentralized Community Driven Services, under oversight of Ministry of Decentralization and Local Government.
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
National/central government
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Social Safety Nets
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
P163560
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
Social Protection & Jobs
Country Information
Lending Category (WB Only)
IDA
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)
10.58
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)
40.10%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)
49.15%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)
72.52%
NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
2
NO. BENEFICIARIES (DIRECT & INDIRECT) OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
114,180
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact on different population groups
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
To be conducted by the Project Implementation Unit with the assistance of a consultant if needed
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
June 2023
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK
Data submitted/updated as of , through PEI’s Landscaping Survey, via
https://enketo.ona.io/x/0ah4Y58CProgram Coverage
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
18,000
DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES
93,420
PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES
51-75%
Percentage of country population
0.88%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
2.20%
Area/s
Rural
Urban
Peri-urban
Geographic coverage
Several states/regions
Institutional Arrangements
| Organizations | Involved In Implementation | Providing Financing |
|---|---|---|
| National/central government | ||
| Regional/district government | ||
| Local/municipal government | ||
| Nongovernmental organization | ||
| Community | ||
| Financial Service Provider | ||
| World Bank | ||
| Multilateral organization (not WB) | ||
| Bilateral organization | ||
| Private sector organization |
Community Engagement
Components Delivered Through Community
- Business capital
- Skills Training
- Coaching
- Financial services facilitation
- Market Links
Community Structures Leveraged for Program delivery
- Informal community groups
- Formal community groups
- Formalized producer organizations
- Local governance group
Does the program create/strengthen community structures/groups?
Learn More
www.peiglobal.orgContact Us
Colin Andrews, Program Manager
peidp@worldbank.org
| DNA: Does Not Apply; FY: Fiscal Year; FCV: Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index; NPL: National Poverty Line; N/A: Not available; WB: World Bank |