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)
To replicate the graduation approach (which involves providing a package of services including a productive asset, coaching visits, access to savings accounts, consumption support, and health insurance) in order to determine which aspects of the program are most critical to its success in improving livelihoods of the poor.
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
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
Age
Poverty status
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Proxy Means Test
Basic Program Information
COUNTRY
Ghana
REGION
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Heifer International
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Nongovernmental organization
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Livelihoods and Jobs
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA
Country Information
Lending Category (WB Only)
IDA
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)
28.21
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)
23.40%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)
13.47%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)
28.74%
NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
2
NO. BENEFICIARIES (DIRECT & INDIRECT) OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
50,263
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact of different component variations
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
Christopher Udry, Dean Karlan, Nathan Barker, Gharad Bryan, Angela Ofori-Atta
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
2023 (tentative)
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK
Data submitted/updated as of , through PEI’s Landscaping Survey, via
https://enketo.ona.io/x/0ah4Y58CProgram Coverage
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
7,330
DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES
25,582
PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES
51-75%
Percentage of country population
0.09%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.39%
Area/s
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 |