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 improve the incomes of the extreme poor households by enabling them to manage their small farm and non-farm activities more productively and sustainably.
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
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
Age
Poverty status
Behavioral attributes
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Community-based targeting
Basic Program Information
COUNTRY
Ghana
REGION
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
National/central government
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Social Safety Nets
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
P164603
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
Social Protection & Jobs
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
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
University of Ghana, Institute for Social, Statistics and Economic Research
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
June 2020
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK
Data submitted/updated as of , through PEI’s Landscaping Survey, via
https://enketo.ona.io/x/0ah4Y58CProgram Coverage
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
7,072
DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES
24,681
PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES
76-99%
Percentage of country population
0.09%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.37%
Area/s
Rural
Geographic coverage
One state/region
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 |