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 objective of Prevail is to help sustain and grow the livelihood gains made by ultra-poor participants of the ICM Transform program (see entry on ICM Transform).

During the Transform Program, participants form a savings group (SG) and elect leaders and officers from the community. After completing the Transform program, SG leaders are invited to join the Prevail Network. Being part of the netw

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

Women

Ethnic minorities

ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Geographic targeting

Community-based targeting

Government social registry

Basic Program Information

COUNTRY
Philippines
REGION
East Asia & Pacific
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
International Care Ministries
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Nongovernmental organization
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Financial Inclusion
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
DNA

Country Information

Lending Category (WB Only)
IBRD
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)

101.70

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)

21.60%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)

6.19%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)

5.98%

NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

4

NO. BENEFICIARIES (DIRECT & INDIRECT) OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

388,999

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Economic evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact on different population groups
Effect of market links
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
ICM has a working relationship with the following institutions for the Transform program.
- Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
- Northwestern University
- London School of Economics
- University of Sydney
- University of Hong Kong
- Yale University
- University of Toronto
- University of San Francisco
- Princeton University
- University of Waterloo
- Wheaton College

We anticipate collaborating with some of these institutions for the potential Prevail study.
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
ICM is in the process of developing the design of the Prevail study/ies. As such, subsequent activities including publication of results are yet to be determined.
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK

Program Coverage

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

56,974

DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES

241,000

PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES

76-99%

Percentage of country population
0.24%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
1.10%
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?

Contact 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