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 access to economic opportunities through the following sub-objectives:
1. Identify and develop new economic inclusion models to increase the adaptive capacity of Egyptian poor and vulnerable households to shocks and graduate them from poverty by improving their employability skills for wage/self-employment in different activities of the value chain (including services, green economy, f
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
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Youth
People with disabilities

ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
Age
Sex
Poverty status
Behavioral attributes

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Proxy Means Test
Government social registry

Basic Program Information
COUNTRY
Egypt, Arab Rep.
REGION
Middle East & North Africa
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Ministry of Social Solidarity
TYPE LEAD
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
National/central government
START DATE
END DATE
PRIMARY ENTRY POINT
Social Safety Nets
P-CODE (WB PROGRAMS)
P168414
GLOBAL PRACTICE (WB PROGRAMS)
Social Protection & Jobs

Country Information
Lending Category (WB Only)
IBRD
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)
93.78
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)
27.80%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)
1.39%
POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)
5.06%
NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
3
NO. BENEFICIARIES (DIRECT & INDIRECT) OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY
132,160

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact on different population groups
Impact of different component variations
Impact at scale
Effect of market links
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
IFPRI
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
December 2021 we shall have IFPRI evaluation
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK
Data submitted/updated as of , through PEI’s Landscaping Survey, via
https://enketo.ona.io/x/0ah4Y58CProgram Coverage
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES
30,000
DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES
123,900
PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES
26-50%
Percentage of country population
0.13%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.48%
Area/s
Rural
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 |