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 Transform is to build capacity for a sustained progress out of ultra-poverty. International Care Ministries (ICM) works with local churches to invite the poorest families in the area to join a Transform community. Together, the community of 37 participants (90% of whom are women) go through 15 weeks of life-changing lessons on HOPE – Heart (values), Opportunity (livelihood), Phy
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
Extreme poor
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Children
Ethnic minorities
ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
Poverty status
Having dependents
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Community-based targeting
Proxy Means Test
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
Livelihoods and Jobs
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 of different component variations
Impact at scale
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA)
Northwestern University
London School of Economics
The University of Sydney
The University of Hong Kong
Yale University
University of Toronto
University of San Francisco
Princeton University
University of Waterloo
Wheaton College
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
We anticipate publishing preliminary results of the latest Transform program RCT around 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
33,571
DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES
142,005
PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES
76-99%
Percentage of country population
0.14%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.65%
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 |