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 program aims to play a part in shifting the framing of and response to acute malnutrition from a relief and emergency response to an evidence-based and permanent systems-driven local solution.

Village Enterprise will pilot a graduation program in Isiolo during the first phase of the project. The pilot will attempt to generate evidence on whether “The graduation model is an effective approa

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

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Women

Youth

ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA

Age

Poverty status

Behavioral attributes

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Geographic targeting

Community-based targeting

Proxy Means Test

Basic Program Information

COUNTRY
Kenya
REGION
Sub-Saharan Africa
LEAD IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Village Enterprise
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)
Blend
FCV Country (WB FY20 List)
No
TOTAL POPULATION (Million)

47.24

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (NPL)

36.10%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT ($1.90/DAYPPP2011)

37.68%

POVERTY HEADCOUNT (MPI)

37.68%

NO. ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

17

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

760,042

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
NAME RESEARCH PARTNERS
Catholic Relief Services
DATE WHEN RESULTS AVAILABLE
The results will be available in 2023.
LINK TO PUBLISHED WORK

Program Coverage

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

600

DIRECT & INDIRE CT BEN EFICIARIES

2,184

PERCENTAGE FEMALE BENEFICIARIES

76-99%

Percentage of country population
0.01%
Percentage of country population under the poverty line
0.01%
Area/s
Rural
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