Program Objectives

Main Objectives
Wage employment
Food security
Financial inclusion
Self-employment
Market access
Social services
Income diversification
Women's empowerment
Social cohesion
Productivity
Social inclusion
Climate resilience
Program Description

SWAPNO supports productive employment and climate-adaptive livelihoods for ultra-poor rural female headed households.

Program Components

Transfer
Coaching
Business capital
Financial services facilitation
Wage employment facilitation
Market links
Skills training
Climate resilience support
Average program duration for participants
Under one year
Between one and three years
More than three years
Do participants access components in a specific sequence?

Digitization

COMPONENTS DELIVERED DIGITALLY
Transfer
Coaching
Business capital
Financial services facilitation
Market links
Skills training
Climate resilience support
Wage employment

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

TARGETED POVERTY GROUPS

Ultra-poor

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Women

Climate-affected

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Community-based targeting

Geographic targeting

Categorical targeting

Proxy Means Test

Other targeting method

Basic Program Information

Country
Bangladesh
Region
South Asia
Lead implementing agency
Local Government Division with technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
DNA
Global Practice (World Bank)
Non-WB

Country Information

Lending category (WB only)
IDA
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)

169.36

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

24.30%

Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)

13.50%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

24.64%

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

15

No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country

4,872,657

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
ZANALA Bangladesh ltd
Date when impact evaluation results available
1. SWAPNO next phase Feasibility Assessment 2023. results will be published by June 2023. 2. SWAPNO Internal assessment which will be conducted by the SWAPNO team. Results will be published by December 2024. 3. SWAPNO Final Evaluation of SWAPNO's next phase, the result will be published by December 2025.

Program Coverage

Direct participants

12,492

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

53,716

Percentage female participants

All (100% of participants are female)

Share of country population (%)
: 0.03
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.13
Area/s
: Only rural
Geographic coverage
: Several states/regions

Institutional Arrangements

Organizations Involved In Implementation Providing Financing
National/central government
Regional/district government
Local/municipal government
Non-governmental organization
Community
Financial Service Provider
World Bank
Multilateral (not WB)
Bilateral organization
Private sector organization

Community Engagement

Components Delivered Through Community
  • Transfer
  • Business capital
  • Wage employment facilitation
  • Skills training
  • Coaching
  • Financial services facilitation
  • Market links
  • Climate resilience support
Community Structures Leveraged for Program delivery
  • Informal community groups
  • Formal community groups
  • Local governance groups
  • Community individuals
  • Other community structures

Contact Us

PEI Management Team
peimt@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