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
The program supports the green growth of microenterprises through access to finance, improved management and communication, knowledge generation, and monitoring and evaluation.
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
Program does not target by poverty level
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Youth
Persons with disabilities
Climate-affected
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
First come, first serve
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Geographic targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Bangladesh
Region
South Asia
Lead implementing agency
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P178996
Global Practice (World Bank)
Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy
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
Process evaluation
Economic evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Spillovers and general equilibrium effects
Scalable delivery modalities
Dynamics over time
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
to be hired
Date when impact evaluation results available
For all 2026
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
Percentage female participants
Share of country population (%)
:
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
:
Area/s
: Mix (urban & rural)
Geographic coverage
: National coverage
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
| 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 |