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 offers specialized family support for households displaced by armed conflict, returnees, or those relocated to rural areas in Colombia, aiming to boost socio-economic stability through capacity building, asset strengthening, food security, housing improvement, and productive projects.

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

Extreme poor

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Displacement-affected

Children

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Other eligible criteria

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Categorical targeting

Basic Program Information

Country
Colombia
Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Lead implementing agency
Prosperidad Social
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
Open-ended
P-code (WB programs)
DNA
Global Practice (World Bank)
Non-WB

Country Information

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

51.52

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

39.30%

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

9.40%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

4.85%

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

12

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

249,402

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
TBA
Date when impact evaluation results available
TBA

Program Coverage

Direct participants

3,828

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

12,250

Percentage female participants

76-99% of participants

Share of country population (%)
: 0.02
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.06
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