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 promotes salaried and independent employment in Costa Rica's urban and rural areas through educational activities, financial health, access to banking services, state program connections, and private sector inclusion initiatives.
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
Poor
Extreme poor
Those above the poverty line
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Displacement-affected
Women
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Costa Rica
Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Lead implementing agency
Women's Foundation, Omar Dengo Foundation
Type lead implementing agency
NGO
Start date
End date
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)
5.15
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
30.00%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
2.30%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
0.54%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
5
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
13,081
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
Consultor Erick Brenes (Evaluación del Programa) CID Gallup, estudio del sector agroindustrial
Date when impact evaluation results available
Evaluación del Programa de Medios de Vida 2019-2021, concluida en agosto de 2022 Evaluación del Sector Agroindustrial y sus Cadenas de Valor en Zona Norte, Junio 2023.
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
3,500
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
12,115
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.24
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.78
Area/s
: Mix (urban & 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
| 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 |