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
SJY leverages Jeevika's community network to provide ultra-poor households in Bihar with sequential components, namely productive assets, training, coaching, savings access, and consumption support.
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
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Persons with disabilities
Marginalized
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
India
Region
South Asia
Lead implementing agency
Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (Jeevika), Government of Bihar
Type lead implementing agency
Regional/district govt
Start date
End date
Open-ended
P-code (WB programs)
P159576
Global Practice (World Bank)
Agriculture and Food
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IBRD
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
1,407.56
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
21.90%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
10.00%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
16.39%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
19
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
4,360,259
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Institutional assessments
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Spillovers and general equilibrium effects
Scalable delivery modalities
Dynamics over time
Optimal combination of components
Impact for different population groups
Applicablity to other settings
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Timing, sequencing, and intensity of components
Name research partners
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia
Date when impact evaluation results available
2024 for RCT Findings from process evaluations to be published soon
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
155,000
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
708,689
Percentage female participants
All (100% of participants are female)
Share of country population (%)
: 0.05
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.23
Area/s
: Only rural
Geographic coverage
: One state/region
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 |