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 aims to achieve 5% annual growth, $1,500 GDP per capita, reduction of unemployment rate to 5%, public external debt levels to no more than 60% of GDP, improve HDI ranking by 5 positions, and reduce the poverty rate reduction to 20%.

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

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Women

Children

Youth

Older people

Persons with disabilities

Climate-affected

Marginalized

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Community-based targeting

Geographic targeting

Basic Program Information

Country
Kyrgyz Republic
Region
Europe & Central Asia
Lead implementing agency
Community Development and Investment Agency (ARIS)
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P175587;P167428
Global Practice (World Bank)
Urban, Resilience and Land

Country Information

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

6.69

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

33.30%

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

0.70%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

0.39%

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

1

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

25,200

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

6,000

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

25,200

Percentage female participants

26-50% of participants

Share of country population (%)
: 0.38
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 1.13
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

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