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 project supports smallholder farmers and agri-entrepreneurs by addressing the challenges in developing agri-food value chains through improving institutional capacity, increasing agricultural productivity, enhancing market access, and attracting private sector investment.
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
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Youth
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Poverty status
First come, first serve
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Geographic targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Liberia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
Ministry of Agriculture
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P175263
Global Practice (World Bank)
Agriculture and Food
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IDA
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
5.19
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
50.90%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
27.60%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
52.32%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
5
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
224,500
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Institutional assessments
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
Cuttington University, Liberia
Date when impact evaluation results available
August 2023
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
22,385
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
116,402
Percentage female participants
26-50% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 2.24
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 4.40
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 |