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 increase access to social protection services for extremely poor households, aligning with the National Social Protection Strategy launched in 2015.

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

Women

Children

Older people

Persons with disabilities

Climate-affected

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Other eligible criteria

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Community-based targeting

Geographic targeting

Categorical targeting

Proxy Means Test

Basic Program Information

Country
Madagascar
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
Development Intervention Fund under the Prime Minister’s office
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P149323
Global Practice (World Bank)
Social Protection & Jobs

Country Information

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

28.92

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

70.70%

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

80.70%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

69.08%

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

3

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

969,038

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Economic evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Dynamics over time
Optimal combination of components
Impact for different population groups
Applicablity to other settings
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
Ministère de la Population, de la Protection Sociale et de la Promotion de la Femme (MPPSPF)
Date when impact evaluation results available
à partir du 2024

Program Coverage

Direct participants

127,763

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

626,038

Percentage female participants

76-99% of participants

Share of country population (%)
: 2.17
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 3.06
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

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