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 aims to build the capacity of beneficiaries of social cash transfers and public works programs to sustainably improve their livelihoods, build resilience, and graduate out of poverty.
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
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Women
Youth
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Proxy Means Test
Basic Program Information
Country
Malawi
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
Community Savings and Investment Promotion (COMSIP) Cooperative Union Limited
Type lead implementing agency
NGO
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P169198
Global Practice (World Bank)
Social Protection & Jobs
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IDA
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
19.89
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
50.70%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
70.10%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
49.88%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
11
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
1,881,097
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Optimal combination of components
Name research partners
Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI)
Date when impact evaluation results available
by December 2024
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
345,742
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
1,521,265
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 7.65
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 15.09
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 |