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 improve child well-being by targeting households with out-of-school youth, children under five, and women of child-bearing age, aiming to ensure resilient livelihoods that enable year-round expenditure on children, improved food and nutrition security, and preparedness for shocks.
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
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Age
Sex
Behavioral attributes
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Malawi
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
Save the Children
Type lead implementing agency
NGO
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
DNA
Global Practice (World Bank)
Non-WB
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
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Applicablity to other settings
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
Laboratory for Effective Anti-Poverty Policies (LEAP), Bocconi University
Date when impact evaluation results available
Overall impact of the programme - June 2023 (Midline), December 2024 (Endline) Resilience and shock-responsiveness - June 2023 (Midline), December 2024 (Endline) Applicability to other settings - December 2024 (Endline)
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
2,250
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
9,900
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.05
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.10
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 |