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 train vulnerable and dis-advantaged youth in poorest rural districts across five provinces for improved entrepreneurship-focused socioemotional knowledge and skills through a school-based, community-driven program.
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
Program does not target by poverty level
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Children
Youth
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Mongolia
Region
East Asia & Pacific
Lead implementing agency
Save the Children Japan in Mongolia
Type lead implementing agency
NGO
Start date
End date
P-code (WB programs)
P165310
Global Practice (World Bank)
Education
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IBRD
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
3.35
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
27.80%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
0.70%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
7.26%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
2
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
25,934
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Impact for different population groups
Name research partners
MEC Consulting (a consulting firm in Mongolia)
Date when impact evaluation results available
The final draft of the endline impact evaluation report is expected to be produced by September, 2023.
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
6,114
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
22,010
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.66
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 2.36
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
| 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 |