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 supports new opportunities for starting and growing sustainable microenterprises, focusing on job creation through comprehensive financial and non-financial support to job seekers who will become micro-entrepreneurs.
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
Women
Youth
Persons with disabilities
Marginalized
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
Other eligible criteria
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Mongolia
Region
East Asia & Pacific
Lead implementing agency
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
Open-ended
P-code (WB programs)
P159215
Global Practice (World Bank)
Social Protection & Jobs
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
Process evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
"SICA" LLC
Date when impact evaluation results available
Available now https://www.mesp.mn/38/book#pdfflip-1672737141/1/
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
1,090
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
3,924
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.12
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.42
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 |