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 the protection and assistance for targeted internally displaced persons, returnees, and host community members, restoring their human dignity and promoting avenues to end the plight of forcibly uprooted people through the provision of viable protection safety-nets.
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
Displacement-affected
Women
Youth
Older people
Persons with disabilities
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Behavioral attributes
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Proxy Means Test
Basic Program Information
Country
Nigeria
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
American University of Nigerian (AUN)
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)
Blend
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
Yes
Total Population (million)
213.40
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
40.10%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
30.90%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
46.42%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
11
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
6,198,770
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Applicablity to other settings
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
American University of Nigeria (AUN)
Date when impact evaluation results available
31/12/2023
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
1,200
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
5,882
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: < 0.01
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: < 0.01
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 |