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 provides customized support to active entrepreneurs, helping them make their businesses more sustainable through support on formalization and value chains.
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
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Age
Sex
Behavioral attributes
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Panama
Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Lead implementing agency
Banesco AND HIAS
Type lead implementing agency
Financial Service Provider
Start date
End date
Open-ended
P-code (WB programs)
DNA
Global Practice (World Bank)
Non-WB
Country Information
Lending category (WB only)
IBRD
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)
4.35
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
21.50%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
1.10%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
N/A
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
6
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
12,977
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Name research partners
TBA
Date when impact evaluation results available
TBA
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
111
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
407
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: < 0.01
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.04
Area/s
: Urban/Peri-urban only
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 |