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 is a community development initiative to address the causes of poverty for ultra-poor households.
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
Extreme poor
Ultra-poor
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Displacement-affected
Women
Children
Youth
Persons with disabilities
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Poverty status
Behavioral attributes
Random allocation
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Basic Program Information
Country
Rwanda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
World Vision Rwanda
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)
13.46
Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)
38.20%
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)
52.00%
Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)
48.82%
No. Economic inclusion programs in the country
14
No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country
2,325,533
PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Name research partners
University of Rwanda, World Vision Canada
Date when impact evaluation results available
The general impact evaluation of Umurava Area Program will be available by 30 September 2025. However, the evaluation of the first phase of the Ultra poor graduation project, phase 1 is planned in August 2023.
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
click here.
Program Coverage
Direct participants
4,079
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
18,356
Percentage female participants
51-75% of participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.14
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.36
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 |