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 uses the graduation approach, combining social protection, livelihood promotion, financial inclusion, and social empowerment with a focus on environmental protection, to graduate households out of extreme poverty in a sustainable manner.
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
Youth
Older people
Persons with disabilities
Climate-affected
Marginalized
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Proxy Means Test
Basic Program Information
Country
Rwanda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
Concern Worldwide 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
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Spillovers and general equilibrium effects
Dynamics over time
Optimal combination of components
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Timing, sequencing, and intensity of components
Name research partners
TBC
Date when impact evaluation results available
December 2027
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
2,100
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
9,450
Percentage female participants
Share of country population (%)
: 0.07
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.18
Area/s
: Only 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 |