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 grants and microcredits to promote socio-economic development and climate resilience among forest villagers, particularly targeting rural poverty, women, and persons with disabilities.

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

Persons with disabilities

Climate-affected

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Sex

Poverty status

Behavioral attributes

Other eligible criteria

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Geographic targeting

Categorical targeting

Other targeting method

Basic Program Information

Country
Türkiye
Region
Europe & Central Asia
Lead implementing agency
Directorate General of Forestry
Type lead implementing agency
National govt
Start date
End date
Open-ended
P-code (WB programs)
P179345 & P172562
Global Practice (World Bank)
Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy

Country Information

Lending category (WB only)
IBRD
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Total Population (million)

84.78

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

14.40%

Poverty headcount ($2.15/day (2017 PPP)) (%)

0.40%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

N/A

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

5

No. beneficiaries (direct & indirect) of economic inclusion programs in the country

52,407

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Dynamics over time
Impact for different population groups
Name research partners
UNDP led the recent evaluation report of ORKOY (2021,2022).
Date when impact evaluation results available
Not known. Surveys are published online on the website https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/orman-ve-koy-iliskileri-orkoy-genel-mudurlugu http://www.orkoy.gov.tr/

Program Coverage

Direct participants

11,127

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

36,719

Percentage female participants

1-25% of participants

Share of country population (%)
: 0.04
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.30
Area/s
: Only 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

Contact Us

PEI Management Team
peimt@worldbank.org

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