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 targets ultra-poor households among those who enrolled in Humanitarian Play Labs and provides them with support to build sustainable early childhood development and livelihoods.

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

Ultra-poor

PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS

Displacement-affected

Women

Children

Youth

Persons with disabilities

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Geographic targeting

Categorical targeting

Proxy Means Test

Basic Program Information

Country
Uganda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
BRAC Uganda
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)

45.85

Poverty headcount (NPL) (%)

20.30%

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

42.20%

Poverty headcount (MPI) (%)

57.17%

No. Economic inclusion programs in the country

18

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

1,395,684

PLANNED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION/RESEARCH TYPES
Needs assessment
Process evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Scalable delivery modalities
Optimal combination of components
Impact for different population groups
Applicablity to other settings
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Timing, sequencing, and intensity of components
Name research partners
IPA
Date when impact evaluation results available
To be decided

Program Coverage

Direct participants

700

Direct & indirect beneficiaries

3,174

Percentage female participants

76-99% of participants

Share of country population (%)
: < 0.01
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.03
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

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