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 aims to build the resilience of extremely poor refugee and host community households in Kyaka II and Kyangwali Refugee Settlements through a graduation model integrated with market system development.
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
PRIORITY VULNERABLE GROUPS
Displacement-affected
Women
Children
Youth
Persons with disabilities
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Age
Behavioral attributes
PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION METHODS
Community-based targeting
Geographic targeting
Categorical targeting
Proxy Means Test
Basic Program Information
Country
Uganda
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead implementing agency
AVSI Foundation
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
Process evaluation
Economic evaluation
Impact evaluation
IMPACT EVALUATION TOPICS
Overall impact
Cost effectivness
Spillovers and general equilibrium effects
Scalable delivery modalities
Dynamics over time
Optimal combination of components
Impact for different population groups
Resilience and shocks responsiveness
Name research partners
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Date when impact evaluation results available
From July 2025
Data submitted as of , through
PEI’s Landscaping Survey.
For more information on the survey
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Program Coverage
Direct participants
7,042
Direct & indirect beneficiaries
31,931
Percentage female participants
None (only male participants)
Share of country population (%)
: 0.07
Share of poor (national poverty line) (%)
: 0.34
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 |