Publications

The Partnership for Economic Inclusion Annual Report 2020 details the operational activities of the PEI Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) from July 2019 through June 2020. Following the start-up period of the MDTF, which began operations in March 2019, efforts have focused on the development and scale-up of national economic inclusion programs for extremely poor and vulnerable populations. 

COVID-19 is accentuating the risks facing an increasing number of poor and vulnerable individuals and households in a myriad of ways. As the effects of the crisis evolve, many actors are considering whether and how to complement social assistance measures with additional inputs, components and linkages – including economic inclusion approaches – to help mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and…

The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Economic inclusion programs are a bundle of coordinated, multidimensional interventions that support individuals, households, and communities so they can raise…

The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

The report provides a global assessment on the state of economic inclusion programs that reach the extreme poor and vulnerable. Drawing on experiences…

The Partnership for Economic Inclusion 2021 Annual Report details the operational activities of the Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) from July 2020 through June 2021. It has been a pivotal year for PEI, establishing efforts to support the scale up of government-led economic inclusion, in partnership with diverse stakeholders, funding partners and World…

Established in April 2019, The Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) just completed a foundational period as a World Bank Group (WBG) Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). It is now moving into a period of consolidation, relying on an ambitious strategy charted for 2021–26. Because the overall direction and mission of PEI continues to be highly relevant to the existing poverty context and because…