About 1 in 10 people live on less than $3.00 daily, the extreme poverty line

Promoting Social Inclusion and Self-Reliant Livelihood Activities in Armenia

Development Objective

The proposed Project Development Objective is to increase access to social assistance benefits and services, and provide self-employment support for about 11,000 extremely vulnerable individuals in selected regions in Armenia. The PDO will be achieved by strengthening the role of existing community and state (territorial) social workers as connectors between the families and available social assistance benefits and services and by providing entrepreneurship support to the FBP beneficiaries as a pathway to graduate out of the program. 200 state and community social workers (a separate group of project direct beneficiaries) will be provided with methodological support and capacity building to effectively implement the social case management in the project target regions.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P165314
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Ivan Shulga
Borrower 2
Armenia Association of Social Workers

Country
Armenia
Disclosure Date
April 12, 2018
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
April 18, 2020
Effective Date
August 5, 2020

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 2.70 million
Implementing Agency
Armenia Association of Social Workers
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2020

Commitment Amount
US$ 2.70 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
June 30, 2023

Consultant Services required
TBD
Last Stage Reached
Bank Approved
Last Update Date
February 27, 2024

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender74%
FY17 - Labor Market Policy and Programs41%
- FY17 - Active Labor Market Programs41%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Enterprise Development59%
- FY17 - Entrepreneurship59%
FY17 - Jobs41%
- FY17 - Job Creation41%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building41%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use41%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Protection41%
- FY17 - Social protection delivery systems41%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Japan Social Development Fund	2.70

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	N/A

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	2.70
Total Project Cost**	2.70

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall	Low	2023-07-20
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2023-07-20
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2023-07-20

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 12-13-2023
Outcomes	Highly Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 40.00 53.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 50.00 58.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Female-run businesses Value 0.00 40.00 56.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Female-run businesses Value 0.00 40.00 56.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment

Number of beneficiaries that access social assistance benefits or services (other than FBP paid benefits and self-employment support) according to their needs	Value	0.00	6000.00	6003.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Number of beneficiaries that will benefit from access to available self-employment opportunities Value 0.00 3300.00 3363.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of businesses in sustained operation by the end of the project Value 225.00 225.00 305.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of businesses launched by the project beneficiaries Value 0.00 300.00 306.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment

Percent increase in the income of beneficiaries of the sub-grants (including sub-grants recipients and members of their households)	Value	0.00	25.00	51.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Beneficiary assessment survey delivered Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Beneficiary feedback mechanisms established Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Closing event delivered Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Final evaluation report prepared Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment

Management Information System (MIS) for social workers established and gathering information on beneficiary households and their access to referred services	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Management Information system (MIS) for the project M&E established Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of (new) poor households that apply/register in the FBP through the social case management system Value 0.00 200.00 212.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2022
Comment
Number of beneficiaries that will receive capacity building, knowledge sharing and advice on self-employment opportunities Value 0.00 1400.00 2011.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of citizens participating in community and townhall meetings Value 0.00 1000.00 1224.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of community and townhall meetings held Value 0.00 50.00 50.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Number of social workers who received on-job training Value 0.00 200.00 200.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment

Number of social workers who successfully completed a newly designed training curricula to meet minimum standards for social case management	Value	0.00	200.00	208.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Number of working-age beneficiaries (out of 600) who successfully completed the BMS training Value 0.00 550.00 553.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Outreach strategy/plan developed Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Percent of beneficiares who believe that BMS trainings were relevant to their needs Value 0.00 75.00 97.30
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Percent of beneficiares who find their social situation improved due to case management activities Value 0.00 70.00 73.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Percent of social workers participated in trainings who consider newly designed training curricula relevant to their needs Value 0.00 70.00 84.60
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Revised methodology for social case management approved by MLSA for the use by social workers Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Share of beneficiary feedbacks reviewed and addressed Value 0.00 100.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Social case management model is functioning in the project target areas Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment
Social workers evaluation delivered Value No Yes Yes
Date December 31, 2019 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2023
Comment

Female beneficiaries	Value	0.00	40.00	53.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Female-run businesses	Value	0.00	40.00	56.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Number of businesses in sustained operation by the end of the project	Value	225.00	225.00	305.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Beneficiary assessment survey delivered	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Closing event delivered	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Final evaluation report prepared	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Outreach strategy/plan developed	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Social workers evaluation delivered	Value	No	Yes	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	June 30, 2023	June 30, 2023
	Comment

Promoting Social Inclusion and Self-Reliant Livelihood Activities in Armenia

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

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Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of October 31, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of October 31, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS