PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION Annual Report 1 PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION Annual Report PROGRESS OVERVIEW IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 World Bank First Progress Report March-June 2019 Implemented by: C ONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 15 INTRODUCTION 19 A. Objective and Program Description 20 B. Highlights of Activities/Outcomes 22 1. Country Engagement 23 2. Innovation and Learning 25 3. Global Knowledge Sharing 27 C. Advancing the Partnership 31 D. Aggregated Results 32 ANNEX 40 A.1 PEI Results Framework 40 5 © Trickle Up 6 A BBREVIATIONS PEI PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION CFP CALL FOR PROPOSALS BMZ BUNDESMINISTERIUM FÜR WIRTSCHAFTLICHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT UND ENTWICKLUNG (BMZ) (FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT) COP COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE DIME DEVELOPMENT IMPACT EVALUATION (DIME) RESEARCH GROUP EI ECONOMIC INCLUSION EOI EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FY FISCAL YEAR GIZ DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBH IAC INTERIM ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION IBRD INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IDA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IFC INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION M&E MONITORING AND EVALUATION MDTF MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND NGO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION SDGs SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS WBG WORLD BANK GROUP SC STEERING COMMITTEE 7 © Worldbank © Trickle Up 10 E XECUTIVE SUMMARY This Partnership for Economic Inclusion’s (PEI) Annual Report The PEI Management Team takes the opportunity to reviews activity conducted in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which was acknowledge the generous support of the founding donors. a critical transition period as the Partnership for Economic The PEI is supported by a World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund Inclusion operationalized its founding vision following its (MDTF) mechanism, with initial funding provided by Co- establishment. During the reporting period, efforts focused Impact1 and the German Development Cooperation (Deutsche on strengthening partnership and collaboration arrangements Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) with organizations in the partnership network, revamping commissioned by and on behalf and for the account of the knowledge-sharing priorities and supporting deeper country German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and engagement, particularly with World Bank operations. The PEI Development (BMZ). seeks to ensure that activities are demand-driven and relevant at the country level. The transition period established a solid basis for the consolidation and future expansion of the PEI. The PEI is a new global partnership with a mission to support the adoption of national economic inclusion programs that increase the earnings and assets of extreme poor and vulnerable households. Since the Administrative Agreement was signed on March 26, 2019, the PEI has focused on developing an ambitious work-plan in full consultation with the Interim Advisory Council (IAC) and the Steering Committee (SC). During this transition phase, efforts focused primarily on two of the three work-plan pillars, Country Engagement and Global Knowledge Sharing. These pillars set a mutually reinforcing basis for the success of the PEI. At the time of writing, the PEI is seeing early signs of success from this transition period, as evidenced by the Call for Proposal (CfP) response and energy around the State of Economic Inclusion Report and Global Learning Event for FY20. 1 Co-Impact is a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund. 11 12 13 © Worldbank © CGAP 14 I NTRODUCTION This annual report details the operational activities of PEI’s MDTF, from the signing of Administrative Agreements in March 2019 to June 2019. During this start-up period, the PEI team focused on strengthening partnership and collaboration across the community of practice (CoP), cementing the infrastructure for improved knowledge sharing, and, most critically, supporting close country engagement with World Bank operations. The PEI continues to ensure that all activities are demand-driven and relevant for country operations. By all objective measures, the transition period is setting a solid basis for the consolidation and future expansion of the PEI. Note that since this is the first annual report, some information included extends beyond the financial year end to better describe the early stage of MDTF operationalization. As stated in the PEI Administrative Agreement, future reports will be limited to the exact reporting periods for September and February. 15 A. OBJECTIVE AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The PEI is a partnership that supports the adoption of national A defining opportunity is the potential to link economic economic inclusion programs that increase the earnings and inclusion programs to a wide portfolio of World Bank assets of extreme poor and vulnerable households. The PEI operations. Increasingly, World Bank clients seek to brings together global stakeholders to catalyze country-level strengthen economic inclusion programming through country innovation and global knowledge. It is hosted by the Social strategies that focus on expanding job opportunities, social Protection and Jobs Global Practice of the World Bank. protection, and financial inclusion, among other priorities. The World Bank currently provides over US$15 billion for safety net Meeting a growing global demand financing to 90 countries, and the PEI seeks to leverage these for economic inclusion programs opportunities with links already established to a variety of national programs, including Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Pakistan, The PEI responds to the global momentum to strengthen Paraguay, and India. inclusive and sustainable growth to Leave No One Behind. This is reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Towards a new generation of economic inclusion to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030. This approaches momentum plays out in a dynamical global context that is changing labor market participation, employment, and the The partnership builds on the considerable success of nature of social protection for the poorest. Going forward, “graduation programs” worldwide, pioneered by BRAC in such changes are shaping the social contract between Bangladesh and promoted globally by the Consultative Group governments and citizens, and the role of future economic to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the Ford Foundation, and others. inclusion. Since 2002, graduation programs have been implemented in more than 50 countries, providing a time-bound package of The PEI supports cost-effective and scalable investments interventions spanning social assistance, financial inclusion, for extremely poor and vulnerable populations. In doing so, livelihoods, coaching, and empowerment. These programs the PEI prioritizes the empowerment and agency of women have demonstrated promising impacts in income and asset through gender-intentional program design as a cross-cutting generation, poverty reduction, and food security. priority. Economic inclusion is defined as multi-sectoral interventions that support households to achieve sustainable The PEI supports a new generation of economic inclusion livelihoods and increase their incomes, resilience, and assets, approaches to operationalize the scale-up of government-led while building human capital and promoting social inclusion. programs. This builds on emerging lessons from economic To meet global demands, the PEI leverages its partnership inclusion programs, some of which are in early stages of network, which includes practitioners, policy-makers, testing and adaptation, while others are scaling-up fast or development partners, and research organizations. The have ambitions to scale up. The PEI seeks to test innovations partnership network is critical in terms of contributing to in program design and implementation in selected countries, evidence-based good practice, crowding in expertise, harvest lessons from these innovations, support country and providing a platform to refine and share cutting-edge learning, and promote global knowledge-building on knowledge on economic inclusion. emerging best practices. 16 Initially the PEI will support three pathways to scale. Through Catalyzing country-level innovation and global these inter-connecting pathways, innovations in economic knowledge inclusion will be integrated within national social protection and anti-poverty programs: The PEI work program is organized around the following three priorities, which are designed to be mutually reinforcing: First, integrating strategies to promote more and better job and livelihood opportunities. For the poorest and most vulnerable, Country Engagement: harnessing global expertise to provide access to employment tends to be informal, risky, and often technical advice and grant support for selected governments limited by labor constraints. Therefore, a range of relevant to design, implement, scale-up, and continuously improve experiences (including in rural development, urbanization, youth) their economic inclusion programs. can help unlock entry points for improved job and livelihood opportunities. Innovation and Learning: leading innovation and research activities focused on the most critical gaps in knowledge and Second, improving the effectiveness of social safety net practice. Disseminating findings and developing knowledge systems. Across the world, there is an increasing emphasis on products will help improve the performance of government expanding “cash plus” program interventions, which build on programs and inform global operations and advisory services. established programs. Impact evidence shows that transfers to safety nets can promote economic opportunities, with Global Knowledge Sharing: strengthening knowledge beneficiaries more likely to expand own-businesses and own- exchange, including through the establishment of a PEI farm labor. virtual platform and identifying and distilling good practices, guidelines, tools, and training for diverse audiences and Third, strengthening program delivery systems (e.g., contexts. beneficiary identification, payments, social accountability) as a mechanism for improving access to economic inclusion. This implies a strong role for financial inclusion. © Worldbank 17 B. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/ OUTCOMES We believe it is only by advocating for the most vulnerable of the poor and evidence-based solutions that we will ensure no one is left behind. […] I am proud to support the work of the World Bank’s Partnership for Economic Inclusion on supporting gov- ernments to serve the needs of their poorest populations through social protection. — Lindsay Coates, Managing Director of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, July 2019 18 The PEI has developed and begun to implement an ambitious from a combination of grant financing and technical support. work-plan, established in close cooperation with the Interim These PEI Country Engagement bank-executed grants will Advisory Council and the Steering Committee. Given the PEI’s support a portfolio of geographically and programmatically diverse focus on two intertwined results--the adoption of scaled economic government-led economic inclusion programs that are or will be inclusion programs led by governments and the creation of a underway shortly, leverage substantial funding, offer program cutting-edge platform for global learning and knowledge--the participants a sufficient economic inclusion package (based on work-plan seeks to leverage the partnership, build synergies across existing in-country and global evidence and data), and contribute program components, and enhance program communications. to the global PEI learning agenda. Engaging external technical During this transition phase, efforts focused primarily on Country expertise is a cornerstone of the CfP process. Engagement (Pillar 1) and Global Knowledge Sharing (Pillar 3) of the work-plan. These pillars are seen as the mutually reinforcing A total envelope of up to US$1.8 million was allocated for bank- basis for the success of the partnership. The PEI conducted executed grants, with the intention to select between six and 10 preliminary groundwork on the Innovation and Learning (Pillar grant awardees. The CfP advised a maximum individual grant of 2), with the expectation to fast-track this work in FY20. US$180,000 with a duration of up to two years. Eligible bank- executed activities include supporting governments and their 1. Country Engagement development partners through diagnostics, program design, technical assistance, training, capacity building, and learning The objective of the Country Engagement pillar is to provide technical and research. The first CfP was open to initiatives in Individual advice and grant support for selected governments to design, Development Account (IDA)-eligible, IDA-blend and International implement, scale-up, and continuously improve their economic Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) countries. To inclusion programs. In this first year, most Pillar 1 efforts focused be considered for the grant, proposal applicants needed to on establishing PEI’s Call for Proposals process and streamlining submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) by August 15. To facilitate the process for “just in time” country engagements. Clear and this process, the PEI developed a detailed operations manual detailed planning under this pillar is setting the foundation for a with guidelines for applicants. Careful preparation by the PEI strong partnership going forward. Management Team and outreach with the PEI IAC and SC was foundational to the early success signs of the CfP (See Box 1). PEI Call for Proposals PEI recently closed its CfP and is in the process of selecting PEI Grant Awardees. Preparation for the PEI Country CfP was a major focus during the reporting period. The PEI Management Team invested considerable time to engage the IAC and SC on process design, detailed planning on an operations manual, and agreement on protocols for the process. In July 2019, the PEI launched its inaugural CfP to identify and support up to 10 economic inclusion programs that will benefit 19 HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/OUTCOMES Box 1: Call for Proposal Response at a Glance help governments scale-up economic inclusion programs that promote extreme poor and vulnerable women’s economic and • This first CfP generated a total of 46 submissions from 37 social empowerment. More specifically, the goal is to help women countries – demonstrating coverage in every region and access and control resources, improve household earnings revealing strong demand to operationalize economic inclusion and health conditions, build awareness and self-confidence, across the World Bank Group (WBG). participate in community activities, and invest in children to break • Submissions spanned IDA, IDA-blend and IBRD countries the intergenerational cycle of poverty. and originated from all WB lending regions. • Submissions were received from six Global Practices including During this reporting period, the PEI collaborated with key Social Protection and Jobs; Agriculture; Social Development; stakeholders in economic inclusion and gender (donors, community Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience; Poverty; and Equity of practice organizations, researchers, and World Bank gender • Submissions were also received from the Development Im- experts). This work emerged with the PEI Management Team’s pact Evaluation (DIME) Research Group and the International participation in the Skoll World Forum in April, which brought Finance Corporation (IFC). together leaders from eight organizations including The BOMA Project, BRAC, Concern Worldwide, Fundación Capital, Trickle Up, Trinity College, Village Enterprise, and the PEI to discuss the “Just in Time” Strategic Country Engagement intersection of economic inclusion approaches and women’s In addition to advisory work for the CfP countries, the PEI economic empowerment. The PEI and other leaders discussed Management team invested time to consider “just in time” ways to accelerate progress and contribute to SDG 5. In FY20, strategic country engagement. There is a strong demand the PEI will further reflect on the strategy of this collaboration in for country-level advisory services, from all regions and from the future work program. low-income (IDA) and middle-income (IBRD) countries. The team is developing protocols to respond to this demand Costing and to leverage expertise and resources within the core team and across the partnership network to respond to ‘just Governments facing fiscal constraints need more information on in time’ country-level requests for help with project design, the costs of economic inclusion programming. The PEI’s multi- implementation, and learning. year work-plan prioritizes laying the foundations for future work on costing exercises with government partners. During this reporting period, the PEI has continued conversations 2. Innovation and Learning with worldwide experts from within the partnership network to determine good practices in collecting costing information from The Innovation and Learning pillar focuses on supporting new programs implementing economic inclusion programs. The PEI research and distilling evidence on economic inclusion. This pillar team is planning to consult with World Bank and other costings remains a work in progress, requiring further time and discussion specialists about how to capture costing information in the State with PEI members to develop a multi-year work program. of Economic Inclusion Report 2020 (see below). Ultimately, capturing better costing information on programs will be To achieve large-scale, transformative economic inclusion essential to inform innovative program design to achieve programming, critical knowledge gaps need to be filled maximum cost-effectiveness and impact. The PEI will draw through the generation of new evidence and lessons learned, on its longstanding linkages with Innovations for Poverty Action syntheses of evidence and learnings, and communication and and Northwestern University for this work. dissemination of good practices. The lessons and outputs are intended to feed directly into design and implementation advisory Better understanding of Operational Contexts and Popula- work for the PEI’s Country Engagement in PEI grant countries and elsewhere. Evidence and lessons generated through the tion Segments Innovation and Learning workstream are also designed to provide practical, actionable, and evidence-based implementation tools Governments work in varied contexts and with different policy to the partnership network. priorities and need more information on designing economic inclusion packages for different population segments and contexts. Gender Over this reporting period, the PEI has facilitated conversations on implementation variations and the lessons learned from The PEI’s five-year strategy includes a cross-cutting priority to 20 HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/OUTCOMES Costing resources to fast track and prioritize work in this area. The team has focused its efforts on building the first blocks of a dynamic knowledge management system that allows for the curation and Governments facing fiscal constraints need more information on dissemination of information and materials as well as technical the costs of economic inclusion programming. The PEI’s multi- resources to guide the process of contextualization, design, year work-plan prioritizes laying the foundations for future work and implementation of economic inclusion programs at scale. on costing exercises with government partners. During this reporting period, the PEI has continued conversations Communication and Visibility: Website and SharePoint Site with worldwide experts from within the partnership network to determine good practices in collecting costing information In developing the PEI’s knowledge and communications strategy, from programs implementing economic inclusion programs. the team established a dedicated website (www.peiglobal.io) The PEI team is planning to consult with World Bank and other hosted on a World Bank portal. This website establishes the costings specialists about how to capture costing information PEI’s web-presence and will become a knowledge and practice in the State of Economic Inclusion Report 2020 (see below). hub for the field. With a website established, the team will now Ultimately, capturing better costing information on programs focus on broader website and social media strategies as well will be essential to inform innovative program design to achieve as content development. The PEI will continue to use FinDev maximum cost-effectiveness and impact. The PEI will draw on its Gateway and the Social Protection Platform (https://socialprotection. longstanding linkages with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) org) as repositories for the partnership key documents and will and Northwestern University for this work. also continue using socialprotection.org to hold and advertise events such as webinars. In addition, the PEI team created an IAC SharePoint site, which will serve for internal IAC communications Better understanding of Operational Contexts and Popula- The team has created the same for Steering Committee members. tion Segments Governments work in varied contexts and with different policy Economic Inclusion 101 Resources priorities and need more information on designing economic The PEI Management Team has developed Economic Inclusion inclusion packages for different population segments and contexts. (EI) 101 resources for use by PEI members. Resources include the PEI 2-page overview, stock PowerPoint slides, a short reading list, Over this reporting period, the PEI has facilitated conversations and help-desk resources—responding to inquiries from within the on implementation variations and the lessons learned from WBG and beyond. The PEI team continues to circulate bi-monthly programming for different segments. For example, during the newsletters reaching over 1,000 subscribers and highlighting reporting period the PEI became a co-convener of the Poverty implementation experience, cutting-edge research, and other Alleviation Coalition led by the United Nations High Commissioner resources from the partnership network. The PEI is expected for Refugees (UNHCR) (https://alleviate-poverty.org/). This coalition to revamp the newsletter during the next fiscal year. Finally, the brings together 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) team has completed a full bibliography on economic inclusion working towards a common vision of increasing self-reliance and with over 300 references. economic and social inclusion of refugees and host communities by sustainably increasing income-earning opportunities. The goal is to alleviate the poverty of half a million households consisting of Concept Note for the State of Economic Inclusion Report refugees and host communities within five years through holistic The PEI team completed the concept note for the State of economic inclusion interventions that combine humanitarian and Economic Inclusion (SEI) Report 2020 on July 2, 2019. The development assistance. The PEI has been engaged in similar report is a flagship deliverable of the PEI’s Global Knowledge initiatives focused on disability and early childhood development. Sharing work-plan and will provide the technical basis for the PEI’s signature Global Learning Event in Spring 2020. The report will provide a global assessment of the coverage of economic 3. Global Knowledge Sharing inclusion programs that reach extreme poor and vulnerable people and help identify emerging lessons in how economic The objective of the Global Knowledge Sharing pillar is to inclusion is framed as part of overall development dialogue. strengthen the flow of knowledge on economic inclusion for The report will focus on efforts to scale-up economic inclusion more effective country engagements and to position the PEI as part of government-led anti-poverty programs. The formal as a cutting-edge global platform for learning and knowledge. project concept review incorporated feedback from the IAC and During this reporting period, the PEI dedicated significant involved the formal participation of IAC members. 21 HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/OUTCOMES Draft Concept Note for the Global Learning Event 2020 The PEI team consulted with Steering Committee and IAC members on the timing of a Global Learning Event in 2020 and decided to host the event on June 24 and 25, 2020, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC. © Worldbank 22 C. ADVANCING THE PARTNERSHIP New Program Manager On-Boarding Governance Over the reporting period, a key priority for the new team was Discussions continued around the operationalization of governance to complete the on-boarding process for the PEI’s new Program mechanisms within the PEI. All stakeholders acknowledged that Manager, Colin Andrews. The recruitment process was competitive further reflection and planning is required to ensure that the and solicited applications from within and outside of the WBG with best implementation of governance arrangements is reflected over 400 applications received. Colin joined the PEI Management in the forthcoming Partnership Guide anticipated in Fall 2019. Team on April 15, 2019. Colin is a former Senior Economist in the The formalization of the PEI partnership arrangements is a Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice in the World Bank, top priority for the FY20 work-plan. A partnership memo has with considerable operational and analytical experience. Prior to been drafted outlining a set of holistic considerations and to joining the World Bank, he worked at the Food and Agriculture outline a process that allows adequate reflection on key issues. Organization of the United Nations, the European Commission, and Concern Worldwide. Fundraising Inaugural Steering Committee Meeting The PEI Management Team agreed to develop a fundraising plan to inform the next Steering Committee meeting in December 2019. In May, the PEI’s Steering Committee convened its inaugural The PEI seeks to add two new donors to the MDTF during the meeting with the objective of approving the FY20 work-plan. The forthcoming year. These plans will be elaborated in the first part of SC expressed strong support for the FY20 work-plan. The SC FY20, with a dedicated discussion at the December SC meeting. appreciated the overall principles of the work-plan with the focus on leveraging the partnership, consolidating activities, seeking synergies across pillars, and leading smarter communications. The SC concurred with the indicative budget presented and authorized the team to commit up to US$3.8 million of the MDTF funds over the next 12 months. Within this total, the SC acknowledged the need for some budget flexibility, given the early stages of planning. Any significant budgetary changes will be communicated to the SC as part of the next bi-annual meeting. The SC reemphasized their commitment to supporting future resource mobilization efforts and proposed a full discussion of these issues at the next SC meeting. 23 D. AGGREGATED RESULTS While it is too early to report results, the PEI has established some of the activity infrastructure required to meet the intermediate outcomes outlined in the Results Framework (Annex 1, including an indication of how it relates to activities planned for FY20). Key preparatory efforts include: • Launch of the Call for Proposals, with selection of the inaugural PEI Grants Awardees forthcoming. • Establishment of the date and location for the Global Learning Event. • Approval by the WBG of the State of Economic Inclusion Report concept note (with input from the IAC). • Completion of communication materials (e.g., EI 101 re- sources) and knowledge management web infrastructure. © Worldbank © Bandhan 24 A NNEXES © Worldbank 25 A. PEI RESULTS FRAMEWORK Intermediate Outcomes Indicators Data Source(s) Governments develop and • # of governments that have put in place ev- • Global landscaping survey, WB portfolio and incorporate evidence-based idence-based policies supporting economic pipeline analysis and ASPIRE database (if good practices on design inclusion programming relevant data are collected and available) and implementation into • # of governments that have adapted existing • Reporting from program-level M&E data their economic inclusion systems to incorporate evidence-based • Midterm stakeholder consultation (including programming. economic inclusion programming independent verification and analysis of • # of governments piloting evidence-based qualitative as well as quantitative indicators) economic inclusion programming • # of governments implementing evidence-based economic inclusion programming at scale FY20 Activity Description Pillar 1: • Inaugural PEI Grants Awardees: Engagement with 8-10 CfP winners including in-country support/guidance* • Strategic country engagement responding to on-demand requests from country clients for high-level advice (a focus on 5-10 countries) Pillar 2: • Facilitation: Evidence-base agenda is informed by demand to innovate and learn about quality economic inclusion pro- gramming at scale. CfP countries expected to shape this agenda. Pillar 3: • Global Learning Event devised as a key framing event to bring together technical learning and country experienc- es–ultimately to inform good practice.* • Series of show-and-tell webinars focused on showcasing current work and unfolding agenda linked to Country Engage- ment under Pillar 1. • Curation and generation of knowledge materials devised to inform best practice on the ground. * Activity engaged in during reporting period 26 ANNEXES: PEI RESULTS FRAMEWORK Intermediate Outcomes Indicators Data Source(s) Knowledge is established • # of research studies/ evaluations completed • Global landscaping survey and communicated on how or underway by the PEI that fill identified • Tracking of policy advice, technical assis- governments can adopt, adapt, knowledge gaps in the field tance and peer exchange to governments, and scale economic inclusion from M&E • # of governments adopting, adapting, or programming. scaling economic inclusion programs using • Tracking of research completed and underway best practices and standards • Analysis of findings from proof points, • # of innovation workshops conducted with case studies, evidence, and CoP insights relevant government stakeholders (through stakeholder surveys) • # of peer-to-peer knowledge sharing activities • WB portfolio & pipeline analysis (other than innovation workshops) conducted with the inclusion of members from relevant parties such as government, the World Bank and other development partners and CoP members FY20 Activity Description Pillar 1: • Learning is extracted from country engagement, to inform Pillar 3 work via show-and-tell webinars, country briefs, and capture of country reports and outputs. This will also emphasize the importance of peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. Pillar 2: • Identification of a work-plan and prioritization of research topics to fill gaps in the field. Pillar 3: • Communications: Basic 101 resources* • Community knowledge curation and dissemination services (tacit knowledge/flow)* • Signature knowledge generation and products (stock) • Delivery of Landscaping Report as a key framing document to inform the technical agenda going forward. * Activity engaged in during reporting period 27 HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/OUTCOMES Intermediate Outcomes Indicators Data Source(s) Increased expertise is available • # of active PEI members • Tracking of PEI members; including qualitative and supporting economic inclusion (track # per constituency) evidence of their expertise, their engagements, and programs. participation in training programs (as provider and/ • # of CoP participants or recipient) and mid-term stakeholder consultation FY20 Activity Description Pillar 1: • Connections established in support of the country engagement, which features as a preference for the CfP in particular Pillar 2: • Research networks are leveraged to set in place an agenda for going forward. Pillar 3: • Key activities will be developed with active input from PEI members, which is an expectation set out in membership. The curation and dissemination of real-time resources will be especially important in this regard as PEI sets out to connect practitioners with best available information and expertise. * Activity engaged in during reporting period Intermediate Outcomes Indicators Data Source(s) Increased funding is available for • Increase in level of govern- • Tracking economic inclusion programming. ment funding provided for eco- • Global landscaping survey nomic inclusion programming • WB portfolio and pipeline analysis • Increase in # of funders supporting, and level of funding for, economic inclusion programming FY20 Activity Description Pillar 1: • Inaugural PEI Grants Awardees (see above) and Strategic Country Engagement (see above)* Pillar 2: • Potential for specific resource mobilization on evaluative agenda going forward. Pillar 3: • Member and development partner outreach: In particular using the Global Learning Event as a key springboard to intro- duce additional funders to the MDTF. * Activity engaged in during reporting period 28 HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES/OUTCOMES Intermediate Outcomes Indicators Data Source(s) PEI has engaged and leveraged • Level of World Bank funding for economic • WB portfolio and pipeline analysis its location within the World inclusion programming • Global landscaping survey Bank. • # of World Bank-supported programs in- corporating EI component that is informed by PEI CoP, # of people targeted by these programs • # of references to economic inclusion pro- gramming in World Bank leadership statements FY20 Activity Description Note: A series of work under the strategic partnership and management priorities will be undertaken to fully take advantage of the Bank’s hosting of the PEI. Some of the primary pathways to maximize this relationship include: Pillar 1: • Operationalizing the PEI agenda within Bank operations via the CfP and engaging in strategic country support. Pillar 2: • Connecting Bank expertise with wider network of researchers on EI and ensuring the research engagement is relevant for Pillar 1 country engagement support. Pillar 3: • Framing engagement on overall learning, within the wider context of WB global and country engagement. * Activity engaged in during reporting period © Worldbank 29 30