Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Expansion and Systems Building Project

The development objective of the Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer (CT) Expansion and Systems Building Project for Egypt is to: (a) increase coverage and effectiveness of the Takaful and Karama CT program; (b) expand the social registry to support the targeting of social protection (SP) programs; and (c) enhance access of the poor and vulnerable to economic inclusion opportunities. Effectiveness is defined and measured by pro-poor targeting and intake registration in the Takaful and Karama program (TKP) social registry. The project comprises of four components. The first component, provision of conditional and unconditional CTs will support the provision of conditional and unconditional CTs to beneficiaries under the TKP using a results-based approach, with eligible expenditures comprising CTs. The second component, enhancing delivery systems and institutional capacities will support enhancing the system building blocks including targeting, quality, and institutionalization of the TKP operational systems to support Government of Egypt (GOE) efforts to improve TKP effectiveness and efficiency. The third component, economic inclusion and empowerment services will leverage formal financial services to graduate TKP beneficiaries and integrate them into the formal economy, the project will adopt a - dual - comprehensive and integrated approach to foster economic inclusion. The fourth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management will support project management including running costs of the project implementation unit (PIU) to ensure that the project is successfully and efficiently implemented consistent with the legal agreement.