Integrated Social Protection for Resilience and Opportunity Project

pipeline

INSPIRE-O is an investment project financing (IPF) project focusing on strengthening climate and economic risk resilience and creation of economic inclusion opportunities/jobs NOW for the poor and vulnerable groups. It will aim to deliver impact at scale. INSPIRE-O will build on results achieved and lessons learned from the predecessor SSRLP on enhancing climate and economic risk resilience and creating economic inclusion/jobs NOW for the poor opportunities. It will incorporate sustainability aspects, including through (i) building support for social protection (SP) through government structures and reshaping the domestic agenda on sustainable and adaptive social safety nets, jobs for vulnerable groups, collaboration on active labour market and social insurance programming ; (ii) phasing in increased domestic financing over the medium-term for public works and social cash transfers; (iii) building partnerships with both donors and private sector on jobs and economic inclusion; (iv) continuing SP evidence generation & reforms including alignment with energy and other infrastructure reforms; and (v) scaling up graduation from core programs. The project will utilize the multiplicity of SP instruments to support life cycle approach and promote greater productivity and human capital growth for sustainable pathways out of poverty, with enhanced linkages with other operations including FINES 2; FSRP; MWASIP and other relevant operations.