Project: Performance-based contract to achieve gender-transformative results in rural agriculture in India
State of development: Current
Stage of development: Early stage
Stage notes: Feasibility/ scoping completed, entering into design
Type of instrument — Impact Bond: No; Outcomes Fund: No; Social Impact Incentives (SIINC): No; Social Impact Guarantee: No; Payment-by-results (no pre-financing): Yes; Technical Assistance and Market-building program: No; Other: 
Part of a larger outcomes-based financing program: Yes IFAD's Gender Transformative Mechanism
Expected launch date: Q1-2023
Total expected project development time: 5 years
Expected length of project (years): 5
Project design process began: Q2-2021
Role of the domestic government — Outcomes funder: No; Service provider: Yes; Member of project committee: Yes; No formal role: No; Other: A government corporation (MAVIM) is the main implementing partner. Other government actors will also play roles in oversight and governance.
Service providers identified and selected — Request-for-proposals: No; Direct contracting by outcome funder/investor/intermediary: Yes; Provider-led deal development: No; Other: MAVIM is the implementing partner for the IFAD loan that this contract is meant to act in concert with.
Feasibility study: Yes
Proposed financing instruments — Debt: No; Equity: No; Guarantee: No; Grant: No; Other: 
Technical assistance grant: Yes — 
Estimated maximum potential outcome payment: 5700000 USD
Social/developmental challenge: Persistent gender inequality in rural agriculture and the need for more gender transformative results to create lasting change for women.
Expected intervention model: The project aims to capitalize on the successful gains in women's equality in Maharashtra during previous IFAD loans with the targeted implementor. To do so, the project will establish a Centre of Excellence (COE) for Gender Transformation within the implementor. The COE will aim to improve gender equality by influencing the Govt of Maharashtra's policies and budgeting, as well as by influencing other actors in India and globally by transferring best practices, etc.
Policy sectors — Employment and private sector development: No; Education: No; Social protection: No; Criminal justice: No; Health: No; Agriculture: Yes; Environment and climate change: No; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: No; Energy: No; Humanitarian: No; Early Childhood Education: ; Other: Gender equality, agriculture, rural development
Secondary SDG goals: 1,5,10
Target population: Smallholder farmers working in targeted value chains, their grassroots farmers' organizations, and entrepreneurs involved in related activities along the targeted value chains.
Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries: 1000000
Unit type of targeted beneficiaries: Other
Unit description: Households
Country income classification of beneficiaries — Low-income: No; Lower-middle-income: Yes; Upper-middle-income: No; High-income: No
Notes: Data for this pipeline project was last updated in April 2022. 
Delivery location: India