Project: Performance-based contract to achieve gender-transformative results in rural agriculture in Burkina Faso
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: TBD
Expected length of project (years): 4
Project design process began: Q2 2021
Role of the domestic government — Outcomes funder: No; Service provider: Yes; Member of project committee: No; No formal role: No; Other: The government (specifically, the Minsitry of Agriculture) is the main implementing partner.
Service providers identified and selected — Request-for-proposals: No; Direct contracting by outcome funder/investor/intermediary: Yes; Provider-led deal development: No; Other: Ministry 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: 6300000 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: A set of interventions have been identified to complement an IFAD loan in implementation. Projected interventions centre on: (1) transforming gender social norms, (2) improving women's land rights, (3) strengthening women's access to larger-scale and longer-term financial credit, (4) improving women's business and entrepreneurial skills, and (5) increasing women's role in leadership and decision-making in value chain organizations.
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 in 4 regions: Sud-Ouest, Hauts-Bassins, Cascades and Boucle du Mouhoun.
Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries: 97000
Unit type of targeted beneficiaries: Other
Unit description: Households
Country income classification of beneficiaries — Low-income: Yes; Lower-middle-income: No; Upper-middle-income: No; High-income: No
Notes: Data for this pipeline project was last updated in April 2022. 
Delivery location: Burkina Faso