Criteria

A project must meet at least one of the following criteria in order to be included in the PTI:

a) the project has a specific mechanism for targeting the poor; and/or

b) the proportion of the poor among project beneficiaries is significantly larger than their proportion in the overall population.

In addition, the project components, which meet either of these criteria, must account for at least 25 percent of the total IBRD/IDA loan or credit amount.

Criterion (a) refers to narrow targeting with specific mechanisms for identifying and reaching the poor at the individual or household level (e.g., a nutrition project for malnourished children).

Criterion (b) refers to broad targeting at the level of the expenditure category, sub-sector or geographic region (e.g., a water supply project in the poorest region). Although benefits will accrue to all, the poor are more likely to benefit relative to the nonpoor because they are more likely to lack access to the services being provided, and because the demand by the nonpoor for these services is likely to be satisfied already.

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Funding Information: http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/wbactivities/pti/index.htm