Supporting graduation programs through empirical evidence and leadership promotion

This project will support the scaling up of locally-tested interventions aimed at improving the livelihoods of women and youth in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It targets special interventions for people who have fallen through the cracks of traditional assistance — interventions that help them to “graduate” to mainstream development programs. The project will generate new evidence and build local capacity to use cutting-edge techniques to assess programs targeting the most vulnerable groups, including women and adolescent girls, migrant workers, and the ultra-poor (people who live on less than 60 cents a day). It will acquaint program managers with impact evaluation and foster a culture of evidence-based programming within BRAC International, the largest non-governmental organization in the world, which serves almost 140 million people in 12 countries.

In addition to building the capacity of BRAC’s program managers to carry out rigorous impact evaluation of their key initiatives, this project will also promote the sharing of BRAC’s lessons more broadly within the development research community to inform up-scaling and graduation programs in the region.

Identificador del Proyecto

108466

Estado de Proyecto

Completed

Fecha de finalización

6 de Agosto de 2020

Duración

36 months

Funcionario del IDRC

Flaubert Mbiekop

Total del financiamiento

CA$ 1,237,100.00

Ubicación

Far East Asia

South of Sahara

Programas

Sustainable Inclusive Economies

Employment and Growth

País de la Institución

Netherlands

Líder del proyecto

Munshi Sulaiman

Institución

Stichting BRAC International

Sitio web de la Institución

https://www.bracinternational.nl

Publicaciones

BRAC-CEGA learning collaborative - supporting graduation programs through empirical evidence and leadership promotion : final technical report

Report

The collaboration between BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) and CEGA (Center for Effective Global Action) helped to share BRAC learnings with a wide research and development community and contributed to BRAC’s long term goal of institutionalizing the use of evidence in creating opportunities for economic growth and wellbeing among those living in extreme poverty. This report provides the details of activities accomplished under the project while focusing on substantive achievements and lessons learned. BRAC is the largest development NGO in the world, providing almost 140 million people globally with empowerment and livelihood programs, financial services, and health care.

Autor(es) : Sulaiman, Munshi, Khakshi, James

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Ultra poor graduation programme : endline report

Paper

BRAC Uganda (Building Resources Across Communities) implemented the Ultra Poor Graduation project with the objective of improving the livelihoods and welfare of poor and vulnerable households. The model relies on a staggered approach whereby poor households are provided with multiple interventions to help them smooth their immediate consumption expenditures while allowing them to build resilient livelihoods. For youth that participated in the project, there was significant improvement in agricultural and livestock productivity. The project also resulted in impressive improvements in household food security. As well, the number of households practicing recommended water and sanitation measures increased.

Autor(es) : Olobo, Patrick, Sulaiman, Munshi, Us Salam, Danish

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Meet your future : job search effort and aspirations of young jobseekers

Article

This in-depth paper covers barriers to quality employment; labour markets; role models; and social networking in terms of jobseekers’ expectations and labour market realities. The study followed 1415 students from vocational training institutes (VTI) over a period of 2.5 years to understand the evolution of their employment expectations and search strategy as they approach the labor market. Additionally, it examines how receiving information about the job market or search assistance from “the future you,” a successful alumna of the VTI, affects their beliefs, search strategies, effort and labor market trajectories.

Autor(es) : Alfonsi, Livia, Namubiru, Mary

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Meet your future : job search effort and aspirations of young jobseekers : oral examination

Report

The project worked with students in vocational training institutes (VTI) in Uganda ready to graduate in December 2020. The presentation discusses barriers to quality employment; labour markets; role models; social networking, and indicators, in terms of a trainee/jobseeker survey, questions and answers.

Autor(es) : Alfonsi, Livia

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