Mind over Money
Nazia Moqueet is a Research Associate at BRAC Development Institute and is currently based out of BRAC USA. In March 2013, she was in Yemen to conduct a process evaluation of the CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Pilot. She conducted several participant and staff interviews and focus group discussions over a period of two weeks. She recalls …
Trickle Up 3 Years After: Sustaining Positive Outcomes in a Challenging Political Environment
My name is Anasuya Sengupta, and I am a Senior Research Associate at BRAC Development Institute (BDI) for the qualitative research on CGAP –Ford Foundation Graduation Program. In summer 2012, BDI conducted interviews and Focus Group Discussions with participants of Trickle Up’s pilot program implemented in West Bengal, India in collaboration with a local NGO …
New from the CGAP blog: Impact Research and the Role of Coaching In Poverty Reduction
Janet Heisey, Director for Technical & Strategic Alliances at Trickle Up recently blogged on the critical importance of the coaching component in the Graduation Model and the research evidence that supports this. To read the full article, please follow the link: http://www.cgap.org/blog/impact-research-and-role-coaching-poverty-reduction
Understanding What Works and What Doesn’t: Why Qualitative Research Matters
Karishma Huda, Senior Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways , formerly the lead researcher for Graduation research at BRAC Development Institute (BDI) recently blogged on the importance that qualitative research plays in informing us how the process of change unfolds in program participant’s lives and why some participants succeed and others do not in the Graduation …
The Implementer’s Perspective: Lessons so Far from the Ethiopian Graduation Pilot
My name is Dr. Mulugeta Berhanu and I work at the Relief Society of Tigray (REST). Until recently, I managed the implementation of the Ethiopia Graduation Pilot. The pilot is due to be completed by December 2012. With findings from BRAC Development Institute’s (BDI) qualitative research recently published, I would like to share some thoughts …
Karishma Huda, BRAC Development Institute comments on “Dads and Development” Blog Post by David McKenzie
In comment to a recent World Bank Development Impact blog post by David McKenzie on “Dads and Development”, Karishma Huda points to the Graduation Program’s qualitative research findings in Haiti, India and Pakistan.
Two Years On: Insights from a Qualitative Evaluation of SKS Ultra-Poor Program
Over Spring 2012, BRAC Development Institute (BDI) followed up with several participants of the SKS Ultra-Poor Program implemented by SKS NGO in Andhra Pradesh, India. The findings of the SKS follow-up research are the first of a series of BDI qualitative evaluations of various graduation pilots currently scaling up. The Graduation Model pioneered by BRAC …
Pathways out of Productive Safety Net Programme: Lessons Learned from Qualitative Research on Ethiopia Pilot
My name is Anasuya Sengupta, and I am a Senior Research Associate at BRAC Development Institute (BDI) for the qualitative research on CGAP –Ford Foundation Graduation Program. As part of the Graduation Research team at BDI, I followed the lives of 22 participants in the Ethiopia Graduation Pilot implemented by REST in Tigray. The final …
Savings and Enthusiasm Growing in REST’s Ethiopia Pilot
The Ethiopia CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Pilot is heading into its last phase and a review of its experience to date provides a snapshot of the progress possible through the Graduation approach, as well as the unpredictability of the challenges in helping the very poorest.
3ie- LIDC Seminar on ‘Reaching the Poorest: lessons from the Graduation Model’
BRAC Development Institute (BDI) and CGAP were invited by 3ie- LIDC to present on lessons from the Graduation Model as part of their seminar series on ‘what works in international development?’ Syed M. Hashemi, Director, BDI presented on the conceptual design of the Graduation Model and the need for transformative pathways for the poorest by …
