The Story of Alla Rukhi
 In this concluding blog post in the Pakistan blog series we feature a short film on Alla Rukhi a Graduation Program participant at Indus Earth Trust (IET) who has managed to transform the trajectory of her household. The film highlights that a grant–as small as three goats and a sewing machine, the right program …
Stories from Pakistan: Lessons from the Graduation Program
Nicolina Lamhauge worked as a Research Associate at the BRAC Development Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2008–2010. In her role, she monitored pilot projects in Pakistan and India, and was responsible for the qualitative research in Sindh, Pakistan. She is currently at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environment Directorate, where she works …
Pakistan Baseline Survey
I am Lalchand Luhana and I work at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) where I am responsible for managing the implementation of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) impact evaluation of the Pakistan Graduation Project. The RCT is taking place in the following pilot sites: Aga Khan Building and Planning Services Pakistan (AKPBS), Badin Rural Development …
Restoring Hope: PPAF improving lives of the poorest
The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is a not-for-profit company and represents an innovative model of public private partnership to target the poor and extremely poor rural and urban communities across Pakistan. Special thanks goes to the knowledge management team of the Livelihood Enhancement and Protection (LEP) unit for contributing to this blog post: Ms Munazza Ali, Ms. Saman Rubab, Ms. …
