Jul 27, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation are methods and strategies that assist a project in identifying when plans are failing and when the environment has changed. They provide the management with the data it requires to decide on the project and the adjustments that must be made...
Oct 23, 2014 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
According to UNESCO, “Literacy is universally linked with poverty reduction, economic growth and wealth creation.” If you’re interested in development, poverty reduction, healthcare, and essentially any global social justice issue, you’re sure to agree that improving...
Aug 21, 2014 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Uncategorized
A couple of years ago, I was chatting with a college friend who, like me, is passionate about entrepreneurship, tech, and combating social injustice. “Microfinance is the key,” he said. “You help women, you end poverty.” I think most of us have moved past that...
Aug 14, 2014 | engageSPARK Platform, Monitoring and Evaluation, SMS, Social Impact, Uncategorized
When I tell people about engageSPARK’s cool ability to “personalize” SMS messages – for example, automatically inserting each recipient’s first name at the beginning of each message when sending out 1,000 text messages – they generally respond with, “That’s awesome!...
Mar 6, 2014 | Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
Did you know that there is a 23% gap in literacy between adult men and women in South Asia – the highest gap in the world? That 21% of the labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa is unemployed? What about that only 39% of people in developing countries have a mobile phone?...
Feb 20, 2014 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
Toward the end of last year, Grameen Foundation shared its key lessons and resources for the fight against poverty. Provided below is a summary of those lessons – learnt and affirmed by the organisation and some additional details into the foundation’s work and...
