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1 Welcome to the webinar SPEC Webinar 8 - Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing experiences from Asia and Africa organised by The Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC), in partnership with BRAC USA and the World Bank s Platform for Economic Inclusion (PEI) with support from Australia - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, (GIZ) Republic of the Philippines Department of Labor & Employment 1

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3 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Overview of BRAC s Ultra-Poor Graduation 3. Q&A Part I: Moderator Questions 4. Q&A Part II: Audience Questions 5. Summary & Closing 3

4 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing 1. Introduction 4

5 What we ll cover... - How are governments globally integrating the Graduation approach into their social protection and employment generation programs? - We will reflect on key questions including: - drivers behind adopting the Graduation approach by these governments; - how the Graduation approach adds value to cash transfer programs; - what challenges they had to overcome (e.g. cost and design-complexity); - the roadblocks to scaling up and so on. Photo credit: BRAC 5

6 Moderator KATE MCKEE Manager, Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) World Bank Discussants ALEX AVILA Assistant Secretary, Workers Protection, Policy Support, Human Resource and Internal Auditing, Services Cluster, Government of the Philippines STEPHEN BARRETT Team Leader and Policy & Programme Development Advisor Capacity & Policy Development Facility (CPDF) SAMIA LIAQUAT ALI KHAN Senior Group Head, Quality Assurance, Research & Design, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) LARA STORM Director of Advisory Services, Ultra- Poor Graduation BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation 6

7 Kate McKee KATE MCKEE is the Transition Director leading start-up of the Partnership for Economic Inclusion, a new global partnership hosted by the World Bank s Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. PEI s mission is to accelerate scaling up, innovation and systems change for targeted economic opportunity programs such as the graduation approach that expand sustainable livelihoods for extreme poor households and vulnerable individuals. PEI supports the governments, international agencies and NGOs that are adopting and scaling graduationtype programs, and their donors, technical assistance providers and research partners. PEI focuses on: policy advocacy; testing of innovative solutions and approaches; a robust learning agenda; and development of good practices, metrics, operational tools and impact evidence. From July 2017 Kate was a senior professional at CGAP, the premier think tank and resource center for financial inclusion, where she led initiatives on graduation, consumer protection, responsible finance, savings, and client-focused financial services. Kate is an economist with broad policy, practitioner, and donor experience in enterprise development, women s empowerment, agriculture and finance including leadership roles at the US Agency for International Development, the US Treasury Department, Self-Help in North Carolina, and the Ford Foundation. 7

8 Assistant Secretary Alex Avila ALEX VILLAROSA AVILA is at present Assistant Secretary for Workers Protection, Policy Support, Human Resource, Administrative, and Internal Auditing Services of the Department of Labor and Employment. In a permanent and/or alternate capacity, he represents the DOLE and the Secretary of Labor and Employment in the governing boards of TESDA, National Wages and Productivity Commission, Philippine Statistics Authority, and UniFAST. He also represents the DOLE in the 18-agency Project Advisory Committee of the pilot application of the Just Transition Guidelines of the International Labour Organization as its chair, and serves as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Technical Working Group that is presently formulating the Green Jobs Human Resource Development Plan as mandated by the Green Jobs Law of He served as OIC-Executive Director of the National Wages and Productivity Commission in 2016, as Regional Director of the DOLE National Capital Region and DOLE CALABARZON and Chairperson of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards from As a scholar under the Netherlands Fellowship Programme, he obtained his Master of Arts in Development Studies, with specialization in Human Resources and Employment, from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague in December He is a Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV (CESO IV). 8

9 Stephen Barrett STEPHEN BARRETT is an independent social policy and social protection adviser and currently serves as Team Leader for the DFID-funded Capacity & Policy Development Facility (CPDF) in Rwanda. He has spent the past decade leading a range of social protection technical assistance programmes, mainly in Africa. His most recent work has included supporting the Government of Rwanda to design and implement its Minimum Package for Graduation initiative as well as a new National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) and related National Strategy for Accelerating the Eradication of Extreme Poverty. Mr. Barrett has also led a number of complex social protection technical assistance programmes including the Expanding Social Protection Programme in Uganda and the first phase of the Social Protection Rights component of the Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) in Kenya. Over the past decade, Mr Barrett has made decisive contributions to a number of major policy developments including: the establishment of a child support grant and social pension in Papua Province, Indonesia, the redesign of Rwanda s flagship social protection programme (the VUP) and the roll-out of a social pension in Uganda, among others. 9

10 Lara Storm LARA STORM is the Director of Advisory Services for BRAC s Ultra Poor Graduation Initiative, where she leads a team of experts to design and implement graduation models in different settings across the globe. Previously, Lara was the Director of Financial Inclusion at MIX, where she led the development of the first global financial inclusion data platform, the FINclusion Lab. Lara brings rich experience in financial inclusion and client-centered microfinance from her work as Director of Youth-Inclusive Financial Services at Making Cents international, Client and Market Research Manager at Pro Mujer, and as Microfinance Accreditation Specialist at Catholic Relief Services. Prior to entering the world of Financial Inclusion and Social Protection, Lara was an analyst at Fitch Ratings. Lara s passion for development sparked during a two-year assignment for a travel company in Ecuador where she witnessed the desire of local communities to build inclusive economies and opportunities for all. Lara holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Geography at the University of California, Davis. 10

11 Samia Liaquat Ali Khan SAMIA LIAQUAT ALI KHAN has worked in the field of human rights and development for over 20 years, with experience across countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Her strengths lie in programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Samia s educational background includes an MSc in Development Studies (University of London) as well as a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University (New York). She began her career in Pakistan, working on health and education with a number of non-governmental organizations, one of which she helped establish. While at the UK-based INGOs, Minority Rights Group International and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Samia successfully led regional and global development teams and programmes that incorporated rights-based approaches to poverty reduction. Independently, Samia has undertaken programme evaluations for Womankind Worldwide, Sightsavers and International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF), among others. Currently, Samia is working as Senior Group Head, Quality Assurance, Research &; Design with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. PPAF is the lead agency for poverty reduction in Pakistan and embodies the spirit of public-private partnership to address the multidimensional issues of poverty with a view to achieving socio-economic transformation. 11

12 SDG1: End extreme poverty 750M+ people still live below the $1.90/day international extreme poverty line 41% of Sub-Saharan Africa 15% of South Asia 5% of Latin America Source: World Bank - Data Topics ( 12

13 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ULTRA POOR HOUSEHOLD WHO ARE THE ULTRA POOR? - The World Bank estimates 736 million people live in extreme poverty (2018). - The ultra-poor are the poorest subset of the extreme poor, living on significantly less than $1.90/day. Chronically food insecure, < 1,800 calories (vs minimum advised 2,000-2,500, despite 80% of income spent on food Disconnected from mainstream government services such as school feeding and public works programs Most vulnerable to health shocks and natural disasters Live in geographically isolated, hard-to-reach areas Underserved by markets Lack community acceptance, confidence, support systems Disproportionately female-headed households, often in communities with restrictive social norms 13

14 The Graduation approach 14

15 BRAC + 10 CGAP-Ford Foundation Pilots 15

16 Strong impact findings From RCTs -- Graduation participants reported: Working, earning, and eating more than the control group a year after program completion Greater occupational choice x ROI Benefits (increased income, assets) sustained up to 7 years Source: Innovations for Poverty Action, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, London School of Economics 16

17 99 programs in 43 countries 17

18 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing 2. Overview of BRAC S Ultra-Poor Graduation 18

19 BRAC GRADUATION APPROACH In 2002, BRAC pioneered the TUP program in Bangladesh to improve the resilience of the ultra poor and effectively address the worst forms of poverty. BRAC has scaled the Graduation approach, as it is now known, graduating 1.8 million households (7 million people). BRAC TUP pilots: Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Liberia. BRAC also has emerging pilots in Sierra Leone and Nepal. Photo credit: BRAC Learn more: 19

20 4 & 7 Year Impact in Bangladesh Significant increases in work productivity and household assets Access to more stable and secure employment leading to positive expansion of occupation choice Builds resilience to prevent and enable faster recovery from shocks Promotes social cohesion and gender empowerment at household and community levels Reduction in economic inequality vis à vis the non poor Source: London School of Economics, University College London, Bocconi University, and BRAC 20

21 Evidence from Bangladesh: Reduction in Inequality 7 year results demonstrate significant reduction in economic inequality. At baseline, large persistent wealth gaps existed between the ultra poor and non-poor. After 7 years, these wealth gaps were reduced by as much as 93% across a variety of economic indicators. 21

22 GRADUATION INTERVENTIONS Adaptation is essential for designing a contextuallyrelevant Graduation program. 22

23 BRAC GRADUATION PROGRAMS 23

24 How BRAC integrates existing government services with Graduation programs An example from BRAC s approach for the Government of the Philippines Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 24

25 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing 3. Q&A Part I: Moderator Questions 25

26 Why was your Government initially interested in the Graduation approach? What was your specific end goal with Graduation? 26

27 Government of the Philippines Department of Labor and Employment DOLE is launching a Graduation pilot to incorporate case management and targeting of the poorest into their Kabuhayan (Livelihood) Program, with funding from the ADB and technical support from BRAC s Ultra-Poor Graduation team and IPA. Key Objectives: - Effectively target the poorest and most vulnerable households - Apply coaching and mentorship to sustainable livelihoods model - Strengthen monitoring systems within government programs - Collaborate between social protection and labor ministries - Test group coaching and livelihoods for effect on cost and program impact Photo credit: BRAC Timeline: Target Population: participants Target Geography: Negros Occidental 27

28 Capacity & Policy Development Facility (CPDF) (DFID supported) Support to the Government of Rwanda - The Government of Rwanda implemented a Minimum Package for Graduation (MPG) pilot from for an estimated 20,000 households in 30 sectors (1 sector per district). - MPG consists of access to a combination of direct support, public works, asset transfers, health insurance, and caseworker support. - The Government of Rwanda has developed a national multisectoral strategy to eradicate poverty by 2024, incorporating productive inclusion as a key element. Photo credit: Creative Commons Timeline: Target Population: ~20,000 households 28

29 BRAC USA Ultra-Poor Graduation - BRAC s Ultra-Poor Graduation team currently supports 3 governments, providing technical assistance to: - Government of Kenya by supporting the implementation of two Graduation pilots in the remote, arid and semi-arid lands of the country. - Lesotho s Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) to launch a Graduation program in a representative district and to prepare for subsequent national scale of Graduation; - the Philippines Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to launch a Graduation pilot that incorporates case management, skills training, and targeting of the poorest into their Kabuhayan (Livelihood) Program. - The team is also pursuing an emerging opportunity to support a process evaluation and ongoing technical assistance for the Government of Rwanda as it builds out its multi-sectoral strategy to eradicate poverty. Photo credit: Alison Wright, BRAC BRAC s Ultra-Poor Graduation team supports national governments to adapt, implement, and scale the Graduation approach. 29

30 Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Poverty Graduation - PPAF s poverty graduation approach combines elements of social mobilization, livelihoods development, and financial inclusion thereby combining support for immediate needs with longer-term human capital and asset investments to move households out of extreme poverty and into sustainable livelihoods. - In 2008, PPAF explored the approach of asset transfers through a pilot research project (Targeting the Ultra-Poor TUP) which became part of a Global Study of 8 countries under the umbrella of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). - Since its success with the TUP Pilot, PPAF has scaled and tested its asset transfer interventions, linking this to its framework for livelihoods, employment and enterprise development. - Building upon its learnings, PPAF continues to design and undertake integrated community development programmes. Photo credit: PPAF Pakistan s poverty headcount ratio was estimated at 38.8% (GoP 2016), according to which there are 80 million+ people who are multi-dimensionally poor. 30

31 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing 4. Q&A Part II: Audience Questions 31

32 Graduation Q&A Kate McKee, Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI), World Bank Assistant Secretary Alex Avila, Government of the Philippines Stephen Barrett, Capacity & Policy Development Facility (CPDF) Samia Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) Lara Storm, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation 32 Photo credit: Alison Wright, BRAC

33 Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing 5. Closing & Summary 33

34 Thank you. - Share this webinar with your colleagues. A recording will be made available on socialprotection.org. - Learn more about BRAC s Ultra-Poor Graduation approach. - Join Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) to learn more on linking social protection with employment. Photo credit Alison Wright,: BRAC 34

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