Project Description:

The study aimed to review the effectiveness and efficiency of the ‘Urban Empowerment Project’ and make design and content related recommendations for the next phase. The OECD framework (Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact and Sustainability) has been used to evaluate the project. In addition to this, information related to learnings and unintended positive/negative externalities from the implemented projects were documented. The study was carried out from May to July 2018 in Gazipur district. Various data collection tools, such as Community based household survey, case study, Focus Group Discussions, and Key Informant Interviews were used to gather information. The survey was carried out on Tablet devices through a survey application that was developed using open data kit (ODK) or KoboCollector. The application also recorded geographical location of the beneficiaries (GPS coordinate). In order to achieve the broader objective of the study, DM WATCH assessed the results of the project, effectiveness of project intervention and project approach, effectiveness of community based approach, effectiveness of community led interventions, efficiency and capacity of implementing organization.