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Save the Children. Targeted Assistance Methodology & Practical Tools. Larry Dershem, Ph.D. D ME Advisor Save the Children. Save the Children. Targeted, Conditional Assistance. Targeting - determining who should and who should not receive assistance due to limited resources.
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Save the Children Targeted Assistance Methodology & Practical Tools Larry Dershem, Ph.D. DME Advisor Save the Children
Save the Children Targeted, Conditional Assistance • Targeting - determining who should and who should not receive assistance due to limited resources. • Conditional – establishing co-responsibilities to receive assistance.
Save the Children Beneficiary Selection Mixed Approach: Geographic – primarily rural Categories – PLW, ECD, Disabled children, students from poor families. Proxy Means Test – an approach to determine poverty status by measures other than by income. Uses “proxies” for income such as individual & HH characteristics, living conditions, consumption, and asset ownership.
Save the Children Proxy Means Test (PMT) • Based on the 2010 National HBS. • Uses HH monthly consumption to measure poverty status. • Includes 46 variables in 8 categories. • Eligible if at 30% or less of MSL.
Save the Children Deployment of PMT • Installed on Netbooks. • Eligibility determined at enrollment (30 minutes). • PMT (15 minutes) • Some conducted online. • Mechanism for appeals.
Save the Children Why Use the PMT? • Minimize leakages to the non-poor. • Maximize coverage of the poor. • Efficiency. • Transparency.
Save the Children Management Information System (MIS) • Secured, centralized database for data storage, management, and reporting. • Operates online and off-line on small netbook computers. • Tracks all beneficiaries from program entry to exit. • Converts data into formats for statistical analysis.
Save the Children Monitoring
Reporting Save the Children
Save the Children MIS • Contains • 84,645 individuals/households • 2,372 data fields • 13,000,000 data points • Produces • 31 reports for the CCT program • 18 reports for the SSP program • 14 reports for the TAP program
Save the Children The Goals of the Methodology and Tools • Accountability • Integrity • Ambition • Collaboration
Save the Children Methodology and Tools as Means to Achieve BOTA’s Mission: To improve the lives of children, youth and their families suffering from poverty in Kazakhstan through investment in their health, education and social welfare.