Mind the Gap: Evidence Based Programming and Policy Dialogue for Urban Poor
Online
About the Event
Webinar Brief:
UNDP Bangladesh is jointly organising South Asia Regional Webinar ‘Mind the Gap: Evidence-Based Programming and Policy Dialogue for Urban Poor’ on 31st May, Monday 2021 from 1900 to 2030 hours Bangladesh time. The Webinar is being jointly organized by UNDP and the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) as part of the gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021 starting from 31st May – 4th June 2021. The GEI is an inclusive global partnership committed to developing country-owned, sustainable monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and capacities to promote the use of evidence in public decision-making, enhance accountability, and achieve better results. The Webinar will present the key findings of the Impact Evaluation and the SocioEconomic Assessment of COVID 19 on urban poor commissioned by UNDP Bangladesh under its flagship project – Livelihoods Improvement for Urban Poor Communities (LIUPCP -2018-2023). LIUPCP is a five-year national project (2018-2023) to reduce urban poverty, in partnership with the Local Government Division (LGD) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The evaluation findings clearly show how the COVID19 pandemic now in its second year has severely impacted the poorest and the most vulnerable in our societies and can therefore inform and guide the process of response and recovery.
Impact Evaluation:
The methodology uses the difference-in-differences (DiD) approaches to compare the differences in outcomes between treatment and control groups at the baseline, and at the endline. In order to conduct a scientifically valid Impact Evaluation, the design proposed one treatment group and, two control groups (a semi-control group within the treatment group who will not receive grant interventions, and another pure-control group (not receiving any interventions). LIUPCP completed the baseline survey and the first round of Annual Outcome Monitoring in 2020. In response to COVID-19 pandemic, LIUPCP carried out a Socio-Economic Assessment (SEA) to understand the short term, medium-term and long-term impact of COVID -19 on the urban poor communities. The SEA adopted a mixed-method strategy including a cross-sectional survey with a quasi-experimental approach among households (beneficiary, semi-control, and pure control). The household survey collected data on two time-points (immediate before and after lockdown of COVID-19) and composed a matched panel (in 19 Cities where baseline survey of LIUPCP is complete) at the level of both individuals and areas/urban poor settlements. The SEA data in comparison to the baseline data interestingly reveals the extent of emergence of new poor and how the baseline data further deteriorated due to the COVID impact. The Impact Evaluation using a mixed methodology approach across various timeframes presents a good practice in terms of Equity Focused and Gender Responsive Evaluation.
UNDP Bangladesh is jointly organising South Asia Regional Webinar ‘Mind the Gap: Evidence-Based Programming and Policy Dialogue for Urban Poor’ on 31st May, Monday 2021 from 1900 to 2030 hours Bangladesh time. The Webinar is being jointly organized by UNDP and the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) as part of the gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021 starting from 31st May – 4th June 2021. The GEI is an inclusive global partnership committed to developing country-owned, sustainable monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks and capacities to promote the use of evidence in public decision-making, enhance accountability, and achieve better results. The Webinar will present the key findings of the Impact Evaluation and the SocioEconomic Assessment of COVID 19 on urban poor commissioned by UNDP Bangladesh under its flagship project – Livelihoods Improvement for Urban Poor Communities (LIUPCP -2018-2023). LIUPCP is a five-year national project (2018-2023) to reduce urban poverty, in partnership with the Local Government Division (LGD) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The evaluation findings clearly show how the COVID19 pandemic now in its second year has severely impacted the poorest and the most vulnerable in our societies and can therefore inform and guide the process of response and recovery.
Impact Evaluation:
The methodology uses the difference-in-differences (DiD) approaches to compare the differences in outcomes between treatment and control groups at the baseline, and at the endline. In order to conduct a scientifically valid Impact Evaluation, the design proposed one treatment group and, two control groups (a semi-control group within the treatment group who will not receive grant interventions, and another pure-control group (not receiving any interventions). LIUPCP completed the baseline survey and the first round of Annual Outcome Monitoring in 2020. In response to COVID-19 pandemic, LIUPCP carried out a Socio-Economic Assessment (SEA) to understand the short term, medium-term and long-term impact of COVID -19 on the urban poor communities. The SEA adopted a mixed-method strategy including a cross-sectional survey with a quasi-experimental approach among households (beneficiary, semi-control, and pure control). The household survey collected data on two time-points (immediate before and after lockdown of COVID-19) and composed a matched panel (in 19 Cities where baseline survey of LIUPCP is complete) at the level of both individuals and areas/urban poor settlements. The SEA data in comparison to the baseline data interestingly reveals the extent of emergence of new poor and how the baseline data further deteriorated due to the COVID impact. The Impact Evaluation using a mixed methodology approach across various timeframes presents a good practice in terms of Equity Focused and Gender Responsive Evaluation.
Speakers
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| M. A. Mannan MP | Honorable Minister | Muhammad Abdul Mannan, MP joined the former Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) cadre in 1974 and served in the Government of Bangladesh in various positions. After the Eleventh Parliament election, he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Planning on 7th January 2019. |
| Sudipto Mukerjee | Resident Representative | Sudipto is an Architect & Town Planner with more than two decades of experience in international development. He joined UNDP in September 2009. He assumed the responsibility of the Resident Representative, UNDP Bangladesh from December 2018. Sudipto comes with diverse crisis management experience. |
| Anir Chowdhury | Policy Advisor | Anir is the Policy Advisor of the a2i Programmme of the ICT Division and the Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh supported by the UNDP. In this capacity, he leads the formation of a whole-of-society innovation ecosystem in Bangladesh through massive technology deployment. |
| Dr Abul Barkat | Professor | Dr Barkat is one of the most illustrious Professors of Economics at the University of Dhaka. He is one of the most reputed and respected political economists in and beyond Bangladesh. As an erudite scholar and invincible social thinker, he has many high-quality research works. |
| Anowarul Haq | Social Development Adviser | Anowarul has more than 20 years of work experience in the development field that include participatory action and research, strategic impact inquiry, participatory impact assessment and underlying causes of poverty ànd marginalisation analysis is an expert in social protection work. |
| Bushra Hassan | RBM, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist | Bushra has worked for over 20 years with the private sector, academia, consultancies and the UN on the areas of international development, focusing on monitoring and oversight mechanisms as well as programme management. Currently working with UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia-Pacific. |
| Shagun Sabarwal | Director of Policy, Training and Communications | Shagun leads J-PAL South Asia’s engagements with governments, donors, and civil society organizations to initiate new research, disseminate policy lessons, and scale up evidence-based programs. She promotes the center’s mission to strengthen the monitoring, evaluation, learning systems and data use. |
| Dr Arjun Bedi | Professor | Dr Arjun is Professor of Development Economics and Deputy Rector for Research at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He holds positions at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on labour and human resource economics in developing countries. |
| Mohammad Tajul Islam | Director General | Mohammad Tajul Islam brings over 30 years of experience in government sector. In 1991, he started his first job with Khulna Divisional Commissioner Office as Assistant Commissioner. He served as Deputy Director General before joining as Director General in Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. |
| Ashekur Rahman | Assistant Resident Representative | Ashekur heads UNDPs democratic and economic governance portfolios and brings rich years of experience in the development sector, both at the national and international domain, of which a decade he served within the UN system particularly in the areas of urban governance, poverty reduction etc. |
| Ellora Guhathakurta | M&E Specialist | Ellora joined as the Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist with the National Urban Proverty Reduction Programme, UNDP Bangladesh and leads the Managing for Impact (M4i) Unit. Ellora is a development professional with over 20 years of field, recipient government, NGO, UN and donor experience. |