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description
Community Knowledge Worker Program
Closing workshop of the BecA-ILRI-CSIRO-AusAid
project
October 2, 2013
Grameen Foundation
A global organizat ion committed to helping the world’s poorest
people achieve their ful l potent ial by providing access to f inancial services, act ionable information
and business opportunit ies
Grameen Foundation Approach
3
Lack of essential, actionable information
Inability to tolerate shocks and
manage risks
Insufficient &
inconsistent income
Needs are not understood and sub-optimal services delivered
Solution Areas
INFORMATION SERVICES Build two way flows of
trusted, actionable information
FINANCIAL SERVICES Provide appropriate,
innovative products to manage household cash
flows and risk
POVERTY TOOLS AND INSIGHTS Deliver services to the poor
though use of client data and tools
Community Knowledge Worker: Addressing Information Poverty Lack of access to information such as:
• Basic agricultural practices • Market prices • Market linkages
The average price difference per kilogram of maize sold in Mozambique between households with and without information. (MSU 2011)
12%
17% The average price difference in Uganda flanked by households with and without information. (Grameen 2011)
Community Knowledge Worker: Trusted Intermediaries
Two-way information flows through a network of over 1,200 CKWs in Uganda serving 186,000 farmers
Community Knowledge Worker: Offering Actionable Information Expert-reviewed content delivered through multiple channels
Robust database featuring 46+ crops and 10 types of livestock, real time market prices, and other market information
Community Knowledge Worker: Offering Actionable Information CKW Search links to a
database of over 40,000 tips and advice, which CKWs consult when answering questions for fellow farmers. Information can be found using menus, keywords or a photo-diagnostic tree
CKW Survey allows CKWs to conduct complex surveys using a simple touch-based interface, to provide partner organizations with information to track their interventions, monitor disease outbreaks, understand farmer needs, and make decisions in real-time
Pulse lets CKWs communicate problems and questions to GF staff in real-time. It also notifies CKWs of individual targets and performance status, allows GF field officers and peer leaders to send group messages, and transmit payment for performance via Mobile Money
Community Knowledge Worker: Value to Partners
Continuous capture of poverty and data/trends with 186,000 profiled/registered farmers
On demand M&E assessments for partners and clients
General research data collection
Automated back-end tools for self-serve survey products, analytics and dashboards
Community Knowledge Worker: Monitoring & Evaluation Support
Custom dashboard
Reporting and analysis
Individual targets
Team comparisons
Custom daily activity email
Community Knowledge Worker: Measuring Impact & Behavior Change
IFPRI-led “Difference-in-Differences” study in 2011 found:
• Increased knowledge of local prices: 20-35%
• Adoption of crop spacing: 27%
• Adoption of organic manure use: 31%
• Price per kg of maize increase: 37%
Ecosystem of Partners
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