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Evaluating Graduation: Insights from the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in Rwanda

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  • Vincent Gahamanyi
  • Andrew Kettlewell

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This article examines poverty reduction arising from the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) by comparing the status of households receiving benefits for the first time in 2014 against households which received benefits in previous years and against non‐beneficiary households. Key findings are that according to the community assessment of poverty (Ubudehe), beneficiaries of both Direct Support and Public Works have improved their situation, including asset holdings, savings, the ability to withstand shocks and perceived food security, and have therefore exited the programme. Other factors affect the progress of a household, including the presence of elderly household members, literacy of household head and access to microfinance from the Financial Services component of VUP. The programme is currently exploring whether it is possible to define a ‘package’ which constitutes a base for sustainable graduation, which, in addition to cash transfer and asset acquisition, should include linkages to skills‐building programmes and employment opportunities.

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  • Vincent Gahamanyi & Andrew Kettlewell, 2015. "Evaluating Graduation: Insights from the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in Rwanda," IDS Bulletin, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 46(2), pages 48-63, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:idsxxx:v:46:y:2015:i:2:p:48-63
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    1. Weatherspoon Dave D. & Miller Steven R. & Niyitanga Fidele & Weatherspoon Lorraine J. & Oehmke James F., 2021. "Rwanda’s Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture: Implications for Rural Food Production and Household Food Choices," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 51-62, May.
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    3. Roelen, Keetie & Delap, Emily & Jones, Camilla & Karki Chettri, Helen, 2017. "Improving child wellbeing and care in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of social protection," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 309-318.
    4. Craig McIntosh & Andrew Zeitlin, 2021. "Cash versus Kind: Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Unconditional Cash Transfers in Rwanda," Papers 2106.00213, arXiv.org.
    5. Habimana, Dominique & Haughton, Jonathan & Nkurunziza, Joseph & Haughton, Dominique Marie-Annick, 2021. "Measuring the impact of unconditional cash transfers on consumption and poverty in Rwanda," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 23(C).
    6. Burchi, Francesco & Strupat, Christoph, 2018. "Unbundling the impacts of economic empowerment programmes: evidence from Malawi," IDOS Discussion Papers 32/2018, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

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