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The CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program is a global effort to understand how safety nets, livelihoods, and microfinance can be sequenced to create pathways for the poorest to graduate out of extreme poverty, adapting a methodology developed by BRAC in Bangladesh. The CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program is helping to implement nine Graduation Pilots in seven countries, in partnership with local organizations. Impact assessments and/or qualitative research are being implemented in all sites.
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Pro Innovation Challenge
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CGAP's poverty agenda has always focused on a commitment to demonstrate that the financial frontier could indeed be deepened to reach poorer people and that services can be designed to reduce their vulnerability and increase their economic well being. The Pro-Poor Innovation Challenge is a cornerstone of this agenda.
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Features
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To get the word out about the Graduation Program, CGAP has created a new web destination that we hope will become a hub for those wanting to discover and share information about the graduation approach and other ways to reach the poorest: http://graduation.cgap.org/
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News and Events
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Ethiopia Graduation Pilot Underway: The 500 participants in this Ethiopia Graduation Pilot have been selected, 80% of participants have already opened individual savings accounts, and asset transfers have just started.
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Yemeni Government Launching a Graduation Pilot: The government's Social Fund for Development (SFD) and Social Welfare Fund (SWF) are launching the Yemen Graduation Pilot, with guidance from CGAP and the Ford Foundation. This pilot will reach 750 households in the governorates of Aden, Lahij, and Taiz.
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New Graduation Pilot in Ethiopia: The Ethiopia Graduation Pilot was just launched. Relief Society of Tigray (REST), an Ethiopian multisector NGO, will implement the pilot in collaboration with Debit Credit & Savings Institute (DECSI), an MFI.
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Graduation Program Meeting in Bangladesh: In November 2009, all nine partners in the CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program met in Bangladesh to discuss early lessons learned on the model.
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