BRAC's pilot savings project of RDP: monitoring and evaluation
Citation
Moore, K. J., & Choudhury, M. S. (1997, April). BRAC’s pilot savings project of RDP: monitoring and evaluation. Research Reports (1997): Economic Studies, Vol - XII, 234–339.Abstract
During July and August of 1996, the BRAC Rural Development Programme (RDP)
initiated a Pilot Savings Project (PSP), whereby three experimental savings systems were
implemented in various areas of Bangladesh, with a proposed lifespan of two to three years. The
BRAC Research and Evaluation Di-vision (RED) undertook to develop a monitoring and
evaluation process for the PSP. This paper documents the first stages of this process and presents
current research and experience on the topic. It is in particular aimed at BRAC-RED staff who are
interested in continuing work on PSP monitoring, and BRAC-RDP staff involved with the
management of the programme. This paper is in general concerned with BRAC's transition from
an NGO involved in microcredit, to one at the forefront of the movement to provide flexible,
appropriate, transparent, and clear financial services to the poor.