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October 8, 2022

Global Innovation Fund (GIF): Improving lives through social innovations
Global Innovation Fund Evaluation

Global Innovation Fund (GIF): Improving lives through social innovations

Global Innovation Fund Evaluation

Aimed at supporting a portfolio of social innovations GIF is a US$200 million multi-donor funded initiative focused on improving the lives of millions in developing countries.

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October 8, 2022

Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity: Incentivising innovation in access to financial services
Mastercard Foundation

Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity: Incentivising innovation in access to financial services

Mastercard Foundation

The project aimed to help 1,000,000 rural people in Sub-Saharan Africa break the cycle of poverty by improving their access to financial products and services.

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October 8, 2022

Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education Innovation and Reform (SPHEIR): Supporting higher education in low-and-middle-income countries
DFID

Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education Innovation and Reform (SPHEIR): Supporting higher education in low-and-middle-income countries

DFID

The programme focuses on providing grant-funding support to high-value partnerships between higher education (HE) institutions, NGOs, and private sector organisations in 11 countries.

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October 8, 2022

Global Challenge Funds: Undertaking a utilisation-focused evaluation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Global Challenge Funds: Undertaking a utilisation-focused evaluation

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

The purpose of the evaluation was to learn lessons from the design and implementation of 10 global Challenge Funds supported by Sida.

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October 8, 2022

Challenge Fund Guidelines: Providing development assistance to solve societal problems
SIDA

Challenge Fund Guidelines

Sida is focused on using Challenge Funds to finance entrepreneurs and innovators who are willing to contribute to economic, environmental, and social sustainability. 

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September 22, 2022

Developing approaches and tools to secure results for gender equality and women’s empowerment in entrepreneurship challenge funds
Developing approaches and tools to secure results for gender equality and women’s empowerment in entrepreneurship challenge funds
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September 22, 2022

Working with the private sector to increase opportunities and employment for young people, with a primary focus on young women
Working with the private sector to increase opportunities and employment for young people, with a primary focus on young women
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September 22, 2022

Working with civil society around the globe to address local development challenges and help reduce poverty and disadvantage
Working with civil society around the globe to address local development challenges and help reduce poverty and disadvantage
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September 22, 2022

USAID
Meta-evaluation of USAID-supported Global Challenge Funds
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September 22, 2022

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Monitoring and Evaluation Services for Future-makers Programme Making an Impact 735,000+ Reached 735,000+ girls and young women with educational programmes to support their economic empowerment. 87,000 Focused on youth employability by supporting 87,000 young people to become job-ready 60,000 Reached more than 60,000 young people with focus on youth entrepreneurship Know More
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September 22, 2022

Swedish International Developm…
Challenge Fund Guidelines Making an Impact Development of comprehensive guidelines for Sida personnel and partners engaged in the design and implementation of challenge funds Expected to influence the management of a range of Sida-supported challenge fund programmes. Approx. 90% of the challenge funds supported by Sida aim to explicitly use market incentives to test and […]
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October 6, 2020

Global Challenge Funds: Conducting a meta-evaluation of the USAID-supported platform
USAID

Global Challenge Funds

A multi-year partnership platform that requires a minimum investment of $15 million for USAID and its partners, and which focuses global attention on development problems.

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M.K. Padma Kumar is involved in developing strategies and managing operations for the IPE Global Group.

He has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, working in civil society organisations and international development agencies like DANIDA and DFID. As the Head of State Partnerships at the DFID India, he was responsible for developing partnerships, programme design, management and strategic oversight of all programmes implemented in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. He has managed various development programmes. His expertise lies in driving operational, financial and programmatic transformations. Before DFID, he was associated with Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Help Age and World Wildlife Fund.

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Management with specialisation in Human Resource Management and Finance. He is extensively trained in Project Cycle Management, Grant Management, Performance Management, Leadership Skills and Change Management.

 

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Abdul Rahim is a senior development professional with over 20 years of experience across diverse sectors, including urban, health, rural & social development, and IT & e-governance. He has led several large, multi-year, multi-departmental projects such as the Health Systems Development Initiative (HSDI) for the Government of West Bengal; Odisha Modernising Economy, Governance & Administration (OMEGA) programme for the Government of Odisha, and Growth Resources and Opportunities for Wealth Creation (GROW) with the Government of Bihar.

He played a key role as the Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Expert in the DFID-supported Knowledge Partnership Programme (KPP), Knowledge Management (KM) and M&E Specialist in USAID-supported SAMRIDH and SAMVEG Projects. He has served as the Cross-Learning Platform Expert for the BMGF-supported WeCan programme. He has been an advisor to several government agencies throughout India and internationally across Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Jordan.

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur (India). He is an accredited Management Teacher from AIMA. He’s a a certified Trainer, NLP Practitioner and a member of Toastmasters International & Junior Chamber International.

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