Social accountability for ending extreme poverty: researching an advocacy strategy
Institute of Development Studies
“There is little doubt that scaling up ‘extreme poverty graduation’ programmes has the potential to make a decisive contribution to development priorities.” — Quisqueya University
37%
is the rate of extreme poverty in rural Haiti, which remains unchanged since 2001
8%
of the Haitian population received social assistance benefits in 2012
May 2016 End date
July 2017
Issue
World Bank analysis indicates that without special measures, Haiti will not meet the target of reducing extreme poverty to less than 3% by 2030.
The non-governmental organisation Fonkoze uses the ‘extreme poverty graduation’ approach to tackle this problem, which has already moved more than 5,000 households out of extreme poverty and continues to empower poor women.
Project
The graduation approach could also support the government’s strategic development plan for poverty reduction.
Fonkoze advocates for government support for this approach, and uses its evidence base – including the media, radio and film – to advocate for a national graduation policy.
This action research project will map how such an advocacy strategy can increase a government’s social accountability to the extreme poor.
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Partner
The lead researcher is Martin Greeley at the Institute of Development Studies. The Institute of Development Studies is a leading global institution for development research, teaching and learning, and impact and communications. It is based at the University of Sussex, UK.
Publications
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Poverty, voice and advocacy: a Haitian study
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