Social Mobilization
• Participatory
targeting
Livelihoods
Framework for
Project Interventions
• Skill building
• Social and
economic capital
•Generating voice
and scale
Investment in
self-sustaining
institutions and
federations of
the poor
Role of BRLPS
• Mobilization, capacity building
• Bank Linkage
• Partnerships
• Innovation in rural livelihoods
• Food Security
•Assetization and Income
Generation
•Access to financial
services
• Fair terms of trade
Entitlements & Accountability
• Access
to information
• Accountability of services
• Participation in local
government
Organizing the Poor. What are the
Impacts?
Disorganized
Poor
Project mobilizes them into
groups and builds their
capacity
Groups with
assets, skills
and scale
Generates
Impacts: e.g.,
groups have:
1. Social Capital
(e.g. voice)
2. Financial Capital
(e.g. savings,
credit)
3. Human Capital
(e.g. skills for bookkeeping, micro
planning)
Goal:
1. List
Observable
Impacts
2. Identify
Measurable
Indicators or
Proxies
Groups with
Assets, Skills
and Scale
Engage in Livelihoods
Development Activities
E.g.
Economic development
• Community procurement
centers;
• Conservation Agriculture
• Marketing centers
Human development
•Nutrition Centers;
Social Development
• Campaign against dowry,
child marriage, alcohol
Goal:
1. List all Outputs
and Impacts
2. Identify
Relevant
Indicators
Ecosystem Dynamics.
What are the impacts?
Government
Changed terms
of engagement
e.g. NREGA,
SGSY
District Level
Federations
Goal:
1.
Market
e.g. access to credit at a
competitive interest rate
List changes in
(business)
processes/
models triggered
by presence of
groups
2. Identify relevant
impacts and
Indicators
Sub-District
Level
Federations
Village
Organizations
Private
Companies
e.g. groups as franchisees
for companies
SHGs
SHGs
SHGs
Consolidated database of core indicators across
projects (start with India, scale to regional)
 Source of up-to-date data for advocacy, policy
discussion, etc.
 Should be easily to access, query, and update
 Indentify core indicators needed to cover
spectrum of livelihoods objectives
 Ultimately: A paper/series of products
highlighting IMPACT of livelihoods, especially
telling the story of aggregate impact. This will
inform current investments and support to the
national livelihoods mission


Crop Agriculture
 What have core livelihoods projects invested in crop
agriculture
 What are we measuring to determine impact?
▪ productivity, production per capita, market turnover?
▪ how are we measuring this
 How are we supporting institutions, technical inputs,
market access, etc.?
 Ultimately: paper/series of products explaining aggregate
impact on crop agriculture of livelihoods projects, and
identifying areas of needed focus. This will inform how we
integrate the agenda of livelihoods and agriculture

Livestock
 What have core livelihoods projects invested in livestock
 In what are we investing?
▪ What animals: buffalo, cattle, poultry, goats, etc.
▪ What production: dairy, hides, meat, etc.?
▪ What supporting systems: fodder development, para-vets, AI
 What are we measuring to determine impact?
 How are we supporting institutions, technical inputs, market
access, etc.?
 Ultimately: paper/series of products outlining livelihoods
impact in livestock sector, with one focus product on dairy
development. This will inform national rural livelihoods mission
and planned livestock/dairy development operations.