Evaluation of impacts of the Samridhi Fund under the Poorest State Inclusive Growth (PSIG) programme
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Description
The primary objective of the Fund is to promote sustainable enterprises which provide economic, social and/or environmental benefits to the poor in the 8 low income states. The fund seeks to explore the effectiveness of the social venture capital model in promoting pro-poor economic growth. The Fund?s target is to achieve total quantifiable 'socio-economic development' worth ?676 million, in the categories such as increased income from employment, reduction in cost of services used, increase in prices of services offered, increased turnover of investees and additional capital leveraged as well as public goods effects.
Objectives
Evaluation intended to; (i) Evaluate the socio-economic impacts of the Samridhi Fund using an internationally accepted evaluation methodology that can rigorously attribute impact to the programme, including a process evaluation that helps inform the evaluation on the specific features that contributed to the impact. (ii) Evaluate the sustainability and effectiveness of social venture capital fund model for socio-economic development
Location
The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.
Status Implementation
The current stage of the Programme, consistent with the International Aid Transparency Initiative's (IATI) classifications.
Programme Spend
Programme budget and spend to date, as per the amounts loaded in financial system(s), and for which procurement has been finalised.
Participating Organisation(s)
Help with participating organisations
- Oxford Policy Management
Sectors
Sector groups as a percentage of total Programme budget according to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) classifications.
Budget
A comparison across financial years of forecast budget and spend to date on the Programme.