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28 April 2014 How ICTs can make a difference to Livelihoods

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28 April 2014

How ICTs can make a difference to Livelihoods

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ICTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING

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ICT IN PROGRAMME AT OXFAM

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KEY PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS

• Consider ICT as an enabler

• Embed ICTs in existing process

• Context appropriate solutions

• Build on existing solutions (where possible)

• Sustainability

• Women’s rights at the heart

• Listen to stakeholders

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THE REALITY OF USING ICTS

En un despliegue usando lo digital

Allocation of time in a deployment

using ICTs

TECHNOLOGY SET UPset up technology/server, training on functionality, organising information flows, integrate other systems

PROGRAMME DESIGNoutreach, branding, incentives, feedback, messaging, data collection, verification, multichannel approaches

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ICTS IN LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMMINGhttp://growsellthrive.org/our-work/ict

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INTEGRATING ICTS IN OXFAM’S LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMMES – STEP 11. Understand the wide range of information and financial services

that can be provided through ICTs for small-holder farmers

Information Services Value Chain Linkages Financial Services

• Inputs information• Agronomic information• Weather forecasts• Market information

• Aggregation of farmers for purchase and sale

• Connection with input providers and buyers

• Mobile banking (money transfers)

• Micro-credits• Micro-insurance

ServiceOffering

• Better choice of inputs• Better agro practices• Improved productivity• Higher crop quality• Higher price received

• Purchase at lower cost• Access to larger buyer• Less product loss• Access to new

products and markets

• Reduced risks and transaction costs

• Access to credit• Reduced vulnerability

to risks and shocks

Benefits

The effect of M-Agri services depends on the type of service provided.A combination of services has greater potential to have an impact on poverty

reduction and to achieve sustainability in the long term

Types of M-Agri services:

org/our-work/ict

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INTEGRATING ICTS IN OXFAM’S LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMMES – STEP 22. Identify concrete activities where ICTs could be used as a delivery

channel and contribute to reduce the operating costs, increase the outreach and improve the efficiencies of the programme

Gendered market map (Value Chain section) with opportunities for ICTs in the dairy value chain Bangladesh

org/our-work/ict

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INTEGRATING ICTS IN OXFAM’S LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMMES – STEP 33. Conduct a quick landscape analysis of the enabling environment,

M-Agri and Mobile Money service offering in the country

...and 230 in the field of Mobile Money

Source: https://mobiledevelopmentintelligence.com/ : 2014

Source: https://mobiledevelopmentintelligence.com/ : 2014

org/our-work/ict

There are currently over 100 active initiatives in the field of M-Agri, many of which compete in the same countries with similar service offerings

Source: https://mobiledevelopmentintelligence.com/ : 2014

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INTEGRATING ICTS IN OXFAM’S LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMMES – STEP 44. Compare the opportunities for using ICTs in the programme (step

2) and the existing ICT service offering in the country (step 3) to identify potential synergies between both

Gendered market map (Value Chain section) with opportunities for ICTs in the dairy value chain Bangladesh

org/our-work/ict

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A. Outcome: The existing service offering fully matches an opportunity identified to use ICTs in a particular activity of the programme

Intervention: Linking the existing service offering to an Oxfam programme

OUTCOMES FROM STEP 4

EDP Programme in Ethiopia; Honey Value Chain

org/our-work/ict

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B. Outcome: The existing service offering matches partially an opportunity identified to use ICTs in a particular activity of the programme.

Intervention: Collaborating with the service provider to improve their current service offering to address the needs and activities of the programme

OUTCOMES FROM STEP 4

Fish Value Chain: Lake Turkana

org/our-work/ict

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C. Outcome: The existing service offering does not match any opportunities identified to use ICTs in the programme.

Intervention: Designing and implementing new services through public-private partnerships to address service-offering gaps

OUTCOMES FROM STEP 4

Livelihoods Programme in Rwanda; Pineapple Value Chain

org/our-work/ict

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GENDER APPROACH

Opportunities:• Mobiles can address women’s time and mobility constraints• Facilitate women’s access to relevant information• Increase access to financial services for income generating or care

related activities• Gather sex-disaggregated data in agriculture and for MEL purposes• Facilitate women’s participation in political processes• Address power imbalances at the household and community levels

org/our-work/ict

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GENDER APPROACH

• Financial constraints to buy mobile phones and pay for services• High levels of technological and language illiteracy • Cultural constraints can prevent women from accessing services• Access to information does not in itself promote behavioral change

Challenges:Ownership and usage of mobile phones by women in rural areas

Recommendations:• Use multiple delivery channels (e.g. mobiles, radio, face to face…)• Explore alternative business models for revenue generation • Peer to peer knowledge exchange can facilitate behavioral change• Involve women in the design of the service

org/our-work/ict

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“The world needs a paradigm shift in agricultural development...from conventional, monoculture-based and high external-input-dependent industrial production towards mosaics of sustainable, regenerative production systems that also considerably improve the productivity of small-scale farmers...a farmer is not only a producer of agricultural goods, but also a manager of an agro-ecological system that provides quite a number of public goods and services (e.g. water, soil, landscape, energy, biodiversity and recreation).”

UNCTAD: 2013, “Trade and environment review 2013”

RESEARCH AND INFLUENCINGICTs and sustainable agriculture

Partners:

Results:

org/our-work/ict

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Implementer: Global Content Partner:

Timeframe: 3 years

Goal: Improve nutrition levels of 3 million women and children

3 Services: Health, Agriculture & Nutrition

14 Countries from Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

Oxfam’s role in the consortium:

•Sustainable Agriculture & Women Empowerment advisory role•Technical advise in business model design of the services•Lead partner in Bangladesh, Malawi and Rwanda

Links to other programmes: GEM, EDP & WEE-Care

Donors:

NEW PROGRAMMES: M-NUTRITION

• Local Content Partners

•MNOs•Governments

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MOBILE DATA COLLECTION

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

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Major benefits

Speed of data capture

Cost effectiveness

Direct export to Excel

Advanced analysis & visualisation

Smarter data: GPS & photosImproved sharing

Removal manual data entry & human error

Higher quality data: no illegibility

Automated logic

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SNAPSHOT: IN THE FIELD

• Protection surveys: Jordan & Philippines

• Remote reporting: Kenya & Ethiopia

• Project monitoring: Haiti, Bangladesh & Philippines

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RESOURCES: MOBILE SURVEY TOOLKIT

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REMOTE REPORTING & WEE-CARE

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THE FUTURE OF ICTS IN PROGRAMME

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FUTURE OF ICT IN PROGRAMME

• Work as One Oxfam – strategy and shared vision

• Network of staff

• Stories are our “bread and butter” for inspiration

• More robust and standard MEAL

• Improving communications

• Sustainable and replicable opportunities to reach scale

• Unique role in ethics and appropriateness

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MOVING TO 2020

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MOVING TO 2020

ICTs for Oxfam 2020: Reduced costs

MEAL

Increased outreach

Influencing

Sustainable Business ModelsIncreased

Funding

• Increase impact

• Relevance and influential

• Legitimacy and accountability

• Sustainability