By BRAC UPGI • January 14, 2025 • 1 minute read
This resource identifies the essential elements required for the Graduation approach to deliver long-term gains and put people on a long-term, upward trajectory out of extreme poverty. These essentials are based on what we know of the programme’s design and the global evidence. Meaning it will evolve as more learnings come to light. This IS NOT a replication of BRAC’s Graduation programme, which would exceed the Essentials in a number of dimensions.
The reason for an Essentials standard is to specify programme design that is likely to deliver long-term impact (years beyond the end of a Graduation programme) for participants. The Essentials specify key elements needed for a participant to have a high likelihood of joining a long-term upward trajectory.
As our global standard, it enables BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) to identify, advance, and scale programmes that meet these criteria, while also identifying where programmes have gaps to fill in order to achieve long-term impact. Having a global Essentials standard also enables us to track the scale of Graduation globally and measure progress.