International Development Enterprises as an NGO working in Asia and some parts of Africa tackles poverty by empowering the rural poor to become entrepreneurs in their own world that they find themselves thereby improving their standard of living.
Their innovations of technologically motivated where they help the rural poor use small, simple and not sophisticated irrigation equipments to improve water use and to store water for economical activities to boost their production in the cultivation of vegetables to increase their income has gone a long way of providing for the rural poor a three square meal a day.
The creation of markets for their produce has also alleviated the problems of farmers trying to get a good market for their produce and gives them a substantial amount for their produce.
Water storage and minimum use of water and maximum output, training of farmers on Integrated Pest Management(IPM), Linking farmers with MFI's and the creation of market for their produce are activities enough that are alleviating poverty and empowering them economically in my part of the world, thus Ghana/Africa.
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Causes: Economic Development, International, International Agricultural Development, International Development, International Economic Development, Microfinance
Mission: Powering entrepreneurs to end poverty. iDE creates income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. We design and deliver market-based solutions in Agriculture and WASH in 9 countries across Asia, Africa, and Central America. Much more than a collection of technologies and field offices, we are a globally integrated ecosystem of over 1,000 staff, passionate about innovation and entrepreneurism.
Results: iDE’s key performance metrics: scale (the number of clients impacted, by sector), average household income increase (or livelihoods savings in the case of WASH), and our cost-effectiveness ratio (for every dollar iDE deploys, how many dollars are our clients earning or saving (WASH)). SCALE: At the time of writing, the global number of individuals impacted was 35,553,995. See our real time impact data at https://www.ideglobal.org/impact. IMPACT: The average annual net household income increase achieved by participating households in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjusted USD: $265 ($PPP) (against a target of $200). Our impact metrics are drawn from overall portfolio metrics, aggregated globally across two sectors (Ag and WASH) and 9 countries. COST EFFECTIVENESS: The ratio of money spent by iDE relative to the aggregate increased income generated (or saved for our WASH portfolio) by participating households estimated using a three-year rolling average of our impact and scale indicators for each package in each country program: 10:1 (Benefit: Cost Ratio)
Target demographics: Poor rural households
Geographic areas served: Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Zambia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Honduras
Programs: iDE supports key programs to power entrepreneurs to end poverty, including Agriculture, WASH, and Climate and Resilience. iDE’s goal in agriculture is to have a large and lasting impact on the incomes and well-being of small-scale farmers. On average, the farmers we work with see an annual income gain of $265. To our donors, we promise a minimum cost-effectiveness ratio of 10:1. That means that every dollar invested in iDE results in at least an additional $10 of annual income for a farmer. We are able to do this through innovative programs that create cadres of microentrepreneurs, support small businesses, and build resilient markets that support their sales. iDE’s goal in WASH is to make radical improvements in health, nutrition, and productivity of rural people through the reduction of diarrheal-related disease. Since we began promoting markets for WASH, over 8 million individuals now have access to clean drinking water, improved toilets, and more knowledge about how to improve the health of their families. iDE’s WASH Initiative builds markets for products that have the potential to transform people’s health by preventing diarrheal-related disease. We work with businesses to produce and sell clean water filters, toilets, and handwashing devices that are affordable and desirable to poor rural customers. Climate & Resilience is one of the major cross-sectional tactics at the heart of iDE. iDE recognizes that climate change disproportionately affects the vulnerable communities that we work with. iDE employs a variety of different tools and approaches to improve the resilience of communities to climate shocks and stresses based on the different contexts that we work in. In each of these cases we establish systems (market-based or governance-based) to ensure that the activities and benefits continue after project funding ends.