Overview : RFP REVISED ON 10 OCT (pages 23 and 24): i) OPENING OF BIDS WILL BE HELD ON 25 OCTOBER 2017; ii) 3 EXAMPLES OF EVALUATION ASSIGNMENTS WITH AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH WOULD PREFERABLY BE AN EVALUATION REPORT COMPLETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROPOSED TEAM LEADER. Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) - Mid-Term Evaluation Programme name: Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Countries: Benin*[1],Lao PDR, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal*, Senegal*, Uganda*, Zambia* Executing Agency: United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Timeframe: 2014 - 2019 Total estimated program budget: $36,000,000 Total cumulative programme disbursement (by Q1 2017): $20,717,661 Funding Agencies: UNCDF, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the MasterCard Foundation. Previous evaluation: UNCDF conducted a joint internal Strategic Review of MM4P and the Better than Cash Alliance in 2014. [1] For the purposes of this evaluation, and in view of implementation progress to date, the main country focus will be Benin, Nepal, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia (denoted through a star in the text above). To ensure a comprehensive look at programme progress to date, evaluators will also be invited to reflect on progress to date in other countries using mainly desk review techniques (see section 3.2 for more information). |