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Terms of Reference Consultancy on Longitudinal Case Studies Collection 1. Organizational Background iDE is an international NGO with over 35 years of experience in designing and delivering market-based anti-poverty programs in 11 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh currently has eight projects in agricultural markets, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and access to finance with a focus on women’s economic empowerment and climate-smart technologies. 2. Background Uddokta - empowering entrepreneurs - is a three-year (2020-2022) project co-funded by Chevron and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by iDE. From the Chevron stream, Uddokta project is a collaboration under the Bangladesh Partnership Initiative (BPI). The project, through a market-based approach, seeks to identify and support 1,100 enterprises to start or grow their businesses and achieve profitability. Through the systemic market change that they trigger, an anticipated 37,125 household members will benefit from increased incomes as a result of improved access to the goods and services that these enterprises will bring. iDE will apply a market-facilitation approach that aims for private sector-led promotion and sustained adoption of beneficial products, services and behaviors by communities and households in the target markets - which will ultimately lead to increased incomes. The project has two overarching goals: the first goal is to increase household incomes in a nine Union catchment area in the Sylhet region through improved access by targeted communities to a variety of market-based inputs and services. This goal is complemented by the second goal of the project which seeks to further strengthen Chevron’s relationship with the beneficiaries and create sustainable impact in the community directly attributable to Chevron’s investment through the project. 3. About the Assignment iDE is looking to hire a consultant/firm to produce 45 publishable case studies for the Uddokta project. The project is being implemented across three districts in Sylhet division namely Sylhet (Sylhet Sadar upazila), Habiganj (Nabiganj Upazila), and Moulvibazar (Sreemangal, Kamalganj Upazila). Primarily, the purpose of the assignment is to prepare case studies that capture the current economic and business situation of beneficiaries covering project’s different sectors at individual level (mainly the consultant/firm is expected to capture post- project intervention condition, which includes- market system, linkages with sector specific different market actors, assets condition, income, expenditure, sales and production, investment, future prospect, either the expectation from the project met or not, along with basic information of the beneficiary) and document them with high-quality images (action-oriented photos and also, the photo should reflect the beneficiary’s current condition); and secondarily, create and raise the profile of the project’s portfolio through comparing 2020 collected longitudinal case studies. Unlike cross-sectional studies, in which different individuals with the same characteristics are compared, longitudinal studies track the same people, and so the differences observed in those people are less likely to be the result of cultural differences across generations. A case study is a factual representation of what happened along with some analysis that provides insights and learning for the future. Case Stories depicts what happened through people, place, and plot and brings emotional context into the portrayal of what happened. Keeping that in mind, we are preferring to blend both the methods and collect the cases. The consultant/firm will produce the same set of 45 longitudinal case studies (comprising different sectors, and market actors which was collected in the year 2020) that will include high-quality photographs with captions. The assignment is expected to take place in the first week of October in Sylhet division. The exact duration of the assignment will be finalized after consultation with the consultant/firm as well. The consultant/firm will develop a work plan based on discussion and consultation with the project team, incorporating any feedback provided by them. To complete the assignment, the consultant will need to visit the project location for at least 10-12 days during the contract; followed by high-quality editing, and preparing the stories and final delivery within next month. The assignment duration is one and half months after signing the contract. 4. Major responsibilities of the Consultant/Vendor The consultant/firm will work with the Uddokta team in a collaborative manner to appropriately develop the final impact report along with the photos and images for accurate branding and visibility of the project and its donors and partners. The consultant/firm will be primarily responsible for the following:
High-quality Case Studies:
High-quality/High-Resolution Photographs:
Important for both case study and photography:
Deadline: 4:30 pm BST on 2 October 2022 |