Top 22%
in this catalogue (719 scored practices)
Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.
Transferability / replicability2/3
VGD is extensively documented by WFP and World Bank as a reference model for food-plus-livelihoods safety nets; similar dual-component programmes have been adopted in sub-Saharan Africa.
Impact on gender equality1/1
Severe food insecurity among beneficiaries fell from ~50% to 6.3% and food-secure households rose from 4% to 23% (PMC/NIH peer-reviewed study, 2019).
Effectiveness1/1
750,000 women reached per cycle across 482 sub-districts; 96,928 women received BDT 20,000 investment grants under the ICVGD component; children's school enrolment improved.
Efficiency1/1
The dual food-plus-training package leverages existing NGO and WFP distribution networks; the US$72M ICVGD co-investment targets systemic graduation from the programme.
Evaluated outcomes1/1
Peer-reviewed study (PMC/NIH, 2019), IFPRI targeting assessment, and WFP country strategic plan evaluation (2019) all provide independent quantitative evidence.
Sustainability1/1
Programme has operated continuously since 1975 (50 years), now embedded as VWB in Bangladesh's national social safety net architecture with WFP technical support.
Achievement / evidence1/1
Cited as Bangladesh's most impactful social safety net programme in comparative analysis; VGD/VWB provides a 50-year track record of supporting the country's most vulnerable women.
Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1
Programme exclusively targets women, integrates gender-focused training components (savings, empowerment, hygiene), and conditions graduation on women's asset ownership.
Curator validation0/1
No independent C-NAPSE curator assessment has yet been conducted for this practice.
Evidoria. Programa de Desenvolvimento de Grupos Vulneráveis (VGD) do Bangladesh. Persistent ID: bc1286b1-0fa4-4171-a187-83bf49bc0525.