Evaluation Survey under Low Income Housing Support Project.

Assignment Name:

Consultancy Services for Determination of total number of Direct Beneficiaries and End Evaluation Survey under Low Income Housing Support Project (LICHSP).

Name of Client:

National Housing Authority (NHA)

Project Authority:

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Country:

Bangladesh

Assignment Location within country:

Sirajganj, Cumilla

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Start Date (Month/Year):

August, 2022

Completion Date (Month/Year):

January, 2023

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Duration of Assignment (Months):

04

Total No. of staff-month of the assignment:

56.75

Name of Joint Venture Consultants, if any:

Center for Resource Development Studies Ltd. (CRDS)

No. of Staff-Months of Key Professional Staff provided by Joint Venture /Associated Consultants:

22.25

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader) Involved and Functions Performed:

Dr. Shaker Ahmed: Team Leader, Kh. Khairul Matin: Social Development and Resettlement Specialist, Engr. Md. Shahidul Haque: Civil Engineer, Nurur Rahman Khan: Community Architect, Dr. md.Rezaul Karim: Environment Specialist, Dr. Avijit Poddar: Economist, Mr. AKM Mahfuzul Kabir: Data Analyst, Hasan Ali: Professional Report Writer, Anwar Hossain Bulu: Photographer

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Most of the urban poor live in informal and low-income settlements which are prone to substandard living conditions. The informal and low-income settlements are characterized by acute problems of infrastructure in the form of poor housing, inadequate availability of drinking water, sanitation, poor drainage and pollution. Considering the above situation, the Government of Bangladesh has undertaken the implementation of Low-Income Community Housing Support Project (LICHSP) since 2016 co-funded with the World Bank. LICHSP is a pilot project to improve the urban settlements involving the community of the settlements selected under the project. An important component of the project is to ensure community participation in all stages of project implementation. The project is expected to have an impact on urban livelihood improvement in Bangladesh targeting the settlements of the low-Income group of the population.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by our Staff:

• Reconnaissance field visit to Cumilla and Sirajganj
• Preparation of survey instruments for both Quantitative and Qualitative parts
• Updating the list of project direct and indirect beneficiaries
• Preparation of the list of sample households
• Preparation of final fieldwork plan
• Fieldwork management and quality control
• Editing and coding of data
• Data entry, cleaning, and generation of output tables as per table plan