Sembrando Oportunidades Familia por Familia (SOF) - Paraguay



Documents
Program name:
Sembrando Oportunidades Familia por Familia (Sowing Opportunities Family by Family) – SOF
Country:
Paraguay
States:
San Pedro (Capiibary and Chore districts) and
Caaguazú (Carayaó district)
Start date:
December, 2015
Duration:
18 months
Pilot?
Yes, it is
Scale up contemplated?
Yes, it is already on execution
Component of a larger program?
Yes, it is part of the Programa Nacional de Lucha contra la Pobreza, Sembrando Oportunidades (Fight Against Poverty National Program, Sowing Opportunities)
Participating households:
776 ((January, 2017)
Main Messages
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In this case, the program succeeded in providing tools, both physical and psychological, to households to start their own productive projects, reducing external and internal barriers to overcoming poverty.
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The increases in work hours and labor income of the participants show that the program succeeded in empowering participants to generate income for their families. This, together with the increase in assets and savings, and the absence of increase in consumption, suggests that participants use the increase in income to reinvest in their productive project.
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Although there were no significant changes in household income, the decrease in income from non-agricultural work and the increase in income from own agricultural activities suggests that households made a transition to independent income generation.
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These effects are accompanied by an increase in the participants’ perception of well-being.
Program Objectives
Promote a process of social and economic inclusion for families in extreme poverty in coordination with the private sector, by strengthening inclusive value chains, promoting social participation of the extreme poor and strengthening their organizations.
Targeting criteria

Base on area of residence (urban, rural, mixed)?
Rural
Based on gender?
No
Based on poverty line?
Yes, extreme poverty
Based on another vulnerability?
No
Entities
Other institutions
Funding
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) – Proyecto de Desarrollo Rural Sostenible (PRODERS)
Supporting entities
Servicio Nacional de Promoción Profesional
Ministerio de Hacienda (Programa Pensión Alimentaria para Adultos Mayores)
Secretaria de Acción Social (Programa Tekoporá)
Banco Nacional de Fomento
Assessments
Evaluation No. 1
Implementing Institution: CADEP
Type: Process Evaluation
Objective: Evaluate the operation of the graduation program Seeding Opportunities, in the three districts in which will be, based on a systematic analysis of its operation. Thereby, identify how their processes and activities lead to the achievement of products as defined in the design, and to detect bottlenecks and best practices in processes and activities implementation.
Tools:
- Supporting documentation review
- Interviews with national and local stakeholders (STP, FK)
- Interview with regional and local officers
- Survey to regional and local officers
- Interviews/focus group with participants
Evaluation No. 2
Implementing Institution: CEDE, STP and CADEP
Type:Results Evaluation
Objective: Compare the performance of participants, over previously defined dimensions (e.g., income, consumption, etc.), before and after the transfer of assets provided by the program.
Tools:
- Survey to participants
- Interviews/focus group with participants
Implementing institution
The Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Económico (CEDE) is one of the first and main research and consultancy centers on economic and social in Colombia. It is renowned for the quality and innovation of its research, for having a highly qualified professional and teaching team and for its impact on public policy issues in Colombia and the region.
The Centro de Análisis y difusión de la Economía Paraguaya (CADEP),), founded in 1990, is a non-governmental organization, non-profit and of common good, dedicated to research, training and dissemination in the field of economics and political sciences.
Work Team
![]() Jorge Maldonado Principal Research – |
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![]() Viviana León-Jurado Researcher and |
![]() John Gómez Researcher |
![]() Daniel Rodríguez Research assistant |
![]() Verónica Serafini Principal investigator |
![]() Lis García Researcher |
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