Focused on stimulating private sector entrepreneurs to innovate and find profitable ways, the AECF uses the Challenge Fund model to improve access to markets and the ways markets function for the poor, particularly in rural areas.
We worked in partnership with the Fund Manager, KPMG, to establish monitoring and evaluation frameworks to measure and validate results including quantitative and qualitative analysis of the impacts on men, women, girls, and boys in rural poor households. We conducted a comprehensive gender review of the AECF and provided guidance for gender mainstreaming.
