How we measure progress

A program that plans to grow from 343 entrepreneurs in 2027 to 7,000 a year by 2030 needs to know quickly when something is not working. Our measurement system answers three questions: Is each household actually better off? Is the program being delivered as designed? How much of the change can we fairly claim? We are building it in stages alongside the program itself, and this page sets out what is in place, what is being built, and when each part arrives.

What our measurement system has to do

Tell us whether households are better off

Four household scorecards, plus income, measured at fixed points in every two-year cycle: food security, sustainable livelihood, shock preparedness, and human capital investment. This is what graduation means, and it is measured at the household level, not the business.

Tell us whether the program is being delivered as designed

Whether the training was completed and well taught, whether seed funding reached each group on time, whether mentors made their monthly visits, whether savings groups are meeting. When a cohort falls behind, this is the data that shows us where the delivery broke rather than only that the results disappointed.

Tell us how much of the change we can fairly claim

Households change for many reasons. A good harvest, a new road, a better year for prices. To say what JUTO caused, we need to compare funded entrepreneurs with similar households that did not receive funding, and in time to have that comparison made by people who do not work for us.

How we handle data

Participants give informed consent before we collect their data, and again before we use their names, stories or photographs. Consent to take part in the program is never conditional on agreeing to appear in our materials. We store personal data securely, share it only when necessary, and take extra care with refugee participants, whose personal details can put them at risk. Our data protection policy sets out how long we keep information and who may see it.

A pilot is meant to teach. Ours ran for six months with individually owned businesses, and it showed us where the design had to change. Every row below is a change we have made to the program.