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For development programmes, NGOs and donors
Pay for employment outcomes that are proven, not activities that are reported.
Results-based payment on verified outcomes, with consent and equity breakdowns built in.
The problem
Results are hard to verify and expensive to evaluate. Grants and cash transfers lift consumption but rarely build a lasting business or a record a lender can use.
What the research shows
- Graduation programmes that combine an asset, training and coaching raised income 5%, food consumption 8%, assets 15% and savings 96% across six countries including Ghana, three years on (Banerjee et al., 2015).
- In Bangladesh, BRAC's version raised annual household earnings 21%, with benefits 3.21 times costs (J-PAL).
- Job search assistance is the active labour market programme most likely to work (Card, Kluve and Weber, NBER).
These are findings from published research, not CivicGrid results.
What you get
- Participants moving from no income to sustained income.
- Outcomes proven from payments, ready for results-based payment.
- Equity by gender, age and disability, automatically.
- Evaluation-ready records from day one.
What you report
- Cost per sustained earner.
- Outcomes by gender, age and disability.
- Results fees paid only on verified outcomes.
How you buy
What the demo opens on
A programme workspace for a fictional programme, with fictional participants and payments.
Questions programmes ask
What results can we see today?
CivicGrid 1.0 is built to production standard and ready to license. Each licensee's results are measured from its own payment records and published only once measured. The research on our Evidence page is published research, not a CivicGrid result.
Who holds the money?
Only licensed payment providers, under the licensee's own accounts. Neither Sceamdo nor the platform ever holds anyone's money.
Who owns the data?
The licensee, as data controller. Sceamdo is a processor only when it hosts the licensee's copy.
Is there any capital cost?
No. You license the system. Nothing needs to be bought or built: no vehicles, buildings or equipment.
Can it run in our own cloud?
Yes. CivicGrid Sovereign runs in your own cloud, so personal data stays in your country.
What does it cost?
A setup fee and an annual licence, plus hosting paid in advance if Sceamdo hosts it. Some licences add optional revenue share or results fees. Prices are shared with verified institutions after the demo.
See CivicGrid working
The demo is open only to verified institutions. Apply with your work email and your institution's documents. A person at Sceamdo checks every application.