Final evaluation of the Postal Initiative Project to Improve Migrant Money Transfer in Africa (IPM)

Formal, safe, and economical money transfer offers to migrants.

Description

Funded by the European Union, Positive Planet has set up the Postal Initiative for Migrants in Africa (IPM) project for the 2013-2016 period.

The main objectives of the IPM Project were:

  • Provide migrants with improved formal, safe and cheap money transfer offers, both North to South and South to South, by upgrading the International Express Money Order service offered by the postal network
  • Valorize money transfers by directing them towards saving and insurance financial products that will generate positive externalities for the migrants and their families. 
  • Raise migrants’ and migrants families’ awareness about money transfer optimization.

The project objective is to:

  • Increase the capacity of postal operators in Mali, Burkina Faso and Cameroon to offer cash transfer services corresponding to the needs of migrants and their families, by helping to strengthen the International Express Mandate by standardising, monitoring and strengthening its implementation, design of a complementary financial offer (savings and insurance), and dissemination of best practices by deploying targeted financial education activities.

The evaluation objectives are:

  • Evaluate the project’s performance: its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability;
  • Assess the extent to which the money transfer service offered by Posts actually meets the needs of migrants;
  • Evaluate the impact of the financial education awareness campaign on beneficiaries.

Services

  • Literature review: review of the Migrant Money Transfer Data, Country Situation Anlyses, the Intra-African Migration Analysis, and the IPM Project Management Analysis
  • Evaluation of the needs assessment of Migrants, the Campaign for Financial Education for Migrants, and the performance of Migrant Money Transfer services and Financial Services and Products for Migrants.
  • Qualitative survey (through 12 FGDs and 27 KIIs)
  • Quantitative survey (142 questionnaire)
  • Reporting.

French Project Title:

Évaluation finale du projet d’Initiative Postale d’amélioration des transferts d’argent des Migrants en Afrique (IPM)